I’ve gone into films with low expectations before: The Best Of Me, Tammy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. However, of everything I’ve gone out
to see this year (including a couple that I have yet to see), this is
undoubtedly the one I was dreading the most. Whether it was my attachment to
the 1982 version, the snippet of the music I got from the trailer or the
general impression I got from its attempts to modernise the script, I couldn’t
be looking forward to this any less. I will try to put my initial impressions to one side and let it stand or fall on its
own.