Kobe
08-12-2008, 09:23 AM
a Japanese guy had seen the new naruto shippuuden movie: kizuna which came in theaters a few days ago in japan and reviewed it... here is what he said
This morning I went to see the new Naruto movie, thus I'll now review it
Warning: this review contains slight spoilers about what happened in the manga so far (actually, only about what specifically happened in volume 42..)
Another warning: this review is not serious. I mean, it is serious in that I will tell exactly what happened, but I cannot help commenting on whatever was funny/disturbing/stupid, so that might make the review a bit crazy... Well, if you want something 100% serious and geeky just wait for someone else to see the movie ;p
Let's start from the beginning. The movie lasted from 9:35 to about 11:20, which makes it almost 2 hours long. It didn't feel long or boring though, which is a good thing. I'll say beforehand that - all in all - I liked it, thought I might be biased... XD;; But I do really think that they handled the characters fine, definitely better than in the other movies. As usual, some of them didn't make more than a "bonus appearance", but at least they made sense... Not like how Kakashi was used in the first Shippuuden movie..... (yes I disliked that part, though Kakashi vs the 3D soldiers made me laugh)
The first thing we see (note: I completely forgot about this part... I started the review with the soranin, then a long time later I remembered... Sorry Sasuke X°DDDD) is Sasuke sitting in a small cave behind a waterfall. The purpose of this scene is to make him look strong and cool, so he stands up (he's half naked, obviously) and goes towards the waterfall, he puts his head under the water (closeup of Sasuke's hair falling down with the flow; fanservice anyone? 8D) and makes a Chidori that flows down the waterfall and the river. ZOMGkewwwwllll *-* Lol. Whyyyy.
EDIT: Another thing that I forgot... When Sasuke appears the music playing in the background reminds of a western movie...... (you might undersand while I forgot it, lol) I remember the music playing another time too, later on, when Sasuke is around.. I'm tempted to buy the OST just to listen to that track and laugh X°DD
The first thing (my mind had censored the Sasuke part) The second thing we see are a few sci-fiesque 3D ships, kinda like spaceships on the water. I don't really love the 3D effect mixed with the rest of the animation, but this time it was a lot less disturbing than in the first Shippuuden movie (at least there was no Kakashi fighting agains- err did I already mention that? 8D). Flying ninjas came out of the spaceships and headed towards a village... Guess which? Yeah, Konoha! I don't know if you've happened to see the flying ninjas on the latest movie trailers, but anyway, they're flying with some kind of mechanical wings, not Dragonball-style (=just with their bodies).
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, the flying ninjas attack Konoha from the sky with bombs and destroy a few buildings. Many people are injured, some maybe die, but it's not clear because there's no blood around... I thought Japan wasn't afraid of scaring children with ommmmggggg blooooodd eeekkk evilll but oh well... Foreign broadcasters will be happy, they won't have to censor the scenes themselves
We see random known faces helping people, that is Chouji, Neji, Shikamaru and Kakashi. Neji does us the favor of explaining how the flying ninja fly, and Shikamaru is even so kind as to give them a name, that is "soranin" (I don't know if he just invented it or he knew that they come from the Sora no Kuni, aka Sky Country). Apparently they concentrate chakra on the mecha wings or something like that. Smart, isn't it? Tsunade explains that Konoha confronted and destroyed (well, supposedly) the Sky Country during the last Shinobi World War, but obviously they survived and now they're angry and want to get revenge against the Fire Country, zomg, can't you sense the depth of this plot???
Naruto is walking through the rubble, when he spots a middle-aged guy that turns out to be a doctor and treats the wound of an injured man. Naruto takes the man to the hospital, and there we meet Sakura and Hinata who are taking care of the wounded. A boy that basically has "I'm this movie's main original character" written all over his face suddenly enters from the window. He's looking for his sensei but he faints. Guess who his sensei was? Yeah, that man from the rubble, Shinnou.
