A RANT ON THE BEST BUT FORGOTTEN TMNT MOVIE?!?
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
- a review on the best tmnt movie that everyone forgets about that
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It deserved a sequel. 😔
It did it really did
There was plans for one but they canceled it I don’t know why though
@@Chillchildren999Beacause the studio behind the TMNT Movie shut down.
It truly did. It was supposed to have a returning Shredder in it. The film had so much potential, and it was utterly wasted. What a disappointment.
Got cancelled because Astro boy bombed at the box office, was supposed to be a trilogy
i think this movie is criminally underrated. i love the story and i wish we got a sequel
It almost did but it got canceled
I know this was 3 weeks ago, but this used to be a movie my family would watch consistently; or me and my siblings; really good!
All of Imagi Studios’ future movies were cancelled after Astro Boy was a critical and commercial failure.
@@AlexMartinez-nj9ioEven Astro Boy was good as well.. 😢 Wtf, we lost some genuinely good future stories..
This is one of my favorite movies I can still watch it till this day
Bro Leo and Ralph's rivalry was legendary in this movie. I had the DVD as a kid lol
Same I even seen the behind the scenes reactions from directors or something
I had the tie-in book
I had it as well but I had to sell it, I miss the movie
@@Prplegorlla it's on Paramount+
used to wach it every weekend
The fight on the rooftop alone is worth a watch. Definitely one of my all-time favorite moments in any TMNT narrative.
This was arguably the best version of the Tmnt I wish they never cancelled the sequel
I wouldnt go that far, but 2nd beat easily def was better than it had any right to be
@@wallcity318 well it could’ve been if they continued the Series this version of the Tmnt had the most potential it puts the New one coming out Turtles Mutant Mayhem to shame
the studio shutdown which is why we never got the sequel
@@B_bang22 Ik it’s because of Astro Boy 2009 being a flop
@@wallcity318it’s literally the best version
Saw this movie in the movie theaters. Left the movie theatre expecting and hoping for a sequel. The fact we haven’t got one yet is a disappointment. This movie was amazing, and the feud between Raph and Leo was emotional.
god damn I wish I could have seen this in theaters and yes I am disappointed as well
Same here
Very much The same
Raph*
The sequel never happened since the animation studio behind it, Imagi Studios, went bankrupt after their second film Astro Boy was a critical and commercial failure.
Although the main conflict lacks in complexity and overall struggles to draw attention, the conflict between Raph and Leo is beautifully portrayed. From the beginning feud to their chase and final fight, everything is executed perfectly, with astonishingly layered writing and complex character motives, all depicted in really stunning animation. I love this movie
The lack of is Why its great
Don't get me wrong it has some flaws but not enough to sour my experience
Naw it makes sense. Maybe it's not that complex but it makes sense why raph hates Leo and Leo also makes sense. He's only a ...teenager I think.
15:00 I think the reason Raph and Casey are keeping their "nightly activities" a secret from April is to do with her wanting Casey and her to settle down and have a more quiet life, which is mentioned by Casey during his rooftop chat with Raph earlier in the movie and foreshadowed earlier with Casey waking up late for picking up April from the docks, likely due to his own "nightly activities" the night prior, hinted at by him with the hockey mask still on his head...
This movie was really well done and the craziest thing of all is there was no Shredder and it was still good
and it was hinted that shredder is alive after the climax of the film and the sequel is focus on mikey and his brothers and maybe splinter turn back into their normal form
This movie is awesome. The fact that grown adults don’t comprehend/understand the plot is astonishing to me because I perfectly understood and enjoyed it when I was 6 years old the same way I do 15 years later. The video game on GameCube was super fun too
The game was epic
Wasn’t there an Xbox 360 game too? And a ds game as well?
