The Simpsons Movie
July 28th, 2007
Have just come back from watching The Simpsons Movie. Being a fairly hardcore fan of the show, this movie is required viewing. The movie was excellent and further consolidates the preeminent position this show holds. The movie starts of with an abundance of great moments and then moves into a good storyline filled with classic Simpsonian moments. In particular, the many subtle and less subtle references made to things which are part of the show’s history will satisfy the avid fans. One such scene which left me very happy was right towards the end. When the scene first began a strong sense of familiarity immediately hit me, and I soon realised it was a take on the scene from the Season 2 episode ‘Bart the Daredevil’, where Homer takes the skateboard from Bart and ends up falling down the Springfield Gorge. As I recall, this was my first classic Simpsons moment. When Homer was recovered from the gorge the first time and placed in an ambulance only to have the ambulance crash into a tree straight away, leaving Homer to fall back into the gorge, that ambulance crash had me laughing hard. Well, Homer falls again and that ambulance makes a cameo appearance and this was brilliant.
