From my point of view... This movie has the same flaws of Advent Children:

The producers followed the line:

- Get a great franchise with hardcore fans
- Give it a few good action scenes
- Don't bother with the plot... The fans will pay for the movie anyway

I like TMNT and FFAC... But we all knew they could've been WAY BETTER!!!

I agree with you 100%! I also like TMNT and FFAC and even I think that they both could of been better.

I agree, except I love Splinter's voice. It is MAKO, he is awesome. This was his last movie!(well voice movie) It really pissed me off when you were making fun of it. I actually loved the whole movie.

You know, I feel like I was the only person who actually followed FFAC's plot the first time around. The plot itself is actually explained in depth (as much of a fail plot as it was), though the characters doing it have no depth whatsoever.

Where it really lacked was in character development and good scene tension - seriously, we're never given reason to doubt for a moment that Cloud > Sephiroth, so you don't really get on the edge of your seat for the fight.

This was also a key problem in TNMT, where the scale of the action scenes and the acrobatics of the turtles makes you lose touch with their struggle. They never really seem to be in peril, so you never get fully invested into any of the fights. Add to that the problem of a lack of character definition (and motivation) and the whole fight between Raph / Leo seems pointless and indulgent.

that and it probably says fuck it to TMNT 3 i know i would :snicker:

o hell yes. This movie could have been so much cooler if it just made sense.

yeah the plot was not there, just wasn't there

they just put some weird story there that was probably made by a 8 year oldd on crack but just to throw out something for the fans, when i saw this movie, i was pretty dispointed, you would figure they would have learned their lesson and made a good one like the 1st movie

it makes more sence if uve watched the 2003 movie

it was a spin-off of the new show. It makes almost perfect sense if you watched it. For example, the girl leading the foot clan was Shredder's adoptive daughter. SHe started out a hero, helping the turtles, but then the turtles killed Shredder (who was actually an alien criminal), which was when she went apeshit and became the leader of the clan

[quote]no point in banning the second account..

I didn't say anything offensive save a sarcastic remark about the hypocrisy of you calling me a name and then banning me for name calling. I even typed a well thought out critique of the critic with no swearing or names, but you chose to remove that. I simply wrote out that there are several factual errors in this video, and it is probably the weakest in his library to date.

I also stated that the top 11's aren't typically positive or negative reviews, merely nostalgic lists. Also the original cartoon became so bad that by the end, no would air the last four episodes.

Why would you delete that post and not the one that has caused so much debate.
I'm fine with it, go ahead and delete that one it doesn't communicate what I wanted to get across anyhow. Or leave it up, and live with the double standard you've
created.


Respect Mako, peace[/quote]

Doug has some serious reviews, and uses humor to enhance them. i don't think going for just humor is a positive step

that's all i'm trying to say

u shoulda said it from the beginning then instead of flaming

the turtles movie was..... okay :dry:

i enjoyed the movie but it was a basic pump out... Warner Brothers i guess just had to get a quickie out before summer... witch is the equivalent of being a whore for money.. putting vary little effort out for a semi decent pay off...

nice vid it was great as usual :) ur awesome!!!

Great as always

Thats his gimmic, dumbshit! It wouldn't be funny if he was positive! If you didn't like it so much, then why the fuck did you watch it!? If you liked this movie, then fine, but don't call him a "Stupid fuck" just becaues YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT!

Wow I see the new TMNT movie is sort of Holy Grail for a bunch of you... wow.

Oh and Jedi you're banned, and to borrow one of your lines. You stupid fuck you.

Good day!

So your definition of being ban happy is as follows: Banning (1) person in the past month.. OK...

I try and keep this place free of trolls, I'm sorry, but if you were looking for a Youtube clone you won't find it here. We don't allow flaming/harassing or any personal attacks in comments.

I agree with your point but there's no reason beeing an ass about it.

And now on with enjoying this vid...

Douglas Walker's Character is called the Nostalgia Critic for a reason. He reviews good or bad movies and give a negetive comment. Besides it's a satire, so don't take things seriously. If ya wanna see reviews on good movies I suggest you watch the Bum Reviews on this site.

Plus, Hinta0002 is right. I watch NC's reviews becuase it's funny and creative IMO. So if ya don't like it, SWITCH TO A DIFFERENT WEBSITE. It's that Easy?

