First good stuff:
Finally built enough weeb resistance so I could tackle Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Turns out outdated style didn't bother me that much. But I'm pretty sure there is some voodoo shit going on, because first half (10-11 episodes?) is basically mecha shounen anime and I still enjoyed it. Maybe it's some good atmospheric shots from time to time, but my vote's on the voodoo. Second part is better, although the very ending is confusing as fuck and nothing is resolved. Probably you have to watch the movies, gonna do it at some other date.
Now terrible stuff:
Okay, I decided to watch Death Note in it's entirety, not single scenes, trailers or recaps. Figured "Hey, it cant suck as much as it seems, right?"
Well I was wrong. It sucks even more. I won't even complain about plot, its 90 minutes done by USA, expected garbage, got garbage.
But how the fuck you fail casting and characters so much? There is literally 0 characters cast right:
Light:
anime - Charismatic, intelligent, manipulative alpha sociopath. Asian.
movie - Loser with somewhat okay grades. Gets manipulated easly. After 10 minutes tells a random girl how he kills people. White.
L:
anime - Intelligent, mysterious, master detective and riddle solver. Believable, pale, basement dwelling weirdo. Flegmatic. Supposedly european.
movie - Solved some shit in the past. Takes answers out of his ass. Has ADHD, pretends to be weird and sucks at it. Unstable emotionally. Athletic. Can,t deal with any emotions. Black.
Mia:
anime - easly manipulated. Asian(?)
movie - stronk white woman manipulating loser.
Ryuk:
anime - just wants to have fun, true neutral.
movie - just wants to have fun, lawful evil.
NOT.A.SINGLE.CHARACTER.WTF
What's good about the movie? Ryuk's voice. That's it.
And those retards even left an open ending to tease that they want ruin the franchise more.