Nope, it's a pretty good story which was also much needed to explain many things about major characters as well as about the mess the world is in right now. We had to learn more about Madara and Hashirama as they are two very important characters and we had to see the world they came from and how they, or at least after a point only Hashirama, tried to improve it.
P.S. is it only Madara the character we have seen in different stages but throughout his life (child, teenager, adult, old man)? ha, that's somewhat ironic... especially considering the years he has been active, had he spent that time to help others, with his power, the world would had been a different place