TMNT Movie Novelization

by Steve Murphy (Adapter), Kevin Munroe

In order to save the world against the wealthy industrialist Maximilian Winters, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Master Splinter must go up against four formidable Stone Generals, thirteen out-of-this-world monsters, the sneaky Foot Ninja, and a long-forgotten legend that somehow seems dangerously real. Original.

Genres: Childrens

128 pages, Paperback

First published April 5, 2011

Reviews

[midnightfaerie · Rating 1 out of 5]

Wow. What an absolutely horrific book. I rarely rate things so low, trying to give the author some credit in attempting to write, but this book is just terrible. First of all, it's a chapter book that's very short, and looks to be written for the under ten crowd. But there's no way the under ten crowd could even understand half of the terminology used. The problem, is this looks like a book, and even says its a book, however, when you look for the author, all you see is "adapted by". Which means this book was a movie first, never a good idea where novels are concerned. My five year old picked it as our chapter book read, for no other reason, of course, that he loves the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. But each time I had to pick up this book, was excruciating. I could even see my son's eyes glaze over at the parts I knew he wouldn't really understand. Mostly because the words were just too big. But it's about super turtles, so it should be a kid's book, not an adult book, right? Maybe I'm just not very versed in these things. Perhaps, if I have to find some reasoning behind this awful adaptation, I would say that maybe it's not intended to be read as a book, but as a screenplay. But no where on my novel did it say such a thing. Thank God it's over.

[Tess826 · Rating 4 out of 5]

As the big baby I totally am, I found my way back to ninja turtles. My opinion of this book may be a bit swayed because even if it had many flaws and plot holes, I absolutely ADORE the 2007 movie and this book summarizes it quite well.
I am a sucker for Michelangelo and Donatello scenes and while the film was all about the two older brothers, I genuinely enjoyed how the book worked with deleted scenes from the movie, such as Mikey's birthday party and Splinter gets cake.
Another fact that I like and that diverges from the movie is that Leo didn't just go to the south America but his training took place around the world and he was looking forward to finally coming home.
All in all, I think that even though I'm quite old to read books like this one, I enjoyed it immensely. There are hidden gems that every TMNT fan will apppreciate

[Stephanie Cooke · Rating 4 out of 5]

This little novel had some better storytelling than the movie version

[Kellyanne Higgins · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved the movie and therefore wanted to read the book. This novelisation includes scenes that were not in the film and variations on events. It's definitely worth the read if you're a Ninja Turtles fan like I am.

[Steven Tiberius · Rating 3 out of 5]

The film was so good, I even went so far as to read the fucking novelization. Raphael for life!!!

[Lachie jeffries · Rating 2 out of 5]

this is a good book if you want to get it done quikly but it is not well writen,confusin,and hard to understand