Daniel Shoemaker

Based of the Manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Plot: A American high School student by the name of Light Turner discovers a mysterious notebook titled Death Note, and uses it purge the world of criminals. Later giving himself the title Kira. Then mysterious detective by the name of L starts to suspect that Light is Kira. Positives: Before, I rip this unholy abomination into shreds here are some things I like. I like the films cinematography ( although there are to many dutch angles), the gore was good, I prefer Mia Sutton over Misa Amane from the original manga/ Anime ( but, I liked her in the Japanese live actions though, and she was decent in the original manga/anime), and William Dafoe's performance as Ryuk was very well done. Negatives: Time to tear this film to pieces! They made Light from the manga/ anime into a idiotic character when he is supposed to be a highly intelligent character. L was very good up until the last 30 minutes or so when Watari died. At that point he was like completely different character. My biggest gripe with the movie is that it lacks the questions that manga asked examples include What is justice? Was Light justified in his actions? And, another thing this film lacks is the conflicting preceptions of justice that Light and L had. The movie just throws all those interesting ideas out the window for a horror movie with a teen romance. Final thoughts: This movie had potential written all over it, but it just falls flat on its face. I just hope they do better the next they adapt Death Note again here in the states.

Death Note

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Wednesday

This film is Based of the manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. Plot: Light Yagami is a college student studying law, and being fed up with current justice system He discovers a mysterious notebook titled Death Note he starts using it rid the world of criminals. The public starts eventually starts notice criminals dying of heart attacks, and call whoever is behind these murders Kira Eventually a detective by the name of L and group of detectives join forces to stop Kira, and now it's a deadly game wits between Light and L. This movie is a great adaptation of the original manga, and yes there are changes but the changes don't ruin themes of the original story. My only complaint is that the CGI of the shinigami is not the best.

Death Note

This film is based on the light novel of the same name, and is based off the characters by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata. I have not read the novel yet but will eventually. Plot: The film is about L after he wrote his name into the Death Note, and only has 23 days to live, during these last 23 day's he has to stop a terrorist organization from realsing an ebloa type virus across the world. This movie may not be as good as the first 2 films in the series ( Death Note and Death Note 2: The Last Name) but still has an interesting primose, and has great character development. The film also shows a more human side of L's character. My only complaint is that there we're times that where this does not feel like a Death Note movie but another killer virus movie.

L: Change the World

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Naruto

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