Ninja Turtles

[In58men]

Glad it's not fully CGI like TNMT this time and Megan Fox is going to be in it.


I'm excited are you? I'm baffled that there's no thread on this awesome development.

[Silock]

IMO, even fun movies should be logically consistent. This one just isn't.

[Gravedigger]

Originally Posted by Silock

IMO, even fun movies should be logically consistent. This one just isn't.

We get it, you didn't like the movie, might I suggest avoiding the sequel to save you all the time you'll spend tearing that one apart too?

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Silock

Spoiler!

The more I think about it, the more I dislike it.

Why was Shredder a robot?
Michaelangelo telling April she gave him a boner was creepy.

Why was there a Blutooth logo on a closeup of a camera flashback from 1999 (sloppy attention to detail that is really a problem all the way through the film)?

The action was predictably Michael Bay-ish in a way that you couldn't really tell what was going on. This was especially bad in the snow scene. I had no idea where the turtles or the truck was in relation to the bad guys.

WHY DID THE FOOT CLAN HAVE MACHINE GUNS?

Splinter learned to be a ninja from reading a book in the sewer?

Raphael is unreasonably a dick, and then his big redemption speech (which you could see coming from the second he uttered his first line in the film) is beyond dumb, goes on far too long, and is so distracting that you don't know where they are in relation to the ground, which is supposed to be the whole reason he's giving the speech to begin with. Throughout the whole time they're falling, you have no idea where they are. HOW DID THEY EVEN SURVIVE? It makes no sense and is given NO EXPLANATION.

The movie never explains how Splinter and the turtles even know who Shredder is. It explains how they know Sacks, but not Shredder.

It's like they ripped off half of the plot from the first Andrew Garfield "The Amazing Spider-Man" movie, only they substituted April O'Neil for Peter Parker, and kept the "threaten the city" plan, only bleeding the turtles instead of Spidey.

Aside from a few jokes by Michaelangelo, the movie isn't funny. Will Arnett is wasted on his character, and is too "Will Arnett" to really be believable as the sidekick, anyway.

April O'Neil has no personality (I mean, it's Megan Fox, so what acting could I really have been expecting, anyway... I guess that's my fault).

Heh, it's funny that you have a problem with Splinter learning karate from a book, but not the fact that a rat and turtles can learn karate in the first place???


The entire premise is incredibly dumb dude.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Gravedigger

We get it, you didn't like the movie, might I suggest avoiding the sequel to save you all the time you'll spend tearing that one apart too?

I'm sorry. I thought we were allowed to discuss the movie in here.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

Heh, it's funny that you have a problem with Splinter learning karate from a book, but not the fact that a rat and turtles can learn karate in the first place???


The entire premise is incredibly dumb dude.

No, the problem I have with it is that it's an unnecessary change from the origin story in the comics, AND it eliminates how they come to hate Shredder. Of course it's stupid. But like I said - even things with a dumb premise can be logically consistent.

[Ceej]

Not sure what you were expecting with another Bay summer flick.

[Silock]

Originally Posted by Ceej

Not sure what you were expecting with another Bay summer flick.

I really wanted this to be good. He owes it to my childhood.

Plus, The Rock was awesome, so he's capable of doing something good every once in a while.

[Ceej]

Originally Posted by Silock

I really wanted this to be good. He owes it to my childhood.

Plus, The Rock was awesome, so he's capable of doing something good every once in a while.

I will be watching it because my childhood too. Hell, I probably still have nearly 100 TMNT figurines. But, I'm tempering my expectations.

Because, well, Michael Bay.

[BigMeatballDave]

Zero desire to see this.

Never saw the original. I'll never watch this crap, either.

[Sure-Oz]

Silock brings up good points honestly. That said let's hope they improve and make the next film more fun. It was inconsistent...but I enjoyed it mostly.

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by BigMeatballDave

Zero desire to see this.

Never saw the original. I'll never watch this crap, either.

Probably for the best

[Sure-Oz]

Originally Posted by Silock

I really wanted this to be good. He owes it to my childhood.

Plus, The Rock was awesome, so he's capable of doing something good every once in a while.

Bay was involved but it was the Battle LA guy in charge....this movie reminded me of that one. Battle LA was terrible though...great effects but shit story and characters. Sure Bay can go full Bay or get someone else involved and maybe tmnt will be significantly improved

[aturnis]

The most telling review I've seen yet was:

"You could replace the turtles with transformers and not notice the difference".

Would those of you who saw it day this is accurate?

[Silock]

No, but just barely.

[Gravedigger]

Originally Posted by aturnis

The most telling review I've seen yet was:

"You could replace the turtles with transformers and not notice the difference".

Would those of you who saw it day this is accurate?

No, Mikey, Raph and Donatello had more personality than any Transformer from the movies. Leo was the only disappointing one to me.