Friday, April 06, 2007

no, i wasn't referring to the distant cousin of the soft shell crab. neither am i referring to some off-kilter japanese delicacy of fresh turtle's blood mixed with apple juice, to be drunk fresh and warm: (apparently only for the off-kilters drunks).

i'm referring to 4 evergreen turtles with major aging denial issues. yesh, those turtles in half-shells. more than a good decade have passed, and while they should be grappling with quarter-life crisis right now, it seems they are still coming to terms with their teenage identities. still not quite realising that yuppies are wayyyyy more fun than hormonal-charged, acne-battling teenagers.

anyways..

i was somewhat apprehensive about watching the movie in the first place, mostly because... who the heck spends 8.5 dollars watching a 90-min run on turtles anyways? (many, apparently. bawling babies, big-mouthed kids and pissed-off 20-somethings like myself). but i was soon giggling to myself upon the mention of nostalgic characters like shredder and april. and i soon find myself in a mental recap back to the days where i was donatello and roslan (my bro) was michaelangelo (the geeks that we were) making turtle weapons out of papers and jumping of beds and chairs-which btw is, so un-turtle like. (why are they ninjas, anyways? wouldn't it be more in character for them to be tai-chi masters? but i digress...) i don't even know why i chose donatello, really. then again, i know shit about any of the turtle-characters. i even had a tnmt yellow top and slacks, mind you. one that i wore everywhere, and i mean- EVERYWHERE until the iron-on faded off beyond recognition.
*giggle giggle*

a good show, really. tak bedek.
plot, animation, wit-all in.
go watch. you'll be surprised at the amount of entertainment you could get from 4 age-defying, age-denying turtles.

r.z 3:09 PM  0 comments