Right, so I feel the need to start this one with a little reminder. Film is primarily an entertainment medium. A film must therefore be entertaining in order to be good. So, it doesn’t matter how good the lighting is, who the director was or even what themes were addressed by the film, if it didn’t entertain, it’s not a good film. So that’s why Atonement is such a terrible film. It might have addressed one of the most important themes there is, how we deal with our sense of guilt and our objective guilt, but it didn’t entertain so it wasn’t a good film.
Now I’m aware that not everyone will agree with what I’ve just said. If that’s you, I’d encourage you to read this helpful article. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/wrong?s=t
So, onto the main event. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. This film was quite simply amazing. It was awesome, it was superb. It was brilliant. I think, cowabunga says it all!
So, why was it so good. It was thoroughly entertaining from start to finish. It was funny throughout and it was a proper fighting turtle film. There was just enough nods to the old 90s cartoon series to make my inner child giggle with joy. But it was modern and updated enough that it didn’t feel dated. The characterization of the turtles was excellent. You really felt that they were each different in a way that you perhaps didn’t in the old nineties films. They actually used their weapons to fight, unlike the second film of the nineties. The story was pretty good and left ample room for sequel. Handy as there is one in the pipeline.
I’ve seen Megan Fox in all the Transformers films she was in and in How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. I’ve never seen her act well. Not the case in this film.
So, do you like to laugh? To you like to enjoy yourself? Do you like to watch a film that will entertain you? Then go see this film. If you don’t love it then I think you need to take a long hard look at yourself.
Score 90/100
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