@@JtDragonWolfmost movie-to-video game adaptations were sent to as many platforms as possible to maximize profit. i remember having a shark tales game for my DS and on my ps2
@@JtDragonWolf probably. I only played on GameCube. Most licensed games have significant changes by console
@@walkingolga6235i had a 2 in 1 sharktale and shrek 2 game for my gameboy advanced
I believe being a massive fan of TMNT and the live action movies, this movie felt like a sequel to them. Casey and April are together wanting to start a family, Shredder is dead, and Leo leaves to train as a better leader. To me, this was a criminally underrated movie.
He was set to return
You can even see Shredder's helmet, the TGRI canister, and that weird time travel stick from part 3.
@@joeblankenship377really?! 😂 that’s awesome
We're just going to ignore the prequal comics for this film then lol 😂
Shredder is "dead".
My friend loved this film. She was obsessed with it. She died a few years ago. I haven't watched this movie since she passed but this video sure tempts me to. Criminally underrated film.
This was an incredible TMNT movie. The fight between Raph and Leo had me on the edge of my seat. Was epic. Everything about it was awesome.
This is the first movie that comes to mind when I hear criminally underrated. It literally got me in to TMNT. I understand it took a different route to start off the franchise but EVERYTHING ELSE was top tier quality stuff. This is in my category of good things that haven’t received the love they deserve (Dino Crisis is also on that list)
I still don’t understand how people didn’t get the plot, I was seven when I first saw this movie (and played the absolutely amazing video game) and the plot made perfect sense. This is such a TMNT-esque plot and this was my FAVORITE growing up. I played the video game first, so imagine my shock and excitement when I found out it was a movie.
I'm really surprised you didn't mention how Leo could have unalived Raphael during the fight when Leo kicked Raphael into the wall and stabbed right next to his neck, deliberately missing. That showed Leo's focus and that he IS better than Raphael.
He was beating Ralph when Ralph had the mask on Leo is miles beter than Ralph he started holding back in the fight after he discovered it was his brother behind the mask
Well yeah. Logically we can say leo is better. With the mask Raph couldn’t touch Leo.
As someone who’s favorite incarnation of the Ninja Turtles is the 2003 cartoon I think this is currently the best Ninja Turtles movie, because in terms of its overall style and tone it felt the most like the 2003 cartoon and thus had the flavor that I liked the most, I also thought the choice to have it be set after they killed Shredder, having the turtles split up and the movie being about them reuniting and becoming the team they used to be once again made it into a much more unique Ninja Turtles movie than what we’ve gotten previously, it wasn’t just another “Stop The Shredder” movie, it gave us something different and I like that, it has its problems like I didn’t find the stone generals particularly interesting as characters, it also has the huge plot hole of if these 13 monsters have been roaming the earth for 3000 years then why are they just now being discovered? Like realistically wouldn’t it have already happened several times by now? But in all honesty for me this movie seems to get better and better every time I watch it, not to point where I’d say it’s a great movie, I don’t think any of the current existing Ninja Turtles movies are, but I do think it’s the best of the bunch
I think i read somewhere that each ot the 13 monsters are bases on a real world cryptids , Bigfoot, ect. Specifically the one raph faces is the new jersey devil.
2003 TMNT Cartoon was amazing. The early 2000s had some heat.
The monsters stayed in Central America, where they were first released, and were drawn to the portal as it got closer and closer to its opening, hence why they just show up in New York.
Fun fact, some of them were discovered. The little gremlin Raphael fought is supposed to be the Jersey Devil, which implies that several of them have been found but were probably discounted as being urban legends. At least that’s my takeaway.
I loved this movie, especially the fight scene between Leo and Raph. The tension, and the competitive nature between the two, to where he changes his demeanor to save his brother. I don’t care how bad people may think this movie is, the movie is a 10/10
The roof top battle between Raph and Leo is my favourite fight in any TMNT film. There are subtle differences in their fighting styles that I don’t think many realised. The way Leo gave up the fight and then Raph’ response when Leo was kidnapped was just raw.
