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

I liked this movie a tiny bit better than the first Naruto film. For the first half, I was interested in the new characters, who they were, and later how they planned on creating a utopia. The antagonist had an interesting motive, but I was disappointed when they turned out to be hypocritical and the same boring, generic, power-hungry type. That may be the point though, that power corrupts and that the means don't always justify the end or something like that. The feature guest character was reminiscent of Sasuke. A strong silent type who suffered a tragic event and warms up to Naruto. I sensed a littlebit of inspiration from Full Metal Alchemist. Stones with great power. Soul-infused suits of armor.

The main bad guy tried to come off as decent at first, but that big snarky grin wasn't fooling anyone.

These Naruto movies love to showcase new and powerful technology, and then nothing comes of it. For example, there's a skyscraper sized mountain excavator thing-a-ma-jig. Who built that? And then a boy shoots a sword laser into the sky that acts as a tracking beacon, excuse me?!

I know it's weird to question logic in a world of chakra and jutsu users, but have some consistency. How can these technologically advanced societies only exist in movies?

The villain and their henchwomen had the ability to shapeshift into animals or demons. Is that a jutsu? Is there a clan of shapeshifters? I don't know, the movie never questioned it.

And how old is that freaking ferret?