Hey Jedimetroid

Strange, i dont see reviewer anywhere in his title. i see critic, and allow me to post from dictionary.com the meaning of the word critic:


crit?ic
Pronunciation [krit-ik] –noun

1. [b]a person who judges, evaluates, or criticizes: a poor critic of men.[/b]
2. a person who judges, evaluates, or analyzes literary or artistic works, dramatic or musical performances, or the like, esp. for a newspaper or magazine.
3. [b]a person who tends too readily to make captious, trivial, or harsh judgments; faultfinder.[/b]

and while yes, it says that they also review performances, please note, two of the 3 definitions say that its someone who finds fault.

A critic is someone who generally doesn't give something a good review.

If you do not like it, there is an easy solution. You said that you wanted a "positive review for once," well here is your chance to make it happen. Why not make one yourself and put it on YouTube for all of us to comment on? Considering that you believe that a man who has his own very successful website is a "stupid fuck," you must be a very brilliant mind...capable of producing all sorts of wonderful things! Please sir, show us how great you are and make a "positive review for once." However, I do understand that you may decline my request. If that is the case though, I would kindly like to suggest you keep your stupid comments to yourself.

Come on man, its called comedy, if his reviews were positive, I wouldnt even bother logging on to this site, its his gimmick, :silly: im always excited to get a new vid ^^, im sure im not the only one who thinks so.

The movie was bad, I hate to break it you. I was falling asleep in the theater when I saw it. Just my opinion.

Dont "forgive him" its his thing! And besides he even tells you at the end of the vid that he thought it was a decent movie.
It was just that it suffered from this FF:Advent Children complex....

the "i forgive you" was actually sarcasm, there is nothing to forgive

doug is awesome, he isn't so insecure as to need my forgiveness.. doesn't mean I agree with this review but I don't need to, I still enjoy some nostalgia critic when it's ripe

He doesn't hate everything and he has given at [i]least[/i] one good review.

Silly, silly, don't criticize what you don't understand.

You really don't get it?

Because so many things from the past WERE crummy and it's funnier to rag on the embarrassments of the past than to glorify nostalgia. EVERYBODY thinks things from their childhood was perfect. It takes a good sense of humor to point out how bad it all was.

The Nostalgia Critic only chooses movies he hates coz of the comedy and tons of jokes he can make. Good reviedws just aren't funny.

That's why bum reviews is here, dipshit.

i actually kinda liked this movie...until the end

Yeah, the ending kinda blew...

like the ending to the first shrek movie but somehow even cheesier, yeah

im only a few minuets in and am already laughing! good job Doug. I mean NC.....

hurray

NICE REVIEW NC :lol:

George of the Jungle is responsible for over one deaths a year.

Amazing as usual.

Happy Birthday!

Fantastic review NC really funny stuff. Keep it up for another year.

You know I never saw this movie, but im only like 4 minutes into the review and I already spat my drink onto the screen. :P

Great review I never really grew up watching the ninja turtles, but I wish I had looking at this. Also the monster's looking like street fighters who ate the transformers analogy was pretty funny. Can't wait for the next review.

It was cool, but Melvin was WAY BETTER, maybe consider taking a break from Nostalgia Critic Videos and get busy with a 52 episodes Season of Melvin...that would be AWESOME man

Sorry Critic,
I actually liked this movie....

You Should've picked a crappy movie
like Battlefield Earth or something.

This was actually one of the most positive reviews I've ever seen him give. He acknowledged that the action and CG were very good, he just felt that the plot wasn't very engaging. Which it wasn't.

In fact, something I've always liked about the Nostalgia Critic is his willingness to acknowledge when something has good parts.

[color=navy]Not much explaination on where the turtles came from eh? Oo You have to have had some idea from olf cartoons to get that. Brief Indeed.

Great Review Doug! As Usual!
I still have to see this movie so I can't say whether or not I agree with your points. [/color]

Shadow the D-I-N-O-S-A-U-R B)

The shit as usual, my...um...guy with glasses? :dry: :whistle:

I actually got this movie in a sale at comic-con a couple months ago. I thought it was pretty cool except for a couple things I couldn't quite mesh with continuity; like April's JOB. I guess I took it for granted since I watch the cartoon despite being in my early 20's, but why didn't they give Kurai a proper introduction? Not only do you have to be a turtles fan, but you need to have seen nearly every episode of the NEW cartoon to get everything.

