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Created Jan 21, 2008 03:11AM PST • Edited May 27, 2010 10:08PM PST

1. Quality

2. Summary

   Perfect 5.0

   This is my second favorite movie of all time. I can watch this over and over and never get bored with it. It was fun, exciting, and a lot of laughs for me as a child but when I look back at it now as a parent myself, It’s still fun and exciting, but is also a very touching story about a father being separated from his sons.
   
   From start to finish, TMNT never bores you and never loses sight of the story. I have no idea what the numbers were for this movie in the box office but I’m sure it was less than deserved. I don’t think anyone planned on this movie to be such a success. The cartoon series was “bodacious” but most TV series adaptations to movies usually suck. TMNT proved me and many others wrong but would soon prove us right with the 3 sequels released later on.
   
   Those sequels, however, still can’t blemish the perfect quality of this first movie. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is a laugh-out-loud, tubular, major league butt-kicking action movie fit for all ages!

4. Acting

   Perfect 5.0

   The totally far-out dudes who played the turtles nailed it perfectly. The only one that I thgouht was out of place was Corey Feldman as Donatello. I didn’t understand that choice. He didn’t really give the Donnie character that cool yet nerdy personality. I think Corey would have been much better in the role of Danny, the juvenile delinquent who works for the foot clan and is always wearing a Sid Vicious t-shirt. Dude, Sid’s gone, move on.
   
   The guys that were Foot soldiers were great. They got their a$$es whooped like they were supposed to, so kudos to them on doing a great job. Master Tatsu, you know the bald dude that grunts, was the only character that didn’t really belong. He just seemed so out of place. The only time he was interesting was when he and Casey Jones are fighting. Casey, by the way, was another great part of the movie. I wish he would’ve worn the hockey mask more often in the fights though.
   
   The Shredder was completely opposite from the one in the cartoon. The cartoon Shredder feared everything and took orders like a b*tch from Krang. The Shredder in this movie, is like a ninja version of Darth Vader. He’s so pi$$ed off and intimidating yet he’s calm and collected which makes him even scarier. The Shredder from TMNT 1 ranks at number 3 on my baddest bad a$$es list.

5. Male Stars Perfect 5.0

6. Female Stars Perfect 5.0

7. Female Costars Perfect 5.0

8. Male Costars Perfect 5.0

10. Film

    Perfect 5.0

    This movie is one of the most impressive movies with puppet work that I have ever seen. The costumes were out of this world. The eyes would blink, the mouths would move, they actually looked like turtles. They looked better in the movie than in the show. Even the Domino’s Pizza they order (which is delivered to them by the guy who is in the Michaelangelo suit) looks so much better than what we get when we order. Everthing about this movie is so bossa-nova……..Chevy Nova?

11. Direction Perfect 5.0

    The film moves smoothly and never loses sight of the finish line. We start off with the introduction of the foot clan. Then we meet April who is rescued by the turtles. After that, strap in and hold on cause this ride ain’t over until the credits start rolling. Even in the most depressing and sad parts of the movie, you can feel the movie progressing on as it still manages to make you feel for the characters.

12. Play Perfect 5.0

    Gnarly….Radical!!!! I love the dialogue from this movie. The turtles are so much fun. The Shredder is low, eerie, borderline, Satan’s voice. Something I don’t understand. When Shredder is masked, his voice is deep and in perfect English. However, when he removes his mask, he has an Asian accent and his voice sounds older. Do I smell voice dubbing? Not sure. The Shredder still rules though. Even Casey Jones and April manage to make some good points with their bickering in the movie.

13. Music Perfect 5.0

    I love the score for this movie. It’s not the theme song from the cartoon but it was fun and got me off my chair and doing ninjitsu dropkicks to my Hulk Hogan wrestling buddy pillow. The dramatic music was okay but forgettable which isn’t really a bad thing.
    
    The soundtrack for the movie however, is another issue. The song “Turtle Power” played at the end of the movie is quite annoying as is the song that follows it, “9.95”. Anyways, they have nothing to do with the movie itself so, let’s continue.

14. Visuals Perfect 5.0

    Like I said before, the costumes are simply amazing and way ahead of their time. The foot clan’s lair is every kids’ dream. I would steal car stereos and TVs so I could play N.A.R.C. the arcade game and smoke cigars. The turtles’ sewer TurtleCave was also charming. I like how many things from the cartoon series was brought over to the movie. Casey Jones’ mask and costume, April’s yellow jacket, Raphael’s human disguise (him and the Thing must have the same tailor), the one thing that would’ve been really cool that wasn’t brought to the movie…..that the foot soldiers weren’t androids. Other than that, Perfecto!

15. Content

16. Edge

    Risqué 2.1

    Yes we hear some mild potty language but I have heard worse from TV commercials nowadays and I’m not even kidding. Other than the potty words, this movie isn’t edgy at all. No sex, very mild violence with very small amounts blood which is great because the movie doesn’t need gore and outlandish violence. It’s great just the way it is.

17. Sex Titillating 2.1

18. Violence Fierce 2.1

19. Rudeness Salty 2.1

21. Reality

    Supernatural 4.0

    Four mutated turtles that learned Ninjitsu from a rat, who is also mutating, live in NYC sewers and fight crime but are challenged by an ancient Japanese ninja cult now made up of delinquent American kids all lead by the rat’s former owner’s killer. Wait a sec….I’m lost…….I guess I should just put Supernatural and get it over with eh?

22. Circumstantial Supernatural 4.0

23. Biological Supernatural 4.0

24. Physical Supernatural 4.0