Post by Vits on Sept 1, 2017 12:29:44 GMT
DEATH NOTE is based on the manga and the anime series about a notebook that kills the people whose names are written in it. These are the main differences:
-In the anime, LIGHT YAGAMI (the owner of the notebook) is a very smart sociopath. Everytime he fears he'll get caught, he stays calmed and comes up with a plan. Well, at least until the final episode, where he loses it and doesn't even take his time to think of a way out. In the movie, other characters say that LIGHT TURNER is smart, but it's never really shown. While he's not exactly loveable, it's clear that the makers want the audience to sympathize with him. His reactions to danger and the unknown are the same any human has. Well, except in the beginning, where he loses it and shrills like a little girl when RYUK (the death god who left the notebook for LIGHT to find) basically creates a tornado inside the detention room (how convinient that the movie skips the moment where the teacher comes back and sees the mess) and later when he shows up at his house. By the way, the conversations between these 2 characters are funnier in the movie than the anime.
-In the anime, MISA AMANE is a young woman who admires LIGHT, even though he treats her like shit. He agrees to be her boyfriend out of convenience. Her childish personality gave the viewer the chance to laugh between all the drama. In the movie, MIA SUTTON is LIGHT's accomplice and they date because they like truly each other. Her personality is as calculating as the anime version of LIGHT, but without the genius that made him a cool villain.
-In the anime, L (an independent detective) is the only character who's as calmly smart as LIGHT. He has some quirks, like crouching on chairs insteading of sitting and eating all kinds of candies when working. At a certain point, the formula becomes clear: LIGHT and L will always find out what the other one is thinking in detail, which made the series feel a little repetitive. In the movie, L is smart enough to solve the mystery, but his impulsive behavior constantly gets in the way. There's even a scene where he enters the TURNERS' house and goes directly to the dinner table (neither LIGHT nor his dad ask him why he didn't knock). That made me wonder how he had earned his reputation. He has the same quirks, but they don't match this kind of personality. When he starts suspecting that LIGHT is the killer, he approaches him. LIGHT doesn't say "How do you know my name?" or anything like that. L accuses LIGHT and the latter indirectly confesses by saying things like "Do you have any proof?" and "If you're not going to arrest me, I'll go." The fact that there isn't a wit contest between the two wouldn't have bothered me so much if L hadn't used chess metaphors, which don't apply anymore.
-In the anime, LIGHT focused on writing only the names of his victims. Most of them died of sudden heart attacks. That's why it took so long for the police to figure out that there was a supernatural force behind those deaths. In the movie, LIGHT & MIA also write the cause. The deaths aren't ordinary. Hell, a couple of them are elaborated FINAL DESTINATION-type deaths. That draws the police's attention much faster, making LIGHT & MIA seem like terrible criminals. That and the fact that, after a group of FBI agents kill themselves, they talk about it at school! Loudly! While walking!
While I didn't love the anime (its makers took a relatively simple concept and over-complicated it with unnecessary sub-plots and characters), I still admired its uniqueness. Most of this adaptation's changes made the story generic and the characters boring. Shea Wingham and Willem Dafoe's performances are good, but Nat Wolff's and Keith Stanfield's are bad. Director Adam Wingard can't help but to insert moments of horror in this supernatural crime drama. They feel as out of place as some of the song choices. The ending is too abrupt and the end credits show bloopers without their audio. Why? Because the actors' laughs would've ruined the movie's atmosphere? We can still see them laughing!
2/10
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-In the anime, LIGHT YAGAMI (the owner of the notebook) is a very smart sociopath. Everytime he fears he'll get caught, he stays calmed and comes up with a plan. Well, at least until the final episode, where he loses it and doesn't even take his time to think of a way out. In the movie, other characters say that LIGHT TURNER is smart, but it's never really shown. While he's not exactly loveable, it's clear that the makers want the audience to sympathize with him. His reactions to danger and the unknown are the same any human has. Well, except in the beginning, where he loses it and shrills like a little girl when RYUK (the death god who left the notebook for LIGHT to find) basically creates a tornado inside the detention room (how convinient that the movie skips the moment where the teacher comes back and sees the mess) and later when he shows up at his house. By the way, the conversations between these 2 characters are funnier in the movie than the anime.
-In the anime, MISA AMANE is a young woman who admires LIGHT, even though he treats her like shit. He agrees to be her boyfriend out of convenience. Her childish personality gave the viewer the chance to laugh between all the drama. In the movie, MIA SUTTON is LIGHT's accomplice and they date because they like truly each other. Her personality is as calculating as the anime version of LIGHT, but without the genius that made him a cool villain.
-In the anime, L (an independent detective) is the only character who's as calmly smart as LIGHT. He has some quirks, like crouching on chairs insteading of sitting and eating all kinds of candies when working. At a certain point, the formula becomes clear: LIGHT and L will always find out what the other one is thinking in detail, which made the series feel a little repetitive. In the movie, L is smart enough to solve the mystery, but his impulsive behavior constantly gets in the way. There's even a scene where he enters the TURNERS' house and goes directly to the dinner table (neither LIGHT nor his dad ask him why he didn't knock). That made me wonder how he had earned his reputation. He has the same quirks, but they don't match this kind of personality. When he starts suspecting that LIGHT is the killer, he approaches him. LIGHT doesn't say "How do you know my name?" or anything like that. L accuses LIGHT and the latter indirectly confesses by saying things like "Do you have any proof?" and "If you're not going to arrest me, I'll go." The fact that there isn't a wit contest between the two wouldn't have bothered me so much if L hadn't used chess metaphors, which don't apply anymore.
-In the anime, LIGHT focused on writing only the names of his victims. Most of them died of sudden heart attacks. That's why it took so long for the police to figure out that there was a supernatural force behind those deaths. In the movie, LIGHT & MIA also write the cause. The deaths aren't ordinary. Hell, a couple of them are elaborated FINAL DESTINATION-type deaths. That draws the police's attention much faster, making LIGHT & MIA seem like terrible criminals. That and the fact that, after a group of FBI agents kill themselves, they talk about it at school! Loudly! While walking!
While I didn't love the anime (its makers took a relatively simple concept and over-complicated it with unnecessary sub-plots and characters), I still admired its uniqueness. Most of this adaptation's changes made the story generic and the characters boring. Shea Wingham and Willem Dafoe's performances are good, but Nat Wolff's and Keith Stanfield's are bad. Director Adam Wingard can't help but to insert moments of horror in this supernatural crime drama. They feel as out of place as some of the song choices. The ending is too abrupt and the end credits show bloopers without their audio. Why? Because the actors' laughs would've ruined the movie's atmosphere? We can still see them laughing!
2/10
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You can read comments of other movies in my blog (in English, in Spanish or in Italian).
