Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
I really liked this. It was exactly what i was expecting from a Michael Bay ninja turtles movie. Hilarious, a lot of fun and plenty of action. I don't get peoples complaints that the turtles weren't in it enough. They were in the whole damn movie. Were people really upset about the bit of buildup they did with April in the beginning before they showed the turtles? I like build up in movies, not too much but just enough to set up the movie. I feel like a lot of the complaints were from 90's kids angry that it wasn't the turtles they knew and loved but i'm a 90's kid and i thought it was great. They did look like turtles on steroids but it was still a lot better than the hideous puppet suits from the originals.
8/10
Extraterrestrial
I wouldn't say i had high hopes for this but there isn't enough creepy alien movies that take place on Earth so i was a little excited for this. It's not bad. I like that they showed the alien although i was surprised they went with such a traditional look. Figured they might change it up and try and be creative. Still it worked and they definitely played the aliens up well. It had a few flaws though. The acting wasn't the best nor was the writing. The guy who played Seth seemed to be reading from the big book of cliches. Also the ending was a total mess.
SPOILERS
So the aliens let the couple go because of the power of their love? Then were treated to a fake out sappy ending complete with the worst love song i've ever heard just to give us a dumb cover up story and think all will be forgiven because they throw in an X-Files reference?
END OF SPOILERS
It's not the best but it's not bad. Worth a watch at least.
6/10