Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

There were several rumors going on about this movie. One was involving that they were aliens, brought down to defeat Shredder and all that. Well, ill just start my reveiw...

Cast-
Ms. Fox as April... Mistake... BIG MISTAKE. Most of her lines sounded forced, and totally scripted. The way she was explaining information to her throw-away character buddy made her sound like a raving lunatic. Now, I saw it twice to be sure about my review. Fox as April was a huge mistake. I forget other names, the Dude who played Sacks (huh huh, Sacks...) looked pretty weird when shooting all angry and stuff. Like a penguin with a sling-shot. It was annoying, really. Shredder was cool. Wasn't a fan of the costume at first, but then I saw what it could do... I was won over. I liked shredder. Knoxville As Leo threw me off, but I couldn't tell it was him until he was off screen.
Mikey, to me was a borderline creeper. But he was still the fun-loving goofball we have grown to love. I would have to say I was satisfied with the rest of the cast other than that. Fox, and the Sacks guy's angry gun moves were the only cast complaints I have. Rest was at least acceptable.

Writing-
I was waiting for the action. I knew they were coming, I didn't want to wait. So, a little slow to get the ball rolling. I never read the comics, so I'm fuzzy on the actual history of the turtles... But the back story they used to explain how they came to be, and why April was important other than being nosey left a bitter taste in my mouth. Or maybe it was the un-buttered stale popcorn. Either way, it wasn't my cup of tea. If i were a writer for this one, I wouldn't have had it like that, but stay more true to the original movie, or even the cartoon. And it didn't seem to give a lot of screen time to Don, Leo and Splinter, which was a little disappointing because they seemed like they were well written characters.

Effects-
This movie was very effects-heavy, because of the turtles. (seems to be another Bay trademark) The turtles looked a little funny, Splinter didn't look to realistic to me, but i still liked them all. The ninjas' movements looked really cool, excellent perspectives. I liked the effects overall.

SWEET BEEF:
As I stated before, the back story change threw me off, and it was slow to get moving, but when it did and the story began to unfold, it was an entertaining movie.

I suppose if you are like me, and don't like much change, or would prefer to see something more true to the comics, It probably wouldn't be your cup of tea. But as a new perspective to the consumer, a cooler, more bad ass ninja team... It is entertaining.
7.5 of 10