Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) by Aharris28 — 10 Aug 2014

Seams like way to many people are taking a kids action franchise way to seriously. To many people are unwilling to accept change because they want to relive their childhood. that's why they are rating this film so poorly. Also people are stuck on Bay being involved. For these people I ask them to get over it. we are 30 years past the origins of the original TNMT which I grew up on. I watched the cartoons of the 80's , the movies in the 90's and I had action figures as a kid, so I am quite familiar with franchise. However I realize that most things change to keep up with the change in culture. And several things have changed about the TMNT franchise in that time ie. the foot sliiders originally were robots but in the 90's movies they were misfit kids. The 2014 remake of TMNT was very good because more then anything it was entertaining! and that's what I go to see movies like ninja turtles for... to be entertained for several hours. there was plenty of action which was innocent enough for kids to watch (remember this is a movie based on kids cartoon), but violent enough to keep adults interested (the scene with shredder and splinter is classic). Also provided laughs and humor the entire family could enjoy. There is a lot of criticism being made of the turtles new appearance but in actuality this more disfigured and massive appearance is more of what you would expect from something that was mutated from a radioactive experimental substance (sorry my fellow old timers) I also actually enjoyed/ thought the creation and backstory of the turtles was better and more realistic then from the original cartoons and movies (big fan of both). At the end of the movie the entire theater clapped and kids were having a blast. My eight year old who just finished watching Guardians of the galaxy (which he loved by the way) said he liked TMNT better. And my wife whom I have to drag to the movies said she enjoyed it a lot. So if your looking for a great time with the family and want to feel like you were on a ride at universal studios this is a movie you should go and see.

There are several things about the movie that did throw me off (but again it is a movie that is made for the family to have fun and not trying to appease the 30 and 40 year olds who want a replica of their childhood.). that being said the story does tend to focus more on April rather then the turtles. Also the foot clan don't have any martial arts background which was a little disappointing. But I am hopeful that the sequel will incorporate more of these aspects. trust me the changes in this movie do nothing to diminish the things us old timers liked about the Teenage mutant ninja turtles.