In this adaptation, Light screams like a girl. That's all I can say.
I found it entertaining, but my expectations were very low. They should have not tried to make this story about the same light and L as anime but have Ryuk drop the death note in America and a new character picks it up (NOT NAMED LIGHT). The timeline would be sometime after the anime series. The storyline of the movie and anime series are completely different.
I was well aware that this "Death Note" was going to be a liberal adaptation of the source material but by the midpoint my patience ran out: whhhhhyyyy u do dis? This is coming from someone who associated the name "Adam Wingard" with good movies (up until Blair Witch anyways) and is not only here because of the anime avatar... He pretty much added insult to the injury by adding misguided gore effects, neon-lightning and picking the wrong songs to cue.
According to interviews the IP has been passed around in the industry for a while and has been rewritten a bunch during this (and it shows). So who exactly at Netflix figured this would reach a broader audience than the anime already did when they're replacing the core dynamics and traits that made it popular outside it's medium in the first place? Really disappointed with this... it's just a half backed adaptation restrained by it's need to keep the characters while going for a direction that doesn't really lend to them (the note could have fallen into the hands of ANYONE, no need to butcher). 90 minutes is also way to short as the flow is terrible.
First time Light gets the Death Note: "Ryuk is not your pet, friend etc...". Ryuk after Light threatens to write his name: "The most a person ever wrote was the first two letters". Most inconsistent piece of shit I've ever seen.
I had to activate my sense of disbelief at 100% for this film. I've read the manga, seen the anime, the Japanese live-action films (all 3 of them), and the recent Japanese live-action TV series. So, I decided to give it a chance, standing on his own... and I love it. This is an 80's style film, and follows the classic terror storytelling plots of that era, and the music and photography style follows suit. Everything that we as fans might see as a deviation from the original, are precisely the little tidbits that make it stand apart. It has better acting and dialogue than the Japanese live-action films, and the psychosis from Light is what I might expect from someone who is experiencing an emotional breakdown. Anyway... this is already a hit on Netflix from the amount of viewers alone.
1 / 2 directing & technical aspect
0 / 1 story
.5 / 1 act I
.5 / 1 act II
0 / 1 act III
1 / 1 acting
.5 / 1 writing
0 / 1 originality
0 / 1 lasting ability to make you think
-1 / 1 misc (Why the fuck is L chasing Light through the city with a gun? Why is everyone so stupid in a story originally about geniuses? Why did they use a Netflix algorithm to change one of the most amazing stories ever crafted? This piece of shit movie traded chess for football, and we're left with this Americanized trash.)
2.5 out of 10
Very bad adaptation very bad movie
horrible. Don't waste your time.
I really enjoyed this movie. Very good thriller and well worth a watch :thumbsup_tone1:
If you don't know what $hitt show means!
Its taking a good original work and turn it into $hitt
The most appealing part of the original was the fact that both Light and L were incredibly smart. This Light is not smart at all in the first twenty minutes and develops into some sort of Godlike master mind in the last quarter. Plus, this is a 12-issue manga and yet they cram it all into a short movie so that the most interesting parts end up unbelievable montages - and yet they find time for a 5-minute random chase scene. And, I mean, in the original it makes sense for Light to want to kill L (considering he goes from "that might make me a murderer" to full-on manic laughter in 10 minutes) but it really doesn't in this. According to his morals, L doesn't really deserve to die. He doesn't kill innocents - well, apart from the bystanders in that night club (which shouldn't even be possible due to the rules). Apropos rules, nice of them to put a giant sign in the background reminding us (if the "there are so many rules" wasn't enough).
