TMNT
by Kevin Munroe
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Actor: James Arnold Taylor, Kevin Munroe, Mikey Kelley, Paul Wang, Thomas K. GrayDirector: Kevin Munroe
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 87 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Bros.
DVD Reviews of TMNT
DVD Review: De-Shelled
Summary: 2 Stars
Let's get something clear: I love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, no matter what form they take, from TV shows to comics, but the movies have thus far always been my favorite medium. It takes some serious goofing up on a director's part to make me cast anything less than a fawning eye on my reptilian heroes...but in this case, first-time director Kevin Munroe has made me leave the theatre feeling disappointed, even though I had just been blasted by 87 minutes of my favorite sewer-dwelling ninjas. My god, what went wrong? - the animation was top-notch, the cast featured big names like Sarah Michelle Gellar ("Buffy the Vampire Slayer") and Mako Iwamatsu ("Seven Years in Tibet"), and the film had a budget that topped that of all three previous movies. What could have possibly sullied the greatest chance to re-introduce the Turtles to a new generation?
In "TMNT", the Turtles are a divided clan: with Leonardo (James Taylor, "Star Wars: Clone Wars") off honing his skills in Central America, Donatello (Mitchell Whitfield, "W.I.T.C.H.") and Michelangelo (Mikey Kelley) have pursued dead-end jobs in the civillian sector while Raphael (Nolan North) has turned to fighting crime on his own. Yet, when an ancient and dangerous power summoned by a powerful businessman (Patrick Stewart, "X-Men") threatens to be turned upon the city, the Turtles must come together in an effort to save the world....but with personal tensions running high between Leo and Raph, will they be able to remain a team?
My first grief is with the story itself: while it'll easily appeal to younger kids and fans of the current TV series, don't the Turtles have enough time in their once-a-week primetime slot to relieve the need for magic and other supernatural elements as plot points? I mean, I know that arguing realism where the Turtles are concerned is a bit of a paradox, but I like to think that the previous three movies held a semi-realism and sophistication that served as a pleasant departure from the buffoonery of the TV shows; I like giant monsters, ancient prophecies, and stone statues coming to life as much as the next guy, but could writer/director Munroe really not come up with anything better than recycled serial fodder for his first feature-length movie?
Also, I jumped for joy when I realized that most of the story's arc revolved around Raph and Leo...but my face fell when I realized that it came at the expense of Donny and Mike. While I was pleased by how the movie built on their rivalry (the showdown in the rain is the absolute best confrontation between the two, ever), I saw so little of their other two brothers that I occassionally forgot they existed; other than seeing both at the beginning of the movie and seeing Mike take a tumble on his skateboard, their input to the movie is extremely limited. This carries over into the fight scenes, where we see a few seconds' worth of Don wielding his bo staff and virtually nothing of Mikey swinging his nunchukas while Raph and Leo lead the charge. Shoot, even April (Gellar) gets better fight scenes!
Smaller, less signifigant nitpicks include the film's choice of villain (who has no previous connection to the franchise) and the character design, which - apart from the Turtles and other non-human characters - looks like it was taken from "The Incredibles", with Max Winters hardly looking threatening as a human charicature and Casey Jones (Chris Evans, "Fantastic 4") sporting a chin from hell.
On the good side, the movie really is a good example of fantastic CG animation, the voice-casting is fine, the action scenes are exciting (the brawl in the skyscraper takes the cake), and a decent amount of humor reminds me why I liked these guys in the first place. The Leo/Raph wound is re-opened and examined to its most personal level. Small scenes like Mikey sewer-skating and Raph's encounter with the pint-sized (albeit insanely destructive) monster build both character and charm, and make a point that the filmmakers are not entirely without an eye for detail.
Alas, there's nothing good enough here to keep my attention beyond a second viewing that merely confirmed my belief in the film's inadequacy as an addition to the pre-existing trilogy. While any TMNT is better than no TMNT, I can honestly say that this latest incarnation has topped TMNT3 for disappointment...but even that one had a little bit for everybody, while the current offering panders to kids and strict CGI-lovers but delivers nothing to the more mature fans of the Turtles.
Maybe next time, Warner Bros. will think twice before letting a first-time director at the helm of one of the century's biggest franchises...but until then, we're stuck with this.
DVD Review: Painted pet turtles, flushed? Mutated in the sewers
Summary: 3 Stars
A sequel reuniting the brother turtles against nearly
supernatural/ immortal stone warriors doesn't really
change the major plot line or introduce any innovations
in character, dialog or outcome?
The bad guys die and the good guys go on as usual?
Even children get bored with the same old same old...
DVD Review: A very underrated film
Summary: 4 Stars
I have always had a soft spot for the Ninja Turtles and I loved the two live action films....yes there were only two! So I was very excited to see the new CGI TMNT, but the horde of terrible reviews came so fast it made my head spin. I finally got a chance to catch this movie on HBO and FORSHAME ON ALL OF YOU WHO HATED THIS MOVIE!!!
