Rank The TMNT Movies

I haven't seen Turtles Forever yet but so far the ranking is as follows. The hardest choice is between 1&2 and 4&5, the rest is fairly easy:

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
2. TMNT: Out Of The Shadows
3. TMNT (2007)
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
5. TMNT II: The Secret Of The Ooze
6. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III

TMNT: Out Of The Shadows
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Turtles Forever
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
TMNT (2007)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III
TMNT II: The Secret Of The Ooze

Ninja Trutles 1990
That's a great film. The look, the puppets, everything.
Elias Koateas, And Judith Hoag were great and James Saito was absolutely terrific as the Shredder.
It had the lighter feel of the cartoon while also adding the grit of the comics. And i loved the final fight.
Truly a classic.

Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Okay this film had problems. Casey Jones sucked and Megan Fox was clearly on drugs. But the stuff they did right, they did really right.
The turtles had great chemistry. It was great to finally see Beebop and Rocksteady and the action scenes were amazing. And come on, that fight with Krang in the technodrome. That was great.


Ninja Turtles 2014
The Turtles looked good in CGI. I liked all their unique designs and it also had some great action scenes. I loved that scene where their in the trucks going down the snow bank. Really brought the Turtles into the 21 century. Also loved the climax on the skyscrapper. Okay the Shredder was weak. They def should have had William Fitchner as the Shredder but oh well.
Solid film.

Ninja Turtles: Secret of the Ooze.

A downgrade from the original in every way. A real shame it couldn't hold onto the grit from the original and the scene with Vanilla was painful.

Ninja Turtles III
What is the point of this movie. It has nothing to do with the Ninja Turtles. Why did they set it in Feudal Japan.
I get that Shredder was dead and they didn't want to bring him back but what about Krang or Karari or Baxter Stockman or the Rat King or something else. A waste in every sense of the word.

i told you not to stop, now lets go - Apocalypse Now

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Saw the first two as a teenager and the third and reboot ones as an adult in the last few years, so nostalgia may play a part, but I still think the 1990 movie is a fantastic film, TMNT or otherwise. My first exposure to Turtles was the original comics, so even though I liked the cartoon too, the fact that the 1990 movie was more like the comics than the cartoon really won it points for me back then. In fact, I hated the second film precisely because I felt it was "dumbed down" and more for little kids.

Now as an adult, I can appreciate Secret of the Ooze as a decent kid's film, but I think Out of the Shadows is actually the best live action representation of the 80's/90's cartoon we've had, strangely enough, except for the huge mistake of not letting Amell play Casey more comedically AND tougher (his scene with Splinter and the deleted kiss attempt were his only good moments, I felt); instead, Koteas will always BE Casey Jones to me.

In both reboots, Megan Fox did a decent job as April, but the CGI turtles are hideous designs and I can't see anyone not already a TMNT fan knowing their characters from just that film, or caring. Splinter looks absolutely awful!

TLDR:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) - fantastic film that straddled comic and cartoon well.
TMNT: Out Of The Shadows - live action version of the 80's cartoon.
TMNT II: The Secret Of The Ooze - cringeworthy and silly. Changed too much lore IMO.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) - forgettable, overlong and barely develops the turtles.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III - just terrible on every level, from script to effects.

Ranking The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise Films-
1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles(2014)-8.5/10
2. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret Of The Ooze-8/10
3. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles-8/10
4. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out Of The Shadows--6.5/10
5. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III-7/10