Naruto Movie Discussion Thread

[LobsterMagnet]

Originally posted by Y the Alien: You mean, like the Wave Country arc? Oh, well it appears again in anime-only flashbacks, so I guess there's one big relation.

What the hell are you talking about? The anime dosen't have any flashbacks from the movie. Hell if you look at the anime time line there is no way that the events seen in the movie could have taken place since team 7 never gets the chance to reform after naruto learns the resengan.

I challenge you to come up with an anime, book, comic, or film that isn't made primarily for the same reasons.

Clockwork Orange, Animal Farm.

Japanese animation is an industry first and an art form a distant second. I somehow doubt Kishimoto's dream was to write a plucky coming-of-age tale about ninjas. He writes it because it sells

You may be right about this but that dosen't mean that brand extensions about naruto have to be completly unoriginal and derivitive. Take a look at what the Wachoski brothers did with the Matrix triology. When the second movie came out they had the release of a video game and anime DVD planned similtaneously. These two things were comercial products designed to generate revenue but the key difference between those two things and other examples of merchandising we've seen before is that they were directly related to the storyline. Not only did they provide an expanded view into the storylines of the movie but they also interwined seamlessly with the films chronology. You can say what ever you want about the actualy quality of the matrix triology but this was a genious move on their part.

Which brings me to my point about the naruto movies. The naruto world is a very broad universe filled with many questions. Why make a dumb movie that works against the already established chronology rather then make a movie that builds up opon the already established mythology. For example why not make a movie about the 4th hokage and dramatic battle with kyubi as he fought to protect the leaf village. Or why not produce a movie that details the great ninja war and show how the 1st hokage brought an end to it and formed the leaf village.

[Assassin]

movie wasn't half bad....felt more like a double ep thne a movie...almost like a filler arc except ALOT better.

the only complain i have is that the battles weren't done right. the 2 snow ninjas who got owned by sasuke and sakura weere fine, but the last guy was kinda lame. they needed to go more indepth abotu him and kakashi....and what was teh deal with kakashi saving the young princess??? what the fuck was he doing in the snow country anyway? if it was a mission, then they knew about the rebellion ahead of time, but in that case, tehy wouldn't send just one ninja to protect teh royal family.

anyway, to all the ppl who say the ending was lame, i agree, but u have to remember the targeted audience for the movie was mainly of a younger age then the average gw member. if it was meant for 17-25 year olds, it would have a much darker story line. this was a feel-good movie meant for preteens/teens, and it worked well like that.

the animation was nice, and so was teh artwork, and i did really enjoy watching it. definately somethign i'll keep.

one thing i dont get...what's the deal with that machine? it changes teh weather AND projects holograms?? thats some fucked up technology for such a "primitive" world. major tech jump. they needed to explain that stuff better....and same with the armor and chakra device.

[Y]

Originally posted by: LobsterMagnet


What the hell are you talking about? The anime dosen't have any flashbacks from the movie. Hell if you look at the anime time line there is no way that the events seen in the movie could have taken place since team 7 never gets the chance to reform after naruto learns the resengan.

I was talking about the Wave Country arc, which is just "a generic mission that will never be referred to again" and was also the best arc in Naruto.

Clockwork Orange, Animal Farm.

I doubt that money wasn't a primary interest here. Orwell wouldn't have written AF if he thought no one would buy it. Maybe I just take a dismal view of creators, but I doubt any of them create their projects out of nothing but a vision and the goodness of their hearts.

You may be right about this but that dosen't mean that brand extensions about naruto have to be completly unoriginal and derivitive.

In this case it's almost certain. Kishimoto's full time job is writing his manga, whereas the Wachowski siblings have years in between films to create secondary materials (and are some of the most workaholic, obsessive creators in Hollywood). Since Kishimoto isn't going to take a break from writing to storyboard a film, the movie won't be made with his influences - and the creative team who makes it isn't going to write ANYTHING that might contradict later plot revelations.

Basically, unless more films are made after the series ends, nothing is going to be made as direct supplimentary material.

[Turkish-S]

hell yea this one sucked. It wasnt worth all the hipe. i just saw 2 weard thing's. is sakura realy helpfull. and why didnt sasuke use the sharingan??

[Cyan]

What the hell are you talking about? The anime dosen't have any flashbacks from the movie. Hell if you look at the anime time line there is no way that the events seen in the movie could have taken place since team 7 never gets the chance to reform after naruto learns the resengan.

Ep. 101 - Trying to reveal Kakashi's face.

Though I don't remeber the episode, there is one quick mention of the movie in the anime, through speech not visuals however.