Netflix Death Note Is Better Than Expected? - A Review
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- Опубліковано 5 вер 2024
- Hello ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to my review of Netflix's Death Note Film. Is it terrible or a surprising gem? Watch and find out my thoughts.
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DuoReview duo can u recommend anime to watch
Code Geass.
I still wish they just recreated it as a netflix series with multiple seasons so that a different audience could see what's so good about it.
Because this you say the people are talking about death note again in wich world do you live they never stopped talking about it the ammount has increased again sure but the talking about death note never stopped.
And if i look at the Reviews there comes for each person who like´s the Netflix Death Note 5-6 people who hate it and why because it is statet that the movie is based on the Manga so yes people wantet the movie like the Manga.
But if there were statet the movie would play in the world of the Manga with a new L and a new Light the hate would be less because then the Manga only had given ideas and it were never said it is based on the Manga.
Genya2008 I hated it because I was expecting a cat and mouse mystery but L finds out who Kira is way to quick. The original series was more dramatic, every shot had purpose. Like the hand shots of Light scribbling a name like a madman to show his unstable mindset. Or the scenes with the Blue and Red characters which shows Light as red since that color is supposed to represent evil, while L is blue to show he is a good guy and the antagonists (Lights) rival. A lot of the subtle details that made the original stand out from a lot of anime were not applied to this movie which really disappointed me. I think this would have been much better as a film noir styled netflix tv series, it seems appropriate since the Death Note universe is actually supposed to be very dark and sinister. The movie was just another shot in the dark when it comes to anime adaptions.
"The movie take a much more serious tone than the original"?
Guess my definition of serious differs here.
Maybe they were referring to the fact that the jokes were a lot more subdued in this one, where in the anime, L was more of a goof, Misa was ridiculously ditzy, and then also you had Matsuda being Matsuda.
It's a lot more gorey and grounded than the anime.
As serious as the anime is compared to others, it's still a cartoon.
Throttle Kitty
So what if it is a cartoon? Just because it is animated doesn't take away the merits of the show. On the opposite side, just because a show like "lazy town" is live action doesn't add merit of meaning to that show. Death note does have plenty of goofy aspect and is a cartoon, but it doesn't take away from the various over arching philosophy the show presents and the movie did a terrible job at conveying those philosophies one of which is the definition of justice that Light and L was fighting over.
lordshardik
I can understand that.
I guess my definition for a serious tone is how well a piece of media makes us think/feel and/or how well it can question our morals and philosophy if we decide to dig deeper into the Media.
I personally kind of think the gore in the movie was over-the-top, which actually for me, made the movie less serious and less grounded. It actually made me laugh sometimes. It was kind of like watching a Quentin Tarantino film XD
My biggest problem is that the movie takes all the names and image from the original story, I would prefer if the characters were new with different names making it something as a story on the same universe
efestus5 I don't have an issue with is keeping them, but i do think that it would have been smarter from a marketing aspect.
Lol if they even changed the name of the characters, they would be getting double the hate they are getting now
@@skcy4441 No if they kept it in the same universe but changed the characters to be new characters it would be much better and they would have gotten less backlash. The characters here are incredibly different from their anime counterparts and *THAT* is what caused a lot of fans to be upset. If these were new characters they would have been able to make them however they want, and change the story to have different events. Anyway here's what should have happened.
The way they should have done it is make it some years after the events of Deathnote where Ryuk is bored again and wants to see if he can recreate what happened with Light. He drops a notebook again this time in America. It's possible that maybe this person was a Kira follower and tries to take up the mantle or something. We could have had scenes where Ryuk talked about Light, or even just mentioned him in passing as an easter egg. Later on an older Near could have showed up to stop him.
Another interesting thing would be if they used the unnamed shinigami from the death note animated movie as there could have been the possibility of him being Light. It might have been interesting if he mentioned Ryuk and the story he heard while keeping things vague enough for new fans to check out the series as well as leave room for speculation. Is the unnamed shinigami Light?
efestus5 like death note
But with next generation of characters og but still fitting death note
Near is the protagonist and new antagonist or better mello and matt
I agree that Ryuk was on point in this movie, and I couldn't stop laughing when Light screamed the first time he saw him lol
chymera45 how would you react seeing that? I'd piss my pants, I think that scene was intended as a joke, or he is that bad of an actor.
