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Naruto Shippuden MOVIE
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Animation - 7.3 |
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Sound - 7.7 |
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Story - 4.0 |
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Character - 4.0 |
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Value - 4.3 |
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Enjoyment - 5.3 |
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Average - 5.4 |
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nauXolo |
(2008-08-26 19:06:00) 2008-08-26 19:01:44 |
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| Average |
6.7 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
7 |
| Story |
5 |
| Character |
6 |
| Value |
6 |
| Enjoyment |
8 |
| Despite my hesitation to watch this movie, I actually enjoyed this movie for the most part. Aside from the horrendous ending, Naruto Shippuden movie boasts good animation, decent action scenes and a re-visit to all your favorite characters. Sure, the character focus is mostly on Naruto, Sakura, Neji and Lee (and some people may hate that), but I didn't come in to this movie with much expectation, and didn't feel disappointed.
When you watch any Naruto episode or movie, you already know that there won't be some huge deep plot or character development. After all, the series is generally superficial. However, if you can put all that aside and enjoy the pretty animation and action scenes, I see no problem with this movie.
Again, I don't have anything substantial to say about this movie, other than it isn't as horrible as other reviewers make it out to be. Don't expect too much and just enjoy the fight scenes.
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| Average |
4.3 |
| Animation |
8 |
| Sound |
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| Story |
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| Character |
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| Eines muss man den Leuten von der Naruto-Promoabteilung ja lassen: Sie haben es mit absolut durchschlagendem Erfolg geschafft im Vorfeld einen riesigen Hype um diesen Film zu kreiren und dazu brauchte es nur einen winzigen Trailer der kurze Szenen zeigt die darauf hindeuten das der Protagonist wohl das zeitliche segnet. Und jedes Mal wenn ich in diversen Forum-Posts von verunsicherten Groupies, Sachen lesen musste wie "Stirbt Naruto wirklich????" wurde mir bewusst wie gut die Strategie der Macher aufgeht und das obwohl die Antwort auf diese Frage doch eigentlich gar nicht offensichtlicher sein kann, wenn man sich mal das ungeschriebene "Sachen die Charakteren aus einer laufenden Haupgeschichte in Fillern oder Sidestories nicht passieren kann"-Gesetz vor Augen hält... Tja, nun da ich mir den Film angeschaut habe muss ich sagen das das Sprichwort "Viel Lärm um Nichts" wohl kaum besser passt als hier. Denn wer geglaubt hat das Narutos Tod in dem Streifen zum zentralen Dreh- und Angelpunkt wird, der sieht sich schneller als im lieb ist schwer ge- und wohl auch enttäuscht. Inhaltlich ist hier nämlich alles wie gehabt und es gibt kaum große Unterschiede im Vergleich zu den vorangegangen Naruto-Movies in punkto Handlungsverlauf und Charaktere. Während man sich bei der Geschichte auf die alt hergeholte Basis stützt das irgendein ganz böser Bösewicht der vor laaaaaaaanger Zeit einmal Unheil über die Welt gebracht hat, plötzlich wieder erweckt wird und auch prompt die Weltherrschaft anstrebt, so verlässt man sich charaktertechnisch auf die alte Tugend eine Support-Figur in den Mittelpunkt zu stellen deren Charakterzüge sich mit denen von Naruto beißen, damit dieser mal wieder jemanden hat den er aus Aufgebrachtheit heraus anschreien und natürlich so lange mit seinem Pathos über Lebenswillen, Freundschaft und Mut vollsülzen kann bis dieser dann auch seine obligatorische Persönlichkeitswandlung vollzieht. Das Naruto & Co nicht mehr für den Film mitbringen als ihre üblichen Verhaltensweisen aus der Serie, dürfte auch niemanden überraschen. Aber ok, das ist nun mal das Standard-Schema der Naruto-Movies. Manch einer ergötzt sich daran, manch anderer findet es langweilig und abgedroschen (wie ich z.B.). Worüber es aber auf gar keinen Fall zwei Meinungen geben kann, ist die derbe Einfalls- und Abwechslungslosigkeit die der Film handlunstechnisch an den Tag legt. Der gesamte Ablauf ist von Anfang bis Ende so linear wie es nur geht und in Sachen Twists mal mindestens so schwach auf der Brust wie Kylie Minogue. Der langweiligen, unspektakulären Einführung, folgen sofort die Kämpfe zwischen Naruto und seinen Tag-Alongs (dieses Mal Neji, Lee und (einmal mehr) Sakura) und dem obligatorischen Trüppchen welches aus völlig hohlen Kampfrobotern besteht und nur zum Wohle der Fight-Action in den Film integriert wurde. Dann wird noch der Endboss-Fight dran gehängt und schon ist die Vorstellung auch wieder beendet. Gemäß der Naruto-Movie-Tradition sind es einzig und allein die Kämpfe die immerhin ein klein wenig Unterhaltung versprechen. Zwar haben die Animationen nicht gerade viele Schritte nach vorne gemacht wenn man sie mit den Vorgängern vergleicht, aber sie sind trotzdem ansehnlich, da rasant und effektreich. Das Brisanz und Spannung bei den Kämpfen vollkommen abstinent sind, ist da natürlich schade aber angesichts des Casts der dank seiner Flachheit keinerlei Emotionen hochkochen lässt leider unvermeidlich. Fazit: Ich kann mich nur wiederholen: "Viel Lärm um Nichts"! Das ganze Geschiss um Narutos Tod ist nichts weiter als ein geschickter Manipulationsversuch mit dem man so viele Leute wie möglich in die Kinosäle locken wollte. Dahinter steckt aber nichts weiter als halbherzig, zusammengepanschte, einfallslose Standardware die wohl gerade mal dazu in der Lage ist EXTREM eingefleischte Naruto-Jünger zu begeistern. Der neutrale Zuschauer wird hier nichts weiter sehen als einen weiteren Naruto-Film bei dem sich die Verpachung geändert hat, nicht aber der Inhalt.