I admit there were some funny parts in this, "Drive safe. Drive slow." comes to mind. And the ending was actually quite alright, so it might be worth it to stick with it beyond the first 10 minutes - you actually get a glimpse of the true Light (pun intended). I can understand if you wouldn't, though, because devastatingly the only potato chips that were EATEN during this were the ones I ate myself so really, what was even the point.
uh did the producers, writers, director watch the anime series!!! this movie is a disgrace and disrespect to one of anime greatest series ever. a lot of unanswered questions here. like how did L know that Light will have to know the name and face of it's victims?!!!! in the anime version he doesn't wear a mask. only later when he founds out that Light needs to see your face!! light should be smarter but in this one he isn't except for the end, it was brilliant how he saved himself. and L is even dumber! he should the calculated guy who never misses a thing! but he is way too rational! basically what i'm trying to say is i liked Nat Wolff as Light but hated this movie. btw Ryuk was really enjoying his time here lol especially that scary laugh at the end which confused Light a lot lol and i don't get why L would do that anyways!!!
TOTAL GARBAGE.
I never expect Netflix would produce this such movie.
I only watch this because of Ryuk.
I just have to say this is the WORST ADAPTATION ever !
This is almost on comical levels of adaption and overall movie quality similar to The Last Airbender and Dragonball Evolution. The only slightly good thing about this is Willem Dafoe as Ryuk and he only has like 15 lines.
Don't watch it. It's a bullshit adaption and a shit movie. Don't reward Netflix by watching this.
Garbage. Bad interpretations, so much blah-blah-blah. I wasn't expecting that this was equal to the anime, but this was so terrible, I wish I could forget it.
1) Ryuuk was the best actor.
2) How can be L so freaking emotional if he is a super trained detective since 6 years old?
3) The character of Light's father is only good until middle of the movie.
4) Mia. Terrible. Makes me desire to vomit. Urgh.
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO AND AGAIN A BIG NOOO! Sure i wasn't expecting much but damn it they had a really good material in their hands to actually do something awesome. And what they did was absolute shit. No mate. If you want to use the name of Death Note, even if you dont do a direct adaptation there are still some key things that you had to keep. Light for example. My god wasn't he awful. Light was supposed to be a trully brilliant psychopath, cold with no empathy what so ever and really good tactician. But this dude. My god. A dumb,angry teenager with not a drop of brain in his head.Testosterone speake dto him , since he did all that to impress that freakin cheerleader. What men do to f@#k. And L. He was supposed to be as brilliant as Kira. They had something going on there. Here L found out who Kira was in one sec. No brilliance there. And towards the end he turned into a sentimental brat.
Ryuk was actually the only good thing in this whole movie and they only gave him like 10 lines.
I laughed hard at the scene on the ferris wheel and the song they used in this one. OMG it was hilarious. Just it didnt fit this scene. It was totally ridiculus.
No. I really warn you. I was going to watch this for the heck of it, but at least i expected they would try just a little.If you are an anime fan like i am do yourself a favour and don't watch this shit. Even if you completely try to forget the original this still is a shitty movie. Shame on you Netflix. I hope if you ever try to brutally murder a good anime in the future, you do a much better job.
Light= crybaby
L= over emotional
Mia= Badass villain?
Ryuk= Cool, but wasted
Okay, i'd rather watch boku no pico than this crap again.
It isn't that bad, on a premises of completely forgetting the original manga/anime and instead thinking of this as an american spin-off.
The cinematography was very pleasant.
Story a bit shallow, maybe because we're so used to western pictures. This was turned from something very dark and profound to a want-to-be smart romance supernatural story.
It is although worth a watch.
My biggest problem with this is that L did not hold the phone correctly.
Why the hate?
Is the source material so sacred that everybody is pissed because this is too American or something?
I liked it. There are remakes of Japanese movies that are much worse.
TRASHY!!! NETFLIX SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THIS SHIT
While being good on the lighting and the visuals in general (colorimetry is really good, the movie is beautiful), it doesn't come anywhere close to the original manga/anime concerning the substance and the plot.
Forget what you know about the Japanese thriller manga series, once you do that this movie gets a lot better. Now turn the gore and profanity up a few notches and remember this was made for American audiences and at times plot points are spelled out for you. The theme of rules and in/justice feature throughout. It does irk me that this is not as clever a game of wits between L and Light as the original material. Visually it's good and the soundtrack is probably the best part of the movie. Recommended for fans of Twilight.