Austin Trench oh I'm not trying to say I wouldn't be screaming either, but still that face he made when screaming had me cracking up 🤣
It was a very honest, hilarious scene.
That was the part that actually made me laugh and continue watching lol
When the apple core feel on the ground I died
I completely agree, no potatoe chip scene, unwatchable -10/-69 garbage. How is Netflix going to get the money without the memes
Welp, it's time to rewatch Death Note for like the 1000000th time. Who's with me?
Medusa Wolf I'm with you. Looove Ryuk!
Syahmie Shahar lolololol same
me
While overall Mia's charactet was better than Misa's, I can't bring myself to like her as much as Misa. It's probably because Mia is more like Light than Light himself. And that makes the movie version of Light even more of a dumbass.
Agree! I couldn't quite put a finger on it but this is it
That's my problem with Mia too. She was more like Light from the anime than Light in the movie was. And I did hate Misa with passion.
I liked how they used the interaction between Light and Mia as a way to externalize the moral debates. Other than being a rather attractive pawn, Misa was completely useless.
Mia is meant to be Light. She's not based on Misa at all.
Really? Misa has to be one of my favourite anime characters ever...
Actor for L is 10/10.
The movie didn't deserve him.
Then again, I watched atlanta, so I hold him above standards
I haven't really seen Atlanta, but he was great in Deathnote.
lordshardik he sucked
BronzedMocha poor L he was such a great actor but this movie was trash
Naw, he was good, he just couldn't do much with the terrible script they gave him.
I honestly liked this movie. But compared to the real death note it's trash. I also didn't enjoy lights character
Pretty much. XD
Agreed. On its own the film isn't the worst movie out there, but as an adaptation, it flops
Meatball Does Stuff honestly the worst character in this film was Light, I really wished they would have made his character more likable, or maybe had recasted him, but what's done's done
Meatball Does Stuff
Light was an asshole
Meatball Does Stuff yup
Mia is more Light than Light!
Also, Watari name is just Watari? Come on if they already breaking rules, just write L in the death note then and kill him and not do the round about of getting L's true name if they can kill someone with just nickname!
Daryl Gonzales lol someone asked the watari thing to the director and he said that he was an android. Kind of confusing
I absolutely hated this as I didn't find a single character likeable. Mia was a crazy bitch, Light didn't care about cleansing the world before he got the chance, L was crazy at the end which I hated as he shouldn't have been made into a violent character, and I hate how Ryuk influenced Light. I was disappointed that they changed a rule (in the original no death can be prevented, even by burning) and I wish we got to see Light's intelligence, especially by using tests to better use the deathnote. What I despised most however was how it never made me think or even choose a side. Overall it was terrible in my opinion which is disappointing considering the anime is my all time favourite TV show and I adore it along with the manga. My metaphor for this film thought up while watching with my boyfriend who also hated it was taking a s*it on the anime and then wiping their a*s with the manga.
last time i was early light died
That's pretty early. ;)
Sorry for the odd editing. I didn't want to get a copyright strike, and this video had to be fixed after premiere screwed up the initial export.
Also yes, I have the minority opinion. Maybe it was low expectations, or maybe it was just the approach to watching the movie, but it wasn't horrible, it just wasn't great. But tell me your thoughts as well.
Can't wait for that backlash, especially from the people who don't even watch the video. XD
DuoReview honestly I loved it.
Maybe because I was expecting a new story about Light TURNER and not about Yagami Light.
I am seeing a new story about Light TURNER and MIA but I am invested in new points of views and story.
IT'S a guilty pleasure I guess.
^That's what I was expecting as well. XD
DuoReview I wish the personality was dealt with better
DuoReview what are the chances of a sequel in your opinion. You have to remember about the edgy teens that will watch the movie and like it.
I agree with all of this. Ryuk is excellent in this; L is good; Mia is different, but is a lot better then her origanal counterpart; Light just flat out sucked; the pacing sucked and the gore came off as trying to be edgy, but in a way to hide it's flaws (it kinda reminded me of Go Lion in that regard...if you ever watched that anime).