I’m so happy to see someone sticking up for this movie it has had a special place in my heart since it came out. I loved it. It definitely deserves more love and a sequel would have been so cool. I enjoyed your video
Fr, the movie is fucking awesome to me
I had no idea this movie had a bad reception. I got it when it came out on dvd and I watched it so many times and I loved it, even rewatching it not long ago I still loved it
Same here I loved it and I wanted to see so much more of it
Tbf we never had access to the internet as 6-7 year old kids so it’s not like we had anyone to tell us otherwise
To be fair, in regard to the turtles looking the same, the original comics was the worst offender, not only did they look the same, but the color of their masks were all red. The only visible difference you could see were their weapons.
Dude the color of the headbands didn’t matter the freaking book was in black and white!!!!!!
@@coywarrior71 Editions were re-issused in color...
@@carlinrackley8547 ok yeah they did years later well after the fact and they really couldn’t change the colors in the reprints because the already made multiple references in the og comics that wearing different colored headbands would be silly!
@coywarrior71 bruh they released colored versions of the comics before the 1987 cartoon was even made, plus all colored promotional art had them with red bandanna and Eastman and Laird have stated numerous time how the original idea was for them to all have red bandanna and that the colors only came about because they needed a way for kids to be able to tell the difference between each turtle. Do your research man
@@Raijin612 “Bruh” what does that have anything to do with what I’m talking about!?!?
Easily, THE TMNT media ever. I adore this film. It making a darker take on the turtles is what I'd always wanted the series to do and they did and wow it is always fun to watch. If you don't get chills from that rooftop scene I am sobbing, it's one of the coolest dual scenes I've ever watched. I am so fricken sad we never got a sequel because man, I wanted to see them really flesh out the characters more, because it's clear to me, that's what they wanted to aim for as well.
best screen adaption of the turtles for sure. the grittier tone suited it really well for the story they were trying to tell. the interactions needed a bit more time to really flesh out the story but enough was done to get you invested in their relationship. this needs a sequel cause we arent getting an adaption of the turtles this good ever again.
I think that it has a bad rating because these people don't realize that its a movie for existing fans of the franchise, or atleast those who know the basic idea.
yeah the problem with critics is that they dont go off that at all just at what the raw movie is. So if it cuts corners for fans, because we would already know these things, they see that as a problem and its annoying.
@@HotChillz it’s a valid complaint ig, but yeah, bit annoying tbh
@@HotChillz i don't see that so much as a problem as it is a different perspective, one that many critics have. you could say doing your homework on art is akin to what an art critic would do: research the background of the artist and art piece they created to get a complete picture, or at least a picture they understand.
but if you're coming at this as someone reviewing a product, not everyone is going to care enough to check out what they are getting into.
I disagree, this movie is what introduced me to TMNT and I freaking loved it.
Just watched this movie again yesterday. My only real criticism is that it's too short. It's really noticable at the end where the big fight seems anticlimactic. The fight with the stone generals should have been fleshed out more.
This movie is criminally underrated. This movie was literally my childhood, I was obsessed with it for years. I'm glad it's getting a little more love that it definitely deserves 👍
One of, if not my favourite movies growing up and I still love it now, I had no idea it had such a bad reception. I can’t imagine people disliking this.
I love that this movie is a canon continuation of the live-action trilogy.
yeah, that always made it feel more deep to me
Until recently I always thought this movie was part of the 2003 universe.
and the movie doesn't even care that you don't know or do know it just keeps moving on
This movie is TOO good to be forgotten!
agreed!
@@HotChillz but sadly it is forgotten. The main pros to this movie to me in my opinion is being able to tell you what’s going on just by showing you on the screen this movie doesn’t need dialogue. What this movie needs is a sequel that’s it am I saying it’s perfect. No, I think the whole. Leonardo, leaving, and then become an ghost of the jungle was a bit of an unneeded plot point but other than that, like there’s no such thing as a perfect movie
I had a dvd of this movie when I was a kid and it made up so much of my childhood I loved it to death and rewatched it so many times, it's nice to finally see someone do Justice to it.
