These filler eps are becoming increasingly obnoxious. Its completely a rinse and repeat formula at this point. "Oh Naruto gets tacked on as an extra team member/replaces another. Oh no that boy/girl had a hard life flash-back, flash-back, Omaigawd that one guy betrayed us. Flash-Back, Flash-back, plot-hole, dull fight scene, long-explanation-of-a-maneuver-or-jutsu, Naruto goes Kyubi/uses Rasengan for the sake of hard-life-kid, Happy ending, never gets brought up or referenced again.
I truly believe that the so called "Plot" for the filler needs to be toned down, since it's garbage and doesn't ever come up again. They should include either somewhat intense battles, and a little slice of Backstory, or they need to be funny in some way.