Post by stefancrosscoe on May 7, 2017 17:18:37 GMT
That whole bonding/team spirit, by having the Turtles looking out for each other but also coping with the fact that their leader/father figure, who has always been there for them, is no longer with them, and they now stand against an enemy which seems almost unbeatable.
It is those small scenes/parts from the original film, that makes the 1990 movie stand out as more than just another 90s "kid movie".
Well, I have now seen the second of the two big budget CGI dominated Michael Bay produced Turtles "remakes", and Out of the Shadows does try in some parts to show that the turtles cope with their daily struggles and having to learn how to live with the fact that even when saving New York city, they are still looked on as freaks and an enemy to the people.
And this seems to create some frictions between the four brothers. Sadly, the film ends up becoming a complete chaos of overblown CGI Michael Baysplosions several times during the run, especially the last 20-25 minutes, where all the expensive CGI "toys" are being thrown at you, all the time, and it did not help by bringing back so many of the old and nostalgic characters/figures from the classic TV-show of the late 80s and early 90s.
Another thing that bugged me, was that Master Splinter has now become almost as smug and unbearable as Raphael and Mike, who is just angry and Mike is stupid/"funny" but Donatello and Leonardo do come off as more sympathetic and not so "in your face" kind of behaviour.
Megan Fox is still just playing the same boring act, where she is supposed to be a total babe but one that comes with a "personality" and no matter how many times they tried to show off her "talents" by going into slow-motion or zooming onto her during the film, she is no where near the same class and beauty as Judith Hoag as April O'Neil in the first film.
Also the 2016 version introduced the most forgettable and lame version of Casey Jones ever (even the 1987-1996 cartoon did better there), I do not remember the actors name, but somehow he reminded me a bit of Chris O'Donnell as Robin in Joel Schumacher's two Batman movies. Just too smug and self confident, far too early on and he never seemed to create and chemistry or bonding with any of the four Turtles, but then again it is not the actors fault, the film just did not seem to make much time for "deeper" things like having a decent story going, and if a third film ends up in the cinemas, I do hope they write Jones out, as he along with most of the characters deserves a far better movie to be in.