The biggest problem with TMNT 2007 was that they randomly decided to make an original story with a completely unfamiliar group of villains and monsters.
Why they chose to make up some ancient monster story instead of doing Krang and Dimension X, I will never understand.
It was trying to be a love-letter and a spiritual sequel to the 90s movies, but it felt like a modern reboot with new villains and aesthetics.
Thats a valid point but honestly i praise then for making an original story with original characters. I love seeing them fight shredder and the foot but i see this the same way issue with spiderman. Marvel isn’t showing spider-mans origin in any of the movies bc we’ve seen it so many times already. Thats my guess as to why they chose this route.
@@jaydenmyers2752You say that, but the MCU still has Spider-Man act like an infant child for three movies straight and have those movies act like some elongated origin.
I reckon they wanted to save the iconic villains and characters for sequels.
They were saving shredder and dimension x and bebop and rock steady for the sequel
Noone would have cared had the original characters been interesting. Kraang would have been awesome but kraang also was an original character to the 80s show so...
i just recently got into tmnt last September but when I found out this movie existed I was so surprised it wasn't as popular as tmnt2012 or 2003 even. I watch it anytime i get the chance to and I'm glad this video was made on it!
well im glad you found my video :)
there were actually supposed to be 2 sequels, but those got cancelled when the animation studio went bankrupt. the sequel and the third already had basic plots that are now online, and theres a poster for the second one as well. so sad that we never got more.
I loved this movie back in the day. Can’t believe it was poorly received
I love this movie my theatre not long ago had a showing of it for free I was there too watch it. Favorite scene leo and raphs fight scene such a great character moment. Though I do like og tmnt movie slightly more as a s rank this is definitely a rank for me. Deeply enjoyed your video good to see someone talking about this film.
These are seriously some of my favourite iteration of the turtles, they all looked so good and I like how each turtle had their own thing goin on (Raph & Leo specifically). Casey, April, Splinter, Karai, foot ninja, etc all looked phenomenal as well. Will never forget the legendary fight between Raph & Leo. The dark, mature, grittiness was there. The only thing holding this film back imo are the main villains, they were pretty mid tbh. The ending reference to the older movies was an amazing touch.
A sequel showing off the iconic tmnt villains would’ve showed the true potential of these turtles imo, it’s too bad we never got it. The Smash Bros like game for these turtles was really fun & underrated too. Truly some of the best animated turtles
i think the statue-monster plot is a little poorly handled, but that leo va ralph fight is genuinely the best animated turtles content of all time
Ngl I actually like the concept of the stone character’s but I do agree that they could of handled them better. If the movie has an extra 30-40 mins I believe it would have fixed all of the “major” issues. Bc the only complaints i rlly see fit in the category of the movie not being long enough.
@@jaydenmyers2752 oh i agree, i think the idea itself is interesting, but like you said, not fleshed out enough. if it was 40 min longer aside from fleshing out the statues/monsters, i wouldve loved to have seen more of ralph's vigilante activities, maybe he could have the whole b plot focusing more on his investigation before the rooftop fight
To answer your question, sheds on roofs is common in NYC since most people don’t have backyards and don’t want to keep tools in their tiny apartments. Also sometimes sheds are constructed around circuit breakers and vent controls on the roof so they don’t get wet.
I was such a huge TMNT fan that I would watch the live action 90s one, mostly the 1st, the 2003 version, and 2007 movie countless times and forgotten about it. 5 years later, 2012 version comes out and it’s just as good.
It's free with ads right now on RUclips so I've watched it a few times recently and have even started playing the game again. Fantastic.
it is, where? i know you said RUclips but every time I look it up it said you need to pay
As a kid i loved The tmnt (i had posters, so many toys, games, books, a bookbag) and when the movie came out i made my mom take me to see it and i was absolutely obsessed with the movie. I was really sad nobody talked about it when i was a kid. i still enjoy the movie and whenever i bring it up nobody remembers it or goes "oh yeah i heard it was bad so i didn't watch it" im glad to see it get some love.
