I didn't really like this movie. I had low expectations going into seeing it, and then those low expectations went even lower as the movie went on. But even after saying all of that I will admit that this is one of better kids movies to come in a long time. Low on language and sex - which seems to be a rarity with a film produced by Michael Bay, who's Transfromer's movies seemed to thrive on stupid potty humor and sexuality that only slightly veered into the over-the-top realm.
This movie still suffers from the same thing afflicting the Transformers movies: namely the Turtles become secondary characters in their own movie much like the Transformers did in their movies. Their characters never become actual characters but feel more like cartoons that only are only different from their weapons, names, and color of ninja eye ear. They never became actual characters, which is a shame because here there was so much more to work with to make them interesting.
The screenplay seems to want to over explain everything and make all sorts of connections to everything instead of just letting the story and characters thrive on their own. Do I really care about April O'Niel's life as a journalist? Not really. Just make her a journalist then let the world and story around her breath with it's own life. Is that too hard to do? It must be. There is so much time wasted on explaining and over explaining everything when it could be devoted into making the Turtles' characters into actual characters.
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