ninja turtles (2014)
took my niece to see this for her birthday. i really didn't want to see this movie as i was pissed at how they made the turtles look and because of michael bay, but i had no choice as my niece really wanted to see this. didn't have any expectations other than the typical michael bay explosions, fast sequence action scenes where everything looks like a blur to keep the audience busy and some few corny lines.
surprisingly, there was only one or two explosions in this movie
. the fighting scenes were a mess and inconsistent - if you're a fan of old school action, you're definitely not going to like this cgi bullshyt. they were able to get away with it in transformers, but for this movie it was executed horribly. i understand that the turtles themselves are animated, but they should've put more thought and done some decent fighting choreography for fukks sake
. and of course, who else but michaelangelo to bring the comedic lines
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megan fox is now more hotter to me than ever
. really didn't like how she looked after them surgeries, but i was quite surprised how well she looked in this movie. but the reason why i was so impressed with her in this movie, was that she really took her role serious and did a great job as april o'neal. i really like how they presented her character, and shockingly, there aren't any 'sexy' or revealing scenes in which i thought they would typically exploit
. will arnett felt so out of place in this movie. dude looked like he was old enough to be her father, which is creepy cuz he was trying to cast his line towards fox damn near every time he was on screen
. bad casting, should've went with someone around fox's age.
the story is easily the worsts of all ninja turtle movies - shredder raising fatherless white babies?
the characters were lacking as well. turtles like ralph and michaelangelo aren't hard to replicate as one is the hot head and the other is the air head. but i felt that donnatello as the nerdy turtle was too extreme and leonardo was like some afterthought in which they thought he was too boring to give development. also didn't like the size of each turtle. ralph and donnatello looking like nba size turtles compared to leo and michangelo as bantamweight shells.
all in all, im not mad that i saw it. sure it holds no weight to the 90's movies, but it wasn't as terrible as i thought it was going to be. and my niece really loved this movie so i was happy they she enjoyed herself.
5/10
