Sticking to the darker tone of Peter Laird & Kevin Eastman's original comics, Jim Henson's Storyteller director Steve Barron makes a pretty decent live-action film out of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
It's packed with goofy one-liners, plenty of kicks & punches and general all around silliness that one would expect based on it's subject material. The voice actors involved provide some great work, particularly the always entertaining Josh Pais as Raphael, however it's Elias Koteas as Casey Jones that chews up any scene he's in. From a nostalgic point of view it's perfect, from a critical point of view it's a bit of a mess but still pretty damned entertaining for what it is.
3 lost sais out of 5
3 comments:
About time one of you got to it.
I have my nostalgia goggles on pretty tight, so
4 Ninja bitch slaps out of 5
That'll be it.
I'm not the least bit interested in seeing the other two.
I watched this in theaters last night for its 35th anniversary. I don't think I had ever seen it in theaters as a kid, although I watched it plenty of times on video. I do have the distinct memory of seeing the sequel in theaters though, and I remember having a good enough time with it, even though I was pissed off they recast so many of the actors, including April.
Anyway, there's a certain appeal to movies like this, that conjures up memories of Ghostbusters, Gremlins, Batman...something about that era and the darkness and the colors.
It's both corny and cheesy (mmm...pizza), but it's fun.
3½ Turtle Waxes out of 5
2½ Go Ninja, Go Ninja, Go!s out of 5 (for the much-maligned sequel, which I rewatched after)
2 Turtles perving on April out of 5 (for Turtles III, just because I'm a nostalgia hound)
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