Go see TMNT. Now.

My second day of the new-movie-each-day vow resulted in me seeing the long-awaited TMNT. It's fabulousamazing.

A few things have changed. The turtles are... skinnier. Spinter's voice sucks. April has become Lara Croft instead of being a TV reporter (sad for me, who always thought it was sweet that she was a journalist). Oh yeah, and she and Casey Jones are living together - not something I expected out of the Ninja Turtles franchise.

TMNT picks up after Turtles III. Leonardo has gone on some kind of leadership enlightenment quest, and the other Turtles have faded somewhat into normal society and no longer fight crime, with the exception of Raphael. April finds Leo while she's on a treasure hunt for a statue some rich wacko will pay big bucks for, and convinces him to come back just as all hell breaks loose, and of course, the Foot reappear.

TMNT is dark and just grown up enough. It retains so much of the amazingness and hilarity that was the cartoon and live-action movies of the late 80s and early 90s (also, the movie is FULL of references to these older installments... awesome). Raphael and Leonardo remain the central characters. The struggle between the two of them is unusually developed and just really done well.

TMNT is packed with stand-alone moments of all moods and genres that are just... fantastic. The soundtrack is great, but contains no Vanilla Ice (Go ninja, go ninja, go!). I loved every second, and I am positive that anyone that grew up with the orginal cartoon/live action movies will, and everyone else will too.

Cowabunga. There, I said it.