Let's get the bad stuff out of the way. The plot's pretty weak, and the baddies are rather dull and forgettable. And there's one big pacing problem that I'll talk about in more detail later.Okay, that's done, on to the good stuff. First, these are the best turtles to have hit the screen so far. From the writing to the voice acting to the visual design to the animation, they stand head and shoulders above any version of the Ninja Turtles released yet, except for the original Mirage comics, the current IDW comics, and a select few issues of the Archie comics. Forget the bad cartoon, the good cartoon and the okay cartoon, the terrible live action show, the good live action movie, the bad live action movie, the not-quite-as-bad-as-people-say live action movie, the a-Bay-minations and the dozens of video games. Wow, that's a lot of turtles, isn't it. And this is the best they've ever been outside of a comic. They talk like teenagers. They move and fight like ninjas. They relate like brothers. They are as true to their original characters as is possible while still being family-friendly, without crossing the line into self-parody. And aside from things like acting like a teenager, most of that goes for Splinter too.April and Casey are also well-handled, though the writers have taken a few more liberties with the human characters. The main point of which seems to be to give April a chance to kick some butt too, a change that I enthusiastically support.On the enemy front... Like I said earlier, the main bad guys aren't great. Winters feels like the writers wanted to explore some deeper ideas about immortality and regret, but never quite followed through. Nice work from Patrick Stewart, as usual, but there's only so much he can do with the lines he's given. His sidekicks are barely developed as characters. They're mostly just some big tough guys for the turtles to fight. As happy as I was that the film tried to break out from the Shredder's shadow, they really needed something strong to replace such an iconic nemesis, and it's not here.It's also, in my opinion, a poor choice of plot/villain for a Turtles film in going into magical powers and celestial alignments and prophecies and so on. While the turtles, like many comic characters, have had to deal with a variety of sci-fi, fantasy, realistic and sometimes just plain weird situations, they've always tended more towards the sci-fi than fantasy. So magical statue warriors are an awkward fit at best. And it's disappointing that a weak original character would be used when there are so many strong characters from the TMNT back-catalogue who haven't made it into films yet. I know I'm not the only fan baffled by the persistent absence of enemies like Triceratons and the Rat King or allies like Fugitoid, Leatherhead and the Utrom from the big screen.For the Shredderless Foot, things are well handled. Karai operates very differently to her predecessor, prefering more subtle actions, and not having his anti-turtle vendetta, so the Foot slip into a less directly antagonistic role with a level of mutual respect that would never have been possible with Shredder. It's a whole different dynamic that has rarely been seen in TMNT adaptations, and fairly well done. There's some groundwork laid for a foot-centric sequel, but the chances of that actually happening are... about the same as the chances of Michael Bay making a film without objectifying any women or blowing anything up.The humour's here, though some reviewers seem to have missed it. Sure, if you're after the idiotic slapstick that makes TMNT2 so painful to watch you're in the wrong place, but that's not a bad thing.The action's here too. Even most of the negative reviews are willing to throw some praise at the action sequences and fight scenes.The visual design is ... well, I've already mentioned that the turtles look great (an excellent balance between bringing in their own style and sticking to the classic designs, unlike certain more recent films which virtually ignored the originals) and that there are some really cool monster designs. The humans and Splinter I found less impressive. A bit too stylised and exaggerated for my taste.Now, I promised I was going to discuss that pacing problem, which is kind of hard to do without spoilers, so forgive me if I get a little vague. There's a rooftop fight scene which is simply phenomenal. Great action, great animation, Great pacing, staging, etc. Huge emotional investment. Probably the best fight I've ever seen in western animation. Definitely the best I've ever seen in a Turtles film. It's without doubt the film's strongest, most engaging scene.And it's the end of act two.The film peaks way too high, way too early, and the entire third act doesn't even come close to catching up to what we've already seen.Ultimately, it's a film that does a great job with its main cast, and has plenty of fun moments and good action scenes, but places them in a weak story.That Bay is getting a third crack at butchering this franchise and Munroe didn't get a second chance is a vile travesty.

