Watched this movie literally last night. It still holds up and it made me appreciate the technical aspects of lighting and camera work, especially the scene where Shredder is properly introduced. That shadow of his alone gives me goosebumps
I remember being 8 yrs old and going to the store with my parents to buy the vhs !!!! One of my best childhood memories cowabunga dude!! I must of watched that movie a million times.
The most unbelievable part of this movie about anthropomorphic turtles is that someone in New York city would order Domino's instead of the hundreds of other better pizzas available in a city famous worldwide for their pizza.
Hey mais c'est dix dollars, le prix c'est treize dollars ! T'as cinq minutes de retard mon vieux ! Allez, soyez pas vaches, j'arrivais pas à trouver l'endroit Le sage a dit, le pardon est divin mais jamais tu ne paieras plein tarif pour une pizza en retard !
It’s legitimately a good movie. That’s what’s impressive. I rewatched it about 4 years ago for the first time in at least a decade and it holds up. It has real atmosphere, a great 3 part narrative without rushed pacing, compelling lead characters, supporting characters that add to the story, tension, comic relief, an effective score, and a satisfying ending. If we could magically make the puppeteering facial expressions even better it’d be pretty much perfect as a TMNT live action film. As it stands I don’t think it will ever be topped. The heart it has in parts of the film is actually endearing not just entertaining. It’s not just nostalgia talking; it’s a good movie.
I did exactly the same kind of ‘experiment’, attempting to watch it legitimately just as a film, and separate it from my nostalgia and childhood obsessive TMNT fandom…and it really does stand on its own, as a quality piece of filmmaking. There’s numerous reasons I picked up on for why I think this is (and why nothing that’s followed has come close), but I won’t bother getting into them since I don’t want to bore everyone lol, and since you guys probably know why just instinctively…
I still enjoy the second one, although I really wish that they had used weapons more and kept some of the original tone, kept Casey, and that they had gone the route of Professor Jordan Perry being an Utrom. As it was he just kind of vanished, that storyline had such potential. Basically the second movie was where they moved more in the direction of the cartoon
I agree, it is a shame that Steve Barron never got this wish to make another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. If I was producing a TMNT movie, I would hire him right away. Watching this movie on the big screen in March of 1990 with my parents is one of my favorite childhood memories. Jim Henson's Creature Shop did an amazing job bringing the Turtles and Splinter to life. The Score by John Duprez is one of my favorite movie scores of all time and the fight scenes look just as amazing now as they did when I was a boy. My hat is off to Pat Johnson and the stunt performers for giving us such amazing fight scenes. I really hope that Warner Brothers gives this movie a proper special edition soon, since this movie really deserves it.
My wife and I watch this movie once a year, kind of a tradition. And now my 9 year old son watches it as well. It is the definition of a classic, for it is timeless
"You fight well, in the old style, but you have caused me enough trouble. Now you face....The Shredder." -- Top 10 greatest delivered movie lines of all time.
In my humble opinion, I think it will never be replicated. The character's designs are unique for any film production at that time. The dialogue in this film is incredibly creative, and the plot and the tone...my God! I really don't know if a current Ninja Turtle film will ever be done as masterful as the 1990 film. The film was done complicatedly in details yet simple and low budgeted.
I don't think the studio knew what they had and so just let the director do what he wanted with no conditions. He really injected a lot of heart and atmosphere into the movie -most of which was lost in the crappy dumbed down sequels. The first movie was a smash hit for a reason. Why they decided to change the formula to appease sensitise parents is beyond me?
So many memories, so many years of coming back once and again to this movie... Still can't help tears coming out in the fire scene. This is, no doubt, one of the treasures of my childhood that never gets old and lives with me every day.
Don't even get me started on the score. "Shredder Suite" alone is one of the most amazing, pulse pounding themes played in a movie, EVER. The female composer went SAVAGE.
Totally agree and also the best Casey Jones. Oh by the way I’m Chris Hansen with dateline NBC and you walked into another to catch a predator Michael. Oops!!!!
This movie is so underrated! The farmhouse scenes, cinematography, the restrained fight choreography, humor, and actual character arcs. I wish it was embraced by subsequent generations like Star Wars was.
Never forgotten. This was the only true Ninja turtle film we have ever seen. So close to the comic...so deep...beautiful...Jim Henson...oh man...I will cry if I keep going...
I still remember going to the movie theater to see this masterpiece. I feel sorry for the younger crowd. You had to be there. So much emotion. Great music. The best fight scenes. They captured the Turtles fighting talent perfectly. I think this movie was a labor of love. It will take another dedicated group of ppl. To duplicate the 1990 versions genius.
I was born in '91. Obviously I missed seeing it in theaters, but I literally wore the VHS out from watching it so much. Thankfully, one of my local theaters plays older movies every once in a while, so there's a possibility of seeing this on the big screen for me.
My friends and I are watching this tonight to celebrate the 30th anniversary! I'm going to including this video during that viewing because your work is amazing! I'm excited to have this be part of our celebration!
I knew there was something I forgot to do on Monday. Now I have to wait another ten years for the fourtieth anniversary. To quote Raphael : DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!
Dmiani Morgan Oh we didn't! Haha. Except it was Domino's in the first movie. We did watch the Pizza Hut baseball Right Field commerical that was on the VHS copy of the movie first though!!!
The BlockBuster Buster asked everyone to post pictures of their favorite comic book movies and a lot of people picked the first live action TMNT movie.
Not gonna lie, I was just born when this movie came out. But ask my mom and my dad, they’ll tell you that after watching this movie, I used to go out and find perfect sticks and took the stick off a broom and bought plastic nunchucks and pretended to be the turtles. I bought toy sais for Raphael and toy nunchucks for Michelangelo. For Leonardo I took ends off my screen windows or found good long straight sticks until I bought toy katanas. For Donatello again I unscrewed a broom handle and made that into a bo staff , I even put tape on it to make it look cooler. The turtles changed my life and my friends joined in with me, let’s just say we suffered injuries while “play fighting”. This movie was the greatest! It’ll always be the greatest, and no turtles movie will ever top it!
Being such a hardcore fan I remember the extreme anticipation and excitement when they announced the movie coming out and the almost disbelief when the trailers came out, I was blessed to be able to catch it on the big screen, how hard I laughed at,"pizza dudes got 30 seconds', Mikeys face off with the fellow chucker, and the huge cheer when Splinter said Cowabunga, I truly loved this film then, and still do this day. TURTLE POWER!!!!!!!!!!
First off, major props to your mini retrospective on this classic film. Speaking as someone who's mother took me and my cousins to see this film during the opening weekend of it's release, it was actually beyond HUGE. I grew up in NYC, and the theater we went to in downtown Brooklyn had atleast 3 rooms showing TMNT, and each one was packed to the brim with hyperactive kids and their parents. I was around 11 or 12 years old, and by the time the film was over, the entire movie theater was deafened by the shouts and roars of applause of kids. It was utter insanity. We actually stayed for an encore screening and the same thing occurred. Utter insanity. Kids, teenagers, you name it were just interacting with one another after both showings. The hype back in 1990 was REAL. There was absolutely nothing like it at the time. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the movie was truly unprecedented for it's era. Throughout my life, I've watched that film countless times and the older I got, the more I realized just how well made this film was from a pure production standpoint. It's part crime drama, part martial arts action film with fantastical elements (Mutant Turtles trained in Ninjutsu) and it was masterfully done. The main reason this film is so beloved is because you believed the Turtles were real. Who they were as people was perfectly expressed and realized. The entire premise, as absurd as it is, was taken seriously and respectful. The entire cast was absolutely top tier and everyone had awesome chemistry. The acting was top tier. This was a genuinely well made film in every facet. It's one of my favorite films ever made. It had heart, charisma, passion, and true talent and expertise behind it. It's truly a timeless masterpiece.
