Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) by Tonicmole — 25 Mar 2016

You ever like a movie, while realizing it's really, really, bad? That's how I feel about this movie. It becomes pretty apparent that this film went through a major overhaul of the main plot at some point late in development.

This created massive plot holes, and errors in logic far beyond the average action flick. For instance, despite Splinter having no contact with the world outside of the sewer, he has intricate knowledge of Shredder and the foot clan.

These type of errors appear frequently. However....it's the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and as far as that goes, they nailed it. The four brothers are amazing in every frame, and even Megan Fox pulls off a decent April O'Neil.

So what you have to ask yourself is, does the Ninja Turtles have to be well written to be enjoyable? I found that, though these plot holes can be annoying, it's nothing new to the franchise. I grew up on TMNT, and this is honestly a very faithful reboot to the source material.

For example, in the cartoon series Shredder often referred to the Turtles as amphibians. Did we care? No, because it's TMNT. So, though it is without a doubt a terrible movie, it is at the same time very fun and entertaining for kids and older turtle fans alike.