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| Average |
5.3 |
| Animation |
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| Sound |
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| Story |
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| Character |
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| Value |
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| This is the first Naruto movie in the Shippudden series (forth movie overall). Refer to my other reviews for comparisons.
Visuals
So the visuals in this movie are pretty much of an average Naruto quality throughout. For the majority of the time, they do not go above and beyond to signify any particular clue that this is a Movie, rather than a slightly more grander episode of the series. There are no extra details on the character modelling, and the fluidity of the animation is once again, mostly of the same standard.
There are however, a couple of slight exceptions. For one, there are much more atmospheric surrounding environments in the battle sequences. The climactic final scenes for example, are very detailed, with special effects flying off every crevice and great lighting. The CGI work is also very praiseworthy whenever it's presented - most noticeably the work on the Stone Soldier army - gives a very cool effect to the scenes and surprisingly doesn't feel out of place. CGI has been used carefully - only where it's needed, and where it won't detract from the overall style of the movie.
The fight scenes unfortunately do not showcase much new skill on behalf of the characters involved in them, and whilst somewhat entertaining to watch, won't have anything new to offer any Naruto fan who's familiar with the series or previous movies.
Sound
The sound in the movie is pretty spot on. It's hard to really find a fault with it, except that I wasn't really impressed with the end music theme, (not that it's particularly bad or anything).
The sound effects are the real stars here - when someone crashes into the ground you really feel the weight of it with the bass. All the effects are expertly placed and don't sound cheap at any point. The voice acting is what you'd expect from any Naruto based anime - using the same voices for relevant characters from the series where it can. The musical score is also played out well in the movie, using exciting melodies similar to the early action episodes in the series, but coupled with tones of maturity and a subtle eastern feel.
Story
There isn't anything new to see here from the main plot. Over the course of all the series, we have seen pretty much every type of story on offer in the Naruto world. And indeed, this forth movie even uses the same plot-type as 2 of the other movies - Naruto is involved in an escort mission. Again.
This time around, a demon is freed from it's sealed bonds and wants to essentially, destroy the world, because that's what demons like to do. The only person who can seal it back up again is a priestess, who coincidentally, its about the same age as Naruto. So inevitably, Naruto and his team have the responsibility to, (pretty much like the Fellowship of the Ring), escort the priestess to the demon's lair so she can vanquish him.
The only real thing to note about the Story in this movie, is that intriguingly, it opens with a vision that the priestess has, showing Naruto's violent death. This of course sucks in the viewer in wanting to find out just what on earth is going to befall our hero and if he'll actually die, or even, if he's already dead and we're just witnessing the events preceding his death.
The movie-specific plot is quite expendable and indeed, interchangeable with whatever anyone wanted to fit into it. The ending of the movie is a little odd - with the end credits being rolled whilst the climax is still only just being played out. It ended up having an abrupt feel that seemed a little cheap.
Character
The main characters in this movie from the Naruto world are: Naruto, Neji, Rock Lee and Sakura.
There is once again, nothing new to see in this department. Nobody uses any skill that hasn't already been showcased many times over, and there are no new character interactions or developments that also haven't already been played out. The main support character is the Priestess, who has a turbulent relationship with Naruto, and the two dislike each other from the get go. Of course, predictably, Naurto's ultimate super power of befriending anyone he meets eventually takes effect, but one wonders how often exactly are we going to be subjected to this same process?
I have only really been accepting of this typical Naruto character development when it was done in the first Naruto movie, where I genuinely felt it was pulled off nicely and still do. But having it happen over and over gets tired very quickly.
The fight scenes in this movie are somewhat dire in that there really is nothing extra special about them. Each of the established Naruto characters has had a more spectacular fight in either a previous movie or the series, and here there isn't really any instance where you're particularly excited for a fight, or feel exhilarated afterwards. The fights themselves have a half-decent standard, but it's the fact that we're really not seeing anything new that is the problem for me.
Value
I'd watch this movie again when I was rewatching the Shippudden series, just after around episode 54, where there is a sufficient enough break in the saga that the movie seems like a plausible distraction. But I wouldn't watch it without the series accompanying it though.
Enjoyment
There was a medium amount of enjoyment to be had from this movie, but it was nothing extra ordinary. I would have hoped that being the first movie of the new series would have reset the movies' calibre into being more polished and special, but alas no. Whilst being much better than the previous Naruto movie (the muck-filled Movie 3), it wasn't "better" enough to garner any substantial level of enjoyment from me.
Ultimately it doesn't further anyone's understanding of the Naruto world and it's concepts, and if anything, is just a semi-pleasant distraction to be had whilst waiting for the next proper episode in the series.
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