Well now....

[Coola Yagami]

So after FINALLY seeing Out of the Shadows... I dare say it wasn't THAT bad. Mostly because it felt like it was the TURTLES' movie, not April's with Turtles on the side. We got to see them more often and they really dug more into their personalities. Also good to see Leo be a bit of jerk so he's not so flawless all the time. Mikey was more bearable since he wasn't perving over April anymore, though he did fall victim to being the dumb one again. "wait... we're doing something?"

I knew Bebop and Rocksteady were gonna nail it.

Still don't like Casey being a cop. Still don't like the turtlemobile with the giant arms swinging nunchucks and swords around.... Still don't like Krang... the voice just didn't resonate with me, and they should have kept the android looking closer to the cartoon like in the Super Bowl tv commercial. The Turtles only fought Bebop and Rocksteady once and they were defeated by Casey.... and then April basically took Karai out by bashing a laptop or something into her....

The city thanking and acknowledging the turtles was just.... I don't know... that's just not them. Yeah sure, having the cops with them rather than against them makes stopping the bad guys easier.... but the turtles have always been able to save the day from the shadows before. I know there was at least one time the Turtles got a standing ovation from the city in the old cartoon, but it just looks so out of place in live action taking place 'in the real world'. Yeah... no. The people in New York are not just gonna suddenly let the Turtles live normal lives among them without gawking at them and whatnot.

Leo did more martial arts when doing all his katas while Raph was arguing with him than everyone else during the whole movie. Well... to be fair, the Foot Ninja did some sweet moves though. However, they did a lot of stealth and sneaking around during the police station scene, so that's cool.

Still won't buy it. Far from being the best TMNT movie, but I will admit, I liked it more than I thought I would and it's definitely way better than the first.