So The Simpsons Movie was okay. Some very funny moments and gags, but ultimately not a whole lot more than an extended episode. Maybe a little less, even. It was fun, but it didn’t really fire me up to start watching the series with any regularity again.
The previews before the movie were, by and large, pretty dreadful. I’ve already mentioned how awful and ill-advised Daddy Day Camp looks, but the new Alvin & the Chipmunks movie just looks plain creepy. (The fact that the teaser prominently features Alvin swallowing his brother Theodore’s excrement* really doesn’t help.) With this and Underdog, my Jason Lee tolerance is really hitting its peak. (And they haven’t even come out yet!) I think I liked him a lot better when he was starring in Kevin Smith movies.
* No, seriously. Sorry if I spoiled anything for you.
Wow. I didn’t believe you, but Alvin did indeed munch some scat (he spit it out, but really, does it matter?).
I don’t know how it’s possible, but I feel really bad for Jason Lee.
I agreed on all counts (including the horrible previews) directly after I saw the movie. Although I was re-telling some of the gags to some friends after I saw it and we were all laughing at them. I will probably rent it to see if it holds up the second time around.
The movie made me smile a lot and it made me laugh a lot in the beginning but I think it got too caught up in something along the way – maybe too much storytelling or maybe too much making sure the bit characters each got their two seconds in the movie. Again, I’ll need a second viewing to know for sure.