Also, another face palming moment in this is when Light says, "Kira means Light in Russian and Celtic." First all, Celtic is not a language, it's a group of people in the same way Chinese or Indian is (which are Cantonese/Meridian and Hindi respectively) . The language is Gaelic. Second, no it isn't. Kira means throne in Russian and "little dark one" in Gaelic. That was a just a really stupid moment that made Light seem like an even bigger dumbass.
Light, in this movie, is a textbook definition of a passive character. A passive character is a character who has no goal in mind, seeming to be pushed around by people around them. The best example of this is Bella Swan from Twilight, since she is a waif, who never makes any decisions of her own. Here, Light is pushed around by Mia and Ryuk, never making any choices of his own and always needs an outside force to do something. That is just flat out bad writing since you never, never want a passive character, especially as your lead.
Although, I admit, I was actually bored at points in this. I remember live streaming this with a group of friends and we were just waiting for it to end at points. Either way, it was a blast to riff at times.
I didn't get bored personally. XD
To each is their own. Tbh, I was looking forward to see your take on this.
Also, are you gonna do a Voltron: Legendary Defender theory in the future?
Carissa Carlson I felt bored after how quickly L figured out Light. That was waaay to quick.
Carissa Carlson why they lie
Because this is written by the same guy who wrote the 2014 Fantastic 4 movie.
I don't think you can use 'serious' and 'action-based' in the same sentence...
But you were able to?
The anime "kira" is how otakus see thenselves. The netflix's "kira" is how otakus really are.
i disliked the movie cause their are no potato chip scene
Watch until the end. ;)
Exactly!! They CANT be allowed to use the name "Deathnote" to sell their movie while completely abandoning the source material
You're right. The only reason we should be happy about the movie even though it's not perfect, It's the fact that it introduces more people to this absolutely brilliant anime.
_Me: Sees the Title_
*Also Me: That's a Lie.*
As a film it was Ok as an Adaption it was horrible, The main thing i hated about it was how they changed the characters Light being a dumbass Mia/Misa trying to steal the death note L having feelings etc and
SPOILER ALERT
how they handled watari's death
Anywho Great Video Duo
Pretty much my thoughts in a nutshell. XD
CaseyDoesNightcore actually in the end i can see why L got crazy and we didn't saw that in the anime because he died right after watari.
ran oram The problem is he wouldn't act like that he would have stayed calm like how he did with the investigator who went to the T.V station (before Lights dad)
CaseyDoesNightcore i think that L was needed to stay indifferent like the L in the anime untill watari dies. Then we can see L mental brake because the man who was with him since he was young died. That would have been more interesting
CaseyDoesNightcore actually that should have been in the anime instand of Near and Mallo
This movie was trash and I've never seen death note.
You should watch it. Its WAY WAY WAY better. Its the best anime imo.
Man, even saying it's average is a controversial opinion at this point. I'm defending the movie more than I expected to myself, most of what you said reflects my feelings pretty closely though.
I will admit, it was okay. I mean, yes you can change some stuff about it, but......
THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE DAMN MOVIE I KEPT THINKING, "This never happened!" "When tf did this happen??"
Honestly, it felt as if someone slapped the name 'Death Note' on it and gave the guy a death to let it unravel a story of its own, It DID'NT feel like Death Note AT ALL
Tokyo Note that was the point, badly executed, but they wanted to do something different. (but they failed)
Jojo900Ful They did, really bad
This movie was a mixed bag for me, Ryuk really stood out most of everything gotta give that to Willem Dafoe. Ryuk's lines sometimes were really good, hes joke about what is physically possible with the death note cracked me up. Light was really annoying til the end which i have to agree on. L's performance was good til Watari went missing, then he just lost hes composure which i was expecting from L. The movie also skipped too much character development during the montage as well, so much stuff that would have been valuable on screen. This also applies to this movie especially for people who have not seen the anime, that development is important for a movie which should be stand alone as an adaptation. Even tho i liked seeing the shadow of the original Light in the end of the movie i just couldnt bring myself to believe that he is that smart becouse of how dumb he was acting through the entire movie. Mia tho, maybe a bit of a interesting take on her. The romance scenes tho and the music for the death scenes ruined a lot for me. That music might be hip right now but in the long run it's not gonna stand out. I miss the tense music we had in the anime, wish they attempted to give us some actual movie scores in this film that would make sense. Tbh i wanted this movie to be a good add for the death note franchise. Sadly tho i did not really enjoy it and i think i stick to the japanese live action movies. Death Note: Light up the new world, it was a lot better than anything that this movie did. Even tho i did not like this film im still gonna watch the sequel they talked about and hope they might step up their game. No expectations tho.
