It's another post on "Death Note," this time on the three movies that were released a few years ago.
The trailers and the scenes that I saw online didn't do the films justice. They were really well done, and I was highly impressed with the work behind it.
The first two movies dealt with the actual "Death Note" storyline from the manga and anime. The shimigamis were all done as CGI characters, and were very well done. The acting was very well done, and we got to explore different elements of the story with the two films that we weren't able to with either the manga or anime. The director wisely took out the inner monologues from the manga to allow the audience to guess for themselves what the characters are thinking. And the title of the post is a little bit misleading -- although all the action takes place in Japan, it feels like a very American movie in its storytelling.
The third film was a side story that starts out with the end of the BB murder case, leads in to the Death Note case, and ends with L's last day on Earth before he dies. Although the story itself isn't supernatural (it involves a biological virus), it shows a side of L that we don't see in the other two films -- a more human side to the character.
If you can't find a good American movie to rent, check out these films -- they're not rated, but I would probably give them a PG-13 for some mild violence (most of the deaths are due to heart attacks), themes, and language (a thief in the first film in the beginning uses the "f" word a couple of times while running from police). It's probably one of the better anime/manga live action adaptations out there.
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