TMNT is the fourth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise and it was written and directed by Kevin Munore and the film features the voice talents Nolan North, James Arnold Taylor, Mikey Kelley, Mitchell Whitfield, Chris Evans, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Kevin Smith, Patrick Stewart, Zhang Ziyi and Laurence Fishburne (who provides narration).This was also the last film that Mako Iwamatsu made before his death and was co-produced by the franchise's co-creator Peter Laird for Warner Bros. Pictures.TMNT was the first TMNT film made with computer-generated imagery (CGI), created by Imagi Animation Studios, as well as the first feature film in the franchise in 14 years.TMNT co-created Peter Laird stated it takes places in it's own universe separate from the previous films, which was supported by it's depiction in Turtles Forever.The film sees the four Turtles: Raphael, Leonardo, Donatello and Michaelangelo grow apart after their final defeat of the Shredder, when strange things are happening in New York City as ancient creatures threatens the world and the Turtles must reunite to save it.The plot sounds really amazing and fantastic and it is just overly amazing and it sounds like a very interesting plot and it is so fantastic and I give credit to the the director and writer of this film and he does an amazing job.The CGI is really amazing and the way New York City and the way that the characters look is really fantastic and it is just fantastically well-done and spectacular and the direction could not have been done any better in this flick and on a positive note, I like the way the Turtles are done in this film, because they made them look more realistic.The acting is amazing and I will give credit to when it's due.Nolan North plays Raphael / Nightwatcher and he does justice.James Arnold Taylor plays Leonardo / Military Man, Mikey Kelley plays Michaelangelo / Cowabunga Carl and Mitchell Whitfield plays Donatello / SSC and they all play there parts wonderfully as well.The late Mako Iwamatsu plays Splinter and he does the voice incredibly and considering what he was dying of during production of this film, he could have done a lot worse.Zhang Ziyi plays Karai and she is amazing in that role.Patrick Stewart plays Max Winters / Yaotl and he does an amazing job and he is fantastic.Chris Evans and Sarah Michelle Gellar plays the roles of Casey Jones and April O'Neill were amazing and fantastically and they did their very best in their roles.Laurence Fishburne does a great job telling us this stand-alone story and he does an amazing job as the narrator and he did some serious storytelling and I did love his performance as Morpheus in the Matrix Trilogy, but I'll save that for another review.The music composed by Klaus Badelt was just spectacular and he could not have done a lot of worse because I loved his musical score for the 2004 critically panned, Catwoman, directed by Pitof and starring Halle Berry as Patience Phillips / Catwoman.The action sequences are just overly fantastic and spectacular and they could have messed up on certain things but they did not and I am glad they did not make any mistakes on this film, like they made some mistakes on "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III: Turtles in Time".Overall, I love TMNT and I have seen this film twice and it is just spectacular now as it was when first released in 2007, but I was sad that they decided to reboot the franchise instead doing a sequel to the 2007 animated film first.But, I have seen the 2014 reboot and I have not seen the next Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, which I am about to review next, but I have seen a review of this film, the original trilogy released from 1990 to 1993 and the next one I am about to review, which the name of it is Turtles Forever or Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles Forever on Superhero Rewind and Movie Night with Johnathan Paula on YouTube.But this movie, I am giving TMNT a 10 out 10.

TMNT (2007): Dir: Kevin Munro / Voices: James Arnold Taylor, Nolan North, Mikey Kelley, Mitchell Whitfield, Sarah Michelle Gellar: Updated return for the heroes in a half shell that boast a youthful yet skillful ability. Leonardo was sent to train for leadership. Raphael fights crime under disguise. Michelangelo entertains birthday parties, and Donatello works at a computer call service. Lame plot regards a bunch of stone monster brought to life to destroy earth. The turtles are still appealing with James Arnold Taylor voicing Leonardo who is poised for leadership. Nolan North voices Raphael whose crime fighting ventures are under an alias yet his temper is his drawback. Mikey Kelley voices Michelangelo whose free spirited ways are tested. Mitchell Whitfield voices Donatello whose intelligence is put to a lesser degree of success. Sarah Michelle Gellar took a vacation from slaying vampires so that she could play reporter April O'Neal who befriends the Turtles and generally plays damsel. Director Kevin Munro resurrects what may be considered old news. The older films were released at the height of the cartoon popularity with the Teenage Ninja Turtles bringing appeal through their juvenile antics. This all concludes with the Turtles banding together and bringing down the evil Winters but this is basically a digital comeback that is perhaps too late but might find a newer audience. Score: 6 / 10

3000 years ago, warrior king Yaotl uncover a portal that turned him immortal. It also turned his men into stone and released 13 powerful monsters. The portal opens every 1000 year with the alignment of stars. After defeating their nemesis Shredder, the Turtles have gone their separate ways. Leonardo has gone to Central America. Donatello and Michelangelo are running their small businesses. Raphael works the night secretly as the vigilante Nightwatcher. The rich Max Winters has hired Karai and the Foot Clan to search for the 13 monsters. He is secretly the immortal Yaotl who has reanimated his stone generals.This one puts the goofy silly feel of the earlier cartoons on the back burner. It's still there but this has a darker edge to it. The CGI is acceptable with a cartoon look. It has a dark noirish shading. The monsters look scary and mean. The story is simple and works. It's pretty good for fans both old and new.