History YMMV / TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2014

** While the Turtles' [[UnintentionalUncannyValley more "realistic" appearances]] has its [[BrokenBase fair share of detractors and defenders]], very few people are actually willing to defend their Hulking and massive size, most sighting it as an unnecessary change, as the Turtles have always portrayed as being short. The [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1990 original movie]] portrayed them as being shorter than 5'7". The fact that they are massive and bulletproof makes them [[InvincibleHero near invincible against everyone except]] the PoweredArmor wearing Shredder, this also means they do not need their martial arts weapons anymore, as they are [[SuperStrength shown to be able to lift shipment containers and use them]] as [[ImprovisedWeapon improvised weapons]]. Them being stealthy despite being close to 7 feet tall and extremely massive also makes less sense.
** Eric Sacks being a [[RaceLift white man]] version of Shredder also received similar reaction. While the final movie shows that him and the Shredder are two separate characters, it is very clearly a result of reshoots. Whenever any character mentions the Shredder as a separate person, it is very clearly redubbed while the character speaking is offscreen, Oroku Saki only appears in a handful of scenes and only interacts with Karai and Sacks and there is no scene of anyone putting on the Shredder armor at all.

%% * TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Many of the artistic choices have triggered this reaction.

* TheScrappy:
** A lot of people didn't like this incarnation of April O' Neil, due to feeling she takes up [[HumanFocusedAdaptation too much time in the movie]] away from the Turtles (not helped due to their dynamic being considered one of the strongest points in the movie), has too bland a subplot, and leads to a lot of what's generally considered {{Padding}}. Being portrayed by Megan Fox also added to the divisiveness, as her sexpot looks diverges from how April is typically drawn or played.
** Eric Sacks. When it comes down to it, he's just an unneeded new character who steals the spotlight not only from Shredder, who he was originally supposed to ''[[RaceLift be]]'', and to all intents and purposes, still is, but from Karai and Baxter Stockman as well. The tepid reaction to him is likely why he was [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome never brought up]] in ''Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesOutOfTheShadows''.

* Eric Sacks saying with a completely serious face that his scheme will make him not only rich, but "stupid rich".

** [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtlesIII The third film]] had the Turtles bluff Walker, that film's antagonist, and his henchmen into believing they were ImmuneToBullets and that the bullets would bounce off and kill them. Here, their shells actually ''are'' bulletproof, and they bounce off, though they don't kill any foot clan members.

* {{Misblamed}}: The "Turtles as aliens" rumors. They were eventually revealed to have ''never'' been an official part of the story. The rumor was based on a line which, in context, seemed to indicate that the Ooze, rather than the Turtles, would be alien in origin. [[spoiler: A throwaway line confirmed this to still be true.]]

** In hindsight, the backdraft for the whole "the Turtles is aliens" twist after the [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2012 recent cartoon]] (also produced by Nickelodeon) revealed that [[spoiler: ''April'' is essentially an alien in that series.]]

** After the first trailer was released, many people noted the similarities in designs between the Turtles and WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}.

* CharacterRerailment: Vernon's portrayal which sees him as friends with April who helps her and Raph rescue the others arguably has him closer to how he originally was portrayed in the first season of the '87 cartoon before he TookALevelInJerkass and became April's cowardly rival.

* NeverLiveItDown: Creator/MichaelBay is ''never'' going to live down trying to make the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles aliens, even though this wasn't even what was going to happen (he was going to have the ooze that gave the Turtles their abilities be of alien origin, like the original comic and pretty much every other adaptation other than the 80's cartoon and the 90's films.) This can be blamed on Bay stating that the turtles would be "[[AmbiguousSyntax from an alien race]]" and not clarifying on what he meant.

* SoOkayItsAverage: Many fans think the movie is not as terrible as its "rotten" Website/RottenTomatoes score says[[note]]Although the consensus is that it's "neither entertaining enough to recommend nor [[SoBadItsGood remarkably awful]]".[[/note]], but not as iconic as the [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles first one in 1990]] which most consider the best of the lot. Note that ''all'' of the other films have been marked as "rotten", even the AllCGICartoon one in [[WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}} 2007]]. Many agree that the story isn't that good but the action sequences are memorable and it captures the personality of the turtles ''extremely'' well.

%% * TaintedByThePreview

* UnexpectedCharacter: Vernon, who hasn't been seen or mentioned since [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 the 80's version]] (and wasn't even included in [[Film/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles the 1990 movie]] in which April was likewise a reporter), was thought to be long forgotten. So it was a surprise to longtime fans when he suddenly showed up in a supporting role in this movie.

* WTHCastingAgency: Many were up in arms about the casting of Creator/MeganFox as April O'Neil, due to her perceived [[DullSurprise lack of acting ability]] and looking the complete opposite of most April designs.

** The decision in post-production to make [[DecompositeCharacter Eric Sacks and The Shredder separate characters]]. Some fans believe this was a good call that prevented Shredder from receiving a RaceLift and allowed the main villain to maintain a stronger connection to Ninjitsu. Other fans, however, feel that this decision did nothing to help the film, with some even saying it hurt the film overall. This camp cites that divorcing Shredder from Eric Sacks resulted in a messier film that results in Shredder having no personal connection to Splinter (and by extension the Turtles), something that virtually every other incarnation of the character in the franchise is defined by.

** The decision in post-production to make [[DecompositeCharacter Eric Sacks and The Shredder separate characters]]. Some fans believe this was a good call that prevented Shredder from receiving a RaceLift and allowed the main villain to maintain a stronger connection to Ninjitsu. Other fans, however, feel that this decision did nothing to help the film, with some even saying it hurt the film overall. This camp cites that divorcing Shredder from Eric Sacks resulted in a messier film that results in Shredder having no personal connection to Splinter or the Turtles, something virtually every other incarnation of the franchise is defined by.

* The decision in post-production to make [[DecompositeCharacter Eric Sacks and The Shredder separate characters]]. Some fans believe this was a good call that prevented Shredder from receiving a RaceLift and allowed the main villain to maintain a stronger connection to Ninjitsu. Other fans, however, feel that this decision did nothing to help the film, with some saying it even hurt it overall. This camp cites that divorcing Shredder from Eric Sacks resulted in a messier film that results in Shredder having no personal connection to Splinter or the Turtles, something virtually every other incarnation of the franchise is defined by.