The Simpsons Movie

David Silverman, 2007

Ok, I am a huge fan of The Simpsons TV series and find it the only series worth bothering to really watch whenever possible (after "The Ren and Stimpy Show" is gone), and recently I've gotten really into it because I've started to appreciate it above the normal "I just love this series" level. The humor in The Simpsons is just great, not only because their large number of writers, great voice acting and so... but rather for their unrestricted policy of attacking with satire every single human or society-level feature. This goes beyond the limits of normal comedy and the evolution of the characters in the series has had exactly enough freedom not to stay repeating old models but experimenting with different artistic styles. I think The Simpsons have achieved something very unique and great in comedy and TV history.

I had a very low expectation of The Simpsons Movie when it premiered due to the episode of declining quality of the TV series, but the film just totally destroyed this image and proved the potency of the series to break old barriers and "go nuts". Homer, who has been in focus for a long time in the TV series, was given totally new qualities of darkness displaying a new kind of infantile-like behaviour going all the way down to wondering whether he and his pet pig should kiss. It's as if the character was on LSD... so dark and crazy, yet when Homer says it the way he does, it's just killer funny.