They managed to do what I feared since watching the Death Note trailers, a tremendous shit !! Do they have so much content to be worked on in a movie and make it epic and make me such a crappy script badly structured, these mediocre and forced scenes, and the character development? there is not! Are all shallow and unimportant in the film. The Light looks more like a bite that is always being manipulated by the girl. The L? A spoiled little playboy who at the beginning of the air of "oh he's thinking" arrives in the middle of the movie and you say "what the fuck is he doing ?!" Even if it were not compared to the original story, the film would already be a complete failure. Now imagine comparing? They shit ugly in the movie, that's a fact!
The only reason I'm going to watch this is that Willem Dafoe is Ryuk. Everything else about this movie feels off. I'm expecting this to be a disappointment, unfortunately. I don't care if L is black, the way he acts in the trailer isn't true to his character.
The light works in the movie are amazing.
Although the story is not the same as in the Anime, its pretty enjoyable.
Not a great movie by any stretch of the imagination but it was entertaining. I have never seen the anime...
I binge watched the Anime series on Netflix to get ready for this. I didn't really have to. They are so little alike. One is a fabulous crime show where Kira/Light is a twisted asshole.
Here he's just love sick pretty much when in the show he doesn't love anyone but himself. While L in the show believes Light is Kira but admires the guy too. Here L just wants vengeance on Light and hates him.
While the violence is over the top Final Destination like crap. Willem Dafoe is always a plus but there's not enough of him.
Nat Wolfe could have been a better Light with better writing. Wolfe’s white washing was knocked. L also isn’t Asian in this version though. He is black and played by Lakeith Stanfield. No one knocked that though and he doesn’t really try to be like the L from the Anime.
He was basically agoraphobic in the Anime. Here he’s more energetic, will chase you down and is just weird.
Was positively surprised by this movie. The story is really great and there's a few twists that make it more interesting. Maybe seeing Ryuk only blurry in the background would have been even better, but in general the movie was really great. L's performance was kind of weird of how he acts – maybe not enough acting from Keith Stanfield.
Like film, it complies; As adaptation, disappoint.
I must say that as an individual film is good and entertaining, although the special effects of Ryuk did not convince me much, and certainly the performances left something to be desired.
Now, as the anime adaptation (which is the only Death Note I saw), I was not convinced. The anime that I saw, although part of a magical base (an account ending, is a guy who kills people writing in a notebook), the center of the story was the plot to "Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Moriarty ", The Intelligence Struggle and detectives between" L "and" Kira ", the first to catch the second. It came to such a degree that you forgot any hint of magic, and you focused on the intellectual duel of both. The adaptation of Netflix has some of that, but they lose in a great sense, to give us a plot that entertains but is below the anime.
I give it a 7 out of 10. If you do not know anything about Death Note, you'll have fun; If you know the history of Death Note, feelings that became a plot with a great intellectual duo and a digestible for the general public.
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Como película, cumple; como adaptación, decepciona.
Debo decir que como película individual es buena y entretenida, aunque los efectos especiales de Ryuk no me convencieron mucho, y sin duda las actuaciones dejaron algo que desear.
Ahora, como la adaptación del anime (que es lo único de Death Note que vi), no me convenció. El anime que yo vi, aunque parte de una base mágica (un fin de cuenta, es un tipo que mata a la gente escribiendo en un cuaderno), el centro de la historia era la trama a lo "Sherlock Holmes y el Dr. Moriarty", la Lucha de inteligencia y detectives entre "L" y "Kira", del primer para atrapar al segundo. Llegaba a tal grado, que olvidabas cualquier atisbo de magia, y te centrabas en el duelo intelectual de ambos. La adaptación de Netflix tiene algo de eso, pero se pierden en gran sentido, para darnos una trama que entretiene pero queda por debajo del anime.
Yo le doy un 7 de 10. Si no sabes nada de Death Note, te divertirás; Si sabes de la historia de Death Note, sentimientos que se convirtieron en una trama con un gran dúo intelectual y en un digerible para el gran público.
