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I have only watched the first half hour or so of this movie, but here are my first impressions. For one thing, I am confused. One character seems to die in a different situation than happened during the anime, another is implied to already be dead, which makes no sense whatsoever, L and Ryuk are on speaking terms, which I don't recall ever happened during the anime--etc, etc. I had thought that this film would be about another unrelated but very serious case which L solved in his spare time while searching for Kira, but now can only guess that it is following a wildly different plot rather than being a spinoff, perhaps based on the other live-action films instead of the manga or anime. Things are already so mixed up at the beginning of the movie that I have little idea what's going on. As if that were not enough of a problem, the quality of the film in general does not impress me. Early on, it feels like a mediocre James Bond movie, with a secret organization out to destroy the world because it doesn't like what the world has become (sort of like Moonraker). Basically, the quality of the Death Note anime--at least the first two-thirds of it--set a very high bar and it was unrealistic to expect this movie to match it. The acting isn't superlative, though at least the guy playing L probably does the best job of anyone. I wonder if my criticism would be as harsh if this story had been animated rather than done live-action? I had felt that (spoiler) killing off L in the anime was a disastrous mistake because he was by far the most interesting character, and had hoped for some more entertainment based on him as compensation, but so far I am wondering if buying this DVD was a good idea. This isn't the intense battle-of-wits stuff that I had been hoping for.
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Hummm…. What does one do when you want to use a special character of a series when that character is killed off towards the end? The solution is to create a ‘side story’ that is embedded within the flow of original story. It is hinted that all of the events of L Change the WorLd take place within the last 3-weeks of L’s life. In fact, many of the characters of Death Note make a brief cameo appearance as a special treat. If you loved the anime, then you probably would also enjoy the two movies of the live action series. And the L Change the WorLd movie is a special treat allowing fans to enjoy more of their heartthrob actor ↗Ken’ichi MATSUYMA as he offers a reprise of his role as ‘L’. For more information about the movie, see the wiki posting for ↗L Change the World. Last updated Tuesday, January 05 2010. Created Monday, December 28 2009. | ||||||||
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| Japanese Movie Web Site | http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/L-movie/ |
