No, it did not have to end that way. Didn't he find the cure? He was already legendary! But it wasn't just that, even though the ending just put the icing on my cake, and it made me realize that my popcorn had well long been gone and eaten. It was everything. The thrill parts were good. I jumped when my neighbors screamed, and cringed into my chair afraid to look at the screen. I'm talking about overall, it was-empty, loose, far from enlightening...
Look, if I have to give any movie the blink-blink effect (where the screen darkens and I'm still just sitting there blinking long and hard), then it is not a good movie, and oh so far from great. Like I said, good actor, and the thrill was there, but the overall plot, and story, and climax, and-well, we can keep going on. But you catch my drift. More power to you Naruto if you loved it, you must have been the only one cheering and excited in the theatre when it was over (lol). I was too. I couldn't wait to tell everyone how it had surprisingly fallen short of many expectations.