Note- All this was wrongly based on the real Death Note, it portrait the characters in a different light, specially L that the viewers are not getting his character that he's based on... just not the same feel... they've made him look soft, and dumb.. came of a little rom com... and that's not death note... and they've twisted the Death Note rules, and they've tried too hard with it, they rushed a lot of the story, It's all over of the place, and doesn't live up to the original's story.. I feel Death Note should only be a series to give you the full Death Note's potential.. My opinion on the film alone is that it wasn't bad, and had a good cast, and the plot was pretty good... and had some good effects... and Willem Dafoe's voice does great for Ryuk.... It could of run for longer... with the ratings I don't think it will live up to a second film... but I'd be fine with one... watch or read the manga to get the full experience of Death Note... 6/10 for film.... 3/10 on basing it on death note...
R.I.P. Death Note! They destroyed a masterpiece! They removed everything good and made this disaster with the super popular cliche among directors "let's put curses and say that is badass and real life". First, students do not act this way in real life. Second, really!? Really?! Turning Death Note into teenage romantic drama is the best you could do with such a great material?! The screenwriters, the producers and the director should change careers for turning one of the best manga into this cheap movie. They should be ashamed! If you can even call this a movie. Horrible, simply horrible.
Omg what the hell was that?!
Why would you do this? Why would you make a good Ryuk and then ruin everything else? There's no point!
This movie is a fucking waste of time, I was hoping for something at least decent but no it's bad in every way. Do yourself a favor, don't watch it, you'll be disappointed, I assure you.
Because the plot is completely different it was still an interesting movie, just don't go into it thinking it's the same as the manga/anime.
I watched it with someone who'd never seen Death Note before, and they really enjoyed the experience, and I can see why.
Overall, as an adaptation of Death Note, it's meh, but as a standalone movie, it's good.
watari dead scene,
hey wacht that phone ,uh this number is from....
THE END
Mediocre at best. If you know the anime or manga it's just terrible.
Needed a longer running time to really work, but otherwise, this is an efficient adaptation of the Japanese original.
Hopefully this isn't another bad live action adaption
I like most the work from the director even if Blair Witch sucked. Not entirely white washing when L. is black. Hollywood needs to realize there's more than two races.
Definitely need more Japanese actors. Plus a 90 minute film based on one whole season. I hope that's not another Last Airbender I am smelling
Pure fucking garbage!!!
I wish Hollywood would leave certain films alone.
THIS IS THE WORST THING EVER
I think there are enough comments about how much of a disappointment this adaption is. If you have come to see the epic mind battle between the psychopath and charismatic, freak control and cold hearted Light versus his alter ego L, You will be disappointed..
This is a story in the world of Death Note, but not Light's and L's story as we know it, even if they bear these names.
We often make jokes about how Japanese movies/animations are stuck with some stereotypes - this movie is the same for America.
After writing this I really feel compelled to remove another star from my rating. Because WTF.
Knowing nothing of the anime I thought it was alright. I thought Nat Wolff was bad and Lakeith Stanfield was miscast but Willem Dafoe was pretty good. Some of the songs were just totally wrong for the moment and that took me out of it.
If i had never seen the anime, i probably would've given this a higher rating. But unfortunately its hard to ignore the glaring mistakes that were made in this movie when you compare it to the anime. And since the source material is a television series, a lot of things were skipped and rushed in order to condense everything into 1 hour and 40 minutes which only made things worse for Death Note fans.
But even if you have never seen the anime, there are a lot of dumb things in this movie such as characters yelling private information at each other in PUBLIC, characters making really stupid decisions, and an absolutely horrendous soundtrack that kicks in towards the end of the movie. The climax was so cringey it almost looked like it was making fun of itself.
A few redeeming qualities were the cool death scenes and Willem Dafoe's voice acting. The cinematography was also pretty good and had a spooky feel to it. But the movie just isn't worth watching. Stick to the anime.
Quite disappointed by the movie, there are some aspects of Light's personality that definitely are not form original character, making him look ridiculous and annoying. I liked Mia though, she had an interesting development through the film. L... I better don't talk about such a parody of original character, being just another annoying child. In resume, one can end up enjoying the film, but it's far away from the anime or manga and accept weird decisions, hope they fix them in next movie if there is one.