@@superstarultra28 I would go that far. It is a masterpiece and has aged as good if not better based those film's respective take on the source material. While Spiderman 2 has held it's reputation, the Dark Knight is painfully showing it's age in the 12 years since release. The reason I say that is because the picture is so much more about Bruce Wayne as the real guy rather than Batman. Batman is the real guy, Bruce Wayne is the mask so it makes no sense whatsoever why Batman would go into hiding to protect a lie.
i still tear up during the turtles group meditation scene where they communicate with splinter at the farm house...the message, the music, the reaction of the turtles- especially given the fact that it's animatronic reactions!!. this film is a gem.
I remember being 8 years old and TMNT obsessed in 1990. My mom took me to see it and I loved it. Raphael was my favorite and I loved him even more in the movie. I even remember Pizza Hutt having a Turtles movie tie in pizza. Great times
This movie combines so many things perfectly. Dark and gritty, action, humor, friendship, family, redemption... I always say that the original TMNT movie is one of the best comic book adaptations of all time. I really hope that whoever will be in charge of a future TMNT movie will bring this one's director Steve Barron back either in director's chair or as a consultant.
1990: my parents sent my teenage sister to see this movie first when it came out to see if it was okay for 5-year-old me. If she hadn't sympathetically said yes my childhood would have been ruined.
I understand y'all parents because my mom told me when I got older I said Damn because I heard rapheal say it........I was only 2 years old and fir some reason she said I reapeated that word
@@ryanknox8571 omg you said a word that only has meaning if you let it and has no meaning in rest of the universe OMG. Your such a horrible person you know that you deserved to be grounded. 😜
The fact that it was kind of dark is what made the movie so great. With the fight scenes, music, and classic lines, its one of a kind. I still love this movie 30 years later from when I first watched it as a kid. It's the right amount of gritty and street. I think my mom took me to watch it at the theaters even.
Super Fan Trailers my favorite is when the Turtles are fighting Shredder after Leo says “this guy knows where Splinter is” and then there’s a slight pause and it’s on!!!
Thank you! I cant put into words how much i appreciate you capturing absolute everything i love about this movie and what makes it great. Im 34 yrs old and i have to say this is my all time favorite movie...
Thanks so much for this amazing video!! You are so right, they will never beat this. This film means so much to me. It was my 10th Birthday and my dad had recently left our family. My mother reserved the video at our local rental shop and let me watch it all day long! I got so much cool turtle stuff too! 🐢😍
I was 7 when this came out, I'm 38 now and to this day the campfire scene makes me ball like I'm 7 again. I also still have an original VHS copy I think my uncle bought from pizza hut with the commercial and all.
The story line is awesome! The script and lines are awesome! The look and fighting style of the turtles are f-ing awesome! Master Splinter is awesome! The voices are awesome! The soundtrack is awesome! Shredder is awesome! Dam I Love this movie! This whole entire movie is beyond perfect.
The beauty of the 90 movie is that they take a large portion of the early Mirage comics (#1-3,10, 11, 19-21, from what I've noticed over the years) but did incorporate some of the cartoon elements (different masks, pizza, some humor) and married them together perfectly. I really dont know if they could pull off a similar result nowadays. I dont want a dark Tmnt just for the sake of being dark. Its gotta have heart and warmth in the characters, and well placed humor to lighten the mood every now & then. Producers & directors shouldn't look at it as just a movie about 4 pizza loving mutant teens, but rather a film about fathers & sons, honor vs. revenge, redemption, and forging a family that your not born into. Also, show us characters that have to work with anger, the fear of loss, etc. That's what make the Turtles great in my eyes and why I always find some nugget of wisdom everytime I watch this film.
I dont think i was ever as excited as I was waiting for this movie to come out as a kid. I ended up watching a really poor pirated copy of the movie before it came out with my best friend of nearly 38 years, we then watched it in the cinema together. He now has an 11 year old son, who he showed the movie to and he absolutely loved it preferring it to the new ones......says it all really.
I went to see this movie when I was about 10 with my mom, in a theater that has now been torn down, in Copenhagen. Scala it was called... Back then it was new and had an arcade at the bottom and restaurants above, and an "Apple Apple" store on the top floor (records, posters and so on).. After the movie we went to the Apple apple store, and I got the OST for the movie on casette and I still have it. I still listen to some of the tracks on youtube. Every heart needs a home, and 9.95
What a legacy he left behind....those turtles are the best creations he's ever done. And they will FOREVER be remembered. I bought all the NECA action figures they look so amazing!
Easily in my top five cinema experiences! I saw it at the age of 7, in a packed cinema in NJ. Could barely control my excitement as my father and I grabbed some goodies and sat down. Every person in the cinema that night laughed at all the right moments, and reacted with excitement to the fight scenes and the soundtrack. As a big fan of the cartoon, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the film poster in a magazine, followed by the trailer. Everything looked incredible to my child mind, even more so because of how real and edgy the images were compared to the cartoon. After the film ended, almost every kid was doing fight moves inside the cinema and outside, myself included. Not to mention how awesome that ending song Turtle Power was, which got us all hyped. Even my father who was 38 years old seemed to appreciate how well done the film was, and he even laughed during some moments. Epic time to be a kid! Great film!!
I carried that damn VHS around with me everywhere as a kid. Nowadays my kids love it more than the other turtles movies as well. Truly incredible it was never surpassed in quality.
Three things i love about this movie. It goes against the typical hero movie: 1) The turtles never actually beat Shedder(the bad guy). They never even came close. 2)Casey never actually learns to control his angers. He kills Shredder at the end(had there been no sequel). 3)Shredder was respectful to his underlings. Unlike Tatsu, he never treated the foot members like crap. So different than the Disney type of shit out today.
They weren't trying to be epic, either. There's no plot to destroy the world, or bizarre mystical forces of ancient Japanese ninja evil. Shredder just runs a gang/cult of street criminals.
@@jamad-y7m Hmmm, it was just more normal at the time. Movies weren't that complicated. Only later on, with CGI, did they try to go overboard with the story to match the effects. Think of WWF Wrestling. It was so simple and straightforward. Today, you need to do 100 powerbombs off the rafters to stand a chance at winning.
Man, I love hearing all the well deserved praise and admirement for this untouchable classic. I can’t get enough of it. I recently revisited after maybe 15 years. It only got better and as an adult, I appreciate the way this movie handles these timeless themes even more. I can’t wait to watch it with my sons when they’re old enough. Love the vid!
My birthday is March 29, 1983. I remember going to see this for my 7th birthday and thinking that they released it on this day because of me! Ha! This will always be the best Ninja Turtles production of all time!
Lucky. The first one I saw was turtles 3. But I was born in 1989, I had already watched the shit out of the first two, and I didn't even understand the bastardization I was seeing. I liked it lol. Aahhhhhh, kids....
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of seeing a 30th Anniversary screening of this movie at my local theatre. It brought back so many memories of going to see it back in 1990 as a 7 year old.
I remember my grandpa taking me and my two cousins to see this movie at AMC theater. Man.. it was so great.. We each had our favorite characters and it wasn't for the colors.. We chose them for their personalities and how it matched our own.. Smh aaahhhh.. memories.. then we beat eachother up playing "ninja" when we get home.. hahah great vid!
Saw someone reply "You must not watch many movies" to a similar comment while watching the Kevin Eastman live stream in facebook but there's a difference between "favorite" and saying something is "the best" and this has stayed on top as one of my favorites throughout my life. This film really does mean a lot to some of us.
Even if this was a bad movie, it's still ok to subjectively like something which is objectively terrible. However, it's nowhere near a bad movie. It's well paced, gritty, emotional, dark and full of great action, and it has actual themes and messages in it. The other films were just dumb garbage with nothing to say.
