Asha Wilhight
Staff Writer
Do you want to laugh? Do you want action and adventure? Then you should consider seeing this summer’s most talked about movie amongst children and adults: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle, which premiered on Aug. 4, 2014. TMNT is based off of the original cartoon series.
This movie was produced by Michael Bay and directed by Jonathan Liebesman. The main cast consists of Megan Fox, Alan Ritchson, Noel Fisher, Pete Ploszek, & Jeremy Howard.
Although a lot of individuals have seen the film, there are many who have not seen the film yet, that still plan to see it.
“I have not seen the movie yet, but I do plan on seeing it with my two nieces. I have never taken interest into the cartoons, but once I began seeing the commercials for the movie, it caught my attention,” said Timishae Shoemaker, a sophomore biology major from Toledo, Ohio.
Those who have actually seen the movie loved it. They had nothing, but good reviews about the film. Some praised it so highly, that they would go to the theater and see it again.
“It was a great movie actually! The movie had a great sense of humor and the storyline was awesome, “ said Dominique Cox, a sophomore psychology major from Gary, Ind.
According to hollywoodreporter.com, a brief synopsis of TMNT, the film based in New York City. TV reporter April O’Neil is trying to be a hard news reporter, but her boss, Bernadette, not even her cameraman,Vern, is not really interested or is positive that she can handle the crime wave sweeping the city, as the notorious Foot Clan terrorizes the local residents. When April witnesses a stealth vigilante attacking Clan goons one dark night, she stumbles across a story that could change her career by tracking down a quartet of six-foot-tall, mutated talking turtles with lethal ninja fighting skills, who were named after Renaissance artists, Raphael, Michelangelo, Leonardo and Donatello make their home in the city’s sewer a rat known as Splinter who trained them ninjutsu, making them martial arts experts.
“I actually liked the movie! I usually do not like movies like these, such as Spider-Man, Batman and movies of that sort,” said Sierra Jackson, a junior marketing major from Huntsville, Ala.
Based off of deadline.com, within the very first weekend of the film in theaters, it made $65.5 million. It was No. 1 in 17 of 19 box offices, in countries like Mexico and Russia. Movie critics have a different view than actual viewers; they ripped the film to shreds.
CBSnews.com have various movie critics giving their opinions from The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, and Seattle Times. They did not like the concept of the movie as a whole because they felt that the terminology was not the same and they also thought it was charmless, dull, and half-hearted. However, as a viewer, you won’t know how you feel about TMNT until you see it for yourself.
