Sunday, August 12, 2007

The Simpsons

The Simpsons (as I'm typing this out, I'm humming the theme song) is laugh-out-loud hilarious. I was laughing throughout the entire movie. In fact, I would rate it as one of the better movies I've seen this summer season (Priceless doesn't count because it's not a Hollywood blockbuster/commercial movie).

Before watching it, I read the review in NYT done by a Simpsons fan who had watched every single episode in the entire history of Simpsons. He bemoaned the absence of certain key characters. For example, Burns had such a small presence, as did Apu. And Marge's surly sisters. But I can't really fault Matt Groening.

In all, it was a good movie. Very unsubtly, it had pointed a finger at quite a few current issues and he has got his audience laughing at themselves. And I like the little symbolisms that he had scattered throughout (Check out the Reaganesque shot at the beginning of the movie).

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