Death Note & Death Note - The Last Name

Weren't these supposed to be good? Of course, you can call them good, if good means affectless acting, the dramaturgical sloppiness of a bad American TV movie and the incredibly annoying habit of explaining everything at least three times, explaining everything at least three times, explaining everything at least three times.
Did I mention that everything is explained at least three times?
Very special props go out to Tatsuya Fujiwara who is trying to play our anti-hero, sociopathic mass murderer Light Yagami and achieves the glorious feat of being so incredibly bland, uncharismatic and so obviously not acting at all to make Keanu Reeves look like Harvey Keitel.
Other things that annoyed me: Even worse actors in the minor parts, no visual points of interest, sloppy looking CGI creatures, intellectual dishonesty concerning the moral aspects of the story, the usual superficial media criticism, no tension, no nothing.

Disclaimer: I like the original manga quite a bit.

Darlings of the Day: You gotta be kidding me