RonJonSurfer Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Simpsons movie targets church, environmentalists By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - The upcoming Simpsons movie takes a typically irreverent dig at religion and environmentalists, and features a nude scene involving 'toon teen Bart that had the audience at a preview show applauding. A 10-minute clip from "The Simpsons Movie," the first time Homer, Marge, their family and friends have made it to the big screen, was shown in London late on Wednesday ahead of its release worldwide later in July. The clip offered several clues as to the plot, suggesting that the environment and religion would be major themes. Rock band Green Day is booed and pelted when it starts speaking about the environment to a Springfield crowd, while Homer's daughter Lisa is a green campaigner shunned by the town's inhabitants who simply don't care. She may also find love, however, after she swoons upon meeting a fellow campaigner from Ireland who insists he is not the son of U2 frontman and celebrity campaigner Bono. The Simpsons also turn up late at church, where Homer's father has a seizure and warns of trouble to come. When asked to explain this behavior, Homer flicks through a Bible, and mutters: "This book doesn't have any answers." Perhaps the biggest laugh was for Bart, who skateboards through town naked after being challenged to do so by Homer. After a series of scenes where strategically-placed extras and props protect his modesty, the audience gets a full view of his private parts through a gap in a hedge. LIKELY TO BE OFFENSIVE Series creator Matt Groening, speaking to the audience after the clips were screened, said he expected complaints. "In America there's someone willing to pretend to be offended by everything and so we annoy people and that's part of the appeal," he said. "It's to entertain people and also to annoy a certain segment of the audience as well." Series writer Al Jean agreed that there were big themes in the film, particularly the environment, but that the movie's makers did not obviously take sides. "They are big themes, especially the environmental theme, but we always like to approach it from both sides, so later in the film when Lisa's giving a lecture about the pollution, the label of the lecture is 'An Irritating Truth'." Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore inspired Oscar-winning climate change documentary "An Inconvenient Truth." Groening said he had been thinking about making a movie based on the hit animated television series as early as 1992, but struggled to find the time. Asked what the main message of the movie was, Jean replied: "It's that a man should listen to his wife." Groening added: "And it's a romantic movie. Homer falls in love with a pig." "The Simpsons Movie" enters a crowded animation movie marketplace, but Groening argued that it stood out from the majority of films in the genre. "This really is a tribute to the art of hand-drawn animation which is basically disappearing," he said. "All the animated movies these days are computer-generated, and this is the old-fashioned, clumsy, hand-drawn ... way." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhymes4life27 Posted July 5, 2007 Report Share Posted July 5, 2007 Good for Groening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted July 7, 2007 Report Share Posted July 7, 2007 I feel like I kind of have to see this movie, as it was such an integral part of my late childhood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
headphonestyle Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 Has anyone seen it??? I have to got this weekend...like one of you who already mentioned, it's like a part of my growing up, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 yep, I've seen it, and I can recommend it without thinking twice and Welcome to Songfacts, headphonestyle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tenacious_Peaches Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 I haven't seen it yet, but that's only because I hate going to the movies. I'll buy it the second it comes out on DVD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farin Posted August 3, 2007 Report Share Posted August 3, 2007 I would definitly buy the DVD, because I read that many (and I mean MANY) scenes and star cameos, that were cut from the movie, will be included there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayzor Posted August 4, 2007 Report Share Posted August 4, 2007 I love the Simpsons and I'll admit that the series was better the first 5 years, but this movie is something I've been waiting for. Can't wait 'til it comes out on DVD (I don't care for the movie crowds or the movie prices: I could buy 3 CD's for the price of a movie ticket!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLizard Posted August 5, 2007 Report Share Posted August 5, 2007 This was the funniest movie I've seen in a long time. I definitely recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonJonSurfer Posted August 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2007 My 13 year old daughter loved it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 There were 4 other people in the theater when I saw it and the only people laughing were me and a 5 year old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edna Posted August 18, 2007 Report Share Posted August 18, 2007 I don´t like The Simpsons. My ex loved them, my husband loves them, my friends love them, even my mother watches The Simpsons on tv -that is really amazing, but anyways...- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foolonthehill Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I saw 2/3 of it on youtube... it made me laugh extra hard when Bart was writing on the board "I will not illegally download this movie". The part I saw was alright, about at the quality of the more recent TV episodes, which I think have kinda gone downhill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
miamisammy29 Posted September 7, 2007 Report Share Posted September 7, 2007 I watched a bootleg copy, good quality, but the movie wasn't as great as I thought it would be. It was funny at times, but it was kinda like an extra-long Simpsons episode. There was so much more they could have done in a full-length motion picture. I, for one, was somewhat disappointed. But I'll probably watch it a few more times when it comes on Cinemax. 7 stars out of 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I loved it! I saw it twice, well once and a half. I'd give it 7/10, purely because once and a half was enough for me....it's not a stayer like star trek or that other star film about the guy in a black suit with a bad cold... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 I am taking my residents to The Simpson's Movie tonight!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fish Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Don't expect a laugh a miunte, but there are a few chuckles in there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted September 19, 2007 Report Share Posted September 19, 2007 Like Sammy said....it's like a really long episode of the Simpsons....and the first half hour got my attention, then it got a little boring....The residents had a good time and laughed alot, and that's all that matters..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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