RedAssedApe
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impressions make me sad...oh well friend already bought tickets. will see for myself at midnight lol
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Ninja Turtles May Shell-Shock Guardians at Box Office
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Dreams-Visions
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I'll just listen to my 90s TMNT soundtracks and enjoy the nostalgia. I learned my lesson with Star Wars Episode 1 to be more careful with my good childhood memories.
The current Nick cartoon is really good. I wholeheartedly recommend it to any TMNT fan.
This was my big concern. I mean if you were to list the main characters in the 1990 film it would be April and Casey and Raph, with Raph in third place, but at least that April was great. Megan Fox has not impressed me in anything I have seen her in.
RastaMentality
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Dear god that review is fucking hilarious
keltickennedy
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Also saw it tonight....yep. It was bad. They really tried to connect all these dots that really didn't need to be. Like, what is the ooze that created them? Why are they named after Renaissance figures? All the characters are connected to each other somehow. Except Will Arnet. And thank god
which I was worried might happen.
Btw, I know this is a movie about giant turtles, but where the hell is there a huge mountain range covered in snow minutes outside of NYC during the spring/summer time? I grew up in the Poconos and they definitely aren't the size of the alps. That sequence is pretty much a good example of the ideas behind the movie in a nutshell...
Mr. Hollywood: "Let's have the turtles slide down a snowy mountain on their shells in this crazy action sequence. It will be amazing for the trailer"
Production: "Well sir, the movie takes place in New York City. The turtles are ninjas and mostly sneak around using the cities sewer network"
Mr. Hollywood: "I don't fucking care, make it happen!!"
he didn't end up being Casey Jones
Btw, I know this is a movie about giant turtles, but where the hell is there a huge mountain range covered in snow minutes outside of NYC during the spring/summer time? I grew up in the Poconos and they definitely aren't the size of the alps. That sequence is pretty much a good example of the ideas behind the movie in a nutshell...
Mr. Hollywood: "Let's have the turtles slide down a snowy mountain on their shells in this crazy action sequence. It will be amazing for the trailer"
Production: "Well sir, the movie takes place in New York City. The turtles are ninjas and mostly sneak around using the cities sewer network"
Mr. Hollywood: "I don't fucking care, make it happen!!"
The ninja turtles in a forested/mountain snowscape is actually a fairly common story beat in the shows and comics. There are murmurs that the next season of the nicktoon is heading that direction.
DrForester
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Theater near me I love going to isn't taking GotG off their best screen this weekend of Turtles. Going to try and catch and early show tomorrow morning.
SkullHydra
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I was afraid of this. I can't stand Megan Fox, and I was really hoping she wouldn't monopolize the movie. Gosh dang it.
When you think about it, GotG isn't too dissimilar to Ninja Turtles
RedAssedApe
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Huh. I guess I'm in the minority so far. I thought it was pretty entertaining. A little slow at the beginning because they had to establish April and the world.
The turtles were all pretty funny and their different personalities shone through both in speech and mannerisms. Fight scenes weren't bad and I thought shredder was pretty cool. Audience was laughing at all the scenes I laughed at so I think everyone in the audience enjoyed it. The. Again midnight showing so I'm assuming they were all fans.
Personally enjoyed it more than transformers due to the humor. Elevator scene was hilarious. I can't see how someone would say this thing shits on their childhood. If anything the turtles were as goofy as I remember them from Saturday morning cartoons and the of movies.
Why is the
? Lol
Maybe the gaf and reviews piling on lowered my expectations. But I don't regret watching this. It was entertaining.
The turtles were all pretty funny and their different personalities shone through both in speech and mannerisms. Fight scenes weren't bad and I thought shredder was pretty cool. Audience was laughing at all the scenes I laughed at so I think everyone in the audience enjoyed it. The. Again midnight showing so I'm assuming they were all fans.
