Four Simpsons Movie Posters
One-Sheets Show Different Sides of Fox Animated Flick.
(Source: www.impawards.com)
Has The Simpsons jumped the shark? Who cares when they can still unleash hilarious posters like this set of four one-sheets, destined for the French market? If Matt Groening and company can match these posters with The Simpsons Movie script, then Fox will have a winner on its hands.
The first poster, titled Suspense, shows baby Maggie in a highly dangerous position while a sozzled Homer naps on the couch. Gotta love the iconic drool dripping from Homer's lips, and the teddy bear huddled among the piles of empty beer cans.
The second one-sheet, called Love, shows Homer and Bart enjoying a prototypically tender moment. Again, Homer with his "What? Oh, nothing to see here. Move along" expression is absolutely priceless.
Next up is Action, which features Bart about to unleash the hurting on an unsuspecting Lisa. Despite the brilliant facial expressions, I would consider this the weakest of the four, mainly because it's a little far-fetched for Bart to be going over a fence with his skateboard with the shears ready to cut Lisa's cord. Yes, I can hear you saying, "Dude! It's a cartoon!" but I occasionally like some nods towards reality in my animation, ya know what I mean?
Finally, we see Romance, a very popular subject in France, n'est-ce pas? Of course, this being The Simpsons, there has to be some kind of twist and Homer is showing his love for a hot dog while a less-than-thrilled Marge reads the paper. Although the body language is great, I'm also not as big a fan of this poster. Ultimately Homer and Marge have a (semi) happy marriage with Marge loving Homer despite his many faults. I think I would have preferred an adoring Marge hugging Homer. While he's holding her, he's reaching for a hot dog with an ecstatic expression on his face. That would have gotten the gist of their relationship across far better. But that's just me.
All in all, a bit of a mixed bag, in my opinion. But these one-sheets are further proof that Hollywood somehow manages to get it right for foreign consumption, and so, so wrong when it comes to their domestic marketing.
The Simpsons Movie comes to theatres July 27th.
Fun fact: The Simpsons holds the record for the longest-running North American animated show, having aired its 400th episode of May, 2007. Japanese anime Doraemon holds the worldwide record for an animated series with 600 episodes, while Gunsmoke holds the record for the longest-running North American television series, with 635 episodes.
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