This was a great story with a great cast of characters. The story takes place after Shredder and the Turtles are not actually teenagers anymore. The story has a lot of emotion and great dilogue between the turtles even an excellent falling out with Leo and Raph that just left me awestruck. Making this an animated film was the right way to go because the action sequences were mind blowing. This was just a great way to lose myself in fantasy for a good hour and a half. As far as I am concerned I don't think anyone should have a problem with this movie and if you did you probably never liked TMNT when you were kid and I feel sorry for you.
DVD Review: I'm gonna dropkick you to Hurtytown
Summary: 5 Stars
Being the major Turtles fan I am--and have been from the get-go--I was a bit weary when I heard about their venture into CGI. I mean seriously, with the wrong director, they could easily ruin our much beloved Turtles for future generations. We all, as fans, lucked out and are greeted with a terrific rendition with one of the best stories ever though.
The story starts off with the Turtles in complete disarray. Leo is out of the country training to be a better leader, yet also trying to decide if his brothers are better off without him. Raph is out fighting baddies undercover as the metal-clad Nightwatcher. Don is keeping his nerdy schtick going strong by becoming an IT person. And Mikey is working for a party agency where he DRESSES UP AS A TURTLE. Love it.
Enter Winters. He was granted immortality centuries ago for the sacrifice of his army. However, he's now set to resurrect his army so he won't be immortal anymore. They find this out and fight back. Then the Turtles come in.
I think the greatest thing about this movie is that they centered the light-heartedness of the Turtles around a fairly intense storyline. Yeah, they still have their sense of humor about everything but the story is so dark, which only makes the movie that much better.
If you ever liked the Turtles you owe it to yourself to check this out. For you young-uns out their, here's your chance to introduce yourself to the greatest ninjas ever. Here's hoping they continue the story and bring back the awesome Shredder. Fingers crossed!
DVD Review: Teenage Brooding Ninja Turtles
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a mostly enjoyable rendition of our terrapin friends. The story is pretty basic and straightforward, but it definitely feels like they developed it with a companion video game in mind. Many scenes just feel like they were meant to be great levels on the video game based on the movie.
If you can get past that, however, the action is actually done quite well.
The one thing that is really missing here is the lightheartedness of the first films. Whether you loved or hated those films, they definitely had more humor than this rather dour version. (I personally loved the first two, but the third one suffered from much more than sub-par animatronics due to the fact that the Jim Henson Company wasn't interested in doing the third one.)
Not to say that there is no room for a more brooding version of the turtles. It works, for instance, rather well for Raphael since he is by far the more broody of the bunch. Leonardo also does a fair amount of brooding himself, always wondering what more he could be doing as the leader, not feeling up to the job. However it does Michaelangelo and Donatello a disservice. Their strong point (as characters) is largely built around their playful, quippy, snarky attitudes in situations of great danger. They get a couple of quips out here, but they feel forced and there are not enough of them to really get a feel for their characters.
On the whole, I enjoyed the movie well enough, but I would have definitely preferred more for the cinematic return of the Turtle clan.
**Mild Mild Spoiler Alert**
They hint at a possible sequel, and I do hope that they get it out. This movie was largely bogged down by the attempt to re-introduce the characters to the movie-going audience. (April as a ninja? C'mon.) A sequel, however, would not be thusly hindered. Hopefully they could spend more development time in creating a very intriguing story and less screen time with the brothers fighting each other.
Description of TMNT
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return in an all-new CGI action adventure written and directed by Kevin Munroe. After the defeat of their old arch nemesis The Shredder the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together their rat sensei Splinter (Mako) becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City. Tech-industrialist Maximillian J. Winters (Patrick Stewart) is raising up an army of ancient monsters and only one super-ninja fighting team can stop them-- Leonardo (James Arnold Taylor) Michelangelo (Mikey Kelley) Donatello (Mitchell Whitfield) and Raphael (Nolan North)! With the help of old allies April O'Neil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Casey Jones (Chris Evans) the Turtles are in for the fight of their lives as they once again must face the mysterious Foot Clan who have put their own ninja skills behind Winters' endeavors.Running Time: 87 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ACTION/ADVENTURE UPC:?085391157663 Manufacturer No:?115766From a visual standpoint, this CG feature starring the venerable '80s and '90s superheroes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is nothing short of slam-bang; the computer animation has a scope and look that transcends both the original comics and animated series and the three live-action features that preceded it. Writer/director Kevin Munroe creates a striking animated world for the four heroes in a half-shell to live, play, and fight in, and the action sequences are occasionally breathtaking in their speed and complexity. But where TMNT stumbles is its bland plot, which picks up after the last of the live-action features with all four teen turtles in disarray, and abandons longtime villain Shredder in favor of an industrialist (well voiced by Patrick Stewart) who recruits the Foot Clan (including Karai, played by Zhang Ziyi) to revive thirteen ancient monsters to aid in his world domination scheme. It's a simple and fun story for kids, but longtime Turtles fans will miss the wry humor and smart sense of irony of the original comics (created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, who gets an executive producer credit here) in this storyline. Still, for most adolescent audience members, such concerns won't matter a whit in the face of the abundant action. --Paul Gaita
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