Great review, and yes this movie is connected to the "new" show...kinda. The only connection is the chick leading the foot is the shredder's adopted daughter, who was introduced in the new series.
This movie is average, but hey its better than Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III.

lol GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! TMNT is a embrassament to all ninja turtle fans evrywhere! :pinch:

i have to say, i am not really a fan of the turtles, but i have noticed that this movie does follow the more recent TMNT cartoon

but that said, they should of made this movie so it could "stand alone" so some random person can watch it and by the end of it, actually understand who the turtles are.

BTW, love the MIB ref

Very entertaining review, sir.

From a technical standpoint, the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film is the best, in my opinion. No CGI effect can beat those Jim Henson costumes. (One thing I find ironic is that the first Ninja Turtles film, which had the best technical achievements of the four films, happened to have the lowest budget of them all.) Now, in terms of the darker themes like those in the original comics, this CGI film is about the closest we get to matching them.

That being said, all of the TMNT films have one common problem: they're not very good movies. The first one's decent, the second one's lame, the third one flat-out sucks, and this one's just okay, despite the flaws that the Nostalgia Critic points out.

Um. TMNT didn't have a storyline either. It tried to, but it fell spectacularly flat of that mark.

Hey NC...Leave Splinter Alone.
he "was" voiced by MAKO (Uncle Iroh from Avatar: The Last Airbender)

i am saying this is because He Died in 2006 (TT-TT)
so i am not pleased about that joke...bad taste man

plus this movie was good...not every movie can be like Citizen Kain...
(plus not every one of your reviews have to be about bad movies)

other than that Fuck Up...Great Video

I already have a crappy Ninja Turtles movie from my childhood that I have to defend... and that one involved Samurai's dancing in a nightclub and reenacting hockey fights! I don't need another non-sensical (though visually stunning) Ninja Turtles movie to argue over.

Great review, Critic.

p.s. Anybody else notice the Shredder helmet in the Turtles gallery of artifacts?

i'm actually surprised at how good this movie is. i mean, it's still [i]bad[/i] and could easily have been a lot better, but i was under the assumption that it was nightmarishly bad, which i think we can all agree it's not. this episode appears to have been done as an answer to the many requests for it, and it still turned out pretty good

Doug, I like your work and all...

But how DARE you insult the voice of Splinter in this! Do you know who that is?

That's MAKO, fool!

AKA Aku from Samurai Jack!

http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Mako_(actor)

Plus this was one of his last roles! You could have a little bit more respect for the dead.

Otherwise, pretty good review there. But still..that is one thing that bugged me.

Yeah... I agree with Chris. Not one of your better reviews, dude. Sorry.

Mako is, was, and will forever be awesome.

Plus the movie was awesome too. :/

I hope next week's NC is better... sadly, I didn't laugh throughout this whole episode.

[quote=CMWaters]Doug, I like your work and all...

But how DARE you insult the voice of Splinter in this! Do you know who that is?

That's MAKO, fool!

AKA Aku from Samurai Jack!

http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Mako_(actor)

Plus this was one of his last roles! You could have a little bit more respect for the dead.

Otherwise, pretty good review there. But still..that is one thing that bugged me.[/quote]

Bah! He was still a bad choice for the voice.

[quote=CMWaters]Doug, I like your work and all...

But how DARE you insult the voice of Splinter in this! Do you know who that is?

That's MAKO, fool!

AKA Aku from Samurai Jack!

http://en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Mako_(actor)

Plus this was one of his last roles! You could have a little bit more respect for the dead.

Otherwise, pretty good review there. But still..that is one thing that bugged me.[/quote]He doesn't know Mako at all, dummy

The anime series is...Not very good. I watched a few episodes a few years ago. Never a full episode though, because i got freaking bored. I wouln´t recommend it.

Actually its not an Anime series, the 2003 version was the most well thought out of the cartoons and had a more american style then the most recent ones. (Back to the Sewers for example) Recently it's started to falter though, characterization and animation becoming second best to the toy sales and products they can get kids to buy thanks to the show.

..Uh yeah, sorry. I'll go away now. Just a TMNT fan here who had to pipe up. Sorry about that.

April O'Neill: Tomb Raider?

Eh, couldn't be worse than the original Tomb Raider.

After all, finding a giant talking turtle with mad sword skills in the middle of the jungle makes about as much sense as the crap Lara Croft does.

