The Simpsons Movie: Funny, but I hate child laughter
I saw “The Simpsons” Friday night. We arrived twenty five minutes early, which is unusual for me. Usually I’m ecstatic if I can actually make it to opening night for a movie in time to get good seats. Turns out I wasn’t all that thrilled this time.
I failed to realize, when I decided to see the movie, how incredibly long The Simpsons has been on television. Which is 18 years to be exact. Sure, it’s been on since 1989, and I spent a significant portion of my adolescence watching it, but I haven’t been an adolescent for quite some time. And in that period there’s been a whole slew of kids watching Homer Simpson choke his only son for bad behavior on the small screen.
And that whole slew of kids was in the theater I arrived at twenty five minutes early. Bebe’s kids were sitting in the rear left of the theater, acting like little hooligans and talking as loud as humanly possible because there were no parents to be seen, and I’m sure they get attention at home that amounts to zero. The ‘married-men-with-three-kids-each’ brigade was in the row in front of us, which meant there was a constant stream of people getting up and walking back and forth right in front of us. The kids-on-ritalin row happened to be right behind me, so I had the pleasure of my seat and the empty one next to me getting kicked to the rhythm of “Flight of the Bumblebee”.
The crown jewel of this particular audience had to be the random punctuation of little kid cackles sprinkled throughout the entire length of the movie. They burst out in laughter at the most mundane scenes. Those bastards had no appreciate for the brilliant writing which launched The Simpsons era!
I could take a little solace in the PG-13 rating of The Simpsons Movie, and so many parents bringing their six and seven year olds. Those little brats got to see Bart’s little cartoon twig-n-berries, watch an Indian medicine woman give Homer directions with her size FF boobs, and hear Marge say “god damn”. Meh, who am I kidding, all that is probably tamer than those kids see on Saturday morning cartoons now.
As for the movie, it was funny. I laughed. It was like watching an episode of The Simpsons for an hour and a half. As far as child-hood nostalgia goes, it wasn’t as good as The Transformers. I didn’t feel cheated. I’m never having kids.
Final Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
I try to never see movies for kids in the theatre… but then again, I almost never go to the theatre anymore anyway. For the price of John and I with snack, I can own the DVD (and if I wait for the surplus at the video rental place, I can own 2-3 of the DVDs)
Robguy: That’s probably a good policy. I may have to quit going to theaters.
I love kid movies but freaking hate going to see them for this very reason. I hate having to be the disciplinarian by shushing up other people’s kids.
Eddie: It’s like, “Who let your annoying kid-asses in here!” We should petition congress to do something about this.
This may be hard to believe, but I saw my first full Simpson’s episode last night. Pop culture travels slow in the land of the omnipotent I reckon.
Poobah: Well, was it even funny? Disappointed? Elated? I need to know these things Poobah!
Eh, it was OK. If I’d been watching it as a movie I wouldn’t have flet I’d wasted $10.50.
I know just what you mean re: the kids at the movie. that’s why I pretty much never go to the theatres. I’d rather wait months and months to see a movie on DVD than to have to deal with children laughing, crying, talking and kicking my FUCKING seat for 2 hours. LOL
Poobah: Well, I’m glad you didn’t just lambaste it. That would have hurt me deeply.
Webmiztris: I think I’m going to hold off on any more movies kids might like until I can get them on Netflix. I’m not paying good money to do that again.
Simpsons Movie was ok. Spider Pig scetch wasn’t half as funny as bart’s dare :) The big problem with cartoons, is they lack quality. After the cinema stint, getting it on VHS would be as good as on HD, LCD, Digital or Standard. The colour is all the same.
this picture is like sooo funny i think maggie needs to grow up on the show because she has binn an baby for ever! so make her a kid or teenager….but the movie was soo funny when bart waz dar3d to go skate on his skateborde to the krustyburger with no clothes on was halariouse!!! Dont you think so!!! I dont h8 m3 caus3 u aint m3!