That Title is clickbait isn't it
Kind of yes. XD
DuoReview GG Duo
It's not too horrible.. But not good either
Black L is dark and edgy. I love it
He's certainly different. XD
Terrance George lol, "black L is dark"
"Black L is dark and edgy"*
Context is everything. Its like you wanted it to be racist.
DAVIE222 I'm black dude
TacoCheetah I'm black
Death is *NEAR* me
Oh did someone already make this joke? Guess Ill take this *L*
why cant misa have her own blonde hair
So it's not a piece of shit, it just smells really bad?
Eric E omg yes that's the best description of it.
I mean sure I guess.
Eric E piece of shit. It felt more like final destination than death note.
I agree with your last point - after seeing this movie I got so engaged to Death Note again that I watched the frekin musical, read a bunch of fanart, and am still hungry for more Death Note content! And idk, I hear many people say the ending is great and all, but I honestly couldn't believe that the Light of the movie planned the whole thing in the super small amount of time he was in one of the classrooms during the prom-party thing. I would believe it more if the anime Light pulled through with that whole plan, because they showed him to be very smart from the start. Movie Light (American Light?) was book smart with homework, yes, but crazy under pressure genius smart? Nu-uh, can't believe that. I feel like the movie just pulled a 180 on his character, but that's just my two cents. Glad I saw your review, and I await more of your content! Like, *cough cough* Near theme? *cough cough*
Zamasu took over L's body and we got this Netflix version........ Black L!
yoy mean "L black"
I've been thinking about the movie more and more and a thought occurs. What if this was meant to be just an origin. By the end of the narrative, light finally learns a bit of ruthlessness from Mia and gets rid of her when she oversteps her bounds. At the end he's the light that fans gravitated to from the original. Given the slightly ambiguous ending there is a slight chance of followup movies. The dynamic between a typical light and this new L could be something truly interesting.
Just as I watched it I thought this was a pretty ok movie but it's veri forgetable. To someone who has not seen the anime it might be more impressive however it was not interesting enough so they'd watch it again. Also the Mia character was terrible, they tried too hard to make her cool. She's a cheerleader, a smoker, I think she is supposed to be popular in her school, she's beautiful, she likes gore and murder... All in all i sae it as a try hard attempt to make sure everyone liked her so that they would be affected by her death at the end but for me... I hated her from the start, terrible character.
Mia is improvement, if we compare her with Misa.
Misa was completely forgettable and non character, what is no strange for anime to have one dimensional characters.
Wlof25 honestly appart from being the girl Mia and Misa have nothing in common so i was judging her as a separate character. Mia had the characteristics many 'cool' females have in movies nowadays and it seemed overused also i think she was given too big of a role in the intire plot, it's not supposed to be about a girl it's supposed to be about using and abusing a power given to one person. dunno why they made her be the reason why light used the note (she pushed him also at the start he was trying to impress her) and she was able to use it at all... It was in my opinion a wrong choice. but yes if you compare her to Misa she is maybe more memorable but that is probably because she had a bigger role in this story.
"it's not supposed to be about a girl it's supposed to be about using and abusing a power given to one person"
That above is false. That might be for the anime, but obviously not for the movie and because anime and movie are not the same, you cant use anime to judge the movie, thus the quote cant work.
"but yes if you compare her to Misa she is maybe more memorable but that
is probably because she had a bigger role in this story."
