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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie | Year: 1990 Classification: Action/Adventure Directed: - Steve Barron Actors/Actresses: - Judith Hoag - Elias Koteas A Fine Adaption of a classic comic book creation! Just a quick update to sort something out - Amazon.com`s review says the Turtles origin was a Nintendo game - WRONG! The turtles were the stars of a cult black and white comic book created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird, it mixed eastern philosophy, Martial Arts, Ninjitsu and a wicked sense of humour with a crazily surreal plot involving toxic waste mutated talking Turtles trained as instruments of vengeance against evil traitor Shredder by their master Splinter(giant rat mutated by the same toxic waste) and some very violent action scenes and dark subject matter to boot(It was later made a more kiddie friendly story with all the violence toned down). Anyone who likes the movies and the cartoon I urge you to track down the graphic novels of the original Turtles to see how the heroes in a half shell began life.<BR>The movie? it`s surprisingly good for such a difficult plot, the whole plot of TMNT is so surreal it would be easy to not get the mix of comedy and drama right but the creators did a fine job, funny one minute, exciting the next and at times quite touching (There are at least three scenes that bring tears to my eyes even now years after my childhood!)the fight scenes are well handled to say the guys performing are in giant suits that must severely limit their movement but it doesn`t show. Jim Henson`s creature workshop did a cool job on the Anamatronics that make the Turtle heads talk so convincingly and evil foe shredder is well portrayed and is closer to the more vicious killer in the original comic books. If you`ve forgotten the charms of the green heroes now`s the perfect time to get re-aquainted as Action god John Woo(Hard Boiled, Face/Off etc) is planning a computer generated action fest with Leonardo,Donatello, Michaelangelo and Raphael as we speak!. I have given an overall rating for the DVD rather than the movie as although the movie is strong the special features are a little weak(There`s only one feature that can be really classed as "Special". <BR>Movie good,DVD mediocre. Still a cool movie when you're fourteen I honestly feel sorry for this generation of kids, cause they all turn up their noses at the really good kid's movies like this. Sure, so the idea of mutated pizza-loving reptiles who also have martial arts abilities seems stupid, but I'd say the plot has a lot more potential than all the fluff out there that is all parents consider appropriate anymore. I can't really describe what it is about this movie. It just has a certain mood that they don't quite capture in any of the sequels. And it actually does have drama in it, though you wouldn't THINK that a bunch of turtles and a rat could make you cry. One thing I love about this movie is that all of the turles have their own personality; in the sequels and the more recent cartoon version they all act exactly alike, and are all, well, STUPID. Probably my favorite scene is the long fight in April O' Neill's apartment; from the point where the enemies bust in through the ceiling to where the fire starts and then they all go to...well, maybe I shouldn't spoil anything. Just go out and rent this, watch it with the kids, see if they prefer it over their little Power Rangers and Dragonball Z. Amazing Turtles film. Don't go near the DVD though They just don't make movies (especially ones for children) like this anymore. I saw this in theaters fifteen years ago, and I loved it. I proudly paid only $5.00 for this during Wal-Mart's video liquidation sale last year. I've owned Turtles II and the sub-par III for ten years, but I never did have my favourite first one on tape until now. As for the DVD release: don't bother. DVDs scrath just as badly as CDs, and there's nothing that can protect you collection from careless younger siblings intent on taking your fragile CD and DVD collection. Plus, the street market allows you to find (on VHS) extra-violent fight scenes that originally earned the first Turtles movie a PG-13 rating. If you want information on this workprint you're missing out on, go to http://www.comics2film.com/StoryFrame.php?f_id=50 Buy Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie Search with the Priority Search Engine on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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