Death Note: L Change the World (2008)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Funny, strange, confrontational and subversive, this is one of the most interesting experiences you'll have at the cinema this year.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

In my review for the second part of the Death Note movies I referred to it being a great clash because it's a strategic battle and doesn't include guns and brute force.In this movie however is the exact opposite.Can you imagine a non fitting protagonist for an action movie?That's your guy!L.Where are all the strategic plans we were shown during the original Death note films?Where is the mastermind seeing through every criminal act in the whole world?It certainly is disappointing when we get to see that in this movie L has no plans at all.Just doing stuff without explanation on why he is doing something or why he is going somewhere.Makes you feel like he is thinking "let's go and we'll see what we'll do when we get there".That is so not L! That's a plain action movie with all the usual saving the world clichés.Want to see it out of curiosity?Try it.As an action movie it ain't bad.But it's clearly not L's style of doing things.

First of all, I don't know why some people dis this movie- saying "This has nothing to do with Death Note". For the record, that's because it isn't supposed to have anything to do with Death Note.I went to HMV last weekend and when I saw this movie, I had to buy it- I am a huge fan of L and seeing the title and cover I thought this would be a good watch. I was right.From the beginning, I enjoyed this movie. I liked that the last days of L's life were spent solving a case,visiting Wammys and smiling?:D I also liked Near's appearance, and no offence but they weren't going to find a Thai boy with white hair. Near was very sweet and his liking for toys and genius ability showed during the course of the movie.Maki was an interesting character, by the end I had started to like her, In the beginning I despised her to be honest.I cried at the ending, it was very touching. Showing this was the end. L's final words were very moving and he actually smiled! L fans will enjoy this movie a lot, I think.All in all, this was a very good watch and I'm glad that I bought it.8/10.

I imagine you have seen or at least heard of the anime/manga "Death Note". I'm not gonna spoil anything about "Death Note", but as you can imagine, as with every spin-off, you have one major character from "Death Note" appearing in this movie.This character is none other than "L". A mysterious but very funny character, with some very weird and funny addiction habits. I don't know if this spin-off is based on an anime too, but I can say, that apart from a really fresh and exciting beginning, this movie lacks many things from the original "Death Note" (series). The actor who plays "L" (the same guy who played him in Death Note too) is fantastic in his role depiction. True to his anime roots, but only as much as the story allows him to be.And there lies the problem. This movie is way too serious (a few absurd moments still exist) and way too dramatic. A shame then, that the thriller elements can't save the movie either. The best moments lie in the comedy or character (mostly L) bits, but even those can't save the movie entirely. My tip: Watch both "Death Note" movies and the anime series instead!

Well you don't have a clue about the original storyline! Simon may have some stuff wrong, except in the original anime/manga L died before solving the Kira case, he didn't get 23 days, he didn't survive but Kira did, and burning the death note never would've happened prior because he didn't know about the kira case or death note so saying it's a prequel would also be false. In the anime it was never destroyed, especially when L was alive. L DIED! This is a changed storyline that didn't coincide with the original, but if events happened differently. You have no idea what you are talking about if you never even saw the anime!