And if Mia is a terrible character and she is more developed, then what does that says about 2 dimensional Misa in anime? Nothing good, it seems.
Wlof25 hey i never said Misa was the best developed character but she never needed to be anything more than she was where as Mia is pretty much a main character and a genuine love interest and i would have liked her to be more likeable and relateable having such a big role. The way that she was presented was not really what I personally would have done with such an important character. I never cared for her there for her death or actions angainst lighs plans didn't stuck me, it didn't get the effect that i think they were going for. had she been the socially awkward sweet one that flips the script in light but ends up loosing i might have been more sympathetic to her, this way i didn't care. that's what i'm trying to say, having had such a big role she should have been more likeable and i didn't finnd her to be that way at all.
Mia had more of the character and her being unlikable was part of her character. You are not supposed to like all characters (and considering that Light in anime is a bad guy, you are not supposed to like him. At best to empathize with him, but not to like him, because he is a bad guy there) and Mia is the bad guy here.
Misa was just a 2 dimensional character to be manipulated by Light. And if shallow character like that is "never needed to be anything more than she was ", then Mia also never needed to be anything more than she was.
it seems to me that you have some preconceived idea what Mia is supposed to be, while ignoring the movie and what she is actually supposed to be in the movie.
Horrible Things America Did To Japan:
Hiroshima Bombing
Nagasaki Bombing
Netflix Death Note
[Yoshikage_Kira] 👏👏👏👏👏
Don't forget Live Action Dragon ball.
I think the Death Note movie is a bit less serious compared to atomic bombs. XD
It is a close call.... Compared to the other options we had besides using the atomic bombs.
DuoReview good point... Its far worse
Spoilers: The main problem I had with the ending was that it just seemed like it came out of nowhere. Not ONCE did we see such meticulous planning from Light until that point in the movie which made it feel like it was just thrown in for the "Ooh! What a twist!" factor. What makes it worse is that Light shouldn't have been able to influence those two people for *days* before their deaths, and he shouldn't have been able to state where he landed after falling from the Ferris wheel (or even make himself fall into a coma for that matter).
Remember the train scene with Raye Penber. He wrote in the death note probably days in advance and the bus scene? Again, Light Yagami wrote in the death note the night before or the night before that. You can write days in advance. You can control a person for up to 23 days with the death note. Read the rules in manga 13 how to read. The rules are right there and instead of creating rules, Adam Wingard should have just made do with what was there.
Finally, someone who didn't totally trash this movie. I personally liked the movie and agree with most of your points. I haven't heard any other review saying anything about how good the movie looked other than yours, and I agree. There were corny parts and they honestly made me laugh, mostly with how over the top Watari and L were portrayed, as well as some of the deaths. This film was entertaining, no doubt, and of course didn't live up to the anime. But the way I see it, since the anime was nearly perfect, this movie is at least good IMO. It just gripes me to hear people shit on this movie, as if it was a huge production and they like went to a theater to see it. I think people's expectations were too high for a Netflix original film, but, like you said, more people are talking about the anime now and hopefully they give it a watch as a result of this movie.
u Suck at watching movies
Chris Mac, you suck at using your cerebral cortex.
I liked it a bit too.
It was mediocre to me.
I thought the Japanese live action movies were a lot better than the American adaptation.
Aw you didn't talk about what you think L did with the notebook at the end, that was such a good cliffhanger with ryuks perfect laugh as credits roll, I hope they make a second one so I can finally see what he did I feel like he'll manipulate light and he'll die after two days but you won't learn her wrote his name until the very end, he'll manipulate him into messing up and revealing he's kira
How is it better?... Wtf the movie was a total wreck
I really liked Watari. He was funny to me but in a subtle way. I also really liked the relationship between L and Watari. Something I always thought in the anime was even though L didn't show it he really loved Watari. I also really liked going back to where L grew up and the complex way that was needed to get L's name.
He had a relationship with Watari in the Japanese live action version too, he just had trouble showing it and I like that version better because it's more accurate. L has Aspergers and has a hard time conveying his emotions so he doesn't break down and cry like he would in the American adaptation. So when Watari died at the end of Death note the last name, I thought L's reaction to Watari's death was accurate too because again, he has a hard time conveying emotions. Then again in L change the world, it shows him in scenes looking at Watari's picture on occasion and imagining him standing there. He doesn't cry over him though. He wouldn't.
