Starring: Patrick Stewart, Mako, Chris Evans, Paul Wang, Kevin Munroe Directed By: Kevin Munroe Average Rating: Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) Binding: DVD Format: AC-3, Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Warner Bros. Number of Items: 1 Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 07, 2007 Running Time: 87 minutes Theatrical Release Date: March 23, 2007
Description: The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles return in an all-new CGI action adventure, written and directed by Kevin Munroe. After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Splinter (Mako), becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City. Tech-industrialist Maximillian J. Winters (Patrick Stewart) is raising up an army of ancient monsters, and only one super-ninja fighting team can stop them-- Leonardo (James Arnold Taylor), Michelangelo (Mikey Kelley), Donatello (Mitchell Whitfield) and Raphael (Nolan North)! With the help of old allies April O'Neil (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and Casey Jones (Chris Evans), the Turtles are in for the fight of their lives as they once again must face the mysterious Foot Clan, who have put their own ninja skills behind Winters' endeavors.
DVD Features: Alternate endings Audio Commentary Deleted Scenes Interviews Storyboards
Amazon.com: From a visual standpoint, this CG feature starring the venerable '80s and '90s superheroes the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is nothing short of slam-bang; the computer animation has a scope and look that transcends both the original comics and animated series and the three live-action features that preceded it. Writer/director Kevin Munroe creates a striking animated world for the four heroes in a half-shell to live, play, and fight in, and the action sequences are occasionally breathtaking in their speed and complexity. But where TMNT stumbles is its bland plot, which picks up after the last of the live-action features with all four teen turtles in disarray, and abandons longtime villain Shredder in favor of an industrialist (well voiced by Patrick Stewart) who recruits the Foot Clan (including Karai, played by Zhang Ziyi) to revive thirteen ancient monsters to aid in his world domination scheme. It's a simple and fun story for kids, but longtime Turtles fans will miss the wry humor and smart sense of irony of the original comics (created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, who gets an executive producer credit here) in this storyline. Still, for most adolescent audience members, such concerns won't matter a whit in the face of the abundant action. --Paul Gaita
As a lifelong TMNT fan, I was surprised when this movie (almost) made me not care about the characters Given the new CGI technology, I believed it was possible to reboot the franchise but this TMNT movie doesn't do that. Did anyone really care about the monsters or the immortality story? I didn't and I thought of that as just a cheap way to fill the time with a bunch of swordfighting. Here are some random thoughts about the film (from a lifelong TMNT fan):
The only character that I truely did care about in the movie was Raphael and he gets the most time on screen. His resentment towards Leo and his quest for independence gives this film what very little dimension it has. The only moment in the movie of pure excitement that had me on the edge of my seat was the battle between Raph and Leo.
Leonardo gets a lot of attention in this film also but I always found him to be too one dimensional and because he's supposed to be the flawless leader, the most boring. On the positive side, he does look more bad-a$$ in this film than the 80s cartoon and the 90s movies.
Michelangelo was my favorite character from the TV show but I was somewhat disappointed with his role in this film. He scarcely says 2 consecutive sentences in a row, being reduced to just making wise-cracker remarks when the opportunity presents itself. Yes, some of them are funny but I wanted more from him. The only part of the movie that is truely his is the opening scene where he is scateboarding through the sewers (didn't they already do this in the first live-action movie?).
I don't remember anything at all about Donatello except he has a job helping people with computers. I hardly remember a line of dialogue from him and he's the least visable turtle.
Splinter is just like he's always been, nothing worthy of making note except he has a different voice. April looks totally different (much younger) and, although I was initially against her new look, it warmed on me as the movie went along. The main thing I didn't like was that she's now a sword-fighter which is totally inconsistent with everything I've seen from the character and was totally unnecessary and was just intended to get us to say "oh wow, April can swing a sword".
Overall, given the new technology I feel like there were several other routes this movie could have taken with more successful results. Instead of making this a sequel to the live-action movies it should have simply retold the story (from the beginning). They could have begun the movie when Splinter was still human and show how he was banished to the New York sewers and then got 4 pet turtles who later became mutant turtles and so on. Another thing is that because this is CGI, they could have for the first time in a TMNT movie used Krang and the always funny duo Rocksteady and Bebop. That would be a hell of a lot better than monsters no one is going to remember.
I would not recommend that someone who has little invested in the TMNT to buy this film or even rent it. Watch it on youtube for free (shhh, don't tell anyone I told you that). I wouldn't even recommend that lifelong TMNT fans buy this even if the bluray disc is really good. Just rent it and don't have high expectations.
I'm on the fence about whether I want there to be another TMNT movie. I just hope they get it right if they decide to give it another try.
A movie for all generations to enjoy. Being a previous fan boy of the turtles as a toddler in the early 90's and after watching this film, it reminded me how I fell in love with the turtles in the first place. That being said, this film is well paced with action packed sequences and filled with trademark TMNT humor that should appeal to all ages.
Good movie, Great Blu-ray disk When TMNT first came to dvd I hated it, I just hadn't watched the most recent TMNT animated series, so in a lot of ways I didn't understand what was going on. Well since I seen this film I went back and watched the series and it makes a lot more things that take place in this series add up. While it's not truly set in the series time line I at least knew more of what was going on. So I decided to buy this movie on blu-ray. So with the story being abit confusing to those who've not seen anything related to the franchise since the 80's its still a good film with great visuals and a pretty interesting story . blu-ray makes it even better with crisp picture and sound.
Well worth watching .
Better than the reviews say. If you're not a fan of Ninja Turtles, or new to the franchise, this movie won't likely convert you. Very little background is given; unless you already know the turtles and their personalities, you'll be lost.
If you're a fan who grew up with the original series, or even became introduced to them with the newer television series, you will enjoy this movie. It's not as good as the first two live action movies, but it's better than the third. It does an effective job of developing the turtles, though the villains are mostly without depth. A very character-driven movie, which is surprising from the Ninja Turtles.
TMNT Blu Ray This movie is completely beatiful on Blu Ray. Awesome picture quality and sound track. Must own
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