Yo it’s always great seeing people giving this movie the love it rightfully deserves
Thanks for shining a light on this movie. It truly deserves it. Memories of my childhood are strongly attached to this film.
the memories you have to this film is the exact reason I made this film, in the same boat as you!
A ton of people also forget it’s a sequel to the 90s films and it’s a great fucking sequel that’s way cooler than secret of the ooze or Turtles 3
yeah most people dont know that though and yes it 100% is
I watched this movie when I was around 6 to 7 and I LOVED this movie and I’m sand and really disappointed that not a lot of people actually got to see this masterpiece of a movie
When raph says “I’m done taking orders” during their fight! Gives me chills every single time! The best scene in the entire movie!!!!!
bro 2007 tmnt movie is my favorite one and the best one
unironically true, best movie for the tmnt franchise, but maybe this new one will be just as good or better :0
Regarding the opening plot narration … I can’t speak for everyone, but I didn’t feel like I couldn’t understand it.. it was just incredibly uninteresting and disconnected from the turtles. You could’ve taken this whole ancient conqueror monster plot and put it in any kids show… Justice League, Gargoyles, Star Wars. It was a paint by numbers cartoon setup.
It wasn’t necessarily a bad movie but the whole thing felt like like a straight to DVD 4 episode Cartoon Network series pilot.
Admittedly I also wasn’t a kid when it came out. I loved the original movies when I was a kid.. I went into this excited to see a new movie though.
This movie is so nostalgic to me. I watched it as a kid, and I still think the animation holds up today.
This video brought back so many memories from one of my childhood favorite movies that i forgot i had.
Only thing bad was how Mikey and Donnie got shafted
So basically, the same and only thing that was wrong with the first one, too.
I always find it weird that the Turtles had jobs. They were never interrested in winning money this way but now yes? We never saw a flash-back of Splinter asking them to work or them discussing about that. Apparently, Mikey and Donatello are fine with that idea. I don't understand this part of the movie 🤔😕
The animation still looks good, the action is fun, the music is nice, Casey jones is here and he has a cute friendship with Raph, April can fight but is also kind and loyal, the villain has a unique plan. I like this movie, one of the best animated in this franchise. I never saw Batman vs TMNT but heard it's great. I should watch it sometimes.
I always assumed it was more that they needed/wanted something to do since general vigilantism wasn't an option
Hearing that this movie isn't well received surprises me. I still have good memories from this, and it looks better than some modern CG today. its definitely not perfect, but the passion was there and in my head as a kid it made perfect sense. Heck, as an adult i see more of the meaning behind whats in the movie and appreciate it more than I used to.
This is my favorite TMNT content ever. Glad to see it getting the recognition it deserved
As a lifelong turtle fan , I am always surprised by opinions ON TMNT. It has always been my favorite interpretation, by far. The cast, the plot, the action, the characters , the lore, the animation, and the feel of the movie are all perfect. The way the turtles, April, Splinter, and Casey are portrayed so well. This movie is a 10 out of 10 for me. I wish it was a trilogy.
Never listen to the critics especially Rotten Tomatoes the 2007 TMNT movie was honestly one of my favorite ninja turtle movies
god I know, I hate rotten tomatoes lol
I don’t know why you guys act like critics are the only ones who hated this movie, audiences weren’t exactly fond of it either. It has a 6.4 audience rating on Metacritic, 60% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, which is literally one point away from being a rotten score, and a 6.2/10 on IMDb, these aren’t exactly great scores.
And while I was looking through the history of Imagi Studios, I found a few articles about Imagi shutting down back in 2010, many comments had people hating both TMNT and Astro Boy.
I had this movie on DVD as a kid, I understood everything really easily. I thought it was a great movie, I was really entertained.
