I’ve been a fan of The Simpsons for years, and even though I stopped watching the show two years ago I still like to watch some of the older episodes that premiered back when I was in like… elementary school. I don’t know, after awhile the show got kind of stale, and sometimes too political for me.

That being said, I expected so much more from this movie. I mean, you’d think that it being one of the longest running cartoons on prime time television they’d want to really put all they could into a movie version. Not the case, in my opinion.

Part of what I love about the show is its huge list of supporting characters. Personally, I felt like they focused way too much on the whole Homer/Bart story. The least they could’ve done was add more scenes of what was going on to the population of Springfield during the majority of the film (don’t want to spoil anything). Don’t get me wrong, there are a ton of funny moments in the film, and a lot of the references and jokes are great, but it’s not enough.

This movie really should’ve just been made for TV, or made as a straight-to-DVD movie. Its theatrical release was way too overhyped, and ultimately the final product was weak.

Tons of people are probably going to disagree with me like hell, but what can I say? I was really, really disappointed.