It seemed really cool at first, but then every episode becomes terribly bloated with nothing happening, one point to which it was 3 episodes straight battle of just standing there, doing nothing. You could every once and awhile skip 2 or 3 episodes in a row and still be fine plot-wise. The original Naruto was pretty great, but you shouldn't waste time on the anime unless your time is worthless, perhaps as a background show while playing video games or watching another show that actually has something happening in it. Movies, as far as I have seen, flow well and are fantastic.