April's apartment in the first movie is one of the most believable apartments I've ever seen a movie character living in. She ain't kidding about that unsightly bathtub ring! Then it burns down. But of course, in Secret of the Ooze, which takes place IMMEDIATELY after the first movie, she magically has this huge furnished apartment for everyone to crash at.
Well, she has a much better and finished apartment in the second movie you could say because remember, Charles gave her a raise and told her now she is the highest pay reporter in New York City. ‘And now you are!’ Even though Charles is not in the sequel you could say he already put in her raise before leaving.. 😁. To me what’s more unbelievable is that it is a different woman playing April and they re-casted her and the turtle costumes are different....
@@nmr20067 Which would be believable, a few months later. But again, Secret of the Ooze begins IMMEDIATELY after the end of the first movie. Logistically, there's just no way for her to be settled into a new place. Also, that apartment, in New York, would be well out of reach for even the highest paid affiliate anchor. It's a common issue in Hollywood films to put characters in homes they could never realistically afford (think Kevin Bacon's huge studio apartment in Quicksilver, a film where he plays a bike messenger), so that's not particularly noteworthy. What's noteworthy is how believable April's apartment was in the first movie. Because you RARELY see that.
Secret of the Ooze felt like it was somewhere in between a sequel and a soft reboot. Some recasting, a new director, new writer, and a completely change of tone, but it kept a few costumes and characters from the first movie. It was a hot mess, and a load of kid-friendly garbage which lost all that was good about the first movie.
This movie was and is absolutely perfect. I was 8 when it came out and it captivated me then and still does now. It was the perfect blend of dark and light, violence and comedy, comics and cartoon. Flawless.
Amazing analysis on an amazing movie. It's not just one of the best comic book movies, it's one of my favorite movies of all time. When I was younger, I used to lean more towards Secret of the Ooze because it was cleaner, colorful, and more fun. But as I grew older, I truly started to appreciate the first movie as I started to peel back all the layers and just came to my senses about what makes a movie great. I will say, one thing you did miss in your video is the recurring theme about fathers. Splinter and Shredder are direct opposites, both raising teenagers, but one is a good father and the other is bad. Then you have Danny's subplot, which shows him in between all 3 fathers in the film. And even when Splinter is captured, April remarks that the reason she has so many of her dad's antiques is because she misses him, and one the Turtles reassures her it's not silly a reason.
Good catch regarding that underlaying Fathers theme. I had similar experiences.. Me and my brothers leaned towards the Silly ooze sequel but as I got into my late teens and my 20s overall. I realized the original was the only movie that ages with you.
Turo 602, right on, great point about the theme of the importance of father to our society. And You know what I remember? This was no lost upon my nine year old mind when I first saw the movie. Wow.
I saw this with my dad in the theater I was 11 I think and it BLEW ME AWAY and made a huge impact on me and set a high bar for what I expected from a comic movie.
I was 11 years old when this movie came out and went to see it in the movie theaters - it was a BIG deal. We loved it because it exceeded all expectations we had of a movie like it coming out. The only thing we wished they could do was fight Bebop and Rocksteady.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHEDDING LIGHT ON A CHILDHOOD FAVORITE. WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I'D CLIMB UP MY PARENT'S LOVE SEAT, TRAVEL UP THE *HUGE* TV STAND TO GET TO THE RACK OF VHS TAPES TO PUT THIS MOVIE IN ALL THE TIME. THIS MOVIE WAS LIGHTYEARS AHEAD OF IT'S TIME AND WILL LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO REMEMBER UNTIL THE END OF DAYS🙏🏿🙏🏿
Couple things that should have been touched upon here: - The budget- which due to inflation- may still be one of the most expensive independent movies of all time. - The adaptation- the story basically takes the first 12-ish issues of the comics and adapted them into the film in a perfect way. This is where you can draw the differences between this and the concurrent 87 animated series. Parts of these stories were later adapted in the 2003 and 2012 series. -Raphael and Leo switch places in the movie to give him that leadership/older brother arc you mentioned. - The trailer should have been the first thing discussed. Anyone that loved the turtles were shitting their pants when they saw the trailer. Til this day, there is probably no greater trailer. - The aspect of Splinter taking down Shredder without flinching is supposed to show that revenge blinded Shredder and that’s why he lost. Its also why the turtles kept losing. They were too blind by their need for vengeance for Splinter. They even say it before they charge at him. “He killed Splinter.” Or something to that effect.
The Comic Theorists not as expensive as Joel schumacher’s “The Phantom of the Opera”. I think that was 5 times the budget of Turtles. Bur turtles was a huge gamble at the time and paid off in spades, it was the highest grossing indie film of all time for over a decade I believe
Rewatching the film again. There is a heavy emphasis on fathers too. Splinter and his sons- The turtles. Shredder mentions that he is the clan’s father. April mentions missing her father. Splinter refers to Hamato Yoshi as his father. And the whole Danny and his father storyline. “All fathers love their sons.” as Splinter says. He also tells Raphael that he will lose all battles because he’s blinded by an uncontrollable rage- which is what happens when they go against Shredder.
Still remember seeing it when I was 10 years old opening night. The lobby was packed waiting for the ushers to let everyone into the theater. It was crazy, every seat was sold out people were watching in the aisles and it was one of the greatest nights in cinematic history and I was there. It was amazing. TMNT Power!
I would like to add to your thoughts on Donatello and Michelangelo with this. Donatello is contemplative and thoughtful, Michelangelo is impulsive and lives in the moment. Both are lose translations on variations of Buddhism. Like a Yin-Yang, to compliment Leonardo's and Raphael's Yin-Yang arc. This was an awesome review, love the channel.
@@williamkerfoot8039 I felt exactly the same. I felt like they did justice to the characters of the other three turtles, but not to Donnie. Also, as you may know, Corey Feldman did Donnie's voice acting.
@@alexandercloudt2121 donnie’s jokes were more intellectual and cerebral, often based on vocabulary. I think the two played off each other well and had their own personalities.
I seen it in theaters. It was the best movie I even seen. As a kid Teenage Mutant ninja turtles was my imaginary friends. I got the original on blu ray
I was about 14 when the movie hit. At the time I was enthralled. Now I look back at it, and realize how good it really was. It captured the essence of the characters so well. And it had a dark tone, even for a "kid's" movie. And it was amazing. The turtle costumes and the Splinter puppet by the Jim Henson creature shop were superb.
Not only the best turtles movie is also one of the best ever period . I remember how much I loved it back then and how incredibly disappointed i was with the horrible sequels
I watched this movie so much when it went to video in October 1990 i was 3 years old...i use to go under the couch cushions pretending the cushion was my turtle shell.
I went to see this back in the cinema in 1990 - I loved it. They never fully recreated the 1st movies quality and production value. Though at the time I did really enjoy the 2nd movie too, but actually never got it on VHS or have ever bought it since. The costumes really make it, they are physically there and look more believable. Even to this day it’s the very best Turtles movie. I think also what made the film was actually taking inspiration from the graphic novel. I need this film on 4K Blu-Ray!
This was a great retrospective. I saw Secret of the Ooze first and i was obsessed with that one more. I watched it so much on VHS, that the tape started to tear up. lol I thought this first movie was weird and dark in comparison, which kinda turned me off when i first saw it. But it grew on me the more i watched it. I haven't seen it in awhile though, so i definitely need to give it a rewatch.
This is my favorite TMNT movie of all time. I still remember the first time I watched this movie. I was only 7 years old. My mother brought me to the movie theater to watch it and I was bugging out because up until this point all we had was the comics and the cartoons. I remember feeling OMG they are real.
