May 21 2008
Death Note Was Pretty Cool
I went to see the Death Note live-action movie on Tuesday night. It was pretty good, and followed the storyline of the animated series closely (skipping over bits to cut down on run time). The CGI was used sparingly, which is not surprising for a Japanese release. The special effects were mostly used for the scenes with “Ryuk“, the God of Death, but there was also the ubiquitous follow the flying bullet shot. The movie emphasized Light’s utter ruthlessness more than the anime. If you thought that Light could be a sociopathic murdering genius, then the movie confirms your suspicions.
The movie didn’t cover nearly as much of the story as I thought it would, only up until episode 9, since the end of the movie saw the first meeting between “Light Yagami” and “L“. I think that the sequel will need to follow the manga (comic book) version of the story instead of the anime. First, the anime has way too many episodes to cover them nine as a time. Second, the manga has a final confrontation between L’s group and Light, whereas the anime goes on after L is defeated. One of them is going to have to die in the sequel, so I’m betting that the manga version will play out.
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