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Rating:  -
For me, the litmus test for DC animated movies is whether or not they rise above the DCAU cartoons you can watch on TV for free. In this case I can't be too hard on Trouble in Tokyo since it was actually released first on the Cartoon Network and only later sold as a DVD. With that being said TiT (oh dear) does not exceed the television cartoon and in many ways is inferior. The animation is exactly the same as the program and the story feels like an average cartoon padded out to 90 minutes. This is the main problem with the movie. It just has so much extraneous fluff that adds nothing to the main plot.
As the title would suggest the titans take an extended trip to Japan. Their goal is to track down a criminal who trashed the Titan Towers. I got a little lost but somehow they decide the mastermind behind the attacker is a mythical character named Brushogun. All the titans head off in their own direction and the plot just grinds to a halt. Cyborg gets in a fight with some chef's at an all you can eat sushi bar, Beast Boy is mobbed by young girls after singing karaoke while Raven just... kinda... flies around and then get attacked by some Japanese monsters or robots or something. Meanwhile Robin and Starfire start getting romantic. It just really dragged along. This padding REALLY eats up the movie time leaving the story bloated and dull.
For my money Batman: The Brave and The Bold (a series I absolutely love) is the most stylish DCAU cartoon ever to come out of Warner Brothers studio but in its heyday Teen Titans was probably top dog surviving a highly respectable five seasons. Unfortunately this movie just kind of sits there. It's in no way bad; it's just never rises beyond good. Kids are pretty sharp and I suspect that this is a DVD that will get watched once and then sit on a shelf collecting dust. If it shows up on Cartoon Network give it a watch but I wouldn't pay to own it.
Rating:  -
When my daughter was four she wanted to be Batgirl for Halloween. At five it was a toss-up between Wonder Woman and Hawk Girl who won out in the end because she didn't need an invisible plane to fly. As you can imagine, Starcrossed left questions and a funky aftertaste in her young mind. Suddenly the Teen Titans are going to Japan and moving away from her Mrs. Batman fixation she develops a crush on Robin. Will she fall into Starfire mode? The kissing scenes still make her squirm (thankfully) but so does Raven. You see,Gammy taught her to fear. At three she'd wake from naps extatic about her and Gandalf's conquest of the Balrog. Now Scooby Doo Meets Batman sets her off when Gammy's around. My mother knows better, she's a Brown Philosophy PhD, but the in-laws are "ignorance is bliss" bible beaters who aren't afraid to beat my child over the head. Does a little girl need to be reduced to tears hearing that Jack Sparrow is fictional at three yrs old? When do we tell her about Santa, the Easter Bunny (her first tangible hero) and Jesus? Point of order, my fear is that her rebellion will be to become a right-wing cheer leader and if I'm not subtle, Starfire might put her on that path. Parenting is hard. I love my little Danger Girl and I just want her to be happy and aware, not arrogant and afraid. I think it might be time to flee the mid-west. Great DVD. Enjoy.
Rating: -
After the final season of Teen Titans, this direct-to-dvd was released as the final Teen Titan adventure we'd ever see. The story goes a little something like this....A robot shows up in Jump City and blows up the Titans Tower. Robin is quite pissed about this but figures out that it was from Tokyo. So, the gang heads off to Tokyo in search of this robot. What they get is more than they bargained for. While it lacks the better polish of the TV episodes(in terms of storylines & content), it more than makes up for in humor. I couldn't stop laughing at some of the idiotic antics that went on onscreen. It was simply hilarious to me. The only extras we get are The Lost Episode and the dvd game:Robin's Underworld Race Challenge. While it woulda been nice to have had more from its' creator, it was an okay addition to the dvd(although, in my opinion, wasn't anything special). There was selection of trailers as well as a trailer of the CGI TMNT movie.
Overall; I feel it could have been a whole lot better but, given what we were given, it was good. As far as purchasing it goes, rent it first and base your decision on that. Sadly, I went ahead and purchased it. Course, I'm happy with the purchase as I like the Titans.
"Teen Titans...GO!.......er, they're gone!!!.... :("
Rating: -
Some people may have thought that this movie was great. That's fine for them. I didn't.
The pacing is choppy, the story is weak, and overall a very unbalanced Teen Titans movie. I just didn't see it having it all together like some of their greatest episodes.
Think what you want to think about this movie. This is what I think.
Rating: -
If your a fan of Teen Titans this should be added to your collection. Good viewing.
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