WE have Eric Sachs, who is a rich scientist/industrialist and the Shredder, an evil ninja master with no personality. Instead of just sticking with one main villain, the Shredder, we now have two.for some reason.
I don't remember the last time I watched a movie with such boring villains. It doesn't get any better with the villains. After a few minutes of listening to Michelangelo, I just wanted him to shut the hell up. These are all characters that are bad or annoying people but still likable as characters. But is is possible (kind of necessary) that if a main character is annoying, to also be likable. The pacing is uneven and a lot of the dialogue is forced and ham-handed, Michelangelo was the worse in that respect. A bunch of brothers together, getting up to shenanigans? What a great, natural way to have conflict! But no, the movie follows April way too much.Īll of that is indicative of a larger problem with the writing. All of there individual personalities are right where they should be but we are also kind of short-changed on the amount of interaction they have with each other. The turtles themselves are one of the few not-terrible parts of the movie. He not only learned all of ninjitsu but also somehow mastered it, without any instruction or sparring, in less than ten years? AND he taught it to the turtles? BULLSHIT. I mean when Splinter begin teaching himself, the turtles are already walking and talking. And it wasn't even at the very beginning. After both he and the turtles mutate he finds a book and teaches himself. So, how does Splinter become a ninja master himself? He reads a book. In fact, Yoshi seems to have been omitted completely. And this version Splinter wasn't the ninja master, Hamato Yoshi or even a pet/student of Yoshi. They completely removed any connection between Splinter and the Shredder, so say goodbye to any emotional connection or tension that that would have brought. I guess I'll just start by saying this (spoilers ahead), the changes they made to the origin story don't make any goddamn sense, both in terms of simple logic and quality narrative structure.
Its about giant talking turtles who fight crime. Leading up to it, so many people seemed to be taking it way to seriously. I'm not even quite sure where to begin with this movie. Reviewed by theLuauKing 3 /10 One-Dimensional Hollywood Fluff with Lousy Writing and Over-the-top Action.(spoilers)