I was unsure if I could stomach seeing both Transformers and TMNT. I was a TMNT since I was like 5, so I knew I'd see that. I ended up getting free tickets to Transformers, so I did see both.
I went into both with low expectation. Transformers actually was better than my very low expectations. Mostly because Stanley Tucci is awesome.
I just got back from TMNT and still don't know if I could name a redeeming quality from the movie.
They even messed up "Cowabunga". Listen, all I needed was 20 minutes of the Turtles fighting the Foot Clan and a good Cowabunga line. But they provided neither. The Foot had these weird masks, and constantly were using Uzis and explosives. At one point, the Turtles came upon a warehouse full of like 100 foot clan. I thought, "Yes, finally, I get to see the Turtles fight some foot clan for 10 minutes. Yeah, I know they aren't in any real danger, but this movie needs this". What happens?
THE FOOT PICK UP THEIR UZIS AND THE TURTLES RUN AWAY!!! IN WHAT UNIVERSE DO THE TURTLES RUN AWAY FROM THE FOOT! AND THE FOOT DON'T HAVE GUNS!!! THEY ARE FUCKING NINJAS!! GO FUCK YOURSELF MICHAEL BAY!!!!!
They should've had Krang as the villain. If your movie has no plot and more product placement than character development, at least go for broke with a giant brain as the bad guy.
Just so bad.
edit - One part did make me laugh. Megan Fox and Will Arnett's characters were discussing the origin of the Turtles. Will Arnett said, "So, like they're aliens" and Megan Fox says, "No, that'd be stupid". This was a reference to early scripts that had the Turtles as aliens. There was such backlash, they changed it. But them as aliens might've been a better movie, tbh.