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BigDumbOhFace

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Today, on October 10, 2015, was day two of New York City Comic Con (NYCC) but is also Naruto's birthday.  At NYCC, it was celebrated with the US premiere of the movie.  And in that screening was also marked by a special appearance of Masashi Kishimoto, the creater of the series, and Junko Takeuchi, the voice actress of Naruto.  After waiting hours to get in, we all were treated to one spectacular film.

Story

The story takes place after the original series and focuses on Naruto's son, Boruto.  Naruto is now the full fledged Hokage barely having time to be at home.  This greatly annoys Boruto who just wants his father's attention for once.  The story follows Boruto's journey trying to win his father's attention during the Chuunin exams.

The story was well planned out.  It may seem like a mismash of many different story ideas but they don't overtake one another and they blend in very well.  With the premise of a child just desparate for his father's attention there were many moments that really made the audience sigh in sadness.  Surprisingly, they had a great amount of comedy with some very funny and sassy dialogue with Sasuke, which totally caught me off guard.  Sasuke was the embodiment of teenage angst yet was the queen of sass in the movie.  Speaking of sass, his daughter and Boruto's teammate, Sarada, had one of the funniest lines of the whole movie.  It went something like, "I wanna be Hokage so I'm going to do the exact opposite of what my father did."  That had the crowd dying of laughter.  For fun, there was another great post-credit scene that answered a very fun question near the beginning of the movie.

Animation

They really pulled out all the stops for this movie.  Everything was crisp and clean.  The animation was just a feast for the eyes with the smoothness of the motions.  It was like what you see in the anime but 100x better and cleaner.  Speaking of which, I noticed that the colors were also brighter than the usual.

Sound

When it comes to music, what really stood out to me was the amazing ending song.  Sadly, I was not able to get the title for it.  For voice acting, Boruto sounded just like Naruto which also brings in the cute factor.  However, I just loved how kawaii Sarada sounded.

Characters

Although Boruto is Naruto's son, they somewhat added some Sasuke in their with the angst and attitude.  Boruto's character is the typical child seeking his parent's attention and approval and you just feel bad for him with tall the sad situations that happen during the movie.  However there were times where you just feel that he done goof'd but realized that he's just a child in a sad situation.  The movie also really delves into Naruto's role as a father conflicting with his role as a parent to two children.  The one great surprises, as I said earlier, was Sass Master Sasuke which I and everyone else enjoyed.

Overall

Obviously this movie already has a target audience of Naruto fans as it provides closure after the serie's emotional ending.  If you like Naruto, then you MUST see this movie.  All the hype is definitely warranted.

10/10 story
10/10 animation
10/10 sound
10/10 characters
10/10 overall

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