DEATH NOTE: ONE TWISTED MOVIE, AN AMATEUR REVIEW

*This is a review of the movie, not the anime.

Short Background Check
Death Note is a Japanese manga series that was originally written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.Death Note was released last 2003 and made its way in the movie industry. The movie was produced by Warner Bros.,Japan last 2006. The plot centers around a college student, Light Yagami, who found a supernatural book that kills every human being by just simply writing their names on it. Light believes that by eliminating criminals and people who are guilty of hideous crimes will make the world a better place to live in. Although his father is a dedicated cop, he thinks that the law is not enough to serve justice. One rainy night he found a black book that belongs to one of the Shinigamis. Ryuk, the Death God, introduced himself to Light and explained the rules of the Death Note. Light was able to use the Death Note killing criminals side by side which created a big uproar to the media as well as to the National Police. They find it hard to believe that all of the victims suffered from a common heart attack by mere coincidence. Thus, the emergence of L, a world class detective is necessary. L became Light's smart and clever nemesis. And together, they use they maximized their capabilities to set traps at the expense of risking the lives of many people until they catch each other.

Watching Death Note reminds me of my Prison Break days where every moment just drives me at the edge of my seat. Only this time, the CGI is just breathtaking. It will be wise to watch the anime before watching the movie to fully understand each character's motives and well, to realize how well the japanese people worked their asses off to create a Ryuk and Rem that perfectly resemble the Shinigamis in the anime. They were able to create a good story plot even with the absence of some characters from the original anime itself. Light's idealisms and beliefs to create a perfect world can be really twisted tho. As Ryuk, claimed, Light fits the profile of a true death god better than him. Honestly.. where do the japs get this good story lines?? I was just amazed. I advise everyone to watch the first movie together with the sequel, LAST NOTE. Although, the last part of the movie is pretty predictable, I'd say they still deserve a solid 4 stars. I didn't give a full 5 stars because I think that they could have done better if they focused a bit more on Ryuk's motives as well. I just find it lousy that the only reason he let some human use this DEATH NOTE was based on the fact that he's just bored. The script also needs improvement, (tho i'm not completely sure about it because I watched it reading english subtitles the whole time) I just think that their lines are as not as powerful as it is in the anime. Nevertheless, Death Note is as ironic and exquisitely crooked that can leave you asking for more.. absorbed by the magnificent feeling of paradox just as you read the ending credits.

DEATH NOTE : THE RULES

• The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
• This note will not take effect unless the writer has the subject's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
• If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the subject's name, it will happen.
• If the cause of death is not specified, the subject will simply die of a heart attack.
• After writing the cause of death, the details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

False Rules

• If the owner of the Death Note does not kill within 13 days of the last entry, he or she will die.
• If the Death Note is burnt, destroyed, or otherwise damaged in any way, all those who have touched that Death Note will die.

Sources: Wikipedia, Image Shack