If you want or
are in the mood to see a bad movie, here’s one I recommend—because using the
word “bad” alone doesn’t justify how I felt after watching it. Not only is this
movie bad (i.e., not even worth writing about), it doesn’t leave you with
anything to remember once you’re done viewing.
The Turtles
franchise was facing an end, with Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze (1991) not being as
much of a hit as the
first movie. Then, the producers decided to make matters worse by
making this movie. What was wrong with Secret
of the Ooze was the removal of the dark tone of the
first part. The
second part was all about jokes and the Turtles were dumbed down
martial art wise.
It sucks—badly.
The dialogue is lame and out of place, the costumes of the turtles are the
worst of all three movies, and the voice casting…??? Words aren’t enough to
explain why the voice casting was terrible. It just was. I remember back then,
the main attraction to this movie was that Casey Jones (Elias Koteas) would be
in it. With Elias in it and Paige Turco back as April, you’d think nothing
could go wrong. Boy, was I surprised.
Everything that
could go wrong with this movie did.
The movie plot
has our turtles travel back in time to save April, who was mistakenly sent back
in time when she handled a magical scepter she bought at a flea market.
Basically, that’s it for the plot.
The movie kind
of put a full stop on Turtle movie ideas for a long time, although the cartoon
series carried on. Then, in 2007, another Turtle movie was made, continuing
from the events of Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze.
That movie, too, wasn’t a critical or commercial success.
This movie is
bad with a capital “B.” I feel so much like purging my brain because I’ve seen
this movie—a purging I’ll try to do by watching another movie I know will be
good.
The 2007 Turtle
movie was named TMNT, and
it was an animation.
In conclusion, if you’re in the Turtle craze and feel like catching a movie of your one-time favorite heroes again, then watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles I or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: Secret of the Ooze—or just watch the TV series. Don’t even try or consider seeing this movie; the stain is hard to remove.
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