TMNT (2007)

8.9/10.A well crafted CGI movie that brings the turtles back onto the big screen.The idea of catching all the famous monsters of the world by an immortal warrior with stone generals with both the turtles and Foot makes for a good popcorn time.If anything I would've enjoyed a sequel where director Kevin Munroe was set to revive Shredder and do the turtles most famous storyline "City At War."It would've been great had this one not underperformed.Sometimes I think the viewing public can be so boneheaded as to what they make blockbuster hits.

Rob245

I own this movie on DVD.

I always felt this movie was an under appreciated gem of the TMNT series.
As far as the theatrically released films, this is easily in the top 3. I admit, it's been a few years since I've watched it or the 90s trilogy. Last time I watched them was with my son about... 2 or 3 years ago I think. Give or take, so I am overdue for a rewatch. So I can't remember if I like this one more than the first two live action movies or not.
When it comes to other films though I love the Turtles Forever TV movie and the Batman vs the TMNT DVD movie way up there also, but those were not theatrical releases.

TMNT 2007 is an interesting and odd blend of continuities and series. It is written in such a way that it was intended to be a sort of 4th film in the 90s live action trilogy, a coda or epilog years later. However it doesn't strictly fit in that continuity either. It also borrows a lot of elements and plot lines from the 2003 cartoon series, but it also doesn't exactly fit in that continuity either.
I've always seen this film as sort of being a blending and bridge continuity mixing the 90s films with the 2003 series. It can count as being in either or both series, or even it's own thing. The Turtles Forever movie even showed this as being it's own universe.
So where you feel it lines up best would be up to you. I like to think of it as a soft continuity bridge between the 90s movies and the 03 series.

As for this film itself, I really love it. I've always been a huge TMNT fan, and this movie came out just a couple months before I turned 17. And having grown up with the turtles myself, it was the perfect time to see a slightly more mature and older take on the Turtles that was about my age at the time.
it follows softly where the turtles are in life after the events of the 90s trilogy, with Shredder long defeated and gone. Taking up a showcase of. Well where are they now? What are they doing? Testing their loyalty as brothers, figuring out how the turtles try to find jobs, and maturity of them becoming adults.
As well as introducing new antagonist, well new to this movie. Karai would already be familiar to you if you have watched the 2003 series, and this brings her into the 90s continuity. Hence what I mean about it seems to blend both series.
The other big bad though, is new to this film... and voiced by Patrick Stewart!

The heart of the movie, however, is the conflict between Leo and Raph. But I don't want to give too much away about that. Usually I don't bother with spoiler warnings much in these reviews, but I can't really get into Leo and Raph in this without spoiling a big part of the film.
Do check this out. If you're a fan of the 90s movies, this is serves as a 4th film in that series. If you like the 2003 series, this is sort of a pseudo side story during Season 4 of that show. Or if you're just a TMNT fan in general, do give this a shot!
This is easily the 3rd best theatrically released Turtles movie to date, and maybe the second best depending on how you feel about the second 90s film. Which I also think is underrated.

Mistake Status: On yeah I plan to do the entire TMNT franchise, starting soon. I have the 90s movies and this in a box set together. I have the full box sets of the 87, 97, 03, and 2012 series. And I think I have one of the Bay films on DVD also but I do need to actually acquire those. So yeah, as a huge Turtles fan, I will be diving into the franchise for mistakes very soon. The main question. Where to start?

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