Platypuschow Let's be clear the Death Note movies were works of art and mostly loyal to the original material, the performances were fantastic and they delivered on every front.I was deeply concerned about this L themed spin off for a number of reasons, primarily because it's very existence felt like a cash grab.Immediately it felt like it was part of the franchise, integrated into the last film and following on nicely.Of course if the movies had followed the original material this movie for obvious reasons would never have been possible.Trouble is now it was entirely L's story and could he carry a film by himself? Honestly, no. And that's a shame because bringing L into other cases could in itself be brilliant and worthy of an entire television show but somehow, someway it simply didn't work.L himself was great, the actor once again knocks it out of the park but is dropped into a non-Death Note themed story that simply isn't worthy of him or the franchise.Thanks to him and the general quality of the film it's still quite good but isn't as smart as we've come to expect from the series and just not that great.Add a team of interesting characters with L and I stand by this being perfect for a television show but as a movie it just doesn't stack up.The Good: L is perfect once again Is following on from the events of the main movies The Bad: Story is very bland Not as well written as the Death Note movies Isn't particularly intelligent Things I Learnt From This Movie: Even when provided with an excellent lead a movie can still fall flat

trashgang I have seen Death Note and for me it was extremely boring. Nothing really happens except a lot of blah blah. I must admit that I haven't seen the anime of Death Note but still you can make it attractive for non readers of the books. The only thing that I liked as a horror buff was the scene at the laboratory where a scientist in injecting himself with the virus. The way he changes and eventually get burned is well done. Sadly for me that was the most enjoying part. I guess that by clocking in over 2 hours is a bit too long. The main reason that people are watching this is for L but I didn't enjoy him at all. And don't get me wrong, I'm into Eastern flicks and even HKIII flicks but this one, this one surely wont change the world.

dcfemella Today, fellow movie expert Punchy Critic and I went to watch a special viewing of "L: Changed the World." It is the final chapter of the live-action "Death Note" movies, which is based off of the popular anime series of the same name. Before I went to the theater, I kept reminding myself not to compare this to the anime series because this movie should be isolated from the first two live-action films. Why? The second Death Note deviated from the anime series in a big way, so I knew that this third film was going to be a completely different animal; It was.Campy and cheesy doesn't even begin to describe this movie. The script was poorly written to the point that I was cringing throughout the entire movie. The movie was about L's final 23 days on this Earth and his final case. The case was about an environmental group who developed a lethal virus to wipe out human beings for their role in destroying the world around us. It seems that everyone is "going green," and this didn't leave Death Note behind. There was no antidote for the virus, so the group was trying to find one, so they can go ahead with their vicious plans. Throughout the entire film, they kept referencing the United States. As always, the United States got blamed for everything. I am so tired of these "the USA is to blame for everything going on in the world" plots. It was so typical of them to do this. I knew before the movie started that they were probably going to go that route, and of course, they didn't disappoint. Another annoying factor was how they totally thought the audience forgot a major part of the storyline. In the beginning, a Thailand village gets infected by the lethal virus and men with Hazmat suits come to take blood from the infected to take for research. One of the operatives, who is like L, befalls the fate as the villagers and tries to warn the initiative that L is part of. He is accompanied by a little boy, who even though he was in the village, is completely symptom free. However, for the rest of the movie, til the last 30 minutes, no one thought about it. You are telling me that L can find that Light Yagami is Kira, but he didn't think about that fact? Punchy and I were cracking up.The Hazmat Suits being used as a fashion statement was pretty funny. It came in all colors of the rainbow: yellow, blue, orange, red, gray. I told Punchy that I wanted my own Hazmat suit because they sure were pretty. It didn't make any sense. What was the point of having different colors? It just made the movie more cheesy. The death scene of the leading scientist was laughable. For a moment, I thought I had started watching a bad horror film. The blood looked, like Punchy said, like it was sweet -n- sour sauce. For me, I thought some of it looked like water with red food coloring. Additionally, the amount of time it took that dude, who had just injected himself with tons of the virus, went from sympathy to laughable. Everyone was laughing because he kept coming back and back and back. The environmental group was another stupidity. Here are these nerdy students who are working with plants. All of a sudden, they become these hardcore vigilantes who know one could beat. The girl upset me the most because she was skinny as a rail, I assume had no combat training, but she turned into this psychotic, blood-thirsty killer who everyone should be afraid of. Ughhhh...I kept whispering to Punchy, "What the hell is that about?"They took L's eccentricity and turned it into something that we are suppose to mock and laugh at. It irked me how they tried to make him this physically weak individual who couldn't even lift a finger. Even though I said I wouldn't compare this to the anime series, I had to on this. Why? L is suppose to be the same character as in the anime. In it, L knew martial arts and could beat the best of them. I can't really type more because then I will reveal the entire plot, and I don't want to spoil it for anyone. The movie was disappointing. Even if it was more of a standalone movie, it still shouldn't have deviated that much from its roots. It was this slapstick comedy that was still trying to have something of the Death Note series. When the credits rolled, everyone around us stayed behind because they promised that someone would win an autograph of the actor who plays L. Punchy and I looked at one another and rolled out.

standup109 Death Note is one of the few anime films that I actually like. After seeing the film and having heard prior reviews of the films, and I was happily shocked. Although it doesn't carry the same format as the original story, it has its own interesting twists and turns with L becoming more like a James Bond like character in his last 23 days of life before dieing because of the death note. There is cameos of some of the previous characters in the series, including Ryuk, and has appearances of characters from inside the anime and manga series that many fans have been waiting to see such as Near. The whole plot revolves around a new arch villain known as K trying to wipe out the human race and become the new gods of the nature world. Along the way L inherits two children, through various circumstances, who give him a new outlook on life. Although its different, give it a chance and be astounded. Over all its a great movie and has been highly under rated.