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Movie Review Of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles In High Definition
I recently ran across the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie, affectionately known by the acronym TMNT, on high definition dvd. I had not followed the series since I was a child, but I remember the movies they made. I got even more excited when I was told that the whole thing was done with computer generation and included some very awesome action sequences. So I bought the DVD because the movie had to be worth the home theater viewing experience. I was absolutely right. What else could the heroes in a half shell have to say?
Laurence Fishburne narrates this one and gives us a simple bit of back story about war and defeat. Great evils are lurking as usual and battles must be fought. Then it gets right to the high definition action in a four thousand year old battle that may destroy the turtle brotherhood. It weaves a tale of a king and four warriors leading a band of soldiers into world conquest. The battles depict an indestructible army and tell of how the planets aline every so many years to open a portal. The king opens the portal, but unknowingly kills his four brothers. The brothers turn to stone and thirteen monsters are set loose from the other side of this portal. The monsters create all kinds of terror in killing the armies the king commands. He is left to walk alone. This pretty much sets up our story and confirms that the computer generated high definition action on our home theaters is not wasted by buying the DVD.
Fast forward three thousand years and Leonardo is in Central America saving villagers from local hoodlums and hiding out to avoid going back to New York. April O'Neil catches up to him and updates him on the situation of his family back home. She begs him to come home. His brothers have gotten day jobs, all except one who is a vigilante and resentful that the brotherhood no longer fights crime.
Enter Mr. Winters (Patrick Stewart), who employs April. He sends her to find four mysterious statues. At the same time he hires a band of ninjas to wrangle the monsters that will be following those statues into town. It takes you about 5 minutes to figure out that Mr. Winters is the immortal king referenced in the beginning of our film.
Battles ensue and Leonardo returns. They are held on a tight leash by their Zen Master Rat Guru Splinter. It does not take long before the turtles break the leash and go back to fighting crime. They only do this after remembering why they are brothers. The action scenes are all well written and come through in fine style in high definition. I was worried about them not coming through even in high def because of the speed and high level of computer generation. There are a lot of shadows, back alleys, and dark hallways. The film is dark and scary and the turtles are more adult friendly now. The high definition remained quite sharp and never degradated New York City is displayed in all the shiny and gritty glory it deserves.
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