Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie

As someone who grew up with TMNT, this movie is my favorite piece of media from the entire franchise. Nonstop action, gorgeous animation, full of emotion, and stellar voice acting!!! I know people are saying "oh well it's so so different so it's not good" but getting a breath of fresh air to the series was SO needed. And everyone knocks it our of the park. A must see!!!! 🐢💙

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an underrated series that lasted two seasons, with fans bashing it for being a comedy and not having many established characters outside the Turtles, Splinter, and April O'Neal (even going as far as to make Shredder a secret while having new character Baron Draxum, voiced by professional wrestler John Cena, as the recurring enemy), but I found it to be a better comedy than Teen Titans Go! And this movie could be the farewell the series needs (unless it does well enough to warrant a third season happening0.

In the year 2044, the world has been taken over by the Krang, a race of aliens, who even defeat the resistance led by the Turtles. However, Casey Jones (not Cassandra Jones), the apprentice of Leo, is sent back in time to stop the Krang from entering Earth via a mystic doorway. Meanwhile, Leonardo's goofing off is getting on Raphael's nerves, which gets to a breaking point when the Foot Clan steal a mysterious object. Meeting Casey and learning the object is the key, the Turtles must stop the Krang and change the future, a task made more challenging when the aliens steal their mystic powers.

Being a Netflix movie, this movie does a lot of things that the TV was now allowed to (one scene had Future Leo swearing, the Krang mutating people in horrific ways). But the movie does keep the style and humor the show was known for. The movie reunites some of the cast of the show (Ben Schwartz is back as Leonardo, Eric Bauza as Master Splinter, and Omar Benson Miller as Raphael, among the other Turtles, April, and some of the villains that appear in this movie). Haley Joel Osment joins the cast as the voice of Casey Jones, while Jim Pirri and. Toks Oglagundoye voices two of the Krang leaders. This movie feels like it topped the series finale, as it has the Turtles fighting the Krang, which is a known character in the TMNT franchise, to prevent a dark future from falling not only on New York City, but the rest of the world as well.

The original Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show was review bombed for its unique approach to the Turtles and sadly the same thing is happening with its movie counterpart. Give this movie a shot! The characters are really likable and the animation is beyond spectacular, trust me im not exaggerating.

I'll try my whole best to sum up my opinion and feelings.

This movie feels like eating a candy/snack you loved as a kid. It's very sugary, maybe not the best, but it gives you so many good memories and overall it's enjoyable and satisfactory. This is how I feel about the movie.

I was a fan of the 2012 version as a child and now that I'm a little more grown up I'm loving this Rise serie and waited for this movie with hype. I was not disappointed in the slightest.

I loved the character (Donnie and Mikey best turtles) and their fond family bond, and I loved the voice acting and the plot was enjoyable and engaging. The animation was absolutely stunning and I loved it both in this movie and the serie.

Overall I felt like I was in the cinema theatre with my mom. I felt like I was eight again and that made the whole movie even more enjoyable I truly hope from the bottom of my heart that there is a change for a third season because I was heartbroken when I found out i the show was being cancelled. PLEASE if you can watch it on Netflix, leave a good review. I want to see more of this version of the turtles!!!

This movie is incredible. It has everything people loved about the show - the beautiful animation, the epic fight scenes, the family dynamics - dialed up to 11. This show NEEDS a season 3, there's still so much potential!