Amy Chadwick (FilmEstAmour)

This looks amazing.

Well, where do I start. Everything about Death Note appeals to me. Ken'ichi Matsuyama and Tatsuya Fujiwara are amazing. I couldn't decide whethe I was on the side of Light or L. Each scene is well crafted and although the film is quite lengthy it doesn't feel long enough. Ryuk is brilliant and i'm glad they chose to use CGI instead of dressing up some ponce. I fell in love with L and his oddity. Something about him reeled me in as soon as he was introduced. I actually think Death Note is now my favourite film. To sum up how amazing this is I would have to sit here and right a review that would rival the length of Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. However, i'm not going to as it would spoil the mystery. I'll simply end by saying; watch this.

To simply describe the brilliance of Night Watch is not a talent that I possess. The sheer tension and emotion in each and every second is unrivalled by anything I have ever seen before. First of all I have to praise each and every actor. I have read the book which is even more brilliant and all the characters are almost exactly how i'd imagined. Konstantin Khabensky is the perfect Anton and can create tension with one glance. All the relationships we see in the film are portrayed with uttermost effort and pulled off equally as well. This is the only Timur Bekmambetov film i've seen so far, but he is ranked up there as one of my favourites. Night Watch also out grossed The Lord of the Rings; that obviously shows it is something special (although that was just in Russia). Each scene is crafted beautifully; every detail is kept in check. However, the only bad point to this is that more effort has been given to the visual aspect, rather than the plot. Overall the film is dark and thought provoking, without thinking you are drawn into a fantasy world. A fantasy that drags you through reality, throwing you out on the other side totally disorientated.