I can't put it to words that it has been 30 years since the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was in theatres. This movie is still my favorite of all time.
It's in my top 5, brother. It has been a part of our lives from the beginning, And I daresay we enjoy it now more even than we did when we were children. It's a masterpiece.
Best live action TMNT by far. The only film that stayed true to each character in the comics, and the only film to take real care to each character’s development throughout the film. Everyone I talk to who loves this film remembers that Pizza Hut commercial lol BTW, Recently I got two of the 1990 TMNT movie 1/4 scale NECA figures bc I’ve been turtling out during this “stay at home” order: Leo, and Raph in the trench coat disguise :D
I'm not a really big TMNT fan. I didn't grow up watching the 80s cartoon or anything and certainly never read any of the comics but I really love this movie. As cheesy and goofy as movie 2 is, it still has a special place in my heart as well.
If this were the original movie, where Raphael clearly said "bitchin'" in the last scene, I could understand, but it's pretty clear the toy didn't say that.
I saw this in theaters 1990. Agree, it really is a masterpiece. There has no other Turtle movie that has come close. The design, story, everything, was very thoughtful. It did not pander or talk down to its audience. It treated its audience with intelligence, and the entire staff took it seriously. It goes to show everything comes down to story & character, and 1990 TMNT delivers.
I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS AND SOUNDING CRAZY. Thank you for this! This movie is a BLADE-level revelation for the genre in the care, style, and craft put into it.
I like to first say this was a fantastic breakdown analysis of the movie. From background scenes, dialog, interactions, and the developments of each character it’s clear you truly love this movie; any long time turtles fan would agree it set the standard that every other movie has failed to expand and make better with any follow through. I do however would like to make a minor but important correction to a statement of yours. Raphael did not forget his sai. He had to abandon it; one reason was because the action was so fast that he couldn’t recover his weapon before the police arrived on the scene. Number 2 remember they are ninjas; to be exposed in the light they lose their greatest weapon; stealth, espionage, and to quickly subdue any and all enemies in the quickest efficient manner is the way to make it happen for any shinobi. Third but also the most important detail Raph had to leave it there and it was because that he’s an ugly green mutant turtle with ninja weapons he would jeopardize every one’s existence if he tried to take it back at that time plus April took the sai so there’s definitely not much he could do but abandon any hope at that time to get his weapon back.
What a fantastic video. I thought I was the only one who thought this deeply about the original Ninja Turtles movie. It is perfect. Incredible to watch, great characterisation and dialogue, brilliant soundtrack and infinitely watchable. As someone else said here in the comments, this movie has heart. The fireside scene still hits emotionally and the way the turtles are portrayed is forever the way I see these characters. Great video mate.
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THE OLD TURTLE DEN - by Tonight's Top Movie Moment I gotta know where you found the old intro music?
Watched this movie literally last night. It still holds up and it made me appreciate the technical aspects of lighting and camera work, especially the scene where Shredder is properly introduced. That shadow of his alone gives me goosebumps
THE OLD TURTLE DEN - by Tonight's Top Movie Moment I applaud this retrospective. You did the TMNT justice. Good deal 👌
I love this movie
I remember being 8 yrs old and going to the store with my parents to buy the vhs !!!! One of my best childhood memories cowabunga dude!! I must of watched that movie a million times.
This masterpiece has something the other Ninja Turtle movies don't... "Heart!"
Aaron Scherbarth Plus Storytelling. Good Storytelling, Which is Something Michael Bay Knows very little About.
@@shawnswint1521 So true.
Casey Jones
it's sad how simple and real this is.
Good writing!! Oh....yeah, heart works too!
"Wise man said forgiveness is divine but never pay full price for late pizza "
Stop putting words into my mouth ms oneal
To the Dominos Pizza delivery guy! That was a really low blow throwing in a huge paid advertisement for Dominos! As low as Mac and Me!
The most unbelievable part of this movie about anthropomorphic turtles is that someone in New York city would order Domino's instead of the hundreds of other better pizzas available in a city famous worldwide for their pizza.
Hey mais c'est dix dollars, le prix c'est treize dollars !
T'as cinq minutes de retard mon vieux !
Allez, soyez pas vaches, j'arrivais pas à trouver l'endroit
Le sage a dit, le pardon est divin mais jamais tu ne paieras plein tarif pour une pizza en retard !
@@TheSolfilm oui?
I love these movie's and im 40 Years old,
And yeah still when splinter says All father's love there Son's, Still pulls on my heart strings.
Yea dat part bout father love his sons It jerks my tears cause I love my 2sons so much dat dey have no idea how much I love dem
Underrated scene, it definitely hits hard..
Splinter said "All fathers CARE for their sons".
Jimmy Heavner There was That & The Campfire Scene.
This Version of TMNT is WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more better that Michael Bay piece of 💩 Version
It’s legitimately a good movie. That’s what’s impressive. I rewatched it about 4 years ago for the first time in at least a decade and it holds up. It has real atmosphere, a great 3 part narrative without rushed pacing, compelling lead characters, supporting characters that add to the story, tension, comic relief, an effective score, and a satisfying ending. If we could magically make the puppeteering facial expressions even better it’d be pretty much perfect as a TMNT live action film. As it stands I don’t think it will ever be topped. The heart it has in parts of the film is actually endearing not just entertaining. It’s not just nostalgia talking; it’s a good movie.
A remaster where they _only_ fix the visual imperfections would be utterly perfect.
I did exactly the same kind of ‘experiment’, attempting to watch it legitimately just as a film, and separate it from my nostalgia and childhood obsessive TMNT fandom…and it really does stand on its own, as a quality piece of filmmaking. There’s numerous reasons I picked up on for why I think this is (and why nothing that’s followed has come close), but I won’t bother getting into them since I don’t want to bore everyone lol, and since you guys probably know why just instinctively…
this film was a lightening in a bottle moment, they never managed to achieve anything remotely close again after sadly
kiely 456 agreed☺️🎥📼
The second was the closest but still, no.
They would have if not for the complaints and being told it was too "dark". I really hope the next film goes back to this tone.
I thoroughly loved the second one but it didn’t touch the magic of the first one
I still enjoy the second one, although I really wish that they had used weapons more and kept some of the original tone, kept Casey, and that they had gone the route of Professor Jordan Perry being an Utrom. As it was he just kind of vanished, that storyline had such potential. Basically the second movie was where they moved more in the direction of the cartoon
Parents always ruin everything, this film was like ghostbusters success wise a perfect film my two favorites all time.
Nose burn
Did we just become best friends?!😅
This was the best Turtle movie's ever..
The director and Jim Henson Creature work's did a awesome job..
Jimmy Heavner agreed😊📼
I agree, it is a shame that Steve Barron never got this wish to make another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie. If I was producing a TMNT movie, I would hire him right away. Watching this movie on the big screen in March of 1990 with my parents is one of my favorite childhood memories. Jim Henson's Creature Shop did an amazing job bringing the Turtles and Splinter to life. The Score by John Duprez is one of my favorite movie scores of all time and the fight scenes look just as amazing now as they did when I was a boy. My hat is off to Pat Johnson and the stunt performers for giving us such amazing fight scenes. I really hope that Warner Brothers gives this movie a proper special edition soon, since this movie really deserves it.
@Bruce Mj now that needs a proper release.
Along with several commentaries.
TMNT 2 for me.
@@mourasantos Yeah! Secret Of The Ooze was the shit. My cousin, friend and I went to the movies to see it. I was 11 at the time.
My wife and I watch this movie once a year, kind of a tradition. And now my 9 year old son watches it as well. It is the definition of a classic, for it is timeless
Honestly, this is a movie I keep forgetting about. I’m gonna rewatch it tonight. Thank you for making this video.
