In a war between two parties, the winner is the third watching the show.
Switch to google? ... Well, they're going to do it for me sooner or later right? No hurry.
Finally managed to watch DeathNote 2: The Last Name. Brilliant ending to the... what would you call it... bilogy?
Anyway, the story picks up from where the first movie left off, with the introduction of the second Kira and a new Shikigami, and the funeral of Shiori. This time, the cat-and-mouse chase is transferred from the players themselves to the ownership of the Deathnotes.
Here in this second movie, we witness just how supremely Light seats himself as a god. He not only creates elabourate setups leading the authorities and L on a roundabout, he shows no hesitation in risking his memory, the lives of his allies and manipulating the Shikigamis to his own will. This confidence-turned-arrogance will lead to the one miscalculation required to bring his downfall.
L is still the lovable anti-hero. While he is mainly portrayed as a brilliant player in an elabourate game in the first film, here he is falling, no longer at the top of his game, with a deteriorating confidence in contrast with Light's increasing arrogance. L is beginning to take greater risks, and riskier gambles in his desperation to win this game that he seems to realise is less of a game and more of a massacre (that last bit is not explicit, just my interpretation). However, as with all gamblers, there is a high chance that he will lose more than he has staked.
The character displaying the greatest amount of strength is the father of Light, Chief of the Police department, who heads a small team in collaboration with L. As with all fathers, he is naturally unwilling to believe his son is a mass murderer. But his strength shows not only in his avid defence of his family, but also his sacrificial willingness to carry the burden of withholding all the crucial information, even from the ones he loves, to ensure their well-being and uphold justice.
Misa is basically a celebrity brat, until she is faced with assisting Kira. She reveres Kira as her benefactor, and devotes herself completely to fulfilling the goals and orders of Kira, even having her life halved twice so that Kira may use the eyes of the Shikigami without having to make the deal himself. A deeply disturbed child in reality, a prey taking refuge as a predator, she is ultimately and ironically the only witness from the inner circle left... who becomes witness to nothing.
I think the most underdeveloped character is Watari. In both films, there is a clear bond implied between L and Watari, and the role of Watari is played with great gravitas... but the character is serverely underused. Throughout the two films, his only purpose has been to be L's manager and messenger. The exact nature of his relation and companionship to L is left completely unexplored. Then again, the purpose of the films are not dependent on this anyway.
Oh, and amidst all these games, guess who the real winner is? Ryuk. Cleverly masquerading as an unnecessary gimmick throughout the two films.
Who was the Last Name in the end? Well, it never really ends, does it?
Finally managed to watch DeathNote 2: The Last Name. Brilliant ending to the... what would you call it... bilogy?
Anyway, the story picks up from where the first movie left off, with the introduction of the second Kira and a new Shikigami, and the funeral of Shiori. This time, the cat-and-mouse chase is transferred from the players themselves to the ownership of the Deathnotes.
Here in this second movie, we witness just how supremely Light seats himself as a god. He not only creates elabourate setups leading the authorities and L on a roundabout, he shows no hesitation in risking his memory, the lives of his allies and manipulating the Shikigamis to his own will. This confidence-turned-arrogance will lead to the one miscalculation required to bring his downfall.
L is still the lovable anti-hero. While he is mainly portrayed as a brilliant player in an elabourate game in the first film, here he is falling, no longer at the top of his game, with a deteriorating confidence in contrast with Light's increasing arrogance. L is beginning to take greater risks, and riskier gambles in his desperation to win this game that he seems to realise is less of a game and more of a massacre (that last bit is not explicit, just my interpretation). However, as with all gamblers, there is a high chance that he will lose more than he has staked.
The character displaying the greatest amount of strength is the father of Light, Chief of the Police department, who heads a small team in collaboration with L. As with all fathers, he is naturally unwilling to believe his son is a mass murderer. But his strength shows not only in his avid defence of his family, but also his sacrificial willingness to carry the burden of withholding all the crucial information, even from the ones he loves, to ensure their well-being and uphold justice.
Misa is basically a celebrity brat, until she is faced with assisting Kira. She reveres Kira as her benefactor, and devotes herself completely to fulfilling the goals and orders of Kira, even having her life halved twice so that Kira may use the eyes of the Shikigami without having to make the deal himself. A deeply disturbed child in reality, a prey taking refuge as a predator, she is ultimately and ironically the only witness from the inner circle left... who becomes witness to nothing.
I think the most underdeveloped character is Watari. In both films, there is a clear bond implied between L and Watari, and the role of Watari is played with great gravitas... but the character is serverely underused. Throughout the two films, his only purpose has been to be L's manager and messenger. The exact nature of his relation and companionship to L is left completely unexplored. Then again, the purpose of the films are not dependent on this anyway.
Oh, and amidst all these games, guess who the real winner is? Ryuk. Cleverly masquerading as an unnecessary gimmick throughout the two films.
Who was the Last Name in the end? Well, it never really ends, does it?
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