Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)

This is essentially the Michael Bay Transformers movies with the plot of The Amazing Spiderman in a Ninja Turtles skin. There were a lot of things that are really great about this movie, namely the turtles and April. Will Arnett’s character was too much of a comedic relief when one of the turtles already had that in his personality. The turtles look really good 95% of the time. This was a decent first outing for the reboot. The villain dialogue comes off too cartoony and mustache twirly. This movie gets a lot right but needs to get some of the writing improved and they could have a fantastic film. This one is worth the watch for sure.

Story - 15%

Characters - 18%

Pacing - 17%

Spectacle - 19%

Entertainment - 18%

Total score: 87%

Grade scale:

90%-100% = must watch

80%-89% = solid, but could be better

70%-79% = Not terrible, watch if the characters or story interests you

60%-69% = only watch for completionist reasons

0%-59% = just skip it, I find the positives and they don't exist here