So what will happen if the majority of you like the movie?

[Leo656]

I had to come up with that explanation for myself when I saw it, too. Otherwise, it's just a poorly-shot scene.

[Zulithe]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Maul has a sh*tty Superkick. Mine is way better. He very clearly whiffed it.

Well, you know Lucas... he wants the "romantic" version of everything. He'll take what he thinks looks best not what looks the most realistic of a skilled combatant.

[Coola Yagami]

I tried.... And mostly because it's turtles. I really tried. Just didn't like it. This movie was just horribly fast paced and we barely learned anything about the main characters. Just too different. Barely enough of actual tmnt-ness to make up for all the changes.


Just no. No sir, I don't like it.


I'm actually not gonna buy it for DVD either.

[The True Shredder]

Phantom Menace> TMNT 2014 I think everybody can agree on this at least.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by The True Shredder

Phantom Menace> TMNT 2014 I think everybody can agree on this at least.

I was never one of those people who had this discontent with the prequels, so this comparison means nothing to me.

[Leo656]

My thing with Menace is, once you've seen it once, every time you see it after, every second that isn't the "Duel of the Fates" scene just drags because you know how much better that one scene is than everything else in the entire movie, and it's too short by comparison, and you have to sit through a lot of boring exposition to get there.

I feel like they started the prequel story a few years too early. The fact that Qui-Gonn is almost entirely irrelevant to the events of II and III and almost never even mentioned again kind of speaks to that. Literally all he was given to do was find Anakin. They could have erased him entirely from the story and it wouldn't have made any difference. I kind of feel like if they started the story around where episode II was, but with a different series of events, had III be the second chapter and stay more or less as it was, and had the third movie be a straight-up Darth Vader movie, a lot more people would have been content with the prequels.

I like the prequels, mostly, but I feel like they started way too early in the story and made a few other creative choices that lost a lot of people early on, and they weren't able to win them back. They're alright, though.

[The True Shredder]

Originally Posted by Warhorse

I was never one of those people who had this discontent with the prequels, so this comparison means nothing to me.

Wishy Washy Eh?

[LeoDonnieMikeyRaph95]

I loved it! My only flaws were the beginning was too much of April and the length was too short. Other than that This is one of my favorite TMNT movies.

[pennydreadful]

Originally Posted by Leo656

My thing with Menace is, once you've seen it once, every time you see it after, every second that isn't the "Duel of the Fates" scene just drags because you know how much better that one scene is than everything else in the entire movie, and it's too short by comparison, and you have to sit through a lot of boring exposition to get there.

Word - the Qui-Gon/Obi-Wan/Maul duel is literally the only thing in all of the prequels that I enjoyed at all. And even that scene still had to get intercut with Boy Anakin and general Naboo scuttlebutt fighting, which I had zero interest in.

[Slade]

I liked Vader's reveal at the end of 3. Crushing all that s**t made him seem like a real badass.

[Puddinpop]

What.... the heck?

I cant help but think that these threads are deliberately misleading. There is a poll pretty much saying that the " majority" of people that HAVE seen this film enjoyed it.

I don't really understand what it is that you are even asking. What will happen if we like the movie? What kind of question is that? We wait for 2016.

Originally Posted by NinjaPug

You're right about that. If Platinum Dunes is able to continue making TMNT movies then a lot of people won't like them. It has nothing to do with nostalgia and everything to do with a production company that can't make a good movie let alone a good TMNT movie.

Well... that's your opinion. Most people here when they give their negative opinions on this movie try to pass them off as generalities. Like it's a fact.

You see NinjaPug, I like to see myself is a " glass is half full " kind of guy.
I and other's that have had faith in this movie felt like it was being underestimated.
It obviously was. And the same " this movie is going to fail " is already beginning seconds after the sequel was announced. I think that when PD releases its sequels LOTS of people will LIKE them and they will continue to be successful.

And I don't think you are in a position to speak for everyone when you say that Nostalgia hasn't played a role in why some folks refused to even give this movie a chance. If you are speaking for yourself.. fine. But just like people went to see this for nostalgic reasons there are definitely people that didn't see it for nostalgic reasons. Bc they hold the first film"s" so closely to their heart that they felt this was an insult to the franchise. I think to say this hasn't played a role is a bit ridiculous. Again.. if you are only speaking for yourself. Kindly disregard this paragraph.

[JTH]

Rotten Tomatoes is showing fan approval rating is beginning to flirt with rotten.

It's been teetering around 61-62% approval over the past 24 hours.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/teen..._turtles_2013/

[ScrewtheMirageTMNT]

The user rating meter on rotten tomatoes isn't exactly reliable, people on that site can rate a movie even before it's officially released in theaters and have done so.

[MajorViolence]

Originally Posted by ScrewtheMirageTMNT

The user rating meter on rotten tomatoes isn't exactly reliable, people on that site can rate a movie even before it's officially released in theaters and have done so.

The site has "not interested" and "want to see" options for people who haven't seen the film, so it's about as reliable a poll as you're ever going to get from the general public.

[JTH]

Originally Posted by ScrewtheMirageTMNT

The user rating meter on rotten tomatoes isn't exactly reliable, people on that site can rate a movie even before it's officially released in theaters and have done so.

Fair point. When the rating system opened, the rating at it's highest when I saw it was 80%, but it's gone in a freefall over the weekend and since.

So whether that means that people were blindly giving good ratings before the movie came out just because it was TMNT, we may never know.

But it looks clear that this movie has split the fanbase on all sides and will flirt with the fresh/rotten line for it's entirety.

Originally Posted by MajorViolence

The site has "not interested" and "want to see" options for people who haven't seen the film, so it's about as reliable a poll as you're ever going to get from the general public.

They actually have both, fan reviews open as soon as critic reviews open; whether the movie is in theaters yet or not. Expendables III already has fan reviews posted on RT and it's not out until Friday.

[Coola Yagami]

Originally Posted by Puddinpop

Well... that's your opinion. Most people here when they give their negative opinions on this movie try to pass them off as generalities. Like it's a fact.

You see NinjaPug, I like to see myself is a " glass is half full " kind of guy.
I and other's that have had faith in this movie felt like it was being underestimated.
It obviously was. And the same " this movie is going to fail " is already beginning seconds after the sequel was announced. I think that when PD releases its sequels LOTS of people will LIKE them and they will continue to be successful.

And I don't think you are in a position to speak for everyone when you say that Nostalgia hasn't played a role in why some folks refused to even give this movie a chance. If you are speaking for yourself.. fine. But just like people went to see this for nostalgic reasons there are definitely people that didn't see it for nostalgic reasons. Bc they hold the first film"s" so closely to their heart that they felt this was an insult to the franchise. I think to say this hasn't played a role is a bit ridiculous. Again.. if you are only speaking for yourself. Kindly disregard this paragraph.

I'm pretty sure it's backwards. Nostalgia made people want to see this and overlook all that was shown, cause hey, it's turtles. It has to be good. It deserves a chance. It just CAN'T be that bad.

Then you watch it and realize... yes... yes it was.