Same as hell 🫂
This was honestly the first thing I ever watched about Tmnt and I fell in love
Really loved Your view and take on this movie always thought it was a tad bit underrated as well, much love keep it coming bro God bless you!. 👏🔥💙
thank you man, will do
YES! I have my own gripes with this movie, but it's been my favorite since it came out, and it's entirely underrated. This movie's version of some characters are definitely my favorite. So glad it's gotten appreciation as of late.
The scene where Leo and Raph are fighting on the roof is easily one of the best scenes I've ever seen
It was the first TMNT project for me back in the day, and I LOVED IT, I can’t count how many times I rewatched it. I was 5 and I understood everything, what’s wrong with people’s feeble minds?
2:35- 3:05
Now you've got me feeling a tad miffed. Simply because while this film had a good cast, it was mostly voice actors. And voice actors don't get enough love.
i used to watch this over and over as a kid with my brothers. i loved the idea of it, anything involving time travel or immortality always intrigued me as a kid, and i love this movie because of it having that and the tmnts. i loved the tv show on nickelodeon as well. been thinking about rewatching it now that i'm grown and could actually understand the story, but i'm not too sure if i could get around the fact it's made for children. i've had a hard time getting back into some cartoons from my childhood because they're just too childish
My personal favorite TMNT movie. I never forgot the movie and never will. Glad to see someone discuss the movie in a good note.
I though this movie was so fucking good as a kid that I forgot it was even animated and thought it was live action because of how epic it was. The fight on the roof between Raph and Leo is a core memory for me.
Im glad I’m not the only one who thought this movie was straight cooking 💯
I like the movie, but it always felt like it was the sequel in a trilogy with no other movie's helping it
This is the movie that got me into tmnt, that rain scene was everything to me, super cool fr and overall i just enjoyed it so much
My son was born in 2007.
I got a copy of TMNT when it was released on dvd and never really thought much about it.
Around 2012 my boy found the dvd and asked what it was, so i put it on and we both sat down and watched it. We both loved it.
That was the 1st time i actually paid attention to it and its the day it became my favorite TMNT movie.
The family elements were a big part of the movie but it didnt feel shoved down my throat like alot of modern movies feel...
"Theyll know this movie is about family because the actors will say it is 50 times for 2hrs at times that it doesn't make sense to say it"
Love the ninja turtles, fantastic video man. Very well made
thank you so much, that really means a lot to me.
Severely underrated, I'll give you. Championed this one and saw it twice, own the soundtrack, and bought it on home media. But best ..goes to the 1990 one
yeah the 1990 were the first thing of tmnt I saw when my dad showed me all the movies, they'll always have a special place in my heart
Several years ago, I remembered the plot of the movie villians and how much I enjoyed the story. Took me weeks before it clicked that it was a TMNT movie. LOVE the villians backstory.
I loved this movie so much! I had no clue it was rated so low! Also the line: "But more importantly I'm better than you!" has stuck with me more than any other line period.
Was a solid movie the art style was a bit dated by todays standart but it rakesxme back a less complicated time honestly id love a sequel to it in the same style
100% with you on that
A lot of those movies we watched back in the day got bad reviews just because tastes were different, I think another issue is mob mentality where we just adjust our opinion to go along with what’s popular at the time. To this day TMNT had the best Raphael and Leo dynamic
It was dope. Yes Raph was amazing as was his conflict with Leo, but the main villain is what got me. The plight of an immortal man who wants to die and must revive and subsequently kill his friends to do so is genius.
