Oh boy, I've dreading this one folks. Ugh! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III is a comic book movie based on the the TMNT comics. It's the third movie in the original series. It was produced by Golden Harvest and distributed by New Line Cinema. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III was written and directed by Stuart Gillard.
The story it's been two years after the events of the last movie, with both the Shredder and the entire Clan defeated once and for all, the Turtles are once again enjoying the peace. One day April pays them a visit after a trip to the flea market and gives them gifts. However one gift in particular sends April back in time to 1603 feudal Japan. Now the Turtles set off to go get her back, all while dealing with a new threat.
- Negatives
Let's start off by going back to the previous films. Here's what the Turtles looked in the first movie.
Now here's what they looked like in the second movie.
Now here's an abomination.
What happened?! They look terrible. How did we go from the Jim Henson's Creature Shop, to something that would only be suitable for a theme park? Also what's the black spots? They didn't have those in the previous movies. And if you think the puppets look bad, the animatronics are even worse. Whenever the mouths move, the jaws just goes up and down, and nothing else. So when the turtles talk it gives the impression of them being sock puppets.
Then we have the cinematography/the overall look of the movie. It's all so bland. I mean it folks, when you watch this movie there's nothing, absolutely nothing. There's no sense of style, no particular shots that really catch your eye, nothing. The style to this movie would be better suited for a cheap TV show, then for theaters. That's how lifeless it looks.
If you weren't entertained by the comedy from the first two movies, you'll have no luck with this one. The comedy for this is horrible. The jokes are absolutely terrible. Here's one that, apparently the filmmakers were proud of, because this joke was actually in the commercials when they were promoting the movie.
Now that joke makes perfect sense. Cause everybody always mixes up the Ninja Turtles, and the Addams Family.
Then there's the villains, Walker and Lord Norinaga. These two were terrible replacements for Shredder. They're just so uninspiring. There's nothing with their motivations or anything that makes them stand out from any other movie bad guys. If anything Super Shredder should've came back. Seriously that's what they should've done. Throw away the time travel plot, and give Shredder an ending that's less anticlimactic than what happened to him in Secret of the Ooze.
The previous movies provided you with fun action scenes. Sure, the second's action scenes were toned down, but at least they were entertaining. Here, there's barely any! The first had four action scenes, the second one upped it with five, but here, there's only three. And it's not like the movie was focusing on character development, or something that would add another layer to the overall story. No, all of the scenes in between the action, was focusing on either,
A) Bad comedy.
B) Generic as it gets story and/or subplots.
or
C) A combination of both.
So congratulations TMNT III, your lack of action scenes have bored both kids and adults, whether they were there on day one in '93 or not.
- Mix
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- Positives
There is not one. single. redeeming quality to this movie.
Whenever I read or hear someone say the 2014 reboot and it's sequel are terrible TMNT flicks, I laugh. I laugh because they've clearly never watched this movie. Don't get me wrong, those aren't masterpieces, but I'd watch those over TMNT III, any day of the week. Cause I'll be honest, I can find far more to enjoy from those movies, than with this one.
My final rating is, Destroy It!
Well, that sucked. Anyhow, come back on Thursday, Apr 27th, for part four of the Road to Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, with my review of Transformers: Age of Extinction. Until then, enjoy the rest of your day.
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