Since I am too disappointed to explain everything that was bad with the film, I'm going to simplify things.
Visuals: Nice stylization, but the human models were total rip-offs of The Incredibles.
Action: Like many movies I've seen lately, TMNT has some moments of good, solid impacts, but fails to be coherent during its most important parts.
Story: Well, Cartoon Network had a marathon of the new series on today and I found all of the episodes to be more interesting than the movie. Many scenes of contrived, predictable dialogue, with the exception of Toaster Boy and Splinter's daytime soaps. Seriously, every scene spelled out everything for everyone. Well, unless you're deaf, dumb, and blind.
Villains: I liked the designs for some of the monsters, but found no real Big Bad to latch onto. The Foot Clan stumbles with the absence of Shredder and the new threat is a joke. Oh, and the ambiguous reference to Shredder's possible return far too late into the film. What the Hell! They could've built up suspense by saying it earlier or having some sort of visual cue towards the end.
Time: Seriously, this was an issue. The movie was about 90 minutes; it felt like 30! Maybe it was the same scene over and over again with different characters and backdrops that made it fell like a quickie. This was definitely a story for the series bloated out into a very slow-paced, "fast" package. Are bad films a new way of time travel?
Ouch. This makes Transformers even more potentially disappointing, especially after the over-hyped 300. I would have seen Reign Over Me instead. Grindhouse better be phenomenal!
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I wish I could have seen Reign over me. Adam Sandler giving a good serious performance. WHAT! You know that Don Cheadle will be amazing, but alas it is not to be. Damn that lack of a license.
Look at it this way- It could have been a lot worse. It could have been a lot better, too... But, oh well.
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