It feels like the writers were afraid to do Light as he was, so they had to a whole character arc just to get him to the same heartless mind set Light had at the start of the series.
Even that line from Ryuk
"You humans are interesting"
Is taken from the start of the series. It's ryuk confirming to the audience that Light has become the one we know from the anime. It's different...but interesting
I think it would have helped if they changed lights name, because the light in this film is clearly not the original light. Giving him another name would explain why the main character would be so different
My favorite scene has to be when L catches Light and is then knocked out by the store owner who lets Kira escape. It allows the audience to see the how some of the average people agree with Lights actions.
okay okay I'm a die-hard fan of Death Note and I heard the new movie was crap but I'll give it a chance thanks for this little review of yours. I suppose when it comes right down to it I love Death Note so much and was hoping for it to be an exact replica but I forgot when everybody makes a movie nowadays off of something it usually doesn't betray it in the usual fashion in which it was a custom. In any event, you made a believer out of me and I will at least check it out once if nothing else as you mentioned I'll get a good laugh or end up liking some parts of the movie. would have been awesome if they included the potato chip scene LOL thanks!
I actually liked the movie, I tried to see it from a new begining, or as if I've never seen Death Note before and it was good, but there were some flaws throughout the begining but the ending made me enjoy the movie. I'm glad someone like/enjoyed the movie! =D Rip potato scene ;-;
My thoughts pretty much. XD
I hope it gets a 2nd movie, because I feel like they set up the Light we know and love. Like, it's almost like this movie was just showing us the transformation of Light Turner into Light Yagami. Then the next movie can get into the real shit.
Bluemilk92 Yeah I really hope they can make a sequel to show the results of the transformation
Yeah, I feel like because of the ending, its going to have a second movie
Yeah, it was interesting, they never touched the idea of complex mindgames until the end, and that was a major staple of the original series.
I still hated that Ryuk never finished eating the entire apples like he did in the anime>:(
This film made me cringe the entire time. If you were to stumble upon this movie on netflix as someone who has no idea about the anime, I feel sorry that they wasted some time of their life to watch this.
Anxiety as a person who knew about death notes plot but having never watched it thought the movie was great and amazing
watch the original and experience true greatness
i don't know how you could like something in this movie.....for me it was 100% shit.
I didn't mind it, but I didn't love it either. The gore completely through me off and by the second death I was like, "these deaths are all going to be gory." The things I did like was the character Mia, and how crazy she was at times. She wanted the book for herself, and was willing to put Light's name in it, which made her really interesting and unpredictable as a character.The plot twist with the Ferris wheel was brilliant.Another thing that I liked about this movie was the topic, "How did Kira kill?" It's been awhile sense I've seen the anime, but I liked how they question how Kira killed and the possibility of Kira being a psychic or dissecting him to find out was really cool. The thing I really enjoyed and felt satisfied was Light's dad, James. His quote, "Sometimes you have to choose the lesser of the evils" made his character as a police officer more real. But what I really loved was that he discovered that Light was Kira at the end.
Finally. I been waiting for you to release this Duo. I already knew you were going to do it.
Well I hope it was worth the wait. XD
Well, the better wait is the wait for the discord!
This should've been a series, as planned. The pacing is too fast. I liked L in the first part as he resembled a lot the original, but there wasn't enough time for anyone to get to know him and he ends up kinda flat. My problem with light was he isn;t that smart, with the exception of the ending. I did like that he wasn't killing innocent people like Light in the anime, though. And finally Mia. Thank god, she isn't like Misa, but I did feel like she stole some of Light's light (yay puns) as she was more...logical... than him. What sucks is her motives were never explained. He legit told some chick he did not know about committing a murder on the basis of her being hot, which I think hurt his character the most as it is an extremely stupid move. Had this been series, he'd have time to know her and all that. It should've been a series. It was an acceptable movie regardless Ryuk was fucking great.
