Thursday, July 2, 2009

Death Note and Death Note: The Last Name

These two are the live-action movies of the popular manga and anime of the same name. With all movies, a lot were cut and changed around but they still kept the characters intact. I would still, however, recommend either reading the manga or watching the anime first before watching the movies to get the "complete" feel of DN. Overall, this was not a bad adaptation of DN.

Fujiwara Tatsuya: He was the main character in "Battle Royale" and he was okay as Yagami Light. Yagami Light is a pretty hard character to portray since you only truly know him in his head. 4****

Matsuyama Kenichi: He was pretty good as L but something was missing for me. 4****

Toda Erika: She was pretty cute as Amane Misa and she made the character a little bit less annoying for me. 4****

Fujiwara Tatsuya+Toda Erika: 3***

Themesong by Shikao Suga: 3***

Rating: 4**** The "Death Note" series was made into two movies so you have to watch both. However, "L: Change the World" is optional since it's a spin-off.

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