So I want to point out that probably more than half of these things that will be written will be purely opinionated. If you don't agree, that's fine. Let me say what I like anyway. =]

Now, let's start with the general things: (in no particular order)
1) Naruto is one of the best things in the whole wide-freakin' world. Yes, I feel that passionately about it. The series is so amazingly amazing that I can't come up with another amazing word. XD
2) Masashi Kishimoto-sama~ -bows over and over- He is GENIUS. We should all love him for the genius work he creates and shares with the world. :D
3) Dattebayo should have their own fansite. Because they own~! <33 FTW! XD The 4th movie (according to narutocentral) was released in Japan on April 23rd. It is (very early) April 28th as I write this, and I just watched the whole thing subbed by the amazing staff of Dattebayo. -bows- I feel like hugging them all. X3
4) The characters of Naruto whom you can't not love. FD (no particular order) Character analysis is expanded in the 'spoilers' part, I apologize~ ^^;
    -Naruto: durr~ He's wonderful. Intense character with lots of passion and heart. He's too great. And always a comic relief, might I add. :3
    -Neji: again, durr~ It's Neji? It should be self-explanatory? XD He's so cool~
    -Lee: Waiiii~ -huggles- He's no pushover, even without ninjutsu! :3
    -Sakura: She's funny. Abuses Naruto too much, maybe, but she's really grown up, and it's great. =]
    -Kakashi: Ummm... I do believe I should not need to explain myself. He's always good. XD
    -Gai: XDD Zee awesomeness~
    -Shikamaru: Heheh~ Shika owns.
5) This movie is perhaps the most complicated and exciting one of them all. :D In the best way possible. :3



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This time, I present my thorough thoughts on the movie that may (or may not) contain one or more spoiler(s) for the movie. Again, I warn anyone planning to read that it's not a good idea if you haven't seen it! Read at your own risk.
Note: Forgive my mistakes-I've only seen it once for now. XD; I'm recalling to the best of my abilities.

Overview:
The movie begins with the horrible scene of Naruto's death. (ranted on below XD)
After showing the worst foretelling scene of Naruto's funeral, the movie goes on to show Yomi, who is the over-ambitious ninja who decides to revive Mouryou (main villain) and raise the Stone Ghost army to allow the Thousand Year world (or something like that) to take over the five countries and rule the earth... eventually bringing about its destruction.
Mouryou's soul is sealed within the Demon Country and his body in the Swamp Country. To revive him, Yomi-who's perfected the forbidden medical ninjutsu-takes Mouryou's soul from the seal into his own body to transfer it back to his body in the Swamp Country. Along with his 4 lackeys, who feed off some snakelike chakra-providing things, he seeks to destroy the high priestess of the Demon Country-who is the only one who could possibly seal Mouryou away again.
To accomplish this, Mouryou's army is raised once more, wreaking havoc not only on the Demon Country, but everywhere else. In response, the five great countries ally together and rise up to stop the army from (duh) destroying the world. Tsunade sends Team 7 [Naruto and Sakura, Lee-in place of Sasuke (see below for a laugh), and Neji in place of Kakashi as jounin] to act as a bodyguard team for the priestess.
Now, this priestess (Shion) is quite the brat. She is spoiled, or at least is portrayed that way in the beginning. She is able to foretell people's deaths (elaborated below). She immediately butts heads with Naruto about those who risk their lives for her and her continuous outlook on their-- aka her selfishness.
The long 'travel' as well as the KICKASS fight scenes follow and fill in the middle of the movie, of course. (elaborated below)
It's more or less a generic Naruto end fight when Shion has to choose between saving Naruto's life and stopping the death she herself foresaw, or sacrificing herself to join with Mouryou and disappearing with him forever. (below)

ELABORATIONS:

 -Naruto's 'death':
    It's bullshit. (Excuse my French.) Stupid crap almost made me cry. I swear I almost died myself watching it because I was literally holding my breath. It was a terrible pitch. I mean, I know that people would've gone to watch it anyway without all the bullshit trailers on Naruto's death! Gosh. It was so bad. ==; However, I must admit that it was interesting. I suppose in its own way, I have to give it credit on being one of the most edge-of-your-seat leads ever. While I watched how it happened, I screamed. XD No joke. I was calling Shion stupid because I blamed her immediately. Of course, it's Naruto. You figure he did it because he really wanted to protect the girl, yeah? XDD In any case, EVIL way of doing it, but it really caught my attention. =]

 -Naruto's role:
    Of course, as a whole, Naruto's character is nearly perfect. He's annoying, which is something you expect from at least one character, yeah? We've come to expect it out of him, so I don't think it's really a big deal anymore... But he's a genuinely compassionate and warmhearted person that people can look up to, real talk. :3 He's a constant comic relief in this movie. XDD The scenes crack me up like no other. (explained below) He's stupider in this movie than any other episodes though. ^^; We love him. You can't help but love him.
At the end scene, where he pulls Shion back right when she's ready to do whatever she was planning to, I see the 'normal' Naruto that's always determined and whatnot. :D The huge Rasengan that was combined with her bell power reminded me of Goku from DBZ's huge power ball thingie that he gathered from all the people of the earth or whatever? Yeah, that. XD Too much, I have to admit.
    +Favorite Naruto scenes: (no order)
 -after saving Shion from falling into the water and dying: the hair flip with the excess amount of water--ABSO-FRICKIN-LUTELY SEXY AS HELL. XDD Shion thinks so too because she stared. XD
 -carrying Lee on his back (also on Lee’s character): XDD Such a dork. In a good way. :3
 -very last scene when Shion asks for his help: XDDDDDD –choke- Wow! I don’t think he realized exactly what the question entailed, but obviously Lee, Kakashi, and Sakura did. XD Naruto’s so cute~
 -death prediction: “But you just said not to worry about it!” XDD I love how he acts nonchalant, and then ends up freakin’ out about it. :3
 -the rash thing: XDD Idiot. And then Shion’s reaction: “Is your friend stupid?” XD