This version of Death Note is very different; felt a bit rushed in the beginning because of how it was edited, but I learned to appreciate some of the later bits and pieces. Before I go into details, I want to state that I watched Death Note the animation and the original live-action films long before they started airing on US networks; just so anyone reading would know where I'm coming from. I'm also familiar with director Adam Wingard's works such as the V/H/S series, You're Next, The ABCs of Death, and saw his surprise Blair Witch sequel in theaters last year. I think Wingard did some things right in terms of adapting Death Note to American standards. In the original manga/films, Light has a full happy family, but in modern America, the majority of families are broken, divorced or single parents. That aspect couldn't be more true. It wasn't necessary, and they could've chosen not to go that way, but maybe whoever wrote the script wanted to show that part of America, and perhaps is what adds to Light's character. The Light here is still a bright student. He is smart in his school work and academics, but not so smart when it comes making daily life choices (such as getting into trouble or hanging out with the girl, Mia). This made me think of my psychology class back in high school, and how the teacher Mrs. Ansara said that I was a "bright kid."; not to me directly, but heard from another teacher towards the end of that senior year.
I chuckled when Mia was seen watching Phantasm (1979), a classic horror flick. If I was in a relationship moment like Light and Mia, I'd stop in the middle of the heated argument and go, "Before we do anything else, let's finish this movie first." I think Wingard added that part in as a tribute to the late Angus Scrimm (aka The Tall Man) who sadly passed away last year. Oh, and there was a moment when Light opened Mia's locker and there hung a note that read "Normal People Scare Me" in I recognize as the same font as the American Horror Story logo. I wonder if that means anything. I know had joked about the casting for L when the trailer dropped (check the official Death Note Facebook page), but in reality I was actually optimistic because I had already seen how well the actor was in a previous film, Get Out. Sure enough, he did not let me down as L.
The cinematography is as expected from a known American director. The camera angles, the use of light and shadows are done really well. I especially liked how it looked at the diner when L meets Light with the neon lights and Ryuk appearing behind with the rain dripping along the glass window. Dafoe did a good job, fits well with Ryuk, but the editing of his voice sound like he's always in front of you, in front of the microphone, and not as spacious to sound as if he's at a distance in another room to give it a more believable depth. Perhaps that part of planning didn't take into account because maybe the post production CG was done after filming/recording.
I'm not sure I agree with the soundtrack either. The score and song productions are very good but I don't think they fit well with the show, or at least used very well. A lot of shows today tend to add classic 80s songs to try to be cool. It's one thing to play an 80s song, but when you use it in the wrong context it loses its coolness (Scream Queens, for example - overly done). Towards the end of the film, there's an 80s power ballad "The Power of Love" (by Jennifer Rush, made famous by Celine Dion, Air Supply) that plays extensively loud while the characters are still talking and having a moment. The lyrics to that song has no relevance with what's happening onscreen. It's both distracting and made me cringe. It even continues playing through the end credits. I didn't really feel the love connection between Light and Mia, nor did I want to. It's interesting to see Wingard try a bit of romance though, but I think it's better off he keeps that to a minimum. There was a night chase scene that had a cool synthwave track playing in the background while the neon lights and wet streets gave it a bit of a Blade Runner cyberpunk vibe. That's a visual element never before seen in any version of Death Note. It's cool but felt a bit out of place. I prefer my Death Note to have muted colors, much so that if you were to tone down the saturation completely, the film would still look good in black and white. That way, it'd give the film a more classy dark gothic tone. The contrast of that would reflect the characters themselves who are of opposite skin tones. At least they got the detective/mystery and suspense down, but how will they explain the supernatural/fantasy aspect?
There's way more to the Death Note story than what they were able to fit here. I think it would've worked better as a live-action series/miniseries, not just a feature film, to better fit with other Netflix ("original") shows like 13 Reasons Why, Riverdale. Overall, I felt this was more of a fan film. It's as if someone were to make a professional-looking bootleg live-action fan short, put it up on YouTube/Vimeo, and people in the comments praising it, saying they'd watch an extended version if given the budget. That's pretty much what this Death Note felt like to me, a full-length live-action American remake of a once popular property. Well, here you go, kids. Eat it up. Personally, I'd rather see more original content from Adam Wingard than something based on an existing franchise. Now I hear he's working on a remake of the 2010 Korea psychological thriller, I Saw The Devil. Like the many countless remakes, it's unnecessary.
greatest comedy of 2017, oscars when?
