Does anyone agree that Out of the Shadows was even worse than the first one?

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by Candy Kappa

Neat.

Freestyle dancing or "real" techniques?

Both I try to practice both. If I can but Mikey has never used his in an 100% authentic technique. Hell what Bruce Lee did was probably the most practical but is probably the least authenic, when it comes to technique. But yes he does use them heck Noel has show he has skills with them that were mostly unseen or at very least subtle last time this time he has them in his hand often. And doing stuff with then weather is defensive spinning or figure eights. Or strikes. He does both.

Does he practice Okinawan nunchaku no but that not 100% practical and Mikey has never practice Okinawan nunchaku.

[Technogeek29]

Originally Posted by samxsteal

Both I try to practice both. If I can but Mikey has never used his in an 100% authentic technique. Hell what Bruce Lee did was probably the most practical but is probably the least authenic, when it comes to technique. But yes he does use them heck Noel has show he has skills with them that were mostly unseen or at very least subtle last time this time he has them in his hand often. And doing stuff with then weather is defensive spinning or figure eights. Or strikes. He does both.

Does he practice Okinawan nunchaku no but that not 100% practical and Mikey has never practice Okinawan nunchaku.

Cool, I took lessons for a Bo and Archery.

[samxsteal]

Originally Posted by Technogeek29

Cool, I took lessons for a Bo and Archery.

I did Bo staff when I was younger. Sword fighting nothing tradition mostly self taught nothing crazy. I really want to do archery but bows are expensive lol arrows too.l

[Danetello]

I don't hate the first one, but I do tend to lean towards it being fairly poor over all. This new one however, taken for what it is, just as a movie to watch, is really quite fun. It's neat to see some fan favourite characters in a live action movie, and I like that the serious tone was played down a little. I know people would argue that the original comic and movie TMNT had a darker tone, but I'd say over all that peoples' expectations, based on the most popular and prominent areas of the franchise, is that there will be some dumb humour. I expected it. I got over it, and all is well with the world. I thought it was an enjoyable movie, even if not the best in the world.

[Chris]

Originally Posted by d_osborn

OOTS is a fun movie directed squarely at kids. It's not even close to being the trainwreck that TMNT14 was.

I think this sums it up pretty much perfectly

[jenna]

It depends on your criteria. I don't think it's possible to define what makes a "good" TMNT movie, because the universe has grown so wide and broad since the first issue of the first comic book. What's good to a Mirage fan might bore a Fred Wolf fan; what's good to a Fred Wolf fan might bore a Mirage fan.

So I can only answer by my own personal criteria.

I agree that OOTS is superior to PD'14 for its characterisation, turtle screen time, marginal improvements in turtle design. I also really enjoyed the police station break-in scene.

But that's pretty much the extent of it.

I did not enjoy OOTS as much as the first because it lacked strong martial arts sequences (granted, the first one wasn't brilliant in this regard, but at least it had some - I particularly enjoyed the subway sequence); the humour was too young for me (but then I am 35); and it focused on plot aspects which are less interesting to me (aliens, other dimensions etc).

Am I saying it was a bad movie? No. Am I saying the first one was good? No. Just that I've enjoyed other tmnt incarnations more than OOTS, including PD'14. So, yes, I agree with you that OOTS is worse. Just by my criteria. What can I say? I like the ninja stuff.

[THGhost]

I'd say that it's better than the first one in almost every conceivable way.

[myconius]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

Question: do the Turtles (besides Donatello) even use their weapons on anyone that isn't Krang's robot body? Does Michelangelo smack anyone with his nunchuks?

I found it interesting in that trailer that touts "Everything a fan wants" that when it said "NUNCHUKS" it cut to a shot of the corny arm things on the Turtlevan and not, y'know, the Turtle with the nunchuks using them.

yeah, there was a scene after the credits where the Turtles all use their weapons to dice up Vern and spread his remains over a pizza.

Originally Posted by neatoman

So the first one sucked but I didn't hate it, I watched the second one and it was just wretched. It felt drawn out, had countless plotholes and felt the need to bombard you with horrible joke after horrible joke. At least the first one, as bad as it was, wasn't so crammed and annoying.

Most of the defense I hear is that it pays homage to the Fred Wolf cartoon but even if I thought the Fred Wolf cartoon was worth basing a movie around (which I don't) you still have to make a good movie, which it wasn't. Even if I thought this movie was an improvement over the last one, I still wouldn't think this movie was actually good because it still fails on so many accounts.

aside from many issues i had with the plot, and forcing way too many characters into the film, it still was very entertaining.

biggest problems i had was Shredder getting played like a complete stooge!

[Technogeek29]

In a way I hate them both for two different reasons so I'm neutral.

[Zak The Neutrino]

It was better than the 2014 one IMO. However still not a good movie. There were parts that I enjoyed but the RT scores of the movie are pretty accurate.

However if this was aimed at kids I would have to say they hit the nail on the head. My youngest son won't watch the 2014 version. He hates it and will get bored with it quick. He really wanted to see this one after seeing all the commercials on Nickelodeon. He loved the movie and was laughing at all the stupid jokes. Even my older son who doesn't like CBM's enjoyed this movie.

I'm just glad to see the news that it didn't do well at the box office this morning. Maybe we can get a reboot some time soon.

[THGhost]

^ "CBM's"?

I hate when superior sequels don't do as well as the first at the box office. Seems mighty unfair to me.

[Zak The Neutrino]

Originally Posted by THGhost

^ "CBM's"?

I hate when superior sequels don't do as well as the first at the box office. Seems mighty unfair to me.

CBM - Comic Book Movie

The problem is if you didn't like the first one why would you go to the sequel? Especially with how much movie tickets are these days. My theater just put in all dream lounger seats so now the cheapest tickets are $10 for the morning showings. For evenings you can pay up to $17 for a ticket if you are seeing 3D with the DLX super screen.

[THGhost]

Hmmm... - https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com...Movie_TMNT0606