Having just re-watched this delightful film recently, I found it amusing to finally notice that it was a little strange that during the opening credits, all the citizens of New York were to be observed eating massive slices of pizza. Until now, it appears that the unlikelihood of this scenario had simply never occurred to my childish and pizza-infatuated brain. Such is the power of this marvelous film which I am currently writing 'bout.
Comic timing has never been this amazingly and consistently translated to the sublime language of film as it is here (sorry Buster). Shredder's eventual and inevitable demise is a touching example. Splinter's lines comprise a veritable encyclopaedia of distinguished and memorable one-liners. To spoil them would be stupid, I'm afraid. All the more reason to go out and watch this wonderful and rare gem of a movie.
To watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is to live and breathe in New York City and take the turtles' journey with them. The film-making is exemplary; the technique second-to-none. The audience, ready or not, is taken on a rhapsodic roller-coaster of passions and triumphs, laughs and more laughs. If that sounds like fun to you, well, then, of course it does, silly! And what's more is that you're sure to love this movie and cherish it as I and so many others have. There's a funny feeling one gets just by thinking about the movie afterwards. You can almost tell just by looking at a person whether they've yet experienced the raw visceral experience this film represents. Ask them about it and their facial features melt into this indescribable (but I'll try anyway) heavenly ecstasy of fond reminiscence and inner peace.
"Ninja, ninja, RAP! Ninja, ninja, RAP!" One can hear the evolution of hip hop taking place right before their ears in these very words. It's nearly overwhelming. Has there ever been a more exquisite and justified cameo in a major motion picture before or since? A rhetorical question if ever there was such a thing. John du Prez returns from the original to pen the score; a score which once again proves his unparalleled talent in the grand and noble universe that is film music.
Howard Hawks once said that a good movie had to have "three great scenes and no bad scenes" (I think). This enigmatic sequel has all great scenes. Even The Godfather had that scene where Talia Shire was breaking plates and stuff. What was up with that?!
Comic timing has never been this amazingly and consistently translated to the sublime language of film as it is here (sorry Buster). Shredder's eventual and inevitable demise is a touching example. Splinter's lines comprise a veritable encyclopaedia of distinguished and memorable one-liners. To spoil them would be stupid, I'm afraid. All the more reason to go out and watch this wonderful and rare gem of a movie.
To watch Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze is to live and breathe in New York City and take the turtles' journey with them. The film-making is exemplary; the technique second-to-none. The audience, ready or not, is taken on a rhapsodic roller-coaster of passions and triumphs, laughs and more laughs. If that sounds like fun to you, well, then, of course it does, silly! And what's more is that you're sure to love this movie and cherish it as I and so many others have. There's a funny feeling one gets just by thinking about the movie afterwards. You can almost tell just by looking at a person whether they've yet experienced the raw visceral experience this film represents. Ask them about it and their facial features melt into this indescribable (but I'll try anyway) heavenly ecstasy of fond reminiscence and inner peace.
"Ninja, ninja, RAP! Ninja, ninja, RAP!" One can hear the evolution of hip hop taking place right before their ears in these very words. It's nearly overwhelming. Has there ever been a more exquisite and justified cameo in a major motion picture before or since? A rhetorical question if ever there was such a thing. John du Prez returns from the original to pen the score; a score which once again proves his unparalleled talent in the grand and noble universe that is film music.
Howard Hawks once said that a good movie had to have "three great scenes and no bad scenes" (I think). This enigmatic sequel has all great scenes. Even The Godfather had that scene where Talia Shire was breaking plates and stuff. What was up with that?!