Aha from a Marvel character (Green Goblin) to an anime character (Ryuk).
I just wanted it to involve the complex plans and strategies deathnote was famous for. The anime made me pay attention, it made me look for small mistakes in the character's plans because I knew they would be important later. I noticed tons of huge oversights that made Light Turner look like an idiot in comparison. I think it was okay, but I was disappointed that the movie wasn't nearly as cerebral as I had hoped.
I actually kind of enjoyed Netflix deathnote.. I just kinda tried to watch it as a film on its own as opposed to watching it as a recreation of the anime and constantly finding faults and it really wasn't bad. I really liked the idea of misa (or Mia) being the actual bad guy here, loving the need for power and control over light. She really seemed like the one caught up in a god complex as opposed to just being a lovesick character that light used in the anime. Of course it could have been paced better, everything just felt like a bit of a rush near the beginning (also light managed to kill watari with just s first name..) but other than that a few other flaws, as a film it wasn't terrible.
I'm not even going to try and sort out my grammar there..
I'm wayyyy too tired
I loved the ending until they implied that L would write lights name down which to me betrays the whole point of the character
The reason you state for liking the ending is the exact problem I have with it. Yes the ending is good and Light in the ending is closer to his anime counterpart but the Light we've seen the entire movie has never been shown to be that methodical or smart enough to come up with a plan like that hell he couldn't even tell that Mia was the one who killed the FBI agents even though it was really clear. Also if Light wrote that Mia would take the notebook as part of his plan does that really mean she was willing to sacrifice him? I mean she was going to burn his page to make sure he didn't die and even prevented him from saving Watari so she must have actually been in love with him. But hey that's just my opinion.
I liked it as a Death Note fan, but I agree there are some issues. XD
So far you are the first person I've seen review this where I genuinely respect the thoughts and opinions. There are only like 2 or 3 Ani-tubers where I consistently respect their opinions. I think it all comes down to the quality and execution of the argument. I could watch a review of someone else where they have the same opinions as you but I just cant respect their opinions because of their argument.
Even Japanese version of Death Note's Live Action Adaptation didn't follow the Manga/Anime exactly and it was still really good
It was really good.
That ending is amazing in my opinion. Feels like a plot twist strait out of the anime. Captures it perfectly while keeping some originality
I just wish they didn't spend so much time getting to that point and had the whole movie have a bit of that feel.
Hey I want to ask you something on a personal level with the ending because you and I seem to have the same conclusion on the movie. With how it's left off and how smart "Netlfix" Light actually can be, does that not, the ending, make you want to see another Movie? It does for me, because now we can understand the extent of his creativity, we get to know his dad knows he's the killer, Mia, is out of the picture. We get to understand in the right moments, Light, can not only stick with his moral code and kill those that still do wrong and keep his moral code, but still within that right do and what shocked me when I watched the ending. I think it's worth seeing another movie regardless of what some many people say. Your review was harsh but in a good way.
I really liked this Light's Netflix character, aside from his highschool side of things, he's morally broken, he's not some harsh stone killer with zero emotions and a pretty boy, and he's way more real then Light. Anime/Manga like was a mastermind. L was Detective Wizard.
In this movie? Light has only begun his path of insanity, and he's well off more creative then Light in the Anime will ever be. His descriptions on his first kill shows that. L is a mastermind but very much broken as a human because HE IS a human, and man does L in the movie make it all worth the while to watch. he's not some loser sitting in jeans an a White face, he's a assassin. He was even trained to be this. He shows that he is a killer and has killed because when he is sitting with Light in the coffee shop he tells Light that he does not carry a gun, it's distracting. That he is in fact out to make Checkmate not Check. He's adapted this through loss and MORE loss. Which is why he's as good as he is, until that happens and his darker side comes out. EVEN the ending my GOD is it good to see L act like that. So as a movie stand alone I really enjoyed it. Mia was a surprising enjoyable brat to watch even with what comes her way.
I'd like to point out the concept of INTERPRETATION.
One of the worst parts about being part of the "anime community" is what a bad rap we get from "fans" who have the worst kind of No True Scotsman ideals.