When I first watched this movie, I got hooked off of the intro and backstory of the main villain alone that already got me hooked that already got me ready to watch the entire movie and so when I watched it all and got through it all up until the credits I was blown away by their storytelling and their ability to convey emotion, passion, and words, without dialogue at all the fight between Raphael and Leonardo is the best showing of this now in recent movies. The characters need to scream at each other, watch their fighting to get their point across but this movie they didn’t need to do any of that, all we got was just strength hands with tiny. Also tiny amounts of dialogue that did only to improve the scene. I haven’t seen the movie like this in a long time and when you showed me. Just how low the ratings for this movie are I was blown away by how much people hate old movies because that’s my personal theory. It’s just the fact that this is an old movie that this is a forgotten movie no really if this was the movie that was going to come out now in 2023 people would be on this movie like vultures on a corpse
banger video my guy, i look forward to seeing more of your videos !
comments like these really keep the fire of passion burning in me, thank you so much. I'm currently working on another video rn, hope to have that out soon.
Thank you for talking about this underrated and forgotten materpiece from my childhood. I saw mutant mayhem a few days ago and adored it, so i rewatched this one. Still an absolute classic
i come back to this movie all the time, its so well casted and the story is so solid imo not sure why people think its weak better than any of the modern day shit
Flawed but underrated. And it was also suppose to get 2 sequels before Nick bought TMNT. IMAGI TMNT 2 was going to focus on Mikey on his own since everyone was demutated back to their original forms as well as the return of Shredder. Then the next film would focus on DIMENSION X!!!!!!
Overall I really like this movie. Everything with the turtles from their design, to their complex relationships, and how they interact with each other was great. The rooftop fight with Leo and Raph... incredible. My nitpicks were that the Turtles designs looked so good that it made the human characters look overly cartoonish. Like the styles didn't mesh. The turtles have so much detail and design and the humans are just flat and simple. And then with all of the lore and the rogue's gallery of villains at their disposal we got this weird, pulled out of nowhere story about monsters and portals and these statue warriors. It felt more like a one off saturday morning cartoon episode. Not bad, just a weird choice.
Amazing i loved it The most Nostalgic part for me was The giant battle at the start where everyone turns to stone
I noticed it was on netflix today and now your review , it makes me feel like it is slowly gaining the popularity it was ment to have
I'm so glad someone else has good opinions 😌
I see your points and think it's great that this was a version of the turtles you grew up with and will admit that this movie has excellent fights and animation but I feel the story still falls short due to the villains not being memorable or interesting enough to feel their impact along with the highlight of the film being Raph vs Leo lacking weight due to errors in the characters and story; Leo's hatred for the Nightwatcher felt unnatural and forced due to no build up or reason for Leo to hate him especially since Leo did worse against his enemies in his training which gives Leo not much weight in any conflicts with the Nightwatcher or Raph due to him being in the wrong without much to justify it, Raph was better but felt repetitive in his arguments with Leo without much progression until their fight.
This movie has dark elements that can work but I feel they aren't given enough time to breath or develop for the to have weight in comparison to other versions of the turtles especially the darker arcs in the 2003 version which had better characterization and development that made the turtles feel more interesting.
Holy shit I completely forgot this movie existed. I insisted on eating apples with knives for years because that’s how the one Central American guy in the very beginning did it
okay but this is one of the only tmnt movies i ever watched in my childhood and i thought it was amazing. loved it.
When I was younger, I thoroughly enjoyed this film especially when it came to the choreography of the action. As I got older I could truly appreciate the film’s premise and came to acknowledge like, with everything to exist, it has its flaws. Whenever I’d talk to adults about the film (the only people I knew who happened to watch it) like my uncles, they’d always say it was alright and would move on. I’ve always chalked it up to the appearance of the film itself because it’s not exactly remarkable (art direction vs animation movement itself), but serviceable. It could be the animation, the juggling of different plot points, the difference of characterization compared to previous series, I’m not sure- but I love this movie personally and love knowing that others also enjoy this film :)
I'm interested in what reviews for the movie you’ve seen since all the reviews I've seen don’t really have the complaints you've heard, or actually mention parts of the movie you believe people haven’t talked about(for instace the popular complaint about the opening flashabck is that it becomes redundant later on, and that some of the plot points introduced there seem arbitrary).
to name a few off the top of my head is JaxBlade and CinemaSins
@@HotChillz jaxblade didn't really review the film as a whole. Just the Leo and Raph conflict and how it doesn't hold up to well even with the understanding that Leo's criticisms are unfair. As for cinemasins, I thought at this point most people agreed they weren't a good source for legitimate criticism.
