"Water was something he loved, something he respected. He understood its beauty and its dangers. He talked about swimming as if it were a way of life" -Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe • • • So.... Death Note movie... Where to begin with this one? I'd probably give it a 6 out of ten (ignoring the fact that I love the anime and manga with all my heart and keeping it as a completely separate thing from the original) now as for favourite characters, it has to go to L and Ryuk, I specially enjoyed how cunning Ryuk was, he was less of an spectator and more of a catalyst for the plot. My problem with this move however went to how it was not a psychological movie and everything was very straight forward (I guess this had to do with the targeted audience and the fact that the west seems to prefer action packed movies); I'm still deciding if I liked the ending or if it was just an attempt at mesmerising the audience (Light finally showed his smarts lol). As for characters I didn't like... Maybe Mia but I did like the fact that she wasn't dumb as in the original, she was just a moody teenager with some cunning of her own. Light on the other hand was not as calculating as I'd want him to be and he basically allowed everyone to pressure him into doing stuff. Apart from all of this... My biggest let down was the touch on the meaning of justice it was hinted at but never really explored; I hope that if we get a second movie to tie up all loose ends we will get more onto that, after all it is an essential part of the original story. • • • If you read all of my rambling... Thank you, you are very kind 😅😅 I just have a lot of respect for the original work. But apart from all that... LOOK AT MY READING CORNER!!! I love it, it's cozy, nice and I get to relax and read there all the time 😋😋😋 • • • #book #books #bookstagram #bookishsaturday #deathnotenetflix #deathnote #bookporn #bookshelf #bookshelfporn #harrypotter #andidarken #sixofcrows #heartless #crookedkingdom #bookquotes #bookquote #bookishquote #bookishquotes #readingcorner #bookqueen #bookhaul #bookishlife #lifeofareader #problemsofabooknerd #problemsofabooklover #read #reading