Watch it for Ryuk! Only for Ryuk!!!
Other than that.. it's a complete disappointment..
They have tried to adapt the major plot points without giving an possible explanation but they have completely ignored the core characteristics of the lead characters.. Damn Netflix.. Really disappointed..
This adoption was completely laughable! I am a fan of the Anime/Manga so I've tried really I tried seeing this from both point of views and no matter what it was like watching a bad soap opera trying to become a comedy. But honestly, this was mediocre at its best and at the way it ended you can clearly tell he intended it to be open for another comedy routine. Just about the only good thing from this movie was Ryuk that's it William Dafoe was a good choice but his character was rewritten very poorly ...
I don't understand why everybody is so upset with this movie. To me it was an awesome trip. Atmospheric, beautifully shot and gory. 10/10 in my book!
An insult to the original
Skip this one for sure
i hated all 1 hour 41 minutes of my life i spent watching this
Absolutely nothing like the anime :sob:
As a movie on its own it's really good. it's visually appealing, it's got the right amount of gore, the plot is there and has a perfect level of suspense. If judging it in terms of being related to the anime it fucking sucks.
I do think it's worth a watch though.
I love it. I think of it as a homage. I think this movie was meant to be experienced on emotional level. I love this movie for its amazing photography, editing, and music. It is really hard to explain why I like this film. I think that crew of this film really loved Death Note and they wanted people to experience it in totally new sparkling colors. Like awesome night out with friends, original Death Note was that night, netflix Death Note is like a very beautiful, emotional memory of that night, because you don't remember everything, you only remember cool bits and pieces and they not just remembered, they are amplified, beautified and glorified.
I’m very much against judging something in comparison to the source material.
It often leads to very shallow criticisms, and giving an artist some leeway to put their own creative twist on the material isn’t a bad thing.
However, this movie strips away everything that makes the anime interesting, so even when judged as just a movie, it’s still a fail.
All it really has going for it are some gory death scenes.
3/10
"I think it's very sad, actually. I only mention it, because that would make you over 18. If you were to beat me up, which I'm sure you could, it would be child abuse".
lol what?
The only good thing that came out of this disaster is people are now remembering how awesome the original was. Every issue I had with this film has already been said by many, so no point repeating things you heard countless times by now.
Was good but is not like the anime
Boring. Boring. Boring. And god damn, everything is wrong from L attitude to Light love story with that gothic *****. Hated that one, even though i was thinking of it as a good different story as frieds told me, even with coming with a positive review i come back after wasting less than 2h of my life.
WTF is this shit. I have not watched a worst adaption of an anime/manga even the Japanese Live Action movies are better than this shit. And that's saying a lot I usually I'm not a fan of Japanese films, but I would rather see that shit over this shit. I mean come on if you make an adaption from an anime at least follow the fucking plot and don't change shit.
The Netflix movie Death Note was nothing like the Anime, not even close. While they had elements from the anime from the series in the movie it was horrible and disappointing.
They didn't even make an attempt to follow the storyline. It did have a high school student who finds the book, but his father wasn't a cop and had nothing to do with the story if I recall correctly. Horrible. I wanted to place this movie out of my mind ASAP!
On the other hand, the special effects were pretty decent. The deaths of Akira's victims were fairly...entertaining. So, there were some good aspects about the film, just not what I was looking for.
The ending didn't match the ending of the anime either, which was another disappointment of mine. But, the soundtrack was pretty good! I liked that.
In the ending, I would have to say that my disgust outweighed the pros of the film. I would have to give this one two thumbs down or 4 stars out of a possible 10. I rarely rate anything this low. I guess I had high expectations because the anime was so awesome.
Sorry Netflix, I would not recommend this film.
