I personally liked how they revolved it around Homer since that is what they first did in the beginning of the TV series. If they would have used all the other characters, it would have been Pirates of the Carribean all over again. Just because it was on TV, it is one really long episode? Meh, you could say that about any movie, if it had a TV series. I personally think it lived up to its hype unlike some other movies this summer.