you got that right...
i mean, there ninjas, for crying out loud, not some tennis players!
the extremly long Chunin exam, and the annoying 1on1 fights we're having now in the manga are enough for about 50 chapters, they should conecentrate on moving the plot..

Tournaments are the easiest way to get people to fight each other, altough it fitts some stories (sports) it certenaly is bad for ninjas, Naruto is already looking more and more like Flame of Recca (which is nice, but too much fighting and not enough story) and YYH (which is like DBZ but with more foes), it desepratally needs something to remind us that they're ninjas, a movie about some hard mission, which will involve stealth and battle planning (think watterfall fight) will be appricated, even if there won't be any plot\charecter advancement, as long as it's cool ninja stuff, i'll like it.

however, this doesn't apply if in the end, Sasuke goes into his curse seal state, blabbers about his brother and then learns the meaning of friendship through Naruto help.