Personally enjoyed it more than transformers due to the humor. Elevator scene was hilarious. I can't see how someone would say this thing shits on their childhood. If anything the turtles were as goofy as I remember them from Saturday morning cartoons and the of movies.
Why is the
turtle van so tiny
Maybe the gaf and reviews piling on lowered my expectations. But I don't regret watching this. It was entertaining.
Psychological Intellect
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I know right.
And lol @ people calling turtles shit without even seeing it.
So much hate
Fanboys breeeh lololol
No
I haven't seen either!
Ooooooooo
Hero_of_the_Day
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This was posted by one of the people at Screwattack when they went to see TMNT.
[tweet]https://twitter.com/THENervousNick/status/497579610410733568[/tweet]
Yeah i don't see it knocking GotG off.
To be fair, my wife and I were literally the only two people in the IMAX showing of The Lego Movie on preview night, and that film printed money.
http://www.deadline.com/hollywood/
I'm hopeful dreadful word of mouth might destroy this movie's chances at success.
I'm hopeful dreadful word of mouth might destroy this movie's chances at success.
I really want to see what quotes and stats they pull for the commercials.
Sho_Nuff82
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Is "Into the Storm" just the leftover tornado assets from MoS?
RedAssedApe
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Movie ain't as bad as some of you are trying to paint it to be. 
Considering the audience reviews aggregate at 66% with a 3 and a half star average, I wouldn't hold your breath on the terrible word of mouth. People don't seem to appreciate professional reviewers' opinions when it comes to Bay, or big budget sci-fi action superhero stuff in general (or terrible comedies for that matter). It seems more people are weakly positive about this than they are strongly negative. It takes a whole swath of strongly negative word of mouth for it to bring down a movie, a small amount of it will probably increase sales.
What's wrong with using viewer opinions?
I expected people to hate this movie but certainly not on this scale. It's by no means good, but I still had a fun time. I feel like the movie knew it was dumb as rocks and as such never took itself too seriously, which is why I personally let it slide. I'm not sure how many more I could handle like this (because they'll only get worse, right?) but this was fun for what it is. I hope a bunch of kids love this thing as much as I loved the originals as a kid.
It would have been nice if this movie was more than just a great ride for kids, but I don't think Nick really cares to aim for the same standard as Marvel usually hopes to hit. They've done great work with the franchise as a whole so far though.
It would have been nice if this movie was more than just a great ride for kids, but I don't think Nick really cares to aim for the same standard as Marvel usually hopes to hit. They've done great work with the franchise as a whole so far though.
youbastards
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It sounds like the biggest problem people have, perhaps even more than the origin, is Megan Fox. Had the movie been all about the Turtles and less about April/Megan, I think it would have been received better.
Sadly, it probably was a case of "Cost", since the Turtles are CG and no doubt expensive. Perhaps that's why the film was kind of short as is.
Sadly, it probably was a case of "Cost", since the Turtles are CG and no doubt expensive. Perhaps that's why the film was kind of short as is.
RedAssedApe
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the turtles were definitely the stand out and i wish they had more screen time. i didnt have a problem with megan fox though...my opinion of the april oneil bits wouldn't have changed if it was a different actress.
Bobby Roberts
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So far, Me & the Inmate are the only ones to have actually made a prediction in this box-office thread
He's got GOTG beating TMNT by 5 mil, I have GOTG winning by 8 mil.
I'm also probably aiming a LEEETLE high. But then again, WOM on Guardians is really fucking good. Good enough for a weekend to weekend drop in the 40-45% range? I dunno.
I'm probably also aiming a little high for TMNT, considering word of mouth from people who have seen it isn't the greatest.
RedAssedApe
Banned
A few more thoughts...
It wasn't any worse than the Transformers movies and it made me laugh a lot more than any of those films. I feel like you get a little more leeway with dumb being ok when your story is about ninja turtles and the movie seemed aware of that? For example the "black" robots in Transformers 2 were dumb as hell and made me smh. But Mikey saying dumb/creepy things would make me laugh.
