The Simpsons Movie

The Simpsons is undoubtably one of the all time great TV shows. During seasons 4-8, the 'golden run', it was untouchable. It jumped the shark in season 9 and in later seasons the great gags were diluted and it became too self aware. There was nowhere left for it to go but more and more over the top. Now there is a long mooted movie. I've not seen it and I'm not sure how good it will be. Some cartoons make the transition to the big screen OK. South Park the movie was superb. But The Simpsons was all about riffing; small side gags based around pop culture refererences or the large cast of characters. The movie will live or die by how it manages to balance the overarching plot with the small gags and nods. I'll post after I've seen it. Matt Groening assures us it is brilliant. But he still thinks the show is as good as ever and methinks he is a little too $ obsessed to be objective. A trip to the cinema will tell.