via IMDB Title: Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
Starring: Yo Oizumi, Maki Horikita
Summary (from IMDB):
Layton and Luke are caught up in an adventure, when a masked figure steals an entire opera house and forces those in attendance to play a high-stakes game. The winner will receive eternal life, but it could mean death for the losers.
My Review:
Okay, I’m kind of cheating this month with my movie review. No, this movie is not about writing. Yes, this movie is based upon a video game series.
However, being a mystery writer I felt as though this movie would be fairly appropriate.
Professor Layton and his assistant, Luke, find themselves in trouble when a masked man takes over an opera house not allowing anyone to leave until they solve his riddles and he gets what he wants. Of course, no one knows his true motive and if you fail his riddles… Well, that could mean death.
Some of the riddles were easy to guess, some not so much. There was one that I was sure I was right and then Layton had to ahead and be smart and prove me wrong. It reminds me of when I’m writing my mystery series and I wonder if any readers will guess what’s going on or not.
The end of the movie is a complete twist, one that I had not seen coming. Yet when I knew the truth, everything else the movie made perfect sense. It really was a great mystery.
It’s a cartoon, it’s silly, but it was well worth the watch for me.
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva gets 4 out of 5 stars.
Would I recommend? Yes.
