The original Death Note was a masterpiece, some of the legitimately smartest most well written television of all time so all these years later hearing it was getting the American treatment I was understandably concerned.
Sadly my fears were confirmed, all of them. It's as if the creators were given a 30 second explanation of Death Note and based a movie on what they were told.
The characters are simply nothing like the originals, the plot is a compacted mess, this simply isn't Death Note.
Light has gone from an arrogant, smart, cool calm and collected person to a weak screaming baby.
L has gone from a savant secretive quirky quiet child to an out in the open gun wielding threat spewing idiot.
Misa has become Mia and no longer a ditsy blonde bimbo but now a devious manipulative brunette.
The original plot? Forget about it, straight out the window and something that misses the point of the story altogether in to replace it.
I could rant about what an embarrassment this is for ages, I think I could quite frankly write a book on how much of a slap in the face to the fans this is but I'll resist.
But make no mistake, that's exactly what this is.
The Good:
Willem Defoe as Ryuk
The Bad:
An offensive cluster crap to fans of the original
Light Turner........really!?
Terrible representation of Light
Terrible representation of L
Terrible representation of Mia/Misa
Misa becomes Mia.....really!?
So........many..........changes to the rules of the Death Note!
So........many..........changes to the plot
The soundtrack during the big wheel scene.......really!?
Sadly my fears were confirmed, all of them. It's as if the creators were given a 30 second explanation of Death Note and based a movie on what they were told.
The characters are simply nothing like the originals, the plot is a compacted mess, this simply isn't Death Note.
Light has gone from an arrogant, smart, cool calm and collected person to a weak screaming baby.
L has gone from a savant secretive quirky quiet child to an out in the open gun wielding threat spewing idiot.
Misa has become Mia and no longer a ditsy blonde bimbo but now a devious manipulative brunette.
The original plot? Forget about it, straight out the window and something that misses the point of the story altogether in to replace it.
I could rant about what an embarrassment this is for ages, I think I could quite frankly write a book on how much of a slap in the face to the fans this is but I'll resist.
But make no mistake, that's exactly what this is.
The Good:
Willem Defoe as Ryuk
The Bad:
An offensive cluster crap to fans of the original
Light Turner........really!?
Terrible representation of Light
Terrible representation of L
Terrible representation of Mia/Misa
Misa becomes Mia.....really!?
So........many..........changes to the rules of the Death Note!
So........many..........changes to the plot
The soundtrack during the big wheel scene.......really!?