TMNT review. Take with a grain of salt.

[lunabuna]

I went and saw TMNT with Mike last night.  I'd love to say that I really enjoyed it, but I didn't--not because the company was bad (my company, anyway), but because of these key factors:


- kids. So many DAMN kids screaming (kinda) and chattering and stating the obvious and ARGH, SHUT UP.  Next time, I'm going after 10pm so I don't have to put up with that bull.  Can't stand kids, really.

- Don got the shaft big time as far as character development and screentime go. I love Don. :(

- April = IMVU avatar.

- April/Casey ...... dun buy it. The script gave me no reason to believe they were really together except for them saying so (i.e. if someone was watching the movie in a foreign language, the only sign you'd get that they were an item is at the end of the movie, and even THAT felt contrived.)

- April ...... a ninja, and a BETTER ninja than ALL those foot soldiers? Gimme a frickin' break.  But I haven't really read the comics (I have one out of, what, 100s?), so maybe she DOES become a psycho good ninja.  I don't believe it, though.

- Michaelangelo's only purpose, pretty much, was comic relief.  Come on... he's more than that, and he's NOT as stupid as they played him.  At least in the first movie, he had enough character to shed a tear for Splinter.  And his jokes were actually FUNNY.

- Um... monsters? WHERE did all the monsters come from, WHY were they suddenly all in NYC, and HOW COME they were only NOW wreaking havoc and not, say, for the past few millenia?  Did I miss it, or did they just not touch on those topics at all?  Oh, and how does gathering monsters = closing dimentional portal?

- Winters = Mr. Incredible. I SWEAR, if you go see the movie, LOOK.

What really gets me is that they gave Raph and Leo SO much screentime and Mike and Don SO LITTLE.  Aren't they a team? Am I mistaken in thinking they're all equals, save Leo being the leader?  Am I wrong to think they all have something to contribute to the team?

Oh, and the whole thing seemed rushed. Proof-reading is your friend, kids.  And... reusing old lines from previous movies? Good idea, poorly executed, IMO.  "And I thought insurance salesmen were pushy." > "And I thought girl scouts were pushy."  I have never known ANY girl scouts that were pushy.  It would've been better had the line been left in tact.  At least they'd be reusing a line I actually LIKED.  But then again, they weren't exactly writing the film for me, so...

The "high sticking" comment? Applicable in the context used in the first movie. SOUNDS STUPID in the context it was used in in this movie.


Overall, disappointment.  I think I would've liked it better under different circumstances, though.  I'm considering going to see it again, and WITHOUT the obnoxious kids this time.  They had me so strung out that I was just miffed about everything.

Oh, the animation was good.  Good lighting, good texturing, fluid movements, only a few lipsynching issues.



EDIT: WTF?? Why were nunchucks not allowed on television in the UK in the 90s?? That sounds absolutely rediculous to me.

EDIT #2: WTF!!! Ninjas are taboo in the UK? Why??

Comments

[dtyvk.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Whitehouse <-- that's probably why in relation to your edits.

[lunayoshi.livejournal.com]

sldfkjlskjdf... this is why I often want to chew and gnaw on the necks of these radical Conservatives that feel the need to enforce their frickin' beliefs on the entire nation (or nations) because the sticks are too far up their butts. WTF, why censor the TV stations or whatever? Why don't they just PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT THEIR KIDS ARE WATCHING?

[fieryphoenix.livejournal.com]

Nunchucks were and still are banned in the U.K., I'm pretty sure. I guess the government didn't want kids to be exposed to them at all and start thinking they were cool.

[hippychild.livejournal.com]

Yeah I was just commenting to my sister that we got the Ninja bit back now. They used to call them Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles but I couldn't remember why they changed it. Fucked up!

[coralyoshi.livejournal.com]

Aaaat the risk of sounding really dorky... April really was taught ninja skills in the comics from what I remember lmao. There was actually a spin off comic for a while where she was fighting crime, but it was not very popular. :D;

Random fact that I knew, even though I never read comics :( I need to though.

[myc.livejournal.com]

Because we had to have Teenage Mutant HERO Turtles. YAY!