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REVIEW: Boruto -Naruto the Movie-

Right now I am currently in the United States and want to see the baruto movie, I hear it just came out today. But when I visit the amc website it says there are no showings today no mater what day I select, anyone know what's going on?

Right now I am currently in the United States and want to see the baruto movie, I hear it just came out today. But when I visit the amc website it says there are no showings today no mater what day I select, anyone know what's going on?

Ambimunch wrote:

Is this screening in subs or dubs? Nobody is clarifying if the movie is in English or not

The version being released in US theaters is subtitled, so I assume that's what was reviewed here.

With regard to Boruto getting in trouble for cheating, I think his father's point of contention was the way he went about it. Naruto's generation cheated using techniques they spent years perfecting, whereas Boruto used a device that enabled him to execute attacks he never took the time to learn.

It's why bows got rendered obsolete when firearms came about.

Seriously, instead of taking months or years to perfect a technique and then teach that to others (which again would take extra time) you can just fire a scroll in and get automatic results. Boom, done, onto the next technique.

JaggedAuthor wrote:

With regard to Boruto getting in trouble for cheating, I think his father's point of contention was the way he went about it. Naruto's generation cheated using techniques they spent years perfecting, whereas Boruto used a device that enabled him to execute attacks he never took the time to learn.

Except that metaphor doesn't work all the way either. The problem with that is it's essentially whining that Bolt has something that makes using ninjutsu a lot more convenient and efficient. Seriously, instead of taking months or years to perfect a technique and then teach that to others (which again would take extra time) you can just fire a scroll in and get automatic results. Boom, done, onto the next technique. It's why bows got rendered obsolete when firearms came about.

And again, the problem is that Naruto and his generation also found every freaking way to cheat anyway. Naruto for example was able to blow through learning techniques a lot faster due to his Kurama trump card, a trump card he did not earn. Sasuke of course had the Sharingan which was, again, something he did not EARN, but had on a silver platter. And that's the POINT of learning, it's to figure out the kinks in something and then teach the next generation so they can learn it more quickly and thus refine it. And if one way of things being more efficient is via some gadget, then that's a positive step. Again, once you put it into the context of what the setting is like, the message the script is trying to push ceases to work.

Dextres wrote:

This is basically Kishimoto sensei greatest work and for fans all over to experience the final journey, the story of Naruto son, Boruto & the next generation & older generation guests return live on screen will be breathtaking, thrilling and action filled memorable to come.

I respectfully disagree. Many fans would say Part 1 was Kishimoto's greatest work, and the series taking a nosedive after the Battle with Pain.

But the next generation is just rehash of the original characters and the plot offers no real development. Also it doesn't give positive messages with parental abandonment and neglect. Which does not go well with Sasuke's abuse of Sakura throughout Part 2 of threats and actual murder attempts. All in all, Kishimoto's just milking the cow that we will see for the next decade or two, like Dragonball.

JaggedAuthor wrote:

With regard to Boruto getting in trouble for cheating, I think his father's point of contention was the way he went about it. Naruto's generation cheated using techniques they spent years perfecting, whereas Boruto used a device that enabled him to execute attacks he never took the time to learn.

Except that metaphor doesn't work all the way either. The problem with that is it's essentially whining that Bolt has something that makes using ninjutsu a lot more convenient and efficient. Seriously, instead of taking months or years to perfect a technique and then teach that to others (which again would take extra time) you can just fire a scroll in and get automatic results. Boom, done, onto the next technique. It's why bows got rendered obsolete when firearms came about.

And again, the problem is that Naruto and his generation also found every freaking way to cheat anyway. Naruto for example was able to blow through learning techniques a lot faster due to his Kurama trump card, a trump card he did not earn. Sasuke of course had the Sharingan which was, again, something he did not EARN, but had on a silver platter. And that's the POINT of learning, it's to figure out the kinks in something and then teach the next generation so they can learn it more quickly and thus refine it. And if one way of things being more efficient is via some gadget, then that's a positive step. Again, once you put it into the context of what the setting is like, the message the script is trying to push ceases to work.

AiddonValentine wrote:

JaggedAuthor wrote: With regard to Boruto getting in trouble for cheating, I think his father's point of contention was the way he went about it. Naruto's generation cheated using techniques they spent years perfecting, whereas Boruto used a device that enabled him to execute attacks he never took the time to learn. Except that metaphor doesn't work all the way either. The problem with that is it's essentially whining that Bolt has something that makes using ninjutsu a lot more convenient and efficient. Seriously, instead of taking months or years to perfect a technique and then teach that to others (which again would take extra time) you can just fire a scroll in and get automatic results. Boom, done, onto the next technique. It's why bows got rendered obsolete when firearms came about. And again, the problem is that Naruto and his generation also found every freaking way to cheat anyway. Naruto for example was able to blow through learning techniques a lot faster due to his Kurama trump card, a trump card he did not earn. Sasuke of course had the Sharingan which was, again, something he did not EARN, but had on a silver platter. And that's the POINT of learning, it's to figure out the kinks in something and then teach the next generation so they can learn it more quickly and thus refine it. And if one way of things being more efficient is via some gadget, then that's a positive step. Again, once you put it into the context of what the setting is like, the message the script is trying to push ceases to work.

