'The Simpsons Movie' heads into theatres worldwide today and with its large fanbase, powerful marketing and positive reviews will it break all records in the box offices this weekend and set the bar much higher?
Simpsons' fans have been waiting many years for this movie and after waiting these year fans rejoice as they rush into theatres as they take a glance at The Simpsons in glorious cinematic animation.
The movie has been rumored for many years before the official
announcement in April 2006 from FOX. Rumors of the show have sparked from the 1990's during The Simpsons' Golden Years, however they never came through.
There were originally plans to make a movie in the 1992, but due to a short script it was turned into a regular episode. That episode was used as the series premiere of season 4 entitled
'Kamp Krusty'. After that failure to make a movie, the crew decided that it would be wise to wait for the end of the series to make a movie.
Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, has admitted that he has wanted to do the movie after the series finished due to several factors. The factors that had made the movie stay on hold for along time were due to lack of staffing to cover the show and the movie at the same time and a plot that would be able to made into a feature film. However, with the intense pressure from the fanbase the crew felt it was time to make the movie.
The movie's budget came in at $65 million (modest for an animated film), but should not be a loss on anyone's watch considering the potential the movie has. The current fanbase of the show is one of the biggest of all television shows, going into it's 19th season this September. Also chances are strong that people who have watched the show in the past will find the movie entertaining, considering the studio is bringing back an old flurry of writers to work on the movie.
The marketing of this movie has to be the one of the biggest I have seen for a movie. From switching the FOX logo into a 'Simpsons' themed one the past week during prime time shows to converting 7-Eleven's to
Kwik-E-Marts. The team behind the marketing had done a wide array of advertising, with some of them being quite
controversial. By taking a simple look at
Fox's website, you can see how much effort is going into making this the blockbuster of the summer.
And it addition to that the critics for the most part are loving the movie with the 87% rating on Rotten Tomatoes to praise from The Times and USA Today. However, there have been critic that have not enjoyed the movie due to what appears to be poorly done roles for various minor characters and a short run time of 83 minutes (1 hour and 23 minutes).
A soundtrack to the movie is also available with a special edition that sports an interesting design (on bottom right). The soundtrack has been produced by Hans Zimmer, who has worked on many movie soundtracks. It comes with 16 oddly named tracks and are available at retail stores and at
iTunes.
Track listing
1. The Simpsons Theme (Orchestral Version)
2. Trapped Like Carrots
3. Doomsday is Family Time
4. Release the Hounds
5. Clap for Alaska
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6. What's an Epiphany?
7. Thank You Boob Lady
8. You Doomed Us All... Again
9. ...Lead, Not to Read
10. Why Does Everything I Whip Leave Me?"
11. Bart's Doodle
12. World's Fattest Fertilizer Salesman
13. His Big Fat Butt Could Shield Us All
14. Spider Pig
15. Recklessly Impulsive
16. Homer, Bart, and a Bike
So with all these positive reviews and mass marketing only time will tell if this movie will be the movie of the summer with some tough
competition. But considering how The Simpsons have pull through the competition on television, they should be able to rake in the money with the movie.
