The Simpsons Movie

Alex · 07-31-2007, 09:10 AM

The Addams Family
The Untouchables
The Fugitive
Serenity
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Charlie's Angels (the first one, not the second one which is an all time worst)
The Brady Bunch Movie
George of the Jungle
Miami Vice
The first Mission: Impossible movie
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
The Naked Gun (again, the first one)

I know it is against the critical grain and definitely not as good as the TV show but I liked Maverick. If you count SNL skits I would add Blues Brothers and Wayne's World.

Looking at that (off the top of my head, there's probably more I'm missing) and considering my first reaction to hearing that a TV show is being turned into a movie I'm surprised at how often the effort is at least moderately successful.

Kevy Baby · 07-31-2007, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Alex

The Addams Family
The Untouchables
The Fugitive
Serenity
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Charlie's Angels (the first one, not the second one which is an all time worst)
The Brady Bunch Movie
George of the Jungle
Miami Vice
The first Mission: Impossible movie
South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut
The Naked Gun (again, the first one)

See: you couldn't name just three!

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Originally Posted by Alex

I know it is against the critical grain and definitely not as good as the TV show but I liked Maverick.

You are not alone on this. It was silly good fun.

innerSpaceman · 07-31-2007, 10:56 AM

Bewitched?!? Please tell me you're kidding!

Alex's list is much better, though The Addams Family was not based on a TV show (but rather, was based on material which also inspired a TV show)

I concur with about half of his list as to movies I thought were good, but none of them met the Ghoulish Delight standard of television trancendence, as far as I'm concerned.

(Well, perhaps Wrath of Khan ... but that was the second film ... not fair comparing it to the first Simpsons movie).

Ah well, it was nice to see a list of arguably decent TV-to-movie adaptations. I put The Simpsons Movie squarely on that list. To me, it was a whole lot better than "whew, didn't suck." I liked it.

Ghoulish Delight · 07-31-2007, 11:14 AM

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Bewitched?!? Please tell me you're kidding!

Like I said, I was on an airplane. And as airplane movies go, I was sufficiently entertained. I'm sure I wouldn't have had the same opinion below 10,000 feet.

JWBear · 07-31-2007, 01:19 PM

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...The Addams Family was not based on a TV show (but rather, was based on material which also inspired a TV show)....

Well... Sort of. The Movie used the names and most of the relationships from the TV show. (The TV Uncle Fester was Morticia’s Uncle – Fester Frump - not Gomez’s brother.) In the original cartoons, none of the characters had names, and the relationships were only implied.

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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	The Addams Family The Untouchables The Fugitive Serenity Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Charlie's Angels (the first one, not the second one which is an all time worst) The Brady Bunch Movie George of the Jungle Miami Vice The first Mission: Impossible movie South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut The Naked Gun (again, the first one) I know it is against the critical grain and definitely not as good as the TV show but I liked Maverick. If you count SNL skits I would add Blues Brothers and Wayne's World. Looking at that (off the top of my head, there's probably more I'm missing) and considering my first reaction to hearing that a TV show is being turned into a movie I'm surprised at how often the effort is at least moderately successful.
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Bewitched?!? Please tell me you're kidding! Alex's list is much better, though The Addams Family was not based on a TV show (but rather, was based on material which also inspired a TV show) I concur with about half of his list as to movies I thought were good, but none of them met the Ghoulish Delight standard of television trancendence, as far as I'm concerned. (Well, perhaps Wrath of Khan ... but that was the second film ... not fair comparing it to the first Simpsons movie). Ah well, it was nice to see a list of arguably decent TV-to-movie adaptations. I put The Simpsons Movie squarely on that list. To me, it was a whole lot better than "whew, didn't suck." I liked it.
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