Apparently the boy has come all the way from his village to inform Konoha that they'd been attacked, and he was looking for the sensei to help cure the people who ended up injured. A special 3 people team is formed and sent to help the village. Since they're supposed to help cure the inhabitants, the team is composed of Naruto, Sakura and Hinata (plus Shinnou and the boy, Amaru). For a moment I thought "UGH I can sense the NaruHina fanservice..." but in fact there was almost nothing of it, luckily. On the other hand, there was lots of NaruSaku fanservice (well, Saku->Naru actually!), which kinda made me happy (Sorry, but if I have to choose a [het] pairing, I'm all for NaruSaku ;p)
The team travels on small rowing boats down a river, because the forest is full of eerie beasts and poisonous animals. Suddenly a soranin appears above them, so they hide by the riverside. The boat with Naruto and Amaru is too far from it, thus Naruto throws both of them in the water not be spotted. When the soranin goes away Naruto resurfaces, but Amaru gets caught in the weeds while he's trying to retrieve his precious scalpel (which was obviously a present by his beloved sensei. Did I mention that he's Shinnou's apprentice?). Naruto saves him, and when he does he finds out something: Amaru has boobs! 8D Amaru quickly zips up his vest (no [s]he wasn't naked, but you could see the shape of his errr her boobs under the shirt). Naruto blushes and then faints because a poisonous piranha-like fish had bitten him...
When Naruto wakes up he's still blushing, also because Amaru is sucking the blood out of the wound, which is very high on his thigh.... This scene is kind of disturbing, I mean, it reminded me of the last line from the end of Shippuuden's 1st movie (in short -> "Naruto, let's have babies!"). Are the movie writers still having fun with adolescentboy!Naruto? XD;;; Anyway, maybe I should take back what I said about Japan not wanting to scare children, LOL...
Thanks to Amaru's sucking medical ability, Naruto is safe and sound. They walk through the forest towards the village, and in the meanwhile Naruto tells Amaru that he noticed he's a she, plus he suggests that she might be in love with Shinnou. He obviously gets slapped hard in the face... (as always in the movies, Naruto is more of a comical relief than he is in the manga). They finally reach the village, but something unexpected is waiting for them...
Cliffhanger! Let's go back to Konoha for a moment... (Actually I think this part was way earlier, but I don't remember the exact point so yeah) After the attack, the soranin went back to their base because they didn't have enough chakra to keep on flying around, so another special team was sent to look for the location of said base. We see Sai approaching the ships on one of his ink birds, apparently to catch their attention according to some plan Shikamaru thought. Shikamaru and Kakashi are waiting on the shore, hidden behind some rocks. Sai has no problems dodging and taking out all of the soranin that attack him, which is a bit errr weird? I mean, ok, they only sent a small squad against him, but still, if he alone was able to do that, how come Konoha was so overwhelmed by the same ninjas just a moment earlier?? But anyway, we'll ignore this (and all the similar things that'll happen from now on, lol).
Before going back to Naruto & co... I have the feeling this part was way earlier too, but anyway... XD;;; We see Sasuke in Orochimaru's lair. Orochimaru is sitting in his bed, evidently ill, and Kabuto is standing beside it. Kabuto tells Sasuke that the soranin are attacking Konoha, and he obviously answers that he doesn't care. Orochimaru orders him to go and get a man who will able to help him perfect his reincarnation jutsu. Guess who the man is, lol...
Back to Naruto's team. When they reach the village they find out that it's been burnt down and the inhabitants are nowhere to be seen. Amaru starts to cry and runs around, looking for the people. She inadvertently tramples on a trap and a bunch of kunai flies towards her, but Shinnou steps in and protects her. He falls down, his body pierced by kunai here and there. Sakura, Naruto and Hinata run to the scene, but it's too late and Shinnou dies.
...Actually... Basically, you see Sakura and Hinata going there right after Shinnou has been pierced, but they only start to treat him after Amaru has yelled for a while "no please don't leave me" blabla... Why? I mean, aren't they supposed to run to him and start curing him right away??? They were like, standing there while he was bleeding and dying... XD;; That was a bit weird, but anyway... (I think the people sitting around me thought that weird too, because I heard some mumbled comments here and there, lol)
Amaru is very sad for the death of her sensei, but they have to keep on looking for the villagers (they find no corpses, so they assume they are alive somewhere, maybe hidden). In the meanwhile, Sasuke is in the area too, slashing random snakes in the forest (he really is too mean to animals ). I wonder how he knew that Shinnou was there, but oh well...
