Went to watch Death Note at Cathay Woodlands with Joseph. The movie took liberties with the manga , which might have offended purists and hard-core fans, but the alterations served to accentuate the near unbelievable genius and Machevellian ruthlessness of Raito. I thought they could have chosen someone else to play Raito; not that the acting was horrendous or wooden, the guy just seemed a little too chubby. The actor playing L was almost perfect; the lanky build and the permanent slouch. the wide-eyed unflinching stare and the penchant for sweet things. The makeup artists could have tried to make his eyebags look less like ebony eyeshadow around the eyes though. The CGI for Ryuku, the shinigami, while decent, was not particularly astounding. Its movements were clunky and cantankerous at some parts and its facial expressions appeared rather fake. Pity the 2 hour long movie stopped when L and Raito met for the first time. The second installment of Death Note is already out in Japan so it'll probably be out in Singapore early next year.
As an early birthday present, Joseph bought me a belt and treate me to lunch on my request =P. He can be incredibly nice so no harm in capitalising :). I hope he enjoys the book (The Divide, Nicholas Evans) I got for him.
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