Now, however, there seems to be some vibrancy to their look – which is what you need for a big summer blockbluster that is essentially aimed at young teens. Previously, they looked like Shrek on steroids masquerading as Ninja Turtles, and in typical Michael Bay fashion, there were no bright colours to be seen. I found the personalities and actions of the Turtles to be quite fitting of the source material, but their looks were distracting and pretty grotesque.
'The jokes come thick and fast throughout, from the Turtles and everyone else.'įirst of all, the Turtles themselves look different, which was a major issue I had with the first film. With the recent trailer drop for the upcoming Turtles adventure, my dismissal of the films existence has turned into mild anticipation as it looks like some major overhauls have been made. With that in mind, the last thing I wanted was for this feeble franchise to continue, but in the interest of money, we are getting a sequel this coming June.Īllow me to make an amendment to that: I am cautiously excited. As a fan of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, I will be the first to admit that the 2014 cinematic reboot, produced by Michael Bay, was an atrocity: it suffered from having weak, uninteresting villains, clichéd plotlines and placed focus in the wrong areas (no one cares about Megan Fox as April O’Neil, show us the damn turtles!).