This morning I went to see the new Naruto movie, thus I'll now review it
Warning: this review contains slight spoilers about what happened in the manga so far (actually, only about what specifically happened in volume 42..)
Another warning: this review is not serious. I mean, it is serious in that I will tell exactly what happened, but I cannot help commenting on whatever was funny/disturbing/stupid, so that might make the review a bit crazy... Well, if you want something 100% serious and geeky just wait for someone else to see the movie ;p
Let's start from the beginning. The movie lasted from 9:35 to about 11:20, which makes it almost 2 hours long. It didn't feel long or boring though, which is a good thing. I'll say beforehand that - all in all - I liked it, thought I might be biased... XD;; But I do really think that they handled the characters fine, definitely better than in the other movies. As usual, some of them didn't make more than a "bonus appearance", but at least they made sense... Not like how Kakashi was used in the first Shippuuden movie..... (yes I disliked that part, though Kakashi vs the 3D soldiers made me laugh)
The first thing we see (note: I completely forgot about this part... I started the review with the soranin, then a long time later I remembered... Sorry Sasuke X°DDDD) is Sasuke sitting in a small cave behind a waterfall. The purpose of this scene is to make him look strong and cool, so he stands up (he's half naked, obviously) and goes towards the waterfall, he puts his head under the water (closeup of Sasuke's hair falling down with the flow; fanservice anyone? 8D) and makes a Chidori that flows down the waterfall and the river. ZOMGkewwwwllll *-* Lol. Whyyyy.
EDIT: Another thing that I forgot... When Sasuke appears the music playing in the background reminds of a western movie...... (you might undersand while I forgot it, lol) I remember the music playing another time too, later on, when Sasuke is around.. I'm tempted to buy the OST just to listen to that track and laugh X°DD
The first thing (my mind had censored the Sasuke part) The second thing we see are a few sci-fiesque 3D ships, kinda like spaceships on the water. I don't really love the 3D effect mixed with the rest of the animation, but this time it was a lot less disturbing than in the first Shippuuden movie (at least there was no Kakashi fighting agains- err did I already mention that? 8D). Flying ninjas came out of the spaceships and headed towards a village... Guess which? Yeah, Konoha! I don't know if you've happened to see the flying ninjas on the latest movie trailers, but anyway, they're flying with some kind of mechanical wings, not Dragonball-style (=just with their bodies).
Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, the flying ninjas attack Konoha from the sky with bombs and destroy a few buildings. Many people are injured, some maybe die, but it's not clear because there's no blood around... I thought Japan wasn't afraid of scaring children with ommmmggggg blooooodd eeekkk evilll but oh well... Foreign broadcasters will be happy, they won't have to censor the scenes themselves
We see random known faces helping people, that is Chouji, Neji, Shikamaru and Kakashi. Neji does us the favor of explaining how the flying ninja fly, and Shikamaru is even so kind as to give them a name, that is "soranin" (I don't know if he just invented it or he knew that they come from the Sora no Kuni, aka Sky Country). Apparently they concentrate chakra on the mecha wings or something like that. Smart, isn't it? Tsunade explains that Konoha confronted and destroyed (well, supposedly) the Sky Country during the last Shinobi World War, but obviously they survived and now they're angry and want to get revenge against the Fire Country, zomg, can't you sense the depth of this plot???
Naruto is walking through the rubble, when he spots a middle-aged guy that turns out to be a doctor and treats the wound of an injured man. Naruto takes the man to the hospital, and there we meet Sakura and Hinata who are taking care of the wounded. A boy that basically has "I'm this movie's main original character" written all over his face suddenly enters from the window. He's looking for his sensei but he faints. Guess who his sensei was? Yeah, that man from the rubble, Shinnou.