I LOVE this movie! I grew up witching this and playing the TMNT game (based on this movie) on PS2...I miss the good old days😢
I've recently noticed that people who were introduced to this movie after they've firstly watched tmnt versions like rottmnt and bay turtles (2014 and 2016 movies) don't like this 2007 version of turtles, but the ones who were introduced to this movie after they've firstly watched tmnt versions like 1987, 1990 and 2003 series do like this 2007 movie a lot. But that's just the people I've met, not saying everyone is like that, which is really sad cuz this movie was great when it first came out and even introduced its own villains, they're my fav version of turtles too
The behind scenes showed a lot of material that weren't used for the movie which would be a nice add up but as it also said, the movie is focused on turtles mainly so removing them was a better turn. The game was neat too! If anyone remembers it 😅 If only it could've received a sequel but apparently the company bankrupted so they couldn't continue the project
Also, I believe Leo knew about knightwatcher because of April while she was telling him about how his brothers are doing at home and how are things at home too, the fact that the scene where the turtles are on the roof getting 'back in shape' could've originally been just a turtle tag is silly but it would show how rivalry between Leo and Raph was built up even more before their fight scene takes action later on in the movie
The reason i dislike this movie is because all turtles are twodimensional caricatures of themselves. I take the 90 Movie for comparison. Mikey was just as serious a character as everyone else. He just likes do goof around a bit more often. The small banter on the phone with the Pizza service. The prank he pulls on Leo in the antique shop. But that's it. He's just a bit goofier than the others. Donnie isn't far behind. Not taking the situation at the campfire serious at first with burning marshmallows in hand. Spitting water in an enemys face. That's the chemistry between Mikey and Donnie in that movie. Both love to goof around together with Mikey just a bit more over the top. In this movie he doesn't get a single scene without a joke. He's clumsy he's way more childish, he can't take anything serious. in the other movie he couldn't deal with loss. He even ignored the topic entirely when Donnie brought it up. And when Splinter is gone it hits him the hardest. Raph had anger issues instead of being a walking one. He had one clash with Leo in the original. That was is. It was a huge fallout over a very serious topic. In this movie he bickers about literally everything. He disagrees just to disagree. Because he's anti.
The characters are so flat in comparison.
I love that movie because it took the characters serious and developed them to be more closely to real people. The CGI movie instead reduces them.
that's a totally fair reason to feel as to why they aren't all they could be. but this movie's problem was being and hour and 30 min long and as a "restart" to the films. as well as only having the one movie come out instead of the 4 that was planned. I think we would have had them as characters have more growth over time, the plan being that we spread it out over the 4 movies so it doesn't feel rushed. but then all of that changed when imagi studios went out of business so they couldn't make those other movies to flesh out everything. but I 100% see your point that they defiantly are more of a caricature of who they are
This was the BEST animated Ninja Turtles movie.
The film that made Raphael my favourite!!! Seriously, the Night Watcher is such a genius concept, he’s so cool and emo
Raph and Leos rivalry in this is the best thing in tmnt history
Finally someone giving this movie the credit it deserves! Growing up watching the turtles, this gave me the emotion and intensity I always felt it deserved! Plus the Leo/Raph fight is the greatest moment in TMNT history
TMNT 2000s the night watcher did not kill those criminals he chain them up on the ceiling, light thing or whatever
No of course not I was speaking to how he drags a couple of the goons away into a dark ally and they make a connection to how Leo did it where he did in fact kill people so when raph does it, it makes it looks like he does but yes I know the nigh watcher never killed anyone
@@HotChillz ok