Smoothly sidestepping the fact I seem to be harping on exactly one point I don't really care about, that video left me in stitches... and horribly confused at the same time, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

Congratulations, good sir, you've done it again.

Heh, ok guys. No need to get all SERIOUS BUSINESS up in here, but I agree in general. TMNT was not at all good review material to begin with, and very few of the criticisms were funny or even valid. You could tell Doug really had to stretch it.

They made such a huge exception to the "pre-2000" rule for this movie, you'd think it was the most godawful piece of crap ever printed on celluloid. While it had lots of flaws, it isn't anywhere near that bad. Save the next "nostalgic franchise reboot review" for something that REALLY deserves it.

It was done because of the kajillion requests being emailed to Doug.

Where is a newstalgia critic when you need one?

Anyway yeah it was funny but the movie seems good for what it was. :)

That whole long-winded comment can be put down to this one quote

[quote=Karma X]Sorry, but this is one of the most damaging [b]reviews[/b] to your credibility
that I fear will cause many fans of yours to lose respect for you.[/quote]

He's a critic, not just a reviewer. He critiques things on their flaws, he only occasionally travels into the realm of 'normal reviewing' something, and obviously this wasn't one of those days.

If you go back and watch his original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles review he even says that they are classic movies, but watching and comparing them to today's movies, you'll be surprised that a lot of the details are rather, how should I put it…? Downright retarded? The Super Shredder's small screen time par examplé.

Now, the whole basis over him disliking the film holds the same merit as an adult who grew up on the original Star Wars series now watching the newer Star Wars movies. That person will either love Lucas for continuing the franchise of loath him for the same thing. Doug obviously disliked the route the Ninja Turtles have taken.
Saying that it was only 7 year olds that asked for this video is a harsh and unfounded stereotype. Perhaps people much like you also asked for it in the hopes that Doug would pull out another video like “Follow That Bird” whereby he’d try to be harsh to it but will ultimately fail due to his childhood memories. The same thing has happened to people like Yahtzee; people asked for Halo 3 and finally he cracked and gave it to them, along with his critique as to why it wasn’t as amazing as people believe it to be.
I will agree on one thing, and that is this review was a stretch for him to do, he didn’t watch the series so didn’t know this reboots back story. If he had watched the show I’m sure this video would have contained either a lot more criticisms and/or a better understanding of what the hell was going on.
Basically his love for the original series and their set of movies has made him unchanging in his attitude to what the TMNT are about.

well put, well thought out

maybe you could be a critic critic

i agree with this guy (no hard felling)

hes a critic, he has 2 give his opinion

because who r we gonna make comedy if u dont give ur opinion?

I agree completely. The main thing that bugged me was the way he complained that as soon as new characters popped up, it wasn't explained who they were. It seems like if he watches a murder mystery, he wants whoever committed the crime to stand up, raise their hand and shout "I did it!" five minutes into the movie.

wow...you take things too seriously and like this movie way too much. just because you think this movie was "actually quite outstanding," doesnt mean it was, it just means you liked it. oh, and if youre really gonna compare this movie to "Citizen Kane, Alfred Hitchcock's Psyco, E.T, The Color
Purple, or even Shindler's List," then you have problems. just calm down and get that stick out of your ass.

Your actually comparing TMNT to The Dark Knight and called TMNT an outstanding film.

I got news for you

"The Dark Knight on rottentomatoes.com: 94%"
"TMNT on rottentometoes.com: 33%"

Take that you overanlysing whiner.

that is some long comment karma X

um, I'm sorry, but it looks like you didn't see the beginning where he stated that this was purely from the massive amounts of people telling him to review it. :angry: And because he is a CRITIC, its his job to nitpick at small details. Did you not read the name "Nostalgia Critic?" He does two things: (1) Reviews old stuff (back when we were kids) and (2) Criticize them. If anything, blame it on the people that made him review it. Besides, to a lot of people, this was enjoyable. So start complaining AFTER you get an as successful sight as his.

And to be fair, for something that he did only because otherwise his e-mail would get flooded more, it was a pretty good review. :)

Just because you liked it doesn't mean everyone else has to agree its a good movie.

This is a review based on the NC's PERSONAL opinion on the film. Just like with anyone sometimes you'll agree and sometimes you wont.

So don't bitch someone out because they disagree with your viewpoint. Its idiotic and proves nothing.

I agree that TMNT and indeed the two first ones were all bad. Very bad...