What is so bad about this movie?
i loved it i dont see why a lot of people dont like it
shareI agree with you. I saw last night on cable and I thought it was really good.
*sigh*
Sometimes there's just no pleasing people.
Most people seem to mention the dialogue, somewhat convoluted plot, an excessive focus on Raph, or even the overall feel of it. I fall somewhere in the middle.
I loved the look of the movie, basic plot too. The plot was epic and even though it could probably never have the emotional weight of facing off against Shredder I thought it was solid; you can't have Shredder in every TMNT movie. Action was awesome when it happened an some of the story (particularly Leo and Raph's journeys) I'd say had real weight behind it. I also really liked the revelation about Winters' character. Even though his character revelation came as more of a shock, especially with such little time spent on it, it was cool to see something that's unexpected but still fits. Plus, Raph's vigilante crusade could have made for excellent talking points, like about how that was different from what the turtles did before.
I def had some problems with it though. The pacing was pretty weak. I have no problems with movies that take their time in development (Once Upon a Time in the West is one of my favorite movies), but TMNT threw a whole lot of plot at the viewer and only had 87 min to wrap it up. I would have wanted about 2 hours, especially with the way the beginning took its time. In going with that, the action the movie did have was fantastic but every sequence felt rushed.
Leo and Raph were exciting in this one (though I wanted a little more done with Leo; I agreed with Raph that he could be smug) but almost every other character was neglected. Donny had nothing to do, Splinter had little personality imo, Casey was boring (as mentioned by someone else on the board), April had absolutely NO personality and is suddenly a ninja too (who if I saw correctly held her own against Karai for a brief time, which would not be cool at all; Karai should require a bare minimum of one turtle to be intimidating), and not enough time was spent on the villains to make them feel emotionally weighty. The dialogue didn't help at all; was overly childish in ways the first movie never was and was pretty painful at times. Plus the monsters' designs weren't that interesting.
All in all I enjoy the movie in its own right though I wish it got some things right. Heck, if it just ran for 15 more min and had someone rewrite the dialogue I'd have loved it.
I don't know about you guys, but I just rewatched all 4 TMNT movies in a row over the course of 2-3 weeks (with my kids this time) and out of the 4, dare I say it, this is arguably the BEST one! I think it lost a few points with the throw in of the ancient stone guys...seemed like an after thought and the movie could've worked WITHOUT it, but it was still a blast and the dialogue/voice acting was outstanding! Besides some of the Mikey lines, most of it felt "real", especially the Leo/Raph exchange before the fight!
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I'm your average ordinary everyday, jorgeegeetooo!
I loved it, and all mye friends thats Turtles fans like it as well, its only the stupid critics who dont like it
shareCasey was boring (as mentioned by someone else on the board)
What the f--
Casey was basically on par here with the live action version, mostly there to be a badass and to provide comic relief. His banter with Raphael here is some of the best in the movie series. Hell, this movie got his relationship with Raph better than the original movies did, which other than the time they met, Casey tended to hang around Donatello or Splinter (and a bunch of Japanese dudes...). share