Review of Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel

Here I am, writing another review for another Naruto movie after over a decade since it has been released because why not. Anyways, back to the review, this movie was a step down from the first movie in my opinion because of it's poor writing and even as someone who doesn't care about how plot are planned and executed as long as I enjoy it, this movie sticks out like a sore thumb and even I can say I wasn't really intrigued by it. [Story 3/10] Ah, this is the worst writing rating I'll give on any anime I have watched for now. As I said,even for someone who doesn't really care about the writing as long as it's enjoyable, this movie still blew the bad barrier on how it was written. The thing that sticks out the most was the chain of very predictable events that I got bored of and it's very, very thick plot armor to the point where even if you know it's an anime, it still breaks the 'how' barrier. There is also a multitude of plot holes that just ruins the viewing experience for someone who likes some clarity and logic. The story is just bad in general and nothing memorable came out of this for me.

[Animation 8/10]
The only good point in this movie in my opinion. Just like my review on the previous Naruto movie, considering this was released over a decade ago, the art is a step up from the main series and looks appealing to the eyes. The only problem is... anything that goes with the art in the movie was 'meh' level at best and is not appealing to the eyes nor ears.

[Sound 5/10]
It's not bad, it's just that nothing memorable came out of this as the music was really bland when it is trying to hype up the fights or trying to solidify emotional moments. The voice acting was good though and isn't clear of any inconsistency.

[Characters 4/10]
Again, they are really bland in this department too. First we have the already well known characters as in Naruto, Shikamaru, Sakura, etc. and we have the new characters which are just really boring in their own way. They aren't that bad but they really didn't help with my enjoyment towards them nor make anything memorable for themselves. It's just that they aren't interesting and that didn't help with the character ratings.

[Enjoyment 4/10]
Ah, what could I say? I was kind of disappointed in this movie because I really did enjoy the first movie but what can I do I guess. I even took a quick nap mid way through the movie due to how slow the pacing was and the fights was very 'meh' in general. Can't say I think the movie was something made from the stuff of nightmare because the story was still viewable for me but really, nothing memorable nor interesting came out of this and the word 'disappointed' sums up how I feel about this movie.