Top 250

The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Number 148 on IMDb's Top 250

Springfield faces a crisis. The lake is on the verge of destruction due to heavy polluting by the town. Meanwhile, Homer adopts a pig who has run away from Krusty Burger after Krusty tried to have him slaughtered. Homer names the pig "Spider Pig." Spider Pig's waste has filled up a silo in just 2 days, apparently with Homer's help. Since the town has decided to protect the lake and ban anyone from dumping waste, the lines at the dump have expanded to the point Homer can't get to the dump quickly so dumps the silo in the lake, polluting it. Russ Cargill, the villainous boss of the EPA, gives President Arnold Schwarzenegger 5 options, who picks the option of putting a dome over Springfield to prevent evacuation and hilarity ensues. Homer, however, has escaped, along with his family. Can he stop the evil Cargill from annihilating his home town, and his family, who have been forced to return to Springfield?

Trivia: Twentieth Century Fox registered the internet domain SIMPSONSMOVIE.COM on April 22 1997, nine years before the movie finally was green lighted. The Simpson's movie debuted in Springfield, Vermont. 20th Century Fox held a contest to select 1 of 16 possible Springfields (spanning from Oregon to Nebraska to Massachusetts) to decide which city will host the premiere. Springfield, Vermont won, just beating out Springfield, Illinois. The script for the voice work was to be kept so secret that the producers personally shred the script after every voicing session. Work on the script began in 2003. 158 drafts were written. For the entire month of July 2007, as part of a campaign to hype the July 27th opening of the movie, 11 "7-Elevens" stores all over North America changed their names to Kwik-E-Marts, and begun selling products like Buzz Cola, KrustyO's cereal, and Squishees - including WooHoo! Blue Vanilla flavor. One store in Burbank, CA reported selling over 57,000 sprinkled donuts matching the one featured in the movie poster.

Well this is on the Top 250 list now, but I don't see it lasting very long there. It has already dropped from it's initial point in the top 50 and is now at 148. Yes, it is funny. It has all the Simpsons flair to it. But there just wasn't anything to make it stand out. It is just a big budget hour and a half version of a typical show. I think it has suffered from it's marketing. The anticipation outgrew the movie. Some fans have been waiting for this movie for ten years or longer (it is currently in it's 18th season) and their was probably no way it could have lived up to it's hype.

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