Review of Death Note (2017) by Relenita — 25 Aug 2017

Okay, where to start with this. Take in consideration that, while I'm a fan of the original, I was expecting a revamp of sorts. At least the psychological warfare between two geniuses who held extreme points about what Justice is.

This is NOT what you find here.

The characters are sloppy: Light only uses the DN to get his dreamgirl and then for the **** of it. There's no debate about what's fair and who decides fate. He's not a genius, not even clever and for the most part of the movie he's manipulated by everyone until the last 10 minutes of the movie for reasons I still don't get.

L, oh my God L. He's sloppy, childish and emotional. He faces the public and acts so irrational it's funny until you realize he is just another boring character.

Mia/Misa is... smart. At least she tried, but she's so ready to betray Light -Just as Light, so there's that- it's infuriating.

The ENTIRE PLOT hold itself on a contradiction: The rule is you must know the name and the face of someone for the DN to work, right?

And Watari's real name isn't Watari. So who can explain me why the Death Note worked while using a fake name to order Watari to get L's real name if the Death Note STILL killed Watari after using the alias and not the real name?

What's the point?!

That makes L lose control. The pace of the movie is wonky: Guy gets book, gets girl, tries DN on bully, kills two people, JUMP INTO THE FUTURE WHEN KIRA ROSE IN POWER, and skips for... a month? A year?

And L appears.

It's a terrible movie.

The main conflict from the original is absent and if you are looking for something good to watch, go see the anime.