Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Went to see the new TMNT film last night at Kirkstall. We got a minor crowd together to see the ultimate in geek films – an old and slightly obscure cartoon and action figure range (I still have most of the toys except the blimp!) and I think everybody really enjoyed it.
I thought it was a really good effort, the animation in it was slightly outdated, but I thought it really worked to bring the fantasy element of the film to life. The characters were excellent, my only criticism is that they were somewhat sensationalised, ie Leonardo was more of an arrogant leader, Michaelangelo was stupider and Raphael was darker than the original characters. The film was so far beyond the efforts of the original live action films that I can barely bring myself to mention them in the same sentence!
I recommend people go see it, even if they are not that geeky. It is a good action film with all the right elements – plenty of explosions, a fantastic story, the obligatory love story, lots of fighting and all with a PG certificate!
Dude, it’s a film about turtles, you know?! I mean, turtles! Come on, a film about turtles? That can, like, do ninja-moves? That’s like, woah! Ninja turtles, dude! Yeah, those guys are like so…, yeah, I mean, f***! What can ya say, man?! Ninja turtles? F*** yeah!
As an afficianado of the comic and the cartoon, I agree – Ninja, crime-fighting, pizza eating turtles rock!