The Simpsons Movie — Blu-ray Review
The Simpsons Movie courtesy Fox Home Entertainment
It took them 18 years, but
The Simpsons finally delivered a theatrical movie! Homer accidently causes an environmental catastrophe which could doom Springfield forever. Now Homer, one of the least responsible characters ever, must find a way to save his family, and the city.
I've seen every episode of
The Simpsons on TV, but I missed the theatrical run of the movie and opted to wait and watch it on Blu-ray. The video quality is stunning, and it looks like frames were painted on my TV, and the audio track (a DTS HD 5.1 Master Lossless track) sounded excellent.
I've grown accustomed to the loaded
Simpsons DVD sets, so I was surprised by how sparse the extras were on the movie. The two commentary tracks, one with a group, and the other with the directors, were good, but I expected to see more deleted scenes (there are only 6), and the "special stuff" section contained an odd assortment of clips, like Homer's monologue on
The Tonight Show, a couple of
American Idol pieces, and a short intermission piece for movies ("Let's go to the lobby..."). I was expecting a featurette looking at how the movie (finally) came together, maybe some behind-the-scenes material, or...something. They cover some great material in the commentaries, but this was a major blockbuster movie, and I felt they really skimped on the extras. They did something cool during the commentary track though, they actually paused the movie so they could discuss a few scenes (the movie is 1:26 but the first commentary track is 1:41). Oh, there are also some trailers for the movie on the disc.
I enjoyed the movie, but I can't help but think we'll see a "Special Edition" release in the next year.
As seen on TV: Well, that would be pretty much everything! -
Gord Lacey
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