All I have to say is after some 20+ years of The Simpsons I would have though Groening could have pulled off a decent movie but of course, this was filled with the typical disappointing drivel I've come to expect from TV series such as this when they are converted to the big screen. I've been a Simpsons fan for most of those 20 years and I feel let down. Granted there were a couple genuinely funny parts but they were few and far between. As the typical American movie-goer eats up crap like this, I'm sure it will have garnered a high rating on this site I want my $1 back from the DVD rental machine for wasting 1 hr 20 mins of my life. I found myself bored 20 minutes in and pretty much all of the funny parts were shown in the previews so if you've seen the trailers, you don't even need to see the movie.
Reviews
2 Reviews
The Stone Merchant
(2006)
Pretty Dumb
1 July 2007
Warning: Spoilers
The story in the movie is kind of lame, and despite having two good actors, one of which who won best supporting actor for Amadeus, the movie is poorly acted to the point of having stilted dialog and a soap-opera feel to it. Scenes with dubbing are also terrible, why not just have those scenes either in the film's native Italian or just leave the Italian accented English voice track alone. This movie does kind of go overboard hinting that all Islam breeds terrorism when, in fact, the vast majority of terrorists are of the Wahabist sect (a misinterpretation of Islam based upon the Haditha). And who ever heard of not being able to photograph Muslims or Dervishes...that's ridiculous. Watch this movie if you absolutely must, but I had to stop it after 40 mins cause it was so bad. The transfer is grainy and blurry and some of the camera work is suspect.
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