Right. The Simpsons Movie. Can the long running cartoon series transition to the movie format without breaking horribly?

Would it have been easier to have answered the above questons if we hadn't been drinking before seeing the film? probably. Can I manage to finish a film review within a month of seeing it? hopefully.

The film opens with a much bigger version of the series' normal opening sequence, culminating in Green Day playing a environmentally themed concert on a floating stage on the lake.

Despite a large scale environmental campeign, Homer manages to pollute the lake. To contain the problem the whole town is enclosed in a giant dome

Naturally Homer hasn't exactly covered his tracks, so the population od Springfield is less than happy.

The film throws you straight in, and before you realise it you've forgotten its not just another episode. The pacing is quite well done (although the alcohol may have covered places where it dragged...) and I certainly didn't feel tired of it at any point, which was my greatest concern

Overall, the good bits were like a good episode. At worst it felt like a middling episode.

It seems to be the trend to comment on how the Simpsons isn't as funny as it used to be in a review of the film. To be honest, As I don't have Sky and have no desire to deal with NTL, I couldn't tell you. These days I prefer the fast, abstract cutaway humour of Family Guy, but I'm getting off track.

Overall, as good as I was expecting. Not astoundingly better or worse, which means quite good,

A movie based on the Simpsons has been a long time coming and let's face there was every chance that it could have been a complete disaster. Personally I'm beginning to feel that the Simpsons has run too long already some of the recent things I've seen seemed to have lost a lot of the buzz relying heavily on guest stars than the good stories the earlier episodes had. Anyway that's by the by as the movie is the primary concern.

Going in to this film I had my doubts plus, as Byrn says, we'd been drinking. I found that they did pull it off in the end. It is fresh enough in it's execution to stand alone and it hits enough of the old favourites and in jokes to satisfy the hardcore fans.

I could mention the cast but it's the same one from the series so they are what you expect. They resisted the temptation to throw in too many celebrity guest stars limiting it to I think one, which is a good choice focusing on the core characters was definitely the way to go.

It is occasionally uses some self referential humour or pointing out to the audience they are watching a movie. Which can be a little annoying at times.

All in all it's a fun film that keeps you laughing and chock full of little moments that make the film.