First of all, there were some funny moments in this movie. When Bebop and Rocksteady get turned into the Warthog and Rhino, they both opens their pants and looked down and Bebop was all like,"my man!" My man became one of the movie's inside jokes because Bebop kept saying it throughout. As my friend put it,"I would be proud if I had a rhino dick too." Pretty hilarious scene but you can see why the film got PG-13.
Also, there was a moment when Leonardo was talking about all his brother's faults. When he brings up Michelangelo he says,"Mikey's head is always in the clouds." Which made it sound like Mikey was some kind of abhorrent drug user. Me and the guys thought it was pretty funny.
Then there were moments that were somewhat inspirational for a kids movie about ninja turtles. At one point the turtles were seen by the police and they were shooting at them and afraid. Once the turtles get back to their underground base Mikey says something to Splinter about how he wished they could live normal lives above ground. Splinter retorts with,"people fear what they do not understand." It was probably the most profound moment of the movie and something that is totally true.
In addition, the action scenes in the movie were great. Exciting and engaging. Sometimes over the top but still fun. For example there was a scene where the turtles are flying a plane and the top gets ripped apart and they're all diving to their deaths. Then Donatello grabs the wheel and tries to fly, only for that to fall apart too. Then he sticks his staff where the wheel was and somehow keeps the plane airborne long enough for them to land in a large body of water.
There was another fun scene where Casey Jones (played by Stephen Amell, aka Green Arrow actor) is fighting Bebop and Rocksteady with nothing but his hockey stick and some pucks. Obviously this fight would never end in Casey being the victor but it shows him getter the better of them. Interesting take.
Then there was the final fight against Krang. Krang is this giant brain that can talk but has no body so he uses a mechanical body for movement as well as fighting the turtles. Fighting him was the biggest spectacle of the movie because he had a battleship being warped in from some other dimension. It was called the Technodrome and its from the original cartoon. Having Krang as the enemy had a lot of nostalgia factor because in the original cartoon series he was one of the biggest villains. However, this movie's Krang was so annoying and lame it was hard to take him seriously as a villain. Also, he got his slime mucus all over the Shredder. He was spreading the slime all over the Shredder's face and was like,"oh, I'm sorry did I get my mucus on you?" Gross.
Anyways, so while the turtles are fighting Krang the Technodrome is being built in the sky like some kind of Transformers thing. It felt like I was watching Transformers during that scene. It was weird how Krang mostly fought hand to hand combat, only pulling out some kind of laser gun to try to fry the turtles. He missed all his shots and got wrecked. Rip.
How could this movie have been better? Well, they could've put more nostalgia factor into it. They did have the turtles truck that they used in the cartoon but the only thing that connects this movie to the original series is the ending credits when the tmnt original theme song comes on. That's the best part of this movie! When that came on I felt like a kid watching my favorite show.
Another thing is they shouldn't cast Megan Fox as April O'Neal. She's a terrible April. Yes, she's sexy but she just doesn't have that actor's aura to play an interesting April. Instead, we get this boring generic April that tries to fight Foot Clan soldiers on her own with Vern (Will Arnette). Why? I will never know.
Lastly, there should've been some fight scene with Master Splinter. It would've been awesome to see him face off against Krang or something but instead he plays more of a backseat role as a sort of Zen father to his ninja turtle sons. He was my favorite character for his wisdom. The turtles all have their own distinct personalities but they're all greatly exaggerated in this movie. Casey Jones is a great addition toe the tmnt movies and Stephen Amell has a great stage presence as an actor. His character was believable where most of the cast I couldn't take seriously.
So that's my take on Out of the Shadows. This is a fun movie for friends, family, and kids. I can recommend it more so for the new generation of ninja turtles fans more so than the old crowd who don't want their beloved original cartoon series to be sullied.
I've been seeing a lot of shows and movies lately. I'll keep you posted if I see anything interesting. Orlando out.
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