TMNT

I actually really liked the idea behind this movie. The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle franchise has seen a couple cartoon series, several video games, and three live-action films. But I thought that a computer animated film was perhaps best suited for the genre, since the creature characters would be just as believable as the human animated characters. I was quite satisfied with the animation of this movie; it was campy, but fun to watch. I was also pleasantly surprised with some of the big-name voice talent the movie used, Patrick Stewart, Lawrence Fishburn, Mako, Sarah Michelle Gellar, and Ziyi Zhang. The voices weren't distracting, and they worked very well in their respective roles.

As as often the case with cartoon movies, I wish they movie makers had put a little more effort into a workable plot -- it was a rather outlandish story of monsters from another dimension. (The main characters live in New York City -- how far do you have to look to find crime to fight?) It was definitely a movie geared for the audience that watched the show 15 years ago. I count myself one of that crowd, so I thought it was a fun, silly movie. Not a great movie, but a good enough movie.
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