You know the funny thing is in the very first bloody episode of the show Naruto stole a scroll which allowed him to learn the shadow clone technique INSTANTLY despite him sucking at it for so long. That alone makes me cringe at the aspect of Bourto getting punished for something Naruto did as well and was never punished for. In fact he was made an official ninja after that which..................yeah Kishi doesn't know how to properly deliver messages.............at all.

That aside does the movie explain why Naruto can't just show up in person when spending time with his family and have his clones do all his work? Some might think that would be lazy of him but honestly the dude SAVED THE WORLD and changed the tide of the war almost single handily. He has a right to spend time with his family. I don't see how anyone could disagree with that. If he ends up spending time with them afterwards anyways doesn't that mean he could have done that from the beginning?

AiddonValentine wrote:

JaggedAuthor wrote: With regard to Boruto getting in trouble for cheating, I think his father's point of contention was the way he went about it. Naruto's generation cheated using techniques they spent years perfecting, whereas Boruto used a device that enabled him to execute attacks he never took the time to learn. Except that metaphor doesn't work all the way either. The problem with that is it's essentially whining that Bolt has something that makes using ninjutsu a lot more convenient and efficient. Seriously, instead of taking months or years to perfect a technique and then teach that to others (which again would take extra time) you can just fire a scroll in and get automatic results. Boom, done, onto the next technique. It's why bows got rendered obsolete when firearms came about. And again, the problem is that Naruto and his generation also found every freaking way to cheat anyway. Naruto for example was able to blow through learning techniques a lot faster due to his Kurama trump card, a trump card he did not earn. Sasuke of course had the Sharingan which was, again, something he did not EARN, but had on a silver platter. And that's the POINT of learning, it's to figure out the kinks in something and then teach the next generation so they can learn it more quickly and thus refine it. And if one way of things being more efficient is via some gadget, then that's a positive step. Again, once you put it into the context of what the setting is like, the message the script is trying to push ceases to work.

You know the funny thing is in the very first bloody episode of the show Naruto stole a scroll which allowed him to learn the shadow clone technique INSTANTLY despite him sucking at it for so long. That alone makes me cringe at the aspect of Bourto getting punished for something Naruto did as well and was never punished for. In fact he was made an official ninja after that which..................yeah Kishi doesn't know how to properly deliver messages.............at all.

That aside does the movie explain why Naruto can't just show up in person when spending time with his family and have his clones do all his work? Some might think that would be lazy of him but honestly the dude SAVED THE WORLD and changed the tide of the war almost single handily. He has a right to spend time with his family. I don't see how anyone could disagree with that. If he ends up spending time with them afterwards anyways doesn't that mean he could have done that from the beginning?

And that's the POINT of learning, it's to figure out the kinks in something and then teach the next generation so they can learn it more quickly and thus refine it. And if one way of things being more efficient is via some gadget, then that's a positive step. Again, once you put it into the context of what the setting is like, the message the script is trying to push ceases to work.

That aside does the movie explain why Naruto can't just show up in person when spending time with his family and have his clones do all his work? Some might think that would be lazy of him but honestly the dude SAVED THE WORLD and changed the tide of the war almost single handily. He has a right to spend time with his family. I don't see how anyone could disagree with that. If he ends up spending time with them afterwards anyways doesn't that mean he could have done that from the beginning?

Wait wait a minute! Naruto DID not steal that SCROLL just for himself....I mean he did open it and read it but seriously "When this leaves him unable to graduate from the Academy, one of his instructors, Mizuki, tells Naruto that if he could steal the Scroll of Seals and learn one of its secret techniques he would be allowed to continue on to the ranks of the ninja anyway and graduate." <---

The forbidden scroll that Naruto stole was not a magic ninjutsu-churning device like the kote. When Iruka found Naruto after he had stolen the scroll, the latter was visibly fatigued and dirty from having trained intensely to learn one of the scroll's listed techniques. I'll agree that it wasn't supposed to be in Naruto's possession in the first place, but Naruto using it as a reference to LEARN a technique does not defeat the themes of hard work and perseverence, especially when it's the pinnacle of a technique that he couldn't begin to perform decently earlier. The kote is a tool that literally fires element-based techniques out of itself regardless of the user's nature affinity, amplified to be more powerful than what the user should be capable of. There is quite a big difference in the effort required to use one, compared to training.

I don't have any arguement against your point about Naruto's family time. He probably COULD have used shadow clones to fill out all that paperwork. Though they do tend to be in danger of deactivating at inopportune times...