I was on the plane this past week and saw teenage mutant ninja turtles. I did not know what to expect but when I turned it on holy crap was this movie good. This movie had me laughing throughout but also had me guessing because it was not the basic Shredder v. Turtles plot that usually happens. The reason why I think I liked this movie is because it did not try to recreate the classic turtles, but rather made them something new. The way the turtles learned karate and the way splinter is portrayed is all new and in my opinion, works. But my biggest compliment about this movie is the casting of the turtles. These kids were great. I know some of them are from shows like Amazing World of Gumball or the movie Bad Boys so I know who they are but the fact that they hired teenagers to play teenagers and gave them teenager dialogue just made me so happy. Like when they spent 2 minutes talking about bacon egg and cheese, it made my Gen Z heart cry a little bit. The chemistry that these guys had was crazy and it came across to the audience. I would also like to give a quick shout out to show also the other mutants casting was out of this world and how even though they were big names the movie itself was not stressing that. Instead, the spotlight was on the teenagers themselves. Even though this movie was made to be funny and for teenagers it still brought action and a great plot. I mean when the turtles are raiding all of the gangsters, it gives me chills. The music, the fighting montage, and the bonus of the great animation, it was legitimately cool. Even though the focus of the movie was comedy scenes like this did a great job of bringing the ninja aspect to the movie. The movie’s overall plot and themes like acceptance due to differences and heroes coming in all sizes drove the point home. Like I know these are common themes but this movie did it in such a classier way than other films. Overall I would say this movie was great and kind of got overshadowed by other movies like Spider-verse and Puss in Boots. I would say this movie is probably on par with all of those other movies and probably should be talked about more. Overall, I think it is probably the best TMNT movie out there, and yes better than the original. 8.0/10
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