I thought I give this a try. Never got around watching the anime despite it being praised a lot.
Live adaptions are mostly miss than hits so I didn't have any high expexctations for this.
Speaking of, the live adaption for Erased is a hit, I'd say.
But holy shit is this godawful. I made it to the 25th minute and stopped watching. I rarely stop stuff in between, either I do not even start or suffer through if there's even a hint of goodness. Like Glow, that is such a trashy and generally terrible series but it still has something that keeps me watching and it's not the tight clothing. This doesn't, quite the opposite, this adaption drives me away by the sheer idiocy of the main character Light Turner.
I don't give a damn about pseudo "white washing", "americanizing", or however you wanna call it. It's always the same pointless discussion, deflecting from the actual issues. Light is such a frigging idiot to a point where I simply cannot watch him f*ck up anymore than in these 25 minutes. It's incredibly aggravating to watch him laying bare his stupidity.
In what world would anyone think the "power" to kill people is something you can use to impress anyone? Particular someone you apparently want to f*ck. Or sharing the existence of such power in the first place.
Yes, he's a teenager thinking with his dick but honestly. Common sense is't something you loose in/after puberty. There's no excuse how he handles the situation with that note.
If you are into stupidity driven plots, played by amateur actors, directed by probably some temporary staff member, you're going to have a blast with this trash.
Never watched death note before or read about it so i think it was fine for me.
Very good and very fun to Watch.
Ignore this and watch the original
As an adaptation, it is shit. As a movie, it is less shit... but still shit. The biggest flaw is the characters, as they are terribly written, but the story, pacing, mind games etc. isn't any good either. It's no surprise that it is at its best when it follows the original anime, because when it tries to do anything original, it fails. Really just do yourself a favor and watch the anime.
Wow this is even worse than Sharknado. Watched it in side of the eye for the cute girls. Which it didnot deliver. Also not a horror.
Worse than the Emoji Movie.
this should be re-made, rebooted or change name, this ain't Death Note !
key characters are so baaadly interpreted !
Don't waste you time watching this. Watch the anime again in that time.
OMG, this was just plain horrible and waaaay too American.
Tarde en verla, al final la curiosidad me atrajo, y en ese momento entendí el dicho que cita la curiosidad mató al gato, es un de las peores películas qué se han podido hacer, es un insulto al anime, todo fue deformado sin justificación alguna, los personajes, la historia, en fin aún sí no has visto el animé es pésima, no pasa de ser una combinación entre una tonta película de adolescentes con algunos elementos robados de final destination.
"I think it's very sad, actually. I only mention it, because that would make you over 18. If you were to beat me up, which I'm sure you could, it would be child abuse".
lol what?
The only good thing that came out of this disaster is people are now remembering how awesome the original was. Every issue I had with this film has already been said by many, so no point repeating things you heard countless times by now.
I couldn't even get half way through this piece of garbage before I got bored. The deaths were ridiculous, it's like they liked seeing watermelons explode so everybody is killed like an exploding watermelon. The main actor reminds me of Lance Bass. The story line is nothing like the comics or the anime. The ONLY good thing about this is Willem Dafoe, he makes a perfect Ryuk.
They don't understand Light, L, Death Note...
not as bad as most people say but it still miss the characters characterization all together. picture in the average that depicts an anonymous film with some glimpse of...ok there's no glimpse of nothing whatsoever. it totally miss it's focus. it's not as bad as dragon ball evolution although.
Ryuk has it's moments, but nothing above average.
it's a hard no from me
This is not an adaptation. Is a diffrent story interely, and its bad. really bad.
What is this bullshit??!!
I guess all the budget went into Ryuk...
I hope Death Note author got a fat check from Netflix for allowing to tarnish his work.
what the fuck did I just watch?
This remake of a near-perfect manga series, which has in turn spawned films, is now here and presented by Netflix. It starts out like a teen-angst emo trip, paired with death.
Ryuk, a much-beloved character in the manga, is a Death God, who drops a notebook onto Earth. The book allows its owner to write the name of somebody and the person subsequently dies. However, there are loads of rules and caveats surrounding its use.