 
 -Lee’s role:
    He’s one of the best characters in the series, period. I love his determination, and his raw power. And, he’s so polite. Like someone you’d take home to mommy. XD
`+Favorite Lee scenes:
 -fight with the stone guy (Gitai?): It was one of the most exciting fights in the movie-probably my favorite, actually. :3 And, the ‘bonbon’ that Gai gives Lee with the ‘medicine’… XDD I have an inkling it was just spiked. FD Still, it proved for a good fight. Very intense. Love how he opened up to the 6^th gate! 8D I didn’t even know he was capable of it~ X3 It was so great~! I was squealing, I think. XD
 -Naruto carrying him: XDD The log! Poor thing. CX

 -Neji’s role:
    He is so unbelievable sometimes! CX It’s the greatest thing seeing Neji in action because he’s so cool and calm. Mysterious character, you gotta love him. :3 Like his fight with the ‘aniki’ of the 4.
    +Favorite Neji scenes:
 -whipping out of that waterfall to stop guy from killing Shion/cutoff: May I say perfect timing? :3
 -making fun of Naruto: XDD Always great.

 
 -Shion’s role:
    I liked what her character portrayed. It was a cross between selfishness and selflessness, in the most complicated way. It was still a little bit hard for me to piece together when she explained about her role as priestess and why she has those visions, but I think I got the jist. It’s like she’s stopping her own death by ‘sacrificing’ those around her that are willing to protect her. That’s what I get out of it, anyway. Besides, that’s how they explain it. XD
It was sad that she grew up somewhat like Naruto, but I expected that because it seems to be a recurring theme in the Naruto-verse. ^^; It was nice that she really did care for… his name escapes me, but her friend and loyal ‘bodyguard’… starts with a T, yeah? I didn’t like how she seemed to give up on Naruto towards the end, but I do like that she believed in him and worked to save his life. It was sweet.
However, I think she’s gonna be a target for a lot of fangirl hate. XD She was a little bit too attached to the much loved blond. XDD

 -Other characters:
    .Sakura: She had to be there, of course. It’s a given. During her scenes, it made me wanna say ‘shannaro’ with her. XD
    .Kakashi: I know his scenes were just snippets, but he was still super cool when he came out with that Raikiri~ Whoo~!
    .Gai: XDD “It’s a bonbon- I mean, you chomp it and then boom!” Wow.     
    .Shikamaru & Temari: I love how they manage to pop up at the end, and then they’re together…? Hmm~ FD
    -On a sad note: Gaara didn’t make an appearance! –sob-

 -My view of the plot:
   It’s a crazy, twisted plot with some deep implications on theme. I think the very beginning was a little bit rushed because they jump right into the war and whatnot, but it couldn’t be helped, and doing it that way got right to the hardcore action that we all want out of Naruto. Yay, fight scenes! XD
The fact that it was another huge world destruction thing wasn’t suprising; I expected that. I also expected the different type of Rasengan that ended Mouryou. XD It was a bit predictable. In fact, the whole time, I was predicting how it was gonna happen or who died, etc. For example, I knew that it wasn’t Shion who died the first time. I knew that Naruto couldn’t die (DUH) XD. I figured that by mid-movie it was gonna be some major fight between Team 7 and the 4 lackeys, and the 4 lackeys would end up dead. =]
However, I think that it was still beautifully executed. I loved the action. The different character growth was great to see, especially Naruto. It could be the fact that I’ve just really missed Shippuuden, but it was still amazing when it came to grabbing my attention.
And……… I think that’s it. XD

 -Theme?:
    Good and evil? Of course, that’s a given. XD It was also a bit of self-preservation and will to live though, I think. Shion represents most of it. Naruto just acts as the catalyst. He opens her eyes to everything. Shion seems selfish, and she doesn’t want people to die because of her anymore, but she’s stuck because if she does die, then the world ends. Lose-lose situation. D:

 -Ending:
    I think it deserved its own section ‘cause it just thoroughly pissed me off at first! D< I mean, honestly! It goes from big BOOM! The volcano erupts, floods the mountain… And then, it just cuts off and the song starts playing and the credits go on! I mean, wow! Really?! It was crazy. It made me mad because I thought it was gonna end like that-all stupid and whatnot. XD
I should’ve known better, of course.
I liked that the very end scene was lighthearted, with Naruto’s comical personality of course. XD It was great that the others got to show up for that part too. :3 Kakashi~ XDD
The only thing is, we never know what happens to Mouryou, and that kinda made me mad. >>; I guess he just evaporated. And of course, there was no consequence to Shion? Yeah…….. great. XDD
Let’s just say, the ultra-happy ending left something to be desired. There were questions I had that probably will never be answered. –tear- XD;

 
 -Animation:
    Could’ve been better…? I’d say it’s around the Shippuuden-quality, especially since I watched it through narutocentral, and it was uploaded on Veoh. >>; But yeah, it didn’t take away much from the viewing experience, I think. –shrug- It depends on your preference. Still, the animation was more or less the same as Shippuuden—meaning, sometimes it was distorted.
Okay, I’m being too critical now, dammit. ==;

 
 -Overall:
    Loved it. Totally worth the 2 hours. I would’ve downloaded, but I have to make room on this hard-drive… or I’ll dl it on another computer. XD
Umm… 4.5/5
=] But I’ve always loved Naruto, so I don’t know if you’d like to take my word for it. XD