steenajack (post: 1405702) wrote:I've not seen the Death Note movies....but IDK, those don't look too good to me for some reason. >_>.......<_<.......>_<!
I
loved the Death Note movies, and not just because I astronomically preferred the ending. The casting was
superb! Tatsuya Fujiwara, the actor who plays Light, is just incredible. His voice has this deep, rich, smooth sound to it that creates an air of chilling intrigue with his every line. And Kenichi Matsuyama, the guy who plays L... MAN, where did they
find that guy?! I wouldn't have thought it possible to deliver such a flawless performance for such a difficult and complex character. Other than lacking a pair of giant blue eyes, he fit the role to the
tee. Plus, even though the movies had significantly less time to work with, I thought they did a lot of the plot twists and character development
better than the cannon. For example:
[spoiler]I thought the circumstances under which Light found the Death Note were much more interesting in the movies and made me sympathize with Light much more in the beginning. In the anime/manga he just sort of randomly finds the notebook and immediately starts killing people, almost as if he was already a tyrant at heart and just hadn't found his outlet yet. In the movies, however, he hacks into the police database and finds out that lots of criminals are quite literally getting away with murder, so he goes to a shady bar to investigate this himself and has a creepy encounter with a psycho who was openly bragging about how he was released after killing a child. Then he rushes into a back alley, angry and disillusioned, and throws his pocket edition of "The Compendium of Laws" against the ground in frustration... whereafter he finds the Death Note on the ground nearby. Development on minor characters as well, though still minimal, felt a lot more complete in my opinion. Short little scenes like one where Naomi Misora quotes Genesis 2:23 to her fiancee before his death, and one where Soichiro Yagami goes into Light's room and sadly reminisces while Light is being detained, made these minor characters feel more human, more integral to the story, instead of just cannon fodder that exist only to be used as pawns in the grand scheme of Light's battle with L. And speaking of L, I thought they did a
amazing job on him! They didn't really change anything about him and remained true to who he was in the canon, but in a very subtle and beautiful way they embellished his noble qualities so that a discerning viewer can detect many unseen layers of his character. And the ending of the movies, even more than the anime, made me fall head-over-heels in love with him (yes, I am a fangirl ^-^). In a nutshell, I completely agree with a quote by Anime News Network that made it onto the back cover of the second movie: "More satisfying, and with a greater feeling of closure, than its anime counterpart."[/spoiler]And for anyone who thinks this rant of mine was long, know that I was actually holding back
considerably.
As for my anime pet peeves, um... I guess the worst one for me would be anime with a really good story that hopelessly intrigues me, but that are so full of cruddy content that I can't justify finishing them. DX
I was very disappointed with this film. If the rest of the trilogy get's released, however, I will be watching them anyway. Why? Because I'm curious. I HAVE to see what happens next now, even if it may torture me. 
This is my opinion, some animated shows were just not meant to be live-action. Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of them.
