The Simpsons Movie Review

Well, it was good to finally see The Simpsons on the big screen. It certainly looked cinematic at times. But as a good friend of mine recently commented, this movie is basically a Simpsons episode spread out over 87 mins. With the same amount of laughs you would expect in a 22min installment.

They went for the big, but seemed to forget the small. So many favourite locations and characters from the TV show are overlooked. The family were taken out of Springfield for 20 mins. It just wasn't funny enough. It had the potential to be Borat wettingly funny but they were thinking so much about the cinema they forgot about the jokes.

The film looked great, but it felt more like a school outing than a journey to the school itself. The best gags have been seen in the trailers, I liked it but I wanted to love it.

2 and a half Homer's out of 5

Evan Almighty Review

I had low expectations heading into this movie, mostly from the very poor reviews I had read and the opinions of good friends that had seen it in the US.

But I was pleasantly surprised! This is a good movie, Steve Carrell as Noah is funny and believable. I liked the updating of the Noah story for the 21st Century, and when I pray I like to think of Morgan Freeman!

Morgan as God (held over from Bruce Almighty) had some nice moments, particularly with Evan's wife in the coffee shop. A speech that I'm sure I'll be using in Church some time.

No, Evan Almighty isn't hilarious, and the reason for all those animals being on the ark was stretching it a bit, but an enjoyable film. As a Christian I found some real value in this film. Borat is a lot funnier than this, but that film made me uncomfortable as a Christian, in the Church scene, whereas this in some ways affirmed my faith and made me think, do I make a stand for what I believe?

I enjoyed the Genesis 6:14 symbolism and Evan struggling with literally turning into a modern day Noah. It wasd good to see John Goodman back, even if I was a little distracted by his left eye and some of the supporting cast were good fun.

Good, clean fun and I will be getting the DVD!

3 arks out of 5.