{"id":548,"date":"2007-07-28T22:37:08","date_gmt":"2007-07-29T02:37:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/07\/28\/the-simpsons-movie\/"},"modified":"2008-06-15T21:51:52","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T02:51:52","slug":"the-simpsons-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2007\/07\/28\/the-simpsons-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Simpsons Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"4<\/p>\n

\nI can’t believe we’re paying to see something we could watch for free on TV. Everyone in this theater is a sucker! Especially YOU!
\n–Homer Simpson<\/span>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Regrettably it has been an awfully long time since an American movie studio released a 2-D animated feature. The last one I can remember was Waking Life<\/a> in 2001, and that was a very obscure art-house picture. So The Simpsons Movie<\/a> is notable on that basis alone.<\/p>\n

If you are familiar with the TV show (and who isn’t?) then you pretty much know what to expect: sharp, funny writing, good voice acting and grotesque character designs. The animation quality is somewhat better than on TV, but not so much that you will really notice the difference.<\/p>\n

The plot is fairly standard: Homer adopts a pig and as a result ends up triggering an environmental catastrophe. He has to flee town before an angry mob, but in the end he manages to more-or-less redeem himself.<\/p>\n

The main reason that I am giving it a high rating is that it is the funniest thing I have seen so far this year by a substantial margin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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