The concept of an alternate universe where everyone is more carefree and goofy is interesting, I would've liked to seen more of these different versions from our cast...BUT, instead of doing that, this is a movie in which Naruto grows to respect what his parents have done for him????? Like do I even need to explain how absolutely fucking stupid and out of character this is?
At first I though it's because the movie took place before the pain arc, but NO we get a flash back to Naruto meeting Minato in the big sparkly soul room so this HAS to take place afterwards. Did he just...forget? Did he forget everything they talked about? Look he should be used to seeing other happy families at this point, seriously where did this sudden bitterness come from???
This is also the first movie where Sakura has some sort of plot relevance, specifically she learns to appreciate her own parents...her parents, which don't fucking exist. THEY ARE NOT PART OF THE MAIN STORY, WE NEVER MEET SAKURA'S PARENTS UNTIL THIS FUCKING MOVIE AND SOME SHIPPUDEN FILLERS. Why should we care? Legitimately why should we care about these literal whos?
Beyond that she's basically just the token damsel in distress that appears in like every single one of these movies. It was nice getting a character we actually know in trouble rather than some rando but ultimately I just didn't find myself caring about either character's plotline because of how fucking stupid they are.
I can't say much about this last bit, as to avoid spoilers, but the villain really pissed me off too. We NEVER learn what his exact motivations are and why he is commiting war crimes, he is just evil for the sake of being evil because...it would be cool, I guess. To be fair, he was kinda cool, but also just so damn shallow.
Couldn't they sprinkle in something? That perhaps someone close to him died or something basic like that? It's better than literally nothing.
It's bad, if you are interested in a Naruto multiverse perhaps this may be interesting to you but ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
