At the beginning of last year, I briefly talked about the
2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie… and how I honestly liked it while the
rest of the world seemingly didn’t. And you know what, after watching it again
fairly recent in preparation for this review, I stand by it. I don’t have the
greatest personal connection with the franchise, only watching a couple
episodes of the original cartoon and the Kevin Munroe TMNT film, but from what
I understand of the series ethos, this seemed alright. It’s not great, don’t
get me wrong; there are plenty of comedic dead spots, the CGI takes a bit of
getting used to (although, again, I have no real issue with it) and there is a
very definite feeling that the filmmakers weren’t sure of how seriously to take
the idea of large humanoid turtles as the main characters. But, considering how
badly Platinum Dunes had done up to that point with pre-existing material, it
was a decent watch. Hell, I am probably one of the few people on Earth who
honestly wanted this sequel to happen. All aboard the karma train.
