Movie Night 70: TMNT (2007) Director: Kevin Munroe
Plot: After the events of the first three live action movies, the Turtles have fallen on hard times. Splinter has sent Leonardo off to South America to learn to become a better leader, which has left the Trutles looking for alternatives in their spare time. Donny opperates a phone-tech serivce where he helps callers who have computer problems, Mikey works as a costume clown for little kids (who dresses up as a turtle), and Raph has taken on an alternate persona as the Nightwatcher and fights crime.
April O'Neil (now a collector of rare artifacts for people who can afford her rates) goes down to South America to find Leo and tries to bring him back, and her speech does convince him to return. Upon coming back to New York, however, Leo is met with mixed feelings from his brothers - especially Raph. Splinter forbids the Turtles from fighting, but allows them to go into the city for training. However, they encounter the foot clan fighting a giant monster on top of a building, and rush in to join the fray.
The monster is too strong for the turtles, but is defeated by 4 stone warriors. The trutles try to investigate where these monsters have come from, all the while attempting to deal with their sibling rivalry and inability to work as a team. However, with the foot clan back on the streets, the main concern of the trutles is - who's running the gang now that Shredder is out of the picture?
This flick was a ton of fun to watch, even if events play out a little differently than I would have liked them to. Also, Leo and Raph are really the only characters who get a lot of screen time (which has a great fight scene between them, which doesn't end the way it should have). It's a sweet movie, and tons of fun for all ages, despite whatever flaws I enjoy pointing out in it.
Movie Night 70: Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007)
Director: Dwayne Carey-Hill
Plot: They're back, baby! The cast of Futurama returns with an all-new feature length flick. When evil nudist aliens convince everyone on the planet to give them all of Earth's possessions, the team must ban together and stop them. Throughout the course of their adventure, they unlock the secret of the tattoo on Fry's ass that opens a time-bubble and allows them to go through past episodes and the series history. This is a hilarious romp through the sci-fi comedy world of Futurama, definitely made for fans (although non-fans of the series will also be grabbing them gut from laughter).
If you dig Futurama, you must see this flick - the first of four feature-length direct to DVD movies!
Another movie night at my place this week, and we're gearing up for the New Year's party (which I think will have a Hawaii theme to it - bring beach towels and bathing suits, leis and grass skirts). Here's a schedule of events for the month:
December 7: Movie Night 71
December 14: Movie Night 72
December 21: Movie Night POSTPONED
December 28: Movie Night 73
December 31: New Year's party