This version is quite like "Hunger Games" was a version of "Battle Royale"; I can recall somebody saying that "Hunger Games" was "Battle Royale with cheese", which is an apt description for this version of "Death Note" as well. While the manga and prior films both contained elements that made the Sherlock Holmes short stories and novels successful through thinking and wondrous twists and turns, this film does not contain anything in the least good, apart from how the film makers opted to not display the character Ryuk much, other than in shadows. Lakeith Stanfield's acting is the only saving grace in this film, albeit short and boxed within its severe constraints (as it should be, I think). All in all: expect a high-school special without intelligence, and you will be alright.
what the fuck did i just watch with my own two eyes
From a person never watched the original, it was an okay movie. I would say that it's shit but Ryuk and the twist was pretty good.
It at least got me excited at showing , maybe Mia can be genius behind the scenes. Sadly they didn't go through even that plot-line. Everyone is dumb , is that what they think Americanize means , well !
Boy, that was the worst adaptation i've ever seen. I'm not even going to bother explaining why it is the worst. It's just... bad! Too bad
I think this is the worst adaption I've seen in a long time, almost Dragon Ball Evolution level. The characters are nothing like the ones in the anime and manga, and the cat and mouse game, one of the strong points of the original work, is dumbed down and replaced with tasteless action. I only gave it a 2 because the visuals are good and at least its foolishness made me laugh at certain moments. I only recommend it to edgy teens who like mindless action and see gory deaths that seem to be taken from Final Destination and 1000 Ways to Die.
Simply terrible. As a standalone movie it's meh/kinda weak, but if you watched the original manga/anime you'll find this adaptation ridiculous. You shouldn't even call it that. Until the middle it's in a way following the original, but then when Watari's name goes to the list it loses every meaning and ends with nothing in common.
All of the four points that I'm giving to this movie belong to Willem Dafoe's voice.
If you were looking for death note anime style I must tell you to go away, Kira's intelligence turns into stupidity in the film.
Everything gets so emotional and drama, and this story is something beyond that.
Totally sh!t. Full of over acting. Ryuk was good. All others are piece of sh!t. Thought, it was a movie where black dies first, like all other movies, but he didn't. Maybe, for next Death Note script my cat will write it, she's a good shitter too. Netflix watch out.
If you're looking at the comments to see if you should watch this or not, I say don't waste your time. You will be disappointed.
Not exactly the show, at all. While it tries to do too much with a 90 minute movie. When the show had 37 episodes. At least it's visually stunning with with a well cast Willem Dafoe as the voice of Ryuk.
Light (Nat Wolf) is now a cliche troubled teen who's mom died that lives alone with his father. Light was also a giant asshole in the anime series who didn't just target bad people. Targeted anyone in his way. While his mom was alive and well in the show and he had a sister.
Keith Stanford is some-what L like. He's strange and likes to eat a lot while on a case. Except here he eats a lot of candy instead of Japanese food. Still, he doesn't feel right. Maybe because his performance isn't that good.
While the violence is like something from a Final Destination movie. They over do the head explosions and other limbs flying everywhere.
So you don't have to watch the Anime show to watch this. Since they aren't enough alike. You could watch the show to see how it's done though. I am sure the live action Japanese films are better too.
From the trailer Light Turner seems all wrong. He is a mad man who enjoys killing. Good and bad people.
Shout by Miguel MenjibarVIP 6BlockedParentSpoilers2017-08-25T09:21:23Z— updated 2019-02-10T22:13:39Z
the worst adaption I´ve ever seen.
Light, a stupid teenage student, uses the Death Note to impress Mia, a girl he likes.
They go rampage and kill criminals. L is getting emotional while it all turns into some comedy/love drama, because Light didn´t want to murder his own father.
If they changes ALL the names and maybe the title, the movie wouldn´t be that bad. But if you expect a Death Note movie, you´re only getting dissapointed.
I don´t even mind the "white whasing". I don´t mind, that L is black, Light is called Turner or Mia is just some random classmate of him. There personalities are all completely different and "Kira" is just a boring person.