Characters summed up
L : a weird detective who has tantrums all the time
Light : A retarted dumbass who gets manipulated by his psycho gf
Misa (Mia) : an evil person who acts like the manga Light Yagami more than Light Turner
Ryuk : A badass shinigami
Watari : just a fucking dumbass
Lights Dad : also a fucking dumbass
I've been noticing a trend in reviews and I think I get why people hate this version of light so much. It because he's a teenager, and everyone hates teenagers. I know I do.
I give Death Note 2017 the movie (-1 out of 10).
As a "Death Note" Movie, it's complete trash.
As a stand alone, it was just bad.
L's desperate outburst at the end of the film because Watari disappeared was just no
It just bets on the fact all of us saw the anime read the manga or both
I actually enjoyed this film. If you go into something knowing it won't be as good as the original, depending on the series; it won't be as bad it may seem. It won't be as good as the original, but you should expect that. But honestly, I did like this.
Very well put review! So far the best I've seen. Congrats!
Tbh, I have pretty much zero respect for the Netflix adaptation. Race issues aside (since that could merit a whole essay on its own and I don’t feel like bringing that sort of sensitive topic into this), it just... is kind of laughable. I get the appeal behind taking the concept of the original manga and running in a totally different way with it (hell, even the original manga was completely different than the pilot chapter), but keeping characters like Light Yagami - I mean, Turner - and L just seems like a contradiction in itself; a desperate attempt to hold up something recognizable for fans to latch onto while totally ignoring canon. If you’re going to go in such a different direction, at least go all out and make your own original characters instead of using cheap knock-offs from the original. Even as a separate movie, though, I just... can’t take it seriously. The acting is laughable (except Ryuk, who was pretty neat, to give credit where credit is due), the characters are often poorly written and do horribly stupid things; the entire movie is just trying to be edgy, but the way it comes off is terribly cheap, cliché, and lacking in creativity. The director has also been a total asshole about a lot of criticism, so I frankly don’t have much respect for him as a person or a creator (maybe his other movies are okay - good, even - but judging based off this alone...) Basically, I pretty much agree with everything Adam from YourMovieSucks had to say concerning the film itself, and I’d highly suggest checking out that video - which totally focuses on the movie on its own merit, not as an adaptation, from what I remember.
Basically: if you’re looking for a Death Note live action adaptation, I’d suggest trying the Japanese films (which have so much fucking extra content it’s unreal), the 2015 TV drama, or the musical. They have their flaws, but they’re a lot more interesting as adaptations imo. If you’re looking for a movie like the Netflix Death Note adaptation without any regard for whether it’s actually DN-related or not, there are hundreds of movies that do everything it tries to do better that frankly aren’t hard to find. I can see why people would want to watch this and obviously I can’t tell you what to do, but I can’t see it as anything more than mediocre at best and an atrocity at worst. Definitely undeserving of the attention it’s getting (which is probably ironic seeing as I’m the one writing paragraphs about it, but hey, it’s not like anyone here wasn’t already giving it attention).
I loved the anime, so was excited to see what the film was like. Honestly, it's gonna be a guilty pleasure for me. xD I laughed so many times at what was meant to be serious, but also loved L trying to get revenge for Watari. Oh, and the scenes with Watari under Light's control were so funny and good. You just see him drive and walk FOREVER! xD I could watch this over and over just for laughs. :D
L would have never gotten revenge for Watari. He thinks logically and he would have thought what his next best move would have been. It would not have been stealing a cop car and chasing Light down an alley way to seek revenge.
Mia, Light Turner.....Ryuk was the only character that I could stand and L was good too. Eh it was okay I guess. I just hated the ending. 😤👌
how to avoid claims of "whitewashing?" make one of the most beloved characters way less white than he was in the anime
My only problem with the ending was the very out of place music. It completely destroyed any dramatic tension it had.
Could you explain why Ghouls like humans and coffee?
I'm glad I watched it.
It gave me a reason to rewatch the anime again
It's nice to see somebody talk about the movie, and not just say it's bad because it isn't like the anime, I'm so sick of seeing "It completely different so it's bad" personally I'd give the movie a 5.5/10 almost above average, but