I promise this will be short. I love Death Note. The original manga was brilliant, remain one of my top manga story aside Naoki Kurasawa sensei's work such as 20th Century Boys. The anime was good. The Japanese movie did a fairly good job in the 2 parts. L save the world was wrong. The newer live action series did a fair job, despite not loving the ending. The new Japanese Death Note movie tried to re-imagine the series. American adaptation? Sacrilegious. It was so bad that I make sure I finish the movie to write a fair review to say how bad it is.
Dont the American learn? Adaptation do not work every time. They could have done a better job if they just write the new story as a movie based or inspire by Death Note. Netflix tried to localized the story but it just fell flat. For those who have not heard of Death Note, it is really a note book own by Death Gods or Shinigami who have the power to kill any names that were written on it. Light who chanced upon the note book began his quest to be justice for the world, killing off criminals and became the new justice for the dreamed utopia world. However, power corrupts, as the government enlisted the help of international renowned detective, L. Thus, began the brilliant story of both Ls.
The psychological thriller ended up as a B grade movie under Netflix. While the original story works with subtle suspense, Netflix depend on big explosion and gruesome way to die. Come one, decapitation? The characters are ALL wrong. Light used to be a brilliant idealist, who even kill a Shinigami in the original series. Here, Light is just a spoilt brat, craving for attention. L? From a brilliant detective, he became a confused average kid detective. They try to copy the odd Asperger-ish characteristic, but that did not help. If he was so smart, how could he allow the FBI agents who involve in the case to use their own names? Ryuk ended up being a giant gremlin. Ouch. The original story arc was brilliant in the battle between Light and L involving the FBI agents. I can go on and on, but since I promise a short review, here it is. Do not waste your time.
rating: 0 poink
comments: I am bias, since the source material was brilliant. This is simply.... sacrilegious.
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