Comparing it to Transformers probably isn't saying much though. I think if you liked the OG films you will like this one. Then again...some in this thread seem to be old school TMNT cartoon/film fans and seem to have hated this movie.
In regards to Mikey. All I got to say is...the thirst is real lol
It wasn't any worse than the Transformers movies and it made me laugh a lot more than any of those films. I feel like you get a little more leeway with dumb being ok when your story is about ninja turtles and the movie seemed aware of that? For example the "black" robots in Transformers 2 were dumb as hell and made me smh. But Mikey saying dumb/creepy things would make me laugh.
Comparing it to Transformers probably isn't saying much though. I think if you liked the OG films you will like this one. Then again...some in this thread seem to be old school TMNT cartoon/film fans and seem to have hated this movie.
In regards to Mikey. All I got to say is...the thirst is real lol
So far, Me & the Inmate are the only ones to have actually made a prediction in this box-office thread
He's got GOTG beating TMNT by 5 mil, I have GOTG winning by 8 mil.
I'm also probably aiming a LEEETLE high. But then again, WOM on Guardians is really fucking good. Good enough for a weekend to weekend drop in the 40-45% range? I dunno.
I'm probably also aiming a little high for TMNT, considering word of mouth from people who have seen it isn't the greatest.
I'll take a shot at it
50+mil Guardians
27 mil TMNT
possibly cause word of mouth on both
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Damn. 27 mil would be seen as awful.
In fact, if it opens sub 30 mil, there's a chance it'll be the sole "bomb" of the summer movie season.
In fact, if it opens sub 30 mil, there's a chance it'll be the sole "bomb" of the summer movie season.
Phoenician_Viking
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Fucking liebesman. First Bay human take over transformers, and now this TMNT. Fuck this shit. Thanks for saving me time and money. I wanted to watch the movie because i am loving the animated show, and i love the unique characters of the Turtles, the villains and the plot. Now i know better.
pieatorium
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gotg isnt doing 50 mill
my guess
gotg 43.5
tmnt 40
my guess
gotg 43.5
tmnt 40
Phoenician_Viking
Banned
Paramount is expecting Turtles to make between mid to high 40$ million, after it made 4.6 million Thursday night.
So far, Me & the Inmate are the only ones to have actually made a prediction in this box-office thread
He's got GOTG beating TMNT by 5 mil, I have GOTG winning by 8 mil.
I'm also probably aiming a LEEETLE high. But then again, WOM on Guardians is really fucking good. Good enough for a weekend to weekend drop in the 40-45% range? I dunno.
I'm probably also aiming a little high for TMNT, considering word of mouth from people who have seen it isn't the greatest.
I have GOTG at $42.3 million (a semi-decent 55% drop for a movie of this sort)
I'll pin the turtles at $34 million. This thing is going to tank.
It is those nostalgia glasses, I'm tellingi you. I was a huge fan growing up and I love the new Nick cartoon...this was good fun. It is a Turtles movie for Turtles fans, not haters.
Man-is-Obsolete
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Eh it is always nice for something you like to succeed, but that doesn't mean something you don't like has to fail.
I would've said kids were going to see this like a few days ago but now I don't know..they might just want to watch guardians instead.
maybe 30 some is a better estimate
The problem with Guardians of the Galaxy is that its almost too good.
pieatorium
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reviews and wom will kill it on sat and sun imo. Friday is safe with the good preview numbers.
It's disappointing because personality-wise the Turtles from the Nick show are there, even if it's very surface level. There's no real bonding or character development of any sort, but you can see the building blocks for something that could've been decent, and the action is solid. They pretty much dangled the carrot while they secretly lead us to Shit Mountain in the TV spots.
thecouncil
Banned
42 / 37, Guardians.
Hercules is a pretty big bomb, no?
hahahah, her casting finally makes sense.
NotTheGuyYouKill
Member
Ouch.
Man-is-Obsolete
Member
Oh lawd. Best excerpt in a long time.
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