Saw TMNT - Mutant Mahem. I didn't like it much. spoilers

While watching I was gonna say I straight up hated it, especially the beginning of the movie which was incredibly off-putting, but the I thought the middle part of the movie did some good stuff.

I thought it was an interesting take to have the turtles bond with these other mutants, like I know those 2 as villains but seeing the turtles feel a kinship with other mutants like themselves was an idea I liked.

Was gonna say I liked April and I still do, but another post said they basically just consolidated her character with Irma, and now I can't unsee it. Still fine.

But man, so much of the movie I disliked. I'm actually indifferent to the lame interpretation of Splinter, but the turtles were super annoying, there's a reason we don't want actual 13 year olds to be the tmnt just so they can be technically "teenage" we want them to be entertaining, not annoying.

The ending with taking off the masks was also massively cringe. I "get" what they were going for but just... blah. Trying to do symbolism of "now they're no longer hiding and accepted into society" through that was really lame.

We outside.

Strongly disagree, especially with the ending. So many series aimed at young adults are just "You are the most specialist little boy to ever exist." Characters like Harry Potter and Miles Morales exist in worlds that literally revolve around them. The Turtles on the other hand were outcasts, alone and being so shunned made them closed off. They were terrified of Superfly because they could only think "If I don't who will?!" to be helped by the people of the city and realize there's an inherent good in your fellow man really felt like a beautiful message to me in a time where people are more divided than ever to trust and work together. The Turtles at their heart are a family, a team and it was a really cool way to show what makes them unique than a solo Superhero.

I loved it. I went in with an open mind, and ended up telling everyone i know to go watch it.
The animation was weird for a whole minute or two, and then i was absorbed. Characters, story, soundtrack, all was very, very fun. I kept turning up the action scenes and thought the pacing and going between drama and action and comedy was pretty well done.

Also at the risk of saying an unpopular opinion, I'll come out and say it: just like spiderverse, I got used to the animation, but just like spiderverse, I didnt care for it. I liked that spiderverse movie from 7 years ago despite the annoying choppy 10-frame-per-second animation, not because of it. It's like that netflix show dragon prince, which was properly criticized for its awful framerate; these movies should be too.

I liked it, but I don't remember a great deal from it besides the animation so it didn't leave much of an impact on me.

MuscleRobo posted...

Strongly disagree, especially with the ending. So many series aimed at young adults are just "You are the most specialist little boy to ever exist." Characters like Harry Potter and Miles Morales exist in worlds that literally revolve around them. The Turtles on the other hand were outcasts, alone and being so shunned made them closed off. They were terrified of Superfly because they could only think "If I don't who will?!" to be helped by the people of the city and realize there's an inherent good in your fellow man really felt like a beautiful message to me in a time where people are more divided than ever to trust and work together. The Turtles at their heart are a family, a team and it was a really cool way to show what makes them unique than a solo Superhero.

Really, because outcasts theme is also incredibly common and quite frankly is pretty much the tmnt MO.

But you did remind me of something I liked, even if it was cliche:

1) the turtles admitting they wanted to be heroes for "the wrong reasons" and resolving to still help the city even if they never become accepted

2) nyc doing a spiderman 1 against superfly with the whole "you mess with one of us you mess with all of us!" and helping the turtles while simultaneously showcasing some people would accept them. I don't care if it's been done plenty of times, it was plenty sweet

So I had somewhat warmed to the movie by then. But I'm sorry that ending just really soured me.