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!?