Apparently the boy has come all the way from his village to inform Konoha that they'd been attacked, and he was looking for the sensei to help cure the people who ended up injured. A special 3 people team is formed and sent to help the village. Since they're supposed to help cure the inhabitants, the team is composed of Naruto, Sakura and Hinata (plus Shinnou and the boy, Amaru). For a moment I thought "UGH I can sense the NaruHina fanservice..." but in fact there was almost nothing of it, luckily. On the other hand, there was lots of NaruSaku fanservice (well, Saku->Naru actually!), which kinda made me happy (Sorry, but if I have to choose a [het] pairing, I'm all for NaruSaku ;p)
The team travels on small rowing boats down a river, because the forest is full of eerie beasts and poisonous animals. Suddenly a soranin appears above them, so they hide by the riverside. The boat with Naruto and Amaru is too far from it, thus Naruto throws both of them in the water not be spotted. When the soranin goes away Naruto resurfaces, but Amaru gets caught in the weeds while he's trying to retrieve his precious scalpel (which was obviously a present by his beloved sensei. Did I mention that he's Shinnou's apprentice?). Naruto saves him, and when he does he finds out something: Amaru has boobs! 8D Amaru quickly zips up his vest (no [s]he wasn't naked, but you could see the shape of his errr her boobs under the shirt). Naruto blushes and then faints because a poisonous piranha-like fish had bitten him...
When Naruto wakes up he's still blushing, also because Amaru is sucking the blood out of the wound, which is very high on his thigh.... This scene is kind of disturbing, I mean, it reminded me of the last line from the end of Shippuuden's 1st movie (in short -> "Naruto, let's have babies!"). Are the movie writers still having fun with adolescentboy!Naruto? XD;;; Anyway, maybe I should take back what I said about Japan not wanting to scare children, LOL...
Thanks to Amaru's sucking medical ability, Naruto is safe and sound. They walk through the forest towards the village, and in the meanwhile Naruto tells Amaru that he noticed he's a she, plus he suggests that she might be in love with Shinnou. He obviously gets slapped hard in the face... (as always in the movies, Naruto is more of a comical relief than he is in the manga). They finally reach the village, but something unexpected is waiting for them...
Cliffhanger! Let's go back to Konoha for a moment... (Actually I think this part was way earlier, but I don't remember the exact point so yeah) After the attack, the soranin went back to their base because they didn't have enough chakra to keep on flying around, so another special team was sent to look for the location of said base. We see Sai approaching the ships on one of his ink birds, apparently to catch their attention according to some plan Shikamaru thought. Shikamaru and Kakashi are waiting on the shore, hidden behind some rocks. Sai has no problems dodging and taking out all of the soranin that attack him, which is a bit errr weird? I mean, ok, they only sent a small squad against him, but still, if he alone was able to do that, how come Konoha was so overwhelmed by the same ninjas just a moment earlier?? But anyway, we'll ignore this (and all the similar things that'll happen from now on, lol).
Before going back to Naruto & co... I have the feeling this part was way earlier too, but anyway... XD;;; We see Sasuke in Orochimaru's lair. Orochimaru is sitting in his bed, evidently ill, and Kabuto is standing beside it. Kabuto tells Sasuke that the soranin are attacking Konoha, and he obviously answers that he doesn't care. Orochimaru orders him to go and get a man who will able to help him perfect his reincarnation jutsu. Guess who the man is, lol...
Back to Naruto's team. When they reach the village they find out that it's been burnt down and the inhabitants are nowhere to be seen. Amaru starts to cry and runs around, looking for the people. She inadvertently tramples on a trap and a bunch of kunai flies towards her, but Shinnou steps in and protects her. He falls down, his body pierced by kunai here and there. Sakura, Naruto and Hinata run to the scene, but it's too late and Shinnou dies.
...Actually... Basically, you see Sakura and Hinata going there right after Shinnou has been pierced, but they only start to treat him after Amaru has yelled for a while "no please don't leave me" blabla... Why? I mean, aren't they supposed to run to him and start curing him right away??? They were like, standing there while he was bleeding and dying... XD;; That was a bit weird, but anyway... (I think the people sitting around me thought that weird too, because I heard some mumbled comments here and there, lol)
Amaru is very sad for the death of her sensei, but they have to keep on looking for the villagers (they find no corpses, so they assume they are alive somewhere, maybe hidden). In the meanwhile, Sasuke is in the area too, slashing random snakes in the forest (he really is too mean to animals ). I wonder how he knew that Shinnou was there, but oh well...