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TMNT -
I would like to say straight away that I think the way that every advert simply calls this TMNT is really stupid & annoying. Just call them "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", heroes in a half shell, TURTLE POWER!! Err, sorry I got carried away.
If your reading this then your probably were/are a fan, and also, your probably a bit sceptical about this new animated version. As I was. But amazingly they pulled it off. Well to a degree. There is a lot of nit picking that can be done, so I will do that. But I'll start on a positive thing which is the animimation is actually good. OK its not the same as the original live action film, but it works well enough.
Now some annoying things. Splinter, he just doesn't sound right. There is also very little actual martial arts fighting for quite a long time. Then there is the fact that it is so clearly a children's film (although this didn't bother me for once). I forgot the other things I moaned about now .. Maybe that was it. I know I said the animation was good, but it is a shame they didn't do it properly. Oh ye, one little niggle was that they never did the head-duck thing. Also Donatello sounded a bit camp. There also seemed to be a distinct lack of "dude"-ness going on.
But it is a daft enjoyable film. The soundtrack is excellent, full of happy punky pop rock. And the brilliant usage of "Wo black betty" in one of the funniest fights ever. There is also one other really good fight on a rooftop. It makes me laugh that a PG rated animated film can make a fight that good, yet films like "The Bourne Supremacy" can't make a good fight out of a properly "violent" film, WEIRD. Oh ye, it's also quite funny in parts.
Basically, this was a nice surprise & really entertaining. There is also a good game of spot the celebrity voice. Plus a hint at a sequel.
7/10
I would like to say straight away that I think the way that every advert simply calls this TMNT is really stupid & annoying. Just call them "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", heroes in a half shell, TURTLE POWER!! Err, sorry I got carried away.
If your reading this then your probably were/are a fan, and also, your probably a bit sceptical about this new animated version. As I was. But amazingly they pulled it off. Well to a degree. There is a lot of nit picking that can be done, so I will do that. But I'll start on a positive thing which is the animimation is actually good. OK its not the same as the original live action film, but it works well enough.
Now some annoying things. Splinter, he just doesn't sound right. There is also very little actual martial arts fighting for quite a long time. Then there is the fact that it is so clearly a children's film (although this didn't bother me for once). I forgot the other things I moaned about now .. Maybe that was it. I know I said the animation was good, but it is a shame they didn't do it properly. Oh ye, one little niggle was that they never did the head-duck thing. Also Donatello sounded a bit camp. There also seemed to be a distinct lack of "dude"-ness going on.
But it is a daft enjoyable film. The soundtrack is excellent, full of happy punky pop rock. And the brilliant usage of "Wo black betty" in one of the funniest fights ever. There is also one other really good fight on a rooftop. It makes me laugh that a PG rated animated film can make a fight that good, yet films like "The Bourne Supremacy" can't make a good fight out of a properly "violent" film, WEIRD. Oh ye, it's also quite funny in parts.
Basically, this was a nice surprise & really entertaining. There is also a good game of spot the celebrity voice. Plus a hint at a sequel.
7/10