How can u ever forget thos movie lol
@@nlee4566 right I watch this movie a couple times a year I was 5 when it came out
@@nlee4566 Can’t believe I said that 3 years ago. Which btw, I have rewatched it many times again. And this movie is excellent.
"You fight well, in the old style, but you have caused me enough trouble. Now you face....The Shredder." -- Top 10 greatest delivered movie lines of all time.
Ahh maybe all that hardware is for making coleslaw..lol
The Shredder?
I bet he never has to ask for a can opener!
@@DJ_Vandal heh hee hee
Number 1-cowabunga say it all
@@DJ_Vandal “I got ‘im!”
In my humble opinion, I think it will never be replicated. The character's designs are unique for any film production at that time. The dialogue in this film is incredibly creative, and the plot and the tone...my God! I really don't know if a current Ninja Turtle film will ever be done as masterful as the 1990 film. The film was done complicatedly in details yet simple and low budgeted.
I don't think the studio knew what they had and so just let the director do what he wanted with no conditions. He really injected a lot of heart and atmosphere into the movie -most of which was lost in the crappy dumbed down sequels.
The first movie was a smash hit for a reason. Why they decided to change the formula to appease sensitise parents is beyond me?
The best TMNT film ever!! I went back and watched it and didn't realize how dark and organic it was. It really had heart
This movie came out when I was 6 years old I watched it and wore that tape out best Turtles movie of all time
Daniel Allman same here man born the same year the Turtles were created 1984 baby!!
same here. may 84. Are we the true target audience?
Romeo Kilo I don't know anymore but I think it's been long enough since we've had something akin to our turtles Hahahah RISE of The orig TMNT Fans
Hahahaha I remember finally getting the movie from the video store and the tape was already starting to wear out! Good times
Kerplunk? Hell yeah my dude
This movie is really underrated in my opinion! The best turtle movie!
One of the best comic book adaptations
So many memories, so many years of coming back once and again to this movie... Still can't help tears coming out in the fire scene. This is, no doubt, one of the treasures of my childhood that never gets old and lives with me every day.
"I love you all, my sons"
-Master Splinter
*wipes away a tear as "Message From Splinter" from John Du Prez's score plays in head *
Aww man, truly love this movie.
Don't even get me started on the score. "Shredder Suite" alone is one of the most amazing, pulse pounding themes played in a movie, EVER. The female composer went SAVAGE.
john du prez is a female?
Nobody wants to mention Judith Hoag? Still the best April. 😍
Fk yes, always will be, plus those legs when Mikey is doing impressions...
she was great
She was beautiful in the April costume.
Not to mention she's such a babe ;)
Totally agree and also the best Casey Jones. Oh by the way I’m Chris Hansen with dateline NBC and you walked into another to catch a predator Michael. Oops!!!!
This movie is so underrated! The farmhouse scenes, cinematography, the restrained fight choreography, humor, and actual character arcs. I wish it was embraced by subsequent generations like Star Wars was.
It's the best Ninja Turtles movie ever
Never forgotten. This was the only true Ninja turtle film we have ever seen. So close to the comic...so deep...beautiful...Jim Henson...oh man...I will cry if I keep going...
I still remember going to the movie theater to see this masterpiece. I feel sorry for the younger crowd. You had to be there. So much emotion. Great music. The best fight scenes. They captured the Turtles fighting talent perfectly. I think this movie was a labor of love. It will take another dedicated group of ppl. To duplicate the 1990 versions genius.
This is probably my favorite movie ever, I was a toddler when it came out, though.
I was born in '91. Obviously I missed seeing it in theaters, but I literally wore the VHS out from watching it so much.
Thankfully, one of my local theaters plays older movies every once in a while, so there's a possibility of seeing this on the big screen for me.
My friends and I are watching this tonight to celebrate the 30th anniversary! I'm going to including this video during that viewing because your work is amazing! I'm excited to have this be part of our celebration!
Brett James Bishop, Me too, regardless of the fact that I burnt my supper.. Again... 😒
I knew there was something I forgot to do on Monday. Now I have to wait another ten years for the fourtieth anniversary. To quote Raphael :
DAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN!!!!
Don’t forget the Pizza Hut!
Dmiani Morgan Oh we didn't! Haha. Except it was Domino's in the first movie. We did watch the Pizza Hut baseball Right Field commerical that was on the VHS copy of the movie first though!!!
"Pizza dude's got 30 seconds."
This movie is one of the loves of my life.
The BlockBuster Buster asked everyone to post pictures of their favorite comic book movies and a lot of people picked the first live action TMNT movie.
As they should!
You mad or something?
“A wiseman once said forgiveness is divine, but never pay full price for late pizza”- michaelangelo
Not gonna lie, I was just born when this movie came out. But ask my mom and my dad, they’ll tell you that after watching this movie, I used to go out and find perfect sticks and took the stick off a broom and bought plastic nunchucks and pretended to be the turtles. I bought toy sais for Raphael and toy nunchucks for Michelangelo. For Leonardo I took ends off my screen windows or found good long straight sticks until I bought toy katanas. For Donatello again I unscrewed a broom handle and made that into a bo staff , I even put tape on it to make it look cooler. The turtles changed my life and my friends joined in with me, let’s just say we suffered injuries while “play fighting”. This movie was the greatest! It’ll always be the greatest, and no turtles movie will ever top it!
As a kid my brother and i used to strap a pillow on our backs with a belt, that was our turtle shells and i also used a broom.
Donnie is my favorite.
@@joshioaz85 great childhood memory there friend a great one
Seattle Sports Diaries, lol, me and my friends did the same
God you loved actin like a turtle!!!!!!!
Excellent comment! Brought me back so many memories of my youth. This is definitely one of the most underrated movies of all time.
Being such a hardcore fan I remember the extreme anticipation and excitement when they announced the movie coming out and the almost disbelief when the trailers came out, I was blessed to be able to catch it on the big screen, how hard I laughed at,"pizza dudes got 30 seconds', Mikeys face off with the fellow chucker, and the huge cheer when Splinter said Cowabunga, I truly loved this film then, and still do this day. TURTLE POWER!!!!!!!!!!
First off, major props to your mini retrospective on this classic film. Speaking as someone who's mother took me and my cousins to see this film during the opening weekend of it's release, it was actually beyond HUGE. I grew up in NYC, and the theater we went to in downtown Brooklyn had atleast 3 rooms showing TMNT, and each one was packed to the brim with hyperactive kids and their parents. I was around 11 or 12 years old, and by the time the film was over, the entire movie theater was deafened by the shouts and roars of applause of kids. It was utter insanity. We actually stayed for an encore screening and the same thing occurred. Utter insanity. Kids, teenagers, you name it were just interacting with one another after both showings. The hype back in 1990 was REAL. There was absolutely nothing like it at the time.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the movie was truly unprecedented for it's era. Throughout my life, I've watched that film countless times and the older I got, the more I realized just how well made this film was from a pure production standpoint. It's part crime drama, part martial arts action film with fantastical elements (Mutant Turtles trained in Ninjutsu) and it was masterfully done. The main reason this film is so beloved is because you believed the Turtles were real. Who they were as people was perfectly expressed and realized. The entire premise, as absurd as it is, was taken seriously and respectful. The entire cast was absolutely top tier and everyone had awesome chemistry. The acting was top tier. This was a genuinely well made film in every facet. It's one of my favorite films ever made. It had heart, charisma, passion, and true talent and expertise behind it. It's truly a timeless masterpiece.
Proud and bragging to say One of the producers Cameron Kim Dawson Is like a father to me and my best friend Love you Kim
This here was honestly one of the best comic adaption ever, it’,s something i’d put on Dark Knight or Spider-man 2’s level
Wouldn't go that far, but it's still pretty good.
