>>109289199>Unironically the best live action kids' movie of its time. And one of the best comic book adaptations ever made to this day.>Rewatched it recently for the first time since I was in elementary school and I was stunned at how well it holds up.100% accurate. It’s not just a good adaptation of the TMNT but it’s a really well written movie. you could replace the turtles with humans and it would just be a solid movie. making the foot clan be wayward alienates teens in gritty new york who just wanted to belong to a family and get the approval of a father figure, and shredder manipulating that was a genius way to introduce what would have been a silly concept (hundreds of ninjas appearing in new york)
the dialogue was brilliant (“I never even LOOKED at another guy!!”, and then on top of that joke he rolls down the truck window...so many clever moments like that) and the music was awesome (seriously listen to shredder’s suite on youtube, shit is super dope). it had heart and good comedy, treated the property seriously instead of goofing on it, the lighting was dark and low budget gritty which was perfect for the more realistic costumes vs the gay cartoon character versions in the next movies, the guys used their weapons a lot...and that final fight and the dialogue in it. MAN...”...it HAD a name.” “RGGGHHHHH YOU LIE!!!” “(chuckle)...DO I?” fuck that whole thing was all so based
and raph’s lesson about letting the sai go, then his rage scream when splinter’s kidnapped and then a funny af gag with the guy walking over the sewer
man the whole movie is just great. it’s from back when scripts were actually edited and revised until they were legitimately good (ghostbusters, goonies, lethal weapon, a million other 80s movies), instead of all this shitty improv and sjw pandering garbage.
