Exactly. Some people say that it's not about the destination, it's about the journey but I can't really agree to that. You can build a house with a solid foundation, but if you don't put on roof on it, then it's not a very good house. It may very well be a house yes, but it won't be able to serve it's purpose very well.
I'm not saying that everything about Naruto is now bad. Naruto is still a story with an ending. Overall it's just not a very good story or a very good ending.
Sorry if this analogy is crap BTW. I don't really know how else to explain it.
I know what you're saying. The thing is the journey has a lot of mystery and/or hole that needed to be filled, but the problem is that it took too long that we may wonder, "When we will ever get the hole filled." When the end destination point is reached, you noticed that the hole is still there and you have the feeling of not letting it go. It's like when you write a character (ie "a" "1" ":") and you kind of did it poorly, though you keep writing, but you keep feeling like you want it perfect, so you go back and fix it, even though it may not matter anyway.
Naruto isn't a story that don't have strong connections to one arc after another. It all matters because they are in one big story. One Piece is a story that has multiple story within as well as having one big story of its own, so it will always feel like it's something new. That's a journey. Naruto needs an ending and it has to have a purpose behind it. This is where it failed terribly.
As for the ending, it really does need an ending but it has to be a well thought out and consistent ending that make the journey have a reason. Take Lego Movie for example. This movie is a good example of how a movie went from good to great because of the ending. If you see the movie from beginning to near end, you would have a fun time with its world and all. If the ending wasn't like the way it is, it would be a fun movie but the ending made it more than that. It made your time worth it because it all connects and the reason is exposed. Naruto once had it because it decided to go against it and only one that was kept was the dream, but many things surround it devalued the purpose, making it seem like a factor that people wouldn't really be touched. Emotionally investment.
Yes, we argued that it would be better off with open ending. That may be true, but reality, we said this because it's best to leave it undone than done with many downfall moments. Open ending usually works with something that focused on a meaning of part of life, more so than a person's wish. Like in Inception, it didn't give you an answer but in a way, we don't need it, because it's about what people truly wants between a reality and a dream and the movie throughout demonstrates why is important. It's not misleading you or anything, it stay its focus to the end.
Case in point, this series got so many damages that it can't be fixed with the course of the story that the destination led to. The only way is to rewrite everything from beginning to the end. That's only if the person believe this way to make it work. And only if people decide to accept it.
Edited by NaruSaku4Life3g, 29 December 2014 - 05:56 PM.
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