Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie Review

 

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie is a animated comic book action-comedy based on the tv show, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which it's self is based off on the franchise, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The movie's produced by Nickelodeon Movies and Nickelodeon Animation Studio and distributed by Netflix. Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is written by Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May and directed by Andy Suriano and Ant Ward.

The story is the year 2044 is a nightmare. The alien invaders known as the Krang have made the last of Earth's resistance fall. But not all hope is lost. Before the fall, Casey Jones successfully went to the past to warn the Turtles. Now the Turtles must find a way to stop the Krang and make the future a much better and brighter place.

Initial Reaction

Now even though I wasn't impressed with the show, I still wanted to give the movie a fair chance. Sure, I've had bad feelings about a movie before, even going as far as making a post about one. But I still believe in giving a fair chance.

Cons

Now despite what the character's name is or what I've written, the guy from the future isn't Casey Jones. Well it's okay to make an alternate version of the same character, you still gotta bring at least some things regrading the character to the alternate. And that wasn't here for this "Casey". He doesn't act or do anything we know what the character is known for. Sure he has the hockey mask, but that doesn't change the fact that you could've given this character any other name, do a slight rewrite, and the story still would've been the same.

Middle Ground

Now in the film Leo goes through an arc about needing to change for the better. It's actually not too bad. I just wish the first half didn't make him so unbearable. Making him cocky is one thing, but during that first half he does act like a dick. There's no nice way to put it. Then we also have the tone. The film surprisingly has some good emotional moments. It even gets really dark during the very beginning. But we sadly do have some comedy in bits where I don't think it belongs.

Pros

Now I'm gonna keep this part of the review brief, because the praise I have is the same things as the show. Basically, the two best parts were once again the voice acting and the animation. If you liked those two things from the show, then you won't be disappointed here.

So even though I didn't fall in love with this film, I'm more than willing to admit it's actually pretty decent. The animation and voice performances are just as good here as they were in the show. Could've used more work on Leonardo's storyline and the tone, but those weren't too bad. The only thing I didn't like was a Casey Jones who's by no means Casey Jones.

My final rating is Okay.

So that's going to do it for me. Come back on Thursday, Aug 11th for my review of Prey. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.