Things that bug you about the 2014 movie...

[Bry]

If anyone wants to read a pretty thorough takedown of this movie's entire plot, i09 has a pretty good FAQ-style rundown of exactly how terrible it is.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by Bry

If anyone wants to read a pretty thorough takedown of this movie's entire plot, i09 has a pretty good FAQ-style rundown of exactly how terrible it is.

That's hilarious, mostly because all of his points are valid problems with the movie.

[turtle1237]

Other thing that bugs me.

Why does Batman sneak around? He is mortal and can be killed. Why does Superman not bother with it? Because well He is Superman.

I don't really like the ideal of the turtles being well Superman, bullet proof, I would not be shock if the 2nd film had them use X-ray vision and could fly.

Now that the Turtles are bullet proof, they really have no need to do all that sneaking around now right?

[turtlefanforever]

It'd honestly be easier to list the things I liked.

but 1. the Dilapidation of the characters and story line itself

2. Oroku Saki needed to be in it but the obvious insertion of him was some bull crap. Should have just gone with the bad sachs shredder.

3. the turtle designs which is really essentially number 1. Along with Whoopi's terrible acting (and every other actor). Let Bern be Bern. Don't change characters like that, like they did with pretty much everyone just to get name value in there.

4. You could feel the pure Atrophy of the franchise while watching this film. Many true fans were dying inside. It's really a mockery of everything that has been done. You don't change what has been successful and what got you to this point just for the sake of change. Minor tweaks from generation to generation are welcome and often needed but it was just too much.

5. which all of these could be number one but the Turtle film being centered around April. Cause M bay don't know how to make a film not centered around a human. Might as well have called it April and friends.

6. The crude humor. That's just not them. There was a few times I chuckled most of it was acceptable but a lot I felt was very out of line "I can feel my shell tightening" being the first one that comes to mind.

Just so so much. Pretty much the only things I liked :
Mikey's voice. Hated all the others but no matter what I felt his really stuck. I can't ever remember a bad mickey voice besides the end of "wormquake" that nick episode. Well who are we kidding his voice there is bad too, but I digress..

The fight scenes were good, But the superhuman strength was way over done. Like the first fight where he throws the giant crate the foot are trying to rob. Don flipping the truck with his staff, Raph saying he can't do anything cause his shell is cracked and then continuing to do crazy things ect.

And Last but not least that view of Fox's behind while going down the mountain.

[neatoman]

Most things seem to be covered here but I'll say my piece anyway:

What was the point of April being a reporter? She gets fired early on and just happens to be connected to the turtles and Sacks? It seems like she was originally intended to be a Sacks Industries employee (which makes sense, following the father's foot steps and what not) but they changed it to a reporter to make fans of the first cartoon and movie to feel comfortable.

Splinter learning from a book is an OK explaination but it renders the rivalry with the Foot meaningless without Hamato Yoshi. It's also bizarre for Splinter and Shredder to both be ninjas when one is so by coincidence.

The plot is the same as ASM (missing scientist father, major villain is his colleague, corperate conspiracy with mutation experiments and a mutagen being spread over NYC on a tower) except... less sensical and with focus on the wrong characters.

And of course the turtles themselves... Look, they were annoying in the old movies as well but here they're straight up enraging because there's not a single decent character moment that is not played for laughs. The 1990 movie may have potrayed them as pun/reference/catchphrase spewers but at least it had a couple of scenes that made you sympathise with them, this has nothing. Mikey is the worst though, he's just a creepy pervert when he's not the dumbass from the cartoons, which i have never understood, the laidback turtle has to be an idiot?

And they're ugly, like really ugly.

[Mona_Lisa]

I am the odd-ball here I guess, because for the most part I liked the movie. But the one thing that REALLY bugs me is that the plot seems full of holes.. Like they cut just to many parts from the film. Which also made it seem pretty rushed.

[Warhorse]

Originally Posted by Shark_Blade

He can install the solar panels outside. Maybe on a rooftop even.

Edit: oh wait, did Liebsman meant that square pattern on his loin cloth?

... Well that, I have no idea.

Eh, well, in the Nick toon, there is a tree growing in the lair, via near a sun roof, so perhaps tis the same here, we just didn't get to see the lair much before it got destroyed.

Originally Posted by Xiewin

Everything but the turtles.
Seriously f**k everyone who was involved with this movie. They had the ability to bring us a great TMNT film, but it was wasted. 125 million dollars down the f**kin toilet, only to come out with one half assed movie with Megan fox as the main character.

It's hard for me not to get angry when so much potential was wasted. Why in the hell would Nick choose platinum dunes? Did they want the film to be s**t just like all the lowbrow shows on their channel? Seriously f**k them all.

I guess it took a few days for this to sink in, huh. Yeah, they dropped the ball on this.

It's like, the Turtles are great, but, they are not going to be in it as much, so we have to suffer through April and her job schtick.

We know that character development will be not be there much, but that's OK, it's got the Ninja Turtles, so I can always count on for at least a great kickass fighting scene, maybe 2 or 3. They were there, but, heh, I couldn't see them because the dumbass director couldn't keep the the ****ing camera still.

I really wish they would dump Liebersman and hire Matthew Vaughn, since he's a UK director that can actually film really great fight scenes.

[turtlefanforever]

Another major thing. They didn't really appear to be doing anything for purpose. You don't get the feeling they are fighting for the greater good, plus the whole rivalry story was taken out. There's moments like when they are holding the tower from falling where you can tell they are trying to save the people, and they help a lot of people but there just doesn't seem to be much purpose behind it. Just Idle gestures. That's the feel I got from it.

[tmntpower2k14]

- Megan Fox being so enjoyable, didn't expect it.
- Will Arnette being useless, creepy, and not funny.
- Not enough martial arts ... when it was there it was bad ass.
- Mikey ended up being my favorite turtle, and not typical Raph.
- Raph's sunglasses not falling off the top of his du-rag.

[Leo656]

That article is f***ing amazing.