TheCC Staff
05-06-2008, 11:50 PM
by Alan Noah
May 6th, 2008 - The Simpsons are going to Sundance! But first, they have to go tailgating. As far as opening sequences go, this was a very funny bit – Homer once again is holding his miniature banners, Ralph is eating his own hand, Marge and Maggie are line-washing foam fingers, Homer nearly smothers Moleman, and Sideshow Mel and Carl get into a smack-down over their favorite Springfield Universities. (Why does Mel care so much, I thought he was a Cornell alumnus?) Either way, this is just a ploy to get Lisa into her filmmaking, and it works.
It turns out that Principal Skinner has long dreamed of getting into the movie industry, and he decides to use Lisa as his way in. Though it is a wonder that “The Principal Who Sold a Screenplay” was never optioned. The Universal Studios joke was funny, but the timing was a bit suspect given the new Simpsons Ride (http://www.universalorlando.com/usf_attr_simpsons.html) that just opened. Skinner convinces Lisa to turn her camera on her family, as that is where the most drama is. Homer’s riff on Shia LaBeouf was random, but delivered well.
Click here to read the whole review (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Reviews/2008/May/Simpsons_Any_Given_Sundance/)
May 6th, 2008 - The Simpsons are going to Sundance! But first, they have to go tailgating. As far as opening sequences go, this was a very funny bit – Homer once again is holding his miniature banners, Ralph is eating his own hand, Marge and Maggie are line-washing foam fingers, Homer nearly smothers Moleman, and Sideshow Mel and Carl get into a smack-down over their favorite Springfield Universities. (Why does Mel care so much, I thought he was a Cornell alumnus?) Either way, this is just a ploy to get Lisa into her filmmaking, and it works.
It turns out that Principal Skinner has long dreamed of getting into the movie industry, and he decides to use Lisa as his way in. Though it is a wonder that “The Principal Who Sold a Screenplay” was never optioned. The Universal Studios joke was funny, but the timing was a bit suspect given the new Simpsons Ride (http://www.universalorlando.com/usf_attr_simpsons.html) that just opened. Skinner convinces Lisa to turn her camera on her family, as that is where the most drama is. Homer’s riff on Shia LaBeouf was random, but delivered well.
Click here to read the whole review (http://thecomiccollective.com/Movies-TV/Reviews/2008/May/Simpsons_Any_Given_Sundance/)