The Simpsons Movie

[Muyotwo]

I was afraid that this movie was not going to be good, and that would've been terrible. It was really, really good.

You should go see it, then come back, and post in this thread about it.

[Lee-san]

I felt exactly the same about it, since the episodes have been crappy for quite some time now, so I didn't expect much..but yeah, it was a really great movie, and me and friends had a good laugh. Go see it now! =o

[Talon87]

Sounds like the Pirates of the Carribean Effect. (Everybody thinks the movie is going to be horseshit right up until the movie begins, so their expectations are really low, and they are pleasantly surprised.)

Also known as the opposite of the Harry Potter Effect. (Everybody thinks the movie is going to be awesome, so their expectations are really high, and these hopes are cruelly dashed by how mediocre the movie adaptation of their beloved book is. Then they forget all about it when, two weeks later, the little-talked-about Lord of the Rings movie debuts and is a sleeper success.)

[Blastoise]

the little-talked-about Lord of the Rings movie debuts and is a sleeper success


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[Talon87]

You've clearly forgotten what life was like in November 2001. :roll: *sigh* There's so much cultural bias in favor of the movie now, but back then, everybody was talking about the upcoming Harry Potter film while nobody except for one friend of mine was talking about LotR. Then, when it finally came out, it spread by word of mouth: "this movie was so good, you gotta go see it." If you're going to sit there and tell me you knew LotR was the next Movie of the Century back in November 2001, then I'm going to say I think you're a fucking liar. :|

I remember this well, though I don't expect you to believe me (since my post already has the sound of a typical flame, unfortunately), but ...

1 - I thought Harry Potter looked really dumb, so I was getting pissed off with how many kids my age (16-17) were getting excited for the movie

2 - When my friend Tom G. first introduced me to the LotR movie trailer (explaining that this is why he was reading the books in French class), I had never really heard much about LotR except "it's by J.R.R. Tolkien and the books are said to be like C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia only for older kids."

3 - When my math teacher told all of us to go see LotR (having seen it opening night), we all thought she was batty. There had been no media coverage of it at all on the national news, local news, or on shows like Entertainment Tonight or The Insider. The opposite was to be said for Harry Potter, and we had all just gone to see that (Thanksgiving 2001) and been let down.

4 - It was not until some time after I'd gone to see LotR myself (around Day 8 or Day 9 of its American release) that I began to see the first snippets of media coverage. I remember smirking, thinking how late to the party they were -- a good solid week to two weeks.

[Doppleganger]

2 - When my friend Tom G. first introduced me to the LotR movie trailer (explaining that this is why he was reading the books in French class), I had never really heard much about LotR except "it's by J.R.R. Tolkien and the books are said to be like C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia only for older kids."


Wait, you hadn't heard of LotR until the movie came out? o_O;

You're an unusual case, Talon. I read the whole series when I was in fourth grade, and only jumped into Narnia the year after that. Then again, I only learned how to read chapter books in third grade and most of what I owned at the time was exclusively British literature.


4 - It was not until some time after I'd gone to see LotR myself (around Day 8 or Day 9 of its American release) that I began to see the first snippets of media coverage. I remember smirking, thinking how late to the party they were -- a good solid two weeks.


Yeah looking back, I remember thinking the LotR movie was gonna suck, especially since I held a high opinion of the Interplay role playing game (well-made) that got me into the series. On the booklet Interplay mentioned Tolkien hated modern technology and would have disapproved of the game, had he not died a couple months before it was geen-lighted. Most don't even remember the game but I'll forever have my copies even if I cannot play them anymore on Windows because they hold such sentimental value.

Fellowship of the Ring is my favourite movie for that reason - the game focused exclusively on Fellowship with an alternate ending to the novel (infiltrating Dol Gulder). I wanted to unfreeze the Ooglo-Hai but I could never figure out how. My old friend Nathan suggested "Soft" but I didn't learn until later that such was only for Final Fantasy. ^^;

[Talon87]

I had never really heard much about LotR except "it's by J.R.R. Tolkien and the books are said to be like C.S. Lewis' Chronicles of Narnia only for older kids."
Wait, you hadn't heard of LotR until the movie came out? o_O; Remember that bit about hearing about the comparison to C.S.Lewis? Yeah. That would be in 1994 ... I (too) was in the 4th grade. I had read C.S. Lewis in 1993-1994 and a mentor of the honor students introduced me to Tolkien back then, but I never took her up on it.

[Doppleganger]

The Hobbit was "required reading" for my fifth grade class, by which I mean the teacher would read aloud and everyone listened while they coloured pictures of Gandalf or something simmilar. LotR was considered more difficult a read than The Hobbit so it wasn't selected (plus, length was an issue as well).

Though I liked The Hobbit, I didn't get to partake of those reading sessions since I was pulled out to practice writing essays. :|

[Talon87]

The Hobbit was required reading for the entire 7th grade except the honors students; I believe we were busy reading The Westing Game (GREAT KIDS BOOK!) and A Christmas Carol at the time.

[Sasuke]

I went to see The Simpsons Movie with trepidation, seen as the last few seasons of the TV series have been steaming shite. However, I really enjoyed it and was surprised that I actually lol'd a few times. Was it made to seem better then it actually was by;
My low expectations, as already touched upon by others in this thread
Nostalgia, and was it really as good as early seasons of The Simpsons?
I'd have to watch it again subjectively to be sure. But it's well worth going to see