I just saw TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES! I haven't read one other review about the movie yet, but I'm willing to bet someone out there is saying, "they're raping my childhood!" but what they fail to take into account is that TMNT has a history that stretches 30 years! During that time, there have been many many iterations of the turtles, from the hardcore original comics, to the campy 1987 animated turtles, to the current TV show on Nickelodeon. There are literally over a dozen different versions of everyone's favorite heroes on the half shell and each one has a slightly different mood and tone that ranges from 5 year old friendly to hyper violent. In fact, 2009's Turtles Forever has a good time joking about just that. What about the new movie? Well, this movie essentially takes 30 years of Ninja Turtles, picks and chooses it's favorite parts and tries to combine them into one movie and I have to say, they do a pretty damn good job of it. The CGI is first rate & the action is crisp and at times jaw dropping. The characters are well developed and loyal to the source material with Leo leading, Raph being the badass, Donnie getting his geek on and Mikey... just being Mikey. The story is passable despite being a little cookie cutter and one or two eye rollingly embarrassingly bad piece of exposition which had no part in the movie, but believe it or not I'll forgive it because the rest of the movie is just plain fun. The more you've experienced Ninja Turtles in the past, the more you'll enjoy this movie. There are jokes coming at you left and right and dozens of cameos of all shapes and sizes from people to props. Overall, it's just plain fun to watch! So go get yourself a slice of pizza, put an orange headband on and celebrate your birthday early by seeing this movie with a group of friends. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles gets a 4...out of 5.
Comments
Post a Comment