mega-merchandised event<\/a> attended by millions of devoted fans \u2014 does not even begin to compare to the thrill of discovering these characters when they were more obscure. And it certainly doesn\u2019t help that the TV show, and thus the franchise as a whole, has been in decline for at least a decade. The Simpsons Movie<\/i> still has some good laughs, though. Possibly not enough to warrant buying a ticket \u2026 but several gags are of the sort that work best only<\/i> in a movie theatre. So you might as well see it anyway \u2014 especially with a crowd.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Simpsons Movie broke a few records this past weekend. With over $74 million in the till as of Sunday, it had the third-biggest opening weekend of any animated film ever; it lags behind only the two Shrek sequels. That means it had a bigger opening than any film by Pixar (The Incredibles, 2004, $70.5 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1116,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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