@@superstarultra28 I would go that far. It is a masterpiece and has aged as good if not better based those film's respective take on the source material. While Spiderman 2 has held it's reputation, the Dark Knight is painfully showing it's age in the 12 years since release. The reason I say that is because the picture is so much more about Bruce Wayne as the real guy rather than Batman. Batman is the real guy, Bruce Wayne is the mask so it makes no sense whatsoever why Batman would go into hiding to protect a lie.
I completely agree. This film is in the top 10 Greatest Comic Book movies ever!
Ultra Trash seriously...mmm I get you like it, but cmon it’s not that good compared
Gaz 84 maybe lol
i still tear up during the turtles group meditation scene where they communicate with splinter at the farm house...the message, the music, the reaction of the turtles- especially given the fact that it's animatronic reactions!!. this film is a gem.
Me to bro no cap don’t why but I do lol
Amen to this
I remember being 8 years old and TMNT obsessed in 1990. My mom took me to see it and I loved it. Raphael was my favorite and I loved him even more in the movie. I even remember Pizza Hutt having a Turtles movie tie in pizza. Great times
Bill Voss I do. I also remember getting the Turtle pies. Some had cards and stickers
@Alex T He was the fun guy kids loved. Raphael in the movie was a bit unstable and just wanted to mess someone up. I kinda liked that
This movie combines so many things perfectly. Dark and gritty, action, humor, friendship, family, redemption... I always say that the original TMNT movie is one of the best comic book adaptations of all time. I really hope that whoever will be in charge of a future TMNT movie will bring this one's director Steve Barron back either in director's chair or as a consultant.
1990: my parents sent my teenage sister to see this movie first when it came out to see if it was okay for 5-year-old me.
If she hadn't sympathetically said yes my childhood would have been ruined.
Wack parents dude. Mommy didn’t let me watch ninjaa tujtjlees
I understand y'all parents because my mom told me when I got older I said Damn because I heard rapheal say it........I was only 2 years old and fir some reason she said I reapeated that word
Sounds like someone owes somebody a drink
@@ryanknox8571 omg you said a word that only has meaning if you let it and has no meaning in rest of the universe OMG. Your such a horrible person you know that you deserved to be grounded. 😜
The fact that it was kind of dark is what made the movie so great. With the fight scenes, music, and classic lines, its one of a kind. I still love this movie 30 years later from when I first watched it as a kid. It's the right amount of gritty and street. I think my mom took me to watch it at the theaters even.
'Shredders Suite' is one of the greatest movie scores ever written, it is near perfection and one of my favorites of all time!
Super Fan Trailers my favorite is when the Turtles are fighting Shredder after Leo says “this guy knows where Splinter is” and then there’s a slight pause and it’s on!!!
The Man 316 I second that! Amazing musical cue!
@@TheMan-je5xq the whole soundtrack is pretty awesome to be honest.
Surprisingly dark in some scenes. Gave the whole movie levity that you don't expect.
Thank you! I cant put into words how much i appreciate you capturing absolute everything i love about this movie and what makes it great.
Im 34 yrs old and i have to say this is my all time favorite movie...
Same here in 35 and this is one movie i could watch over and over again witch i have and still never gets old.
Thanks so much for this amazing video!! You are so right, they will never beat this. This film means so much to me. It was my 10th Birthday and my dad had recently left our family. My mother reserved the video at our local rental shop and let me watch it all day long! I got so much cool turtle stuff too! 🐢😍
Hell, its more than a movie at this point, its a 90's nostalgia trip! I'll watch this movie until the day I die!
I was 7 when this came out, I'm 38 now and to this day the campfire scene makes me ball like I'm 7 again. I also still have an original VHS copy I think my uncle bought from pizza hut with the commercial and all.
Indisputably the best tmnt movie ever 🔥🔥🔥
I totally agree with you Mr. Garcia
The story line is awesome!
The script and lines are awesome!
The look and fighting style of the turtles are f-ing awesome!
Master Splinter is awesome!
The voices are awesome!
The soundtrack is awesome!
Shredder is awesome!
Dam I Love this movie!
This whole entire movie is beyond perfect.
The beauty of the 90 movie is that they take a large portion of the early Mirage comics (#1-3,10, 11, 19-21, from what I've noticed over the years) but did incorporate some of the cartoon elements (different masks, pizza, some humor) and married them together perfectly.
I really dont know if they could pull off a similar result nowadays. I dont want a dark Tmnt just for the sake of being dark. Its gotta have heart and warmth in the characters, and well placed humor to lighten the mood every now & then.
Producers & directors shouldn't look at it as just a movie about 4 pizza loving mutant teens, but rather a film about fathers & sons, honor vs. revenge, redemption, and forging a family that your not born into. Also, show us characters that have to work with anger, the fear of loss, etc. That's what make the Turtles great in my eyes and why I always find some nugget of wisdom everytime I watch this film.
I truly believe this film is the best comic to film and true to the source material ever . No comic made into film comes close to me
I was scared I was the only person rediculesly in love with this movie. You guys rock
I have great memories seeing it on the big screen when i was a kid. Happy 30th Anniversary Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 1990!
I dont think i was ever as excited as I was waiting for this movie to come out as a kid. I ended up watching a really poor pirated copy of the movie before it came out with my best friend of nearly 38 years, we then watched it in the cinema together. He now has an 11 year old son, who he showed the movie to and he absolutely loved it preferring it to the new ones......says it all really.
This movie has heart, has soul, you care about the characters. A just watchet with my eight years old nephew and he loved It.
I went to see this movie when I was about 10 with my mom, in a theater that has now been torn down, in Copenhagen. Scala it was called... Back then it was new and had an arcade at the bottom and restaurants above, and an "Apple Apple" store on the top floor (records, posters and so on).. After the movie we went to the Apple apple store, and I got the OST for the movie on casette and I still have it. I still listen to some of the tracks on youtube. Every heart needs a home, and 9.95
God bless Jim Henson. There will never be another.
What a legacy he left behind....those turtles are the best creations he's ever done. And they will FOREVER be remembered. I bought all the NECA action figures they look so amazing!
Jim was a god of creature FX.
SHouldn't you be ruining my reasons to watch WWE and squashing Drew Mcintyre, causing more controversy then when you beat the Fiend Bray Wyatt?
I was five when this came out and still watch it at least twice a year. Still in love with it.
Easily in my top five cinema experiences!
I saw it at the age of 7, in a packed cinema in NJ. Could barely control my excitement as my father and I grabbed some goodies and sat down. Every person in the cinema that night laughed at all the right moments, and reacted with excitement to the fight scenes and the soundtrack.
As a big fan of the cartoon, I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the film poster in a magazine, followed by the trailer. Everything looked incredible to my child mind, even more so because of how real and edgy the images were compared to the cartoon.
After the film ended, almost every kid was doing fight moves inside the cinema and outside, myself included. Not to mention how awesome that ending song Turtle Power was, which got us all hyped. Even my father who was 38 years old seemed to appreciate how well done the film was, and he even laughed during some moments.
Epic time to be a kid! Great film!!
@Bill Voss Yep, just don't eat the gum..
@@krisfrederick5001 oops 😬 too late?
It truly was 🙏
Yeah! Used to buy those. Loved them. Loved that awful gum too.
@@Dude-oh8vq It was like that cracked fossilized baseball card gum.
I carried that damn VHS around with me everywhere as a kid. Nowadays my kids love it more than the other turtles movies as well. Truly incredible it was never surpassed in quality.
Three things i love about this movie. It goes against the typical hero movie:
1) The turtles never actually beat Shedder(the bad guy). They never even came close.
2)Casey never actually learns to control his angers. He kills Shredder at the end(had there been no sequel).
3)Shredder was respectful to his underlings. Unlike Tatsu, he never treated the foot members like crap.
So different than the Disney type of shit out today.
They weren't trying to be epic, either. There's no plot to destroy the world, or bizarre mystical forces of ancient Japanese ninja evil. Shredder just runs a gang/cult of street criminals.
@@liljenborg2517 Yeah, it was a quality movie. There will never be another like it.
Wow man I never noticed that
Psychology it’s true the turtles always have to fight together to even stand a chance against shredder
@@jamad-y7m Hmmm, it was just more normal at the time. Movies weren't that complicated. Only later on, with CGI, did they try to go overboard with the story to match the effects. Think of WWF Wrestling. It was so simple and straightforward. Today, you need to do 100 powerbombs off the rafters to stand a chance at winning.
Man, I love hearing all the well deserved praise and admirement for this untouchable classic. I can’t get enough of it. I recently revisited after maybe 15 years. It only got better and as an adult, I appreciate the way this movie handles these timeless themes even more. I can’t wait to watch it with my sons when they’re old enough. Love the vid!
My birthday is March 29, 1983.
I remember going to see this for my 7th birthday and thinking that they released it on this day because of me!
Ha!
This will always be the best Ninja Turtles production of all time!
I'm 2 months older than you,I don't know why I'm telling you this?
@@randallrigney420 happy early birthday!!!
this was the first movie I saw in theaters. I was maybe 6 or 7 too
Lucky. The first one I saw was turtles 3. But I was born in 1989, I had already watched the shit out of the first two, and I didn't even understand the bastardization I was seeing. I liked it lol.
Aahhhhhh, kids....
Team Aries 83, still my fav.
This movie still holds up. I always wondered why they couldnt have done similar costumes in the newer movies. 30 years later they still look realistic
Earlier this year, I had the privilege of seeing a 30th Anniversary screening of this movie at my local theatre. It brought back so many memories of going to see it back in 1990 as a 7 year old.
That's awesome
I remember my grandpa taking me and my two cousins to see this movie at AMC theater. Man.. it was so great.. We each had our favorite characters and it wasn't for the colors.. We chose them for their personalities and how it matched our own.. Smh aaahhhh.. memories.. then we beat eachother up playing "ninja" when we get home.. hahah great vid!
This is my favorite movie of all time! I acknowledge that there are “better” films out there, but this is still my favorite.
Saw someone reply "You must not watch many movies" to a similar comment while watching the Kevin Eastman live stream in facebook but there's a difference between "favorite" and saying something is "the best" and this has stayed on top as one of my favorites throughout my life. This film really does mean a lot to some of us.
@@JeffZ1028 Exactly, man...exactly...there's just something about this movie. It's on par with Bloodsport as one of my most watched movies.
Even if this was a bad movie, it's still ok to subjectively like something which is objectively terrible.
However, it's nowhere near a bad movie. It's well paced, gritty, emotional, dark and full of great action, and it has actual themes and messages in it. The other films were just dumb garbage with nothing to say.
Seen this movie 1000 time on VHS. It was my favorite movie as a kid. 30 years later... hands down a masterpiece.
April's apartment in the first movie is one of the most believable apartments I've ever seen a movie character living in. She ain't kidding about that unsightly bathtub ring! Then it burns down. But of course, in Secret of the Ooze, which takes place IMMEDIATELY after the first movie, she magically has this huge furnished apartment for everyone to crash at.
Well, she has a much better and finished apartment in the second movie you could say because remember, Charles gave her a raise and told her now she is the highest pay reporter in New York City. ‘And now you are!’
Even though Charles is not in the sequel you could say he already put in her raise before leaving.. 😁.
To me what’s more unbelievable is that it is a different woman playing April and they re-casted her and the turtle costumes are different....
@@nmr20067 Which would be believable, a few months later. But again, Secret of the Ooze begins IMMEDIATELY after the end of the first movie. Logistically, there's just no way for her to be settled into a new place.
Also, that apartment, in New York, would be well out of reach for even the highest paid affiliate anchor. It's a common issue in Hollywood films to put characters in homes they could never realistically afford (think Kevin Bacon's huge studio apartment in Quicksilver, a film where he plays a bike messenger), so that's not particularly noteworthy. What's noteworthy is how believable April's apartment was in the first movie. Because you RARELY see that.
Secret of the Ooze felt like it was somewhere in between a sequel and a soft reboot. Some recasting, a new director, new writer, and a completely change of tone, but it kept a few costumes and characters from the first movie. It was a hot mess, and a load of kid-friendly garbage which lost all that was good about the first movie.
This movie was and is absolutely perfect. I was 8 when it came out and it captivated me then and still does now.
It was the perfect blend of dark and light, violence and comedy, comics and cartoon.
Flawless.
Amazing analysis on an amazing movie. It's not just one of the best comic book movies, it's one of my favorite movies of all time.
When I was younger, I used to lean more towards Secret of the Ooze because it was cleaner, colorful, and more fun. But as I grew older, I truly started to appreciate the first movie as I started to peel back all the layers and just came to my senses about what makes a movie great.
I will say, one thing you did miss in your video is the recurring theme about fathers. Splinter and Shredder are direct opposites, both raising teenagers, but one is a good father and the other is bad. Then you have Danny's subplot, which shows him in between all 3 fathers in the film. And even when Splinter is captured, April remarks that the reason she has so many of her dad's antiques is because she misses him, and one the Turtles reassures her it's not silly a reason.
Good catch regarding that underlaying Fathers theme. I had similar experiences.. Me and my brothers leaned towards the Silly ooze sequel but as I got into my late teens and my 20s overall. I realized the original was the only movie that ages with you.
Turo 602, right on, great point about the theme of the importance of father to our society. And You know what I remember? This was no lost upon my nine year old mind when I first saw the movie. Wow.
I saw this with my dad in the theater I was 11 I think and it BLEW ME AWAY and made a huge impact on me and set a high bar for what I expected from a comic movie.
I still have my original copy on VHS. gonna watch it again soon.
With the Pizza Hut commercial!
@@PhilLeotardosGhost mine had a commercial for the TMNT animated at the end. i had the FHE licensed tape, others are probably different.
You still have a vhs til this day?
@@PhilLeotardosGhost going to pizza hut right now. I hope its not close of the coronavirus
@@MikeAngelCortez8845 Yeah, I just watched it on the day of the anniversary.
I was 11 years old when this movie came out and went to see it in the movie theaters - it was a BIG deal. We loved it because it exceeded all expectations we had of a movie like it coming out. The only thing we wished they could do was fight Bebop and Rocksteady.
I LOVE the movie so much. The quick bonds between the Turtles, Splinter, Casey and April is hilarious & Shredder is believably terrifying.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHEDDING LIGHT ON A CHILDHOOD FAVORITE.
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, I'D CLIMB UP MY PARENT'S LOVE SEAT, TRAVEL UP THE *HUGE* TV STAND TO GET TO THE RACK OF VHS TAPES TO PUT THIS MOVIE IN ALL THE TIME.
THIS MOVIE WAS LIGHTYEARS AHEAD OF IT'S TIME AND WILL LIVE IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO REMEMBER UNTIL THE END OF DAYS🙏🏿🙏🏿
Couple things that should have been touched upon here:
- The budget- which due to inflation- may still be one of the most expensive independent movies of all time.
- The adaptation- the story basically takes the first 12-ish issues of the comics and adapted them into the film in a perfect way. This is where you can draw the differences between this and the concurrent 87 animated series.
Parts of these stories were later adapted in the 2003 and 2012 series.
-Raphael and Leo switch places in the movie to give him that leadership/older brother arc you mentioned.
- The trailer should have been the first thing discussed. Anyone that loved the turtles were shitting their pants when they saw the trailer. Til this day, there is probably no greater trailer.
- The aspect of Splinter taking down Shredder without flinching is supposed to show that revenge blinded Shredder and that’s why he lost. Its also why the turtles kept losing. They were too blind by their need for vengeance for Splinter. They even say it before they charge at him. “He killed Splinter.” Or something to that effect.
The Comic Theorists not as expensive as Joel
schumacher’s “The Phantom of the Opera”. I think that was 5 times the budget of Turtles. Bur turtles was a huge gamble at the time and paid off in spades, it was the highest grossing indie film of all time for over a decade I believe
Rewatching the film again. There is a heavy emphasis on fathers too. Splinter and his sons- The turtles. Shredder mentions that he is the clan’s father. April mentions missing her father. Splinter refers to Hamato Yoshi as his father. And the whole Danny and his father storyline. “All fathers love their sons.” as Splinter says.
He also tells Raphael that he will lose all battles because he’s blinded by an uncontrollable rage- which is what happens when they go against Shredder.
As far as I know the Movie just adapted the first Comic issue. The Turtles already killed Shredder in the first issue.
Still remember seeing it when I was 10 years old opening night. The lobby was packed waiting for the ushers to let everyone into the theater. It was crazy, every seat was sold out people were watching in the aisles and it was one of the greatest nights in cinematic history and I was there. It was amazing. TMNT Power!
The single best live action movie PERIOD
I would like to add to your thoughts on Donatello and Michelangelo with this. Donatello is contemplative and thoughtful, Michelangelo is impulsive and lives in the moment. Both are lose translations on variations of Buddhism. Like a Yin-Yang, to compliment Leonardo's and Raphael's Yin-Yang arc. This was an awesome review, love the channel.
@@williamkerfoot8039 I felt exactly the same. I felt like they did justice to the characters of the other three turtles, but not to Donnie. Also, as you may know, Corey Feldman did Donnie's voice acting.
@@alexandercloudt2121 donnie’s jokes were more intellectual and cerebral, often based on vocabulary. I think the two played off each other well and had their own personalities.
The team behind The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance on Netflix is the perfect team to make a Turtles movie.
Yeah these guys were perfect compared to Michael Bay's trash!
I seen it in theaters. It was the best movie I even seen. As a kid Teenage Mutant ninja turtles was my imaginary friends. I got the original on blu ray
I was about 14 when the movie hit. At the time I was enthralled.
Now I look back at it, and realize how good it really was. It captured the essence of the characters so well. And it had a dark tone, even for a "kid's" movie. And it was amazing. The turtle costumes and the Splinter puppet by the Jim Henson creature shop were superb.
Not only the best turtles movie is also one of the best ever period . I remember how much I loved it back then and how incredibly disappointed i was with the horrible sequels
culer O'connor Couldn’t agree more
Thanks for this... I'm an '82 baby and I grew up with this movie. Classic and you are too right, they don't make movies like this!
"Possess the right thinking. Only then can one receive the gifts of strength, knowledge and peace." - Master Splinter "to Raphael"
I watched this movie so much when it went to video in October 1990 i was 3 years old...i use to go under the couch cushions pretending the cushion was my turtle shell.
I went to see this back in the cinema in 1990 - I loved it. They never fully recreated the 1st movies quality and production value. Though at the time I did really enjoy the 2nd movie too, but actually never got it on VHS or have ever bought it since. The costumes really make it, they are physically there and look more believable. Even to this day it’s the very best Turtles movie. I think also what made the film was actually taking inspiration from the graphic novel. I need this film on 4K Blu-Ray!
BRO THANK YOU!!!! I've always thought the way they made the turtles look is what made the movie so great 👍👌❤️🙏✌️
This was a great retrospective. I saw Secret of the Ooze first and i was obsessed with that one more. I watched it so much on VHS, that the tape started to tear up. lol
I thought this first movie was weird and dark in comparison, which kinda turned me off when i first saw it. But it grew on me the more i watched it. I haven't seen it in awhile though, so i definitely need to give it a rewatch.
This is my favorite TMNT movie of all time. I still remember the first time I watched this movie. I was only 7 years old. My mother brought me to the movie theater to watch it and I was bugging out because up until this point all we had was the comics and the cartoons. I remember feeling OMG they are real.
I can't put it to words that it has been 30 years since the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie was in theatres. This movie is still my favorite of all time.
It's in my top 5, brother. It has been a part of our lives from the beginning, And I daresay we enjoy it now more even than we did when we were children. It's a masterpiece.
The farm / regrouping / healing / training scene is still one of the greatest in all of cinema history.
Best live action TMNT by far. The only film that stayed true to each character in the comics, and the only film to take real care to each character’s development throughout the film.
Everyone I talk to who loves this film remembers that Pizza Hut commercial lol
BTW, Recently I got two of the 1990 TMNT movie 1/4 scale NECA figures bc I’ve been turtling out during this “stay at home” order: Leo, and Raph in the trench coat disguise :D
I'm not a really big TMNT fan. I didn't grow up watching the 80s cartoon or anything and certainly never read any of the comics but I really love this movie. As cheesy and goofy as movie 2 is, it still has a special place in my heart as well.
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This movie is a cult classic . I remember standing In a massive line to see this movie
“This is going to be a biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitch!”
😂 I spit out my coffee laughing at that.
It really drags it out
haaa
Haha.. so bizarre. I hope that suite didn't go anywhere. It's pretty clear that they just filed it because they were trying to get some money.
If this were the original movie, where Raphael clearly said "bitchin'" in the last scene, I could understand, but it's pretty clear the toy didn't say that.
I saw this in theaters 1990. Agree, it really is a masterpiece. There has no other Turtle movie that has come close. The design, story, everything, was very thoughtful. It did not pander or talk down to its audience. It treated its audience with intelligence, and the entire staff took it seriously. It goes to show everything comes down to story & character, and 1990 TMNT delivers.
Indeed a masterpiece well said!
I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR YEARS AND SOUNDING CRAZY. Thank you for this! This movie is a BLADE-level revelation for the genre in the care, style, and craft put into it.
I was seven when this came out. This and 'Secret Of The Ooze' are STILL the only two TMNT movies I actually like.
Grit, dark, drama, humor, action. Superb writing. The costumes, sets, sounds, fx, everything. Pizza dudes got 30 seconds.
I like to first say this was a fantastic breakdown analysis of the movie. From background scenes, dialog, interactions, and the developments of each character it’s clear you truly love this movie; any long time turtles fan would agree it set the standard that every other movie has failed to expand and make better with any follow through. I do however would like to make a minor but important correction to a statement of yours. Raphael did not forget his sai. He had to abandon it; one reason was because the action was so fast that he couldn’t recover his weapon before the police arrived on the scene. Number 2 remember they are ninjas; to be exposed in the light they lose their greatest weapon; stealth, espionage, and to quickly subdue any and all enemies in the quickest efficient manner is the way to make it happen for any shinobi. Third but also the most important detail Raph had to leave it there and it was because that he’s an ugly green mutant turtle with ninja weapons he would jeopardize every one’s existence if he tried to take it back at that time plus April took the sai so there’s definitely not much he could do but abandon any hope at that time to get his weapon back.
This was indeed the best of ALL the live action turtle films. The grit and realism made it the best. I would love to find the screenplay to read.
This is best movie ever I’m 35 years old an I still watch it a few time a week
Wow!! A few times a week for 30 years!! You could just permanently play it over and over in your head without a VCR!
What a fantastic video. I thought I was the only one who thought this deeply about the original Ninja Turtles movie. It is perfect. Incredible to watch, great characterisation and dialogue, brilliant soundtrack and infinitely watchable. As someone else said here in the comments, this movie has heart. The fireside scene still hits emotionally and the way the turtles are portrayed is forever the way I see these characters. Great video mate.