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Random Fangirling
Sep. 4th, 2007 11:29 pmFangirling: Wow, an evening of great stuff! First, Seek and I watched the third Naruto movie, Naruto: Great Excitement! The Animal Riot of Crescent Moon Island. (Is that long enough?)
I was expecting a pretty standard adventure, but was pleasantly surprised to find a really well-scripted movie that actually took the time to develop the movie-only characters and plotline and then still had time for a properly paced resolution. (And, the title is, in my opinion, monstrously misleading.) Interestingly, the fight scenes were secondary to the storyline, and, unlike the Inuyasha movies, there wasn't a ton of obvious fan service. (Much as I love my Inuyasha movies, they do suffer from things like pointless Sesshoumaru cameos inserted just to placate fans.) Naruto did, of course, perform his usual "Movie Custom Super Rasengan That Defeats the Villain with the Power of Friendship", but hey. It looks cool.
So, great movie. Probably not for those who instead wanted 90 minutes of butt-kicking ninja action or for those who dislike cute, as much of the movie gave me a sort of Disney vibe. Aand, of course, I like Disney.
And, after watching Naruto, I read this week's Inuyasha chapter (520). Ah, I love the fun Takahashi seems to have with the modern world chapters. I'd been wanting to see Inuyasha interacting with the wider modern world again. Though how can the guys at the train station think he's not a good cosplayer?! Come on, I'm yet to see ears that cu... I mean, good at Otakon!
I was expecting a pretty standard adventure, but was pleasantly surprised to find a really well-scripted movie that actually took the time to develop the movie-only characters and plotline and then still had time for a properly paced resolution. (And, the title is, in my opinion, monstrously misleading.) Interestingly, the fight scenes were secondary to the storyline, and, unlike the Inuyasha movies, there wasn't a ton of obvious fan service. (Much as I love my Inuyasha movies, they do suffer from things like pointless Sesshoumaru cameos inserted just to placate fans.) Naruto did, of course, perform his usual "Movie Custom Super Rasengan That Defeats the Villain with the Power of Friendship", but hey. It looks cool.
So, great movie. Probably not for those who instead wanted 90 minutes of butt-kicking ninja action or for those who dislike cute, as much of the movie gave me a sort of Disney vibe. Aand, of course, I like Disney.
And, after watching Naruto, I read this week's Inuyasha chapter (520). Ah, I love the fun Takahashi seems to have with the modern world chapters. I'd been wanting to see Inuyasha interacting with the wider modern world again. Though how can the guys at the train station think he's not a good cosplayer?! Come on, I'm yet to see ears that cu... I mean, good at Otakon!
