08-09-2014, 01:17 PM | #981 | |
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If they had put more effort into making a cohesive story, I might have appreciated it more. But the whole thing feels like a corporate product. It reeks of studio tampering and a genuine misunderstanding of what the turtles are all about. That's fine if you liked it though. And I appreciate that you were still able to find some criticisms.
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08-09-2014, 01:20 PM | #982 |
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floydbanks7, I am convinced, from your replies, that you don't know an adequate amount of basic story structure and the purpose of critics. Now I am not expecting Shakespeare knowledge. But you are proving to be quite the hater of critics. All your posts are filled with replies that misread my context.
Quentin Tarantino does not create his own rules. Quentin follows the basic rules of storytelling quite well, which is why his films can reach critically acclaimed status. You misinterpreted his work. I already explained in my post what the main protagonist treatment is; it is giving one character the chance to set up the whole story. Which is April. We see her first. We follow her reaction. We follow her story. Later the movie gets confused on who the main protagonist is, even though it clearly presented April as the main protagonist. We start following the turtles. Their reaction is filmed less than April's reaction. We follow their story but it is cut short by April. That is the subplot treatment. The movie provides a conclusion to the turtle's premise but forgets about April. Overall the structure of the story is poorly assembled. The movie does have scenes and the notion of good storytelling but it is often ignored and poorly presented. If they just flipped who got the main protagonist treatment. If they just presented clearly that the turtles are the main protagonist. Followed their story and their actions/reactions early on. It probably would have got a better review. For example the play scene when they were young was cut short by April. That play scene was vital to proper story structure. The movie needs to properly present the scene were the heroes develop a skill that is useful in combat against the antagonist. Another mistake was giving little emphasis on Raphael's dispute with his brothers. The movie screwed up on its chance. If it just expanded on those vital scenes and showed the turtles first, to allow them to set up the movie, then perhaps the movie would have gotten a decent review. Edit: All my posts are just my opinion. Nowhere do I state it as fact. Your post has no facts either. It is just your opinion and your interpretation. People have different opinions and different interpretation skills. Last edited by Werecat; 08-09-2014 at 01:26 PM. |
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08-09-2014, 01:22 PM | #984 |
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I saw it yesterday.
I absolutely hated it, it was every bit as bland, boring, and all around sh*tty as I though it would be. Seriously, the April Fox view-point was horrible and I honestly wanted to leave due to boredom when she was talking to sacks in his mansion. Second, the turtles looked horrible. Raph looked horrible, Mikey looked horrible, Leo looked horrible, and Donnie looked horrible. The film had no heart and the only bit of character development we got was Raphs speech. Another problem with the movie was the constant shakey cam. I seriously got nauseous during the snow scene. I did like some things though, I liked Raphs speech, Donnie was pretty cool, and Mikey's voice was spot on. Worse then Next Mutation, worse then turtles 3 and worse then the Nick TMNT video game. |
08-09-2014, 01:25 PM | #985 |
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To me it sounds like the people who have an issue with the cohesiveness of the stories that take place in the movie wanted more cohesiveness, I think anyone who thinks the movie completely lacks cohesiveness in that department (the story department) is completely wrong. When I saw the movie I didn't feel as if there was any shaky cam action going down.
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08-09-2014, 01:26 PM | #986 | |
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If you want to know what I liked about it I'll tell you.
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08-09-2014, 01:37 PM | #988 |
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It was an okay movie in my book, not too great not too bad. I have quite a few nitpicks with it but a decent flick none the less. The designs I don't mind as much as some people here, but I do mind wasted characters like the Shredder and Karai, heck the foot clan was wasted. But besides my gripes, I did like the brother aspect of the film, and most of the turtle clan scenes were good in my book. So not a bad flick in all.
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This coming from the guy who joined the board last month and who's username is screwthemiragetmnt. Wow. Just wow.
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I only noticed the shaky cam in the first 5 minutes of the film when April was reporting.. the rest of the film was fine. Don't see the issue... but I only joined the forum this month, so I guess that opinion doesn't matter. |
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And then there's the fact that you think that TMNT has 6 movies. You hate the Nick cartoon don't you? This movie was aimed at people like you. Ones who don't care for the franchise whatsoever and only like the OT. Last edited by Jester; 08-09-2014 at 03:52 PM. Reason: 2x posts |
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08-09-2014, 01:55 PM | #997 |
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I liked the 80s toon and the first tmnt movie. I don't mind the idw, image, or archie tmnt at this point. I ain't no blind tmnt fan. For the people who like the mirage tmnt good for them, it just isn't my cup of tea, it's as simple as that.
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II - The Secret of the Ooze(1991) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III (1993) TMNT (2007) Turtles Forever (2009) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) That's.... six. The 2007 movie was the worst.. might as well have called it Leonardo and Raphael. Donnie and Mikey had less of a role than April, Splinter, Casey, Karai, and Winters. They honestly didn't even need to be in the film. Why did they need to capture 13 monsters? It took like 3 minutes of screen-time. Why not just 3 monsters so you can actually, you know, meet the monsters? Either way, that doesn't mean TMNT was bad. I liked it. But it's easily the worst. Turtles III is the only comparable, but the one liners in that movie are just too good to pass on. |
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