I wasn’t
expecting to like anything about this reboot, mostly because of the costume
changes (actually, the CGI look of the costumes). Based on my experience with
reboots, I thought, “Here goes another crapper.” But that wasn’t entirely the
case. The story was changed, though some familiar elements were kept, and the
movie ended up being fun to watch and captivating. That said, they could have
done better with a story about giant talking reptiles.
The story
changes didn’t really bother me, as I’ve come to realize that none of the
movies or cartoon series stayed true to the original storyline. What do you
expect from a movie about overgrown talking turtles who happen to be heroes?
There will be bad guys, and they’ll get their butts kicked—which is exactly
what happened. Another thing I enjoyed was Will Arnett’s role in the movie.
Honestly, I had more fun watching him than Megan Fox, who plays the new April
O’Neil.
The best part
for me was the return of “COWABUNGA.” Nickelodeon killed the word in their
cartoon reboot, but they brought it back here.
TMNT 2014 lacked
the genius of the 1990
version. It might have been funnier, but it felt more like everyone
just wanted to make a TMNT movie rather than actually putting in the effort to
make a good one.
The movie is
about a city being turned upside down by a clan known as the Foot. April O’Neil
witnesses the clan in action, but to her surprise, an unknown vigilante takes
them down. She starts investigating this vigilante and ends up running into the
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As you’d expect, the introduction ends with her
fainting and waking up in their lair in the sewers.
There, she
discovers that the turtles were genetic mutations her father had been working
on. She shares this story with her father’s colleague, Sacks, who, as it turns
out, is the adopted son of The Shredder.
Sacks and his
adopted father need the mutagen from the turtles for their grand plan—take a
guess!
World
domination.
In the end, the
movie is forgettable, which is the sad part for me. The first two Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles movies—Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) and Teenage
Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)—were
remarkably memorable. If you watched them when they were released, you’ll
either recall the epic fights in the first one or the Vanilla Ice rap in the
second. Here, all I can remember is that “COWABUNGA” is back.
The movie did
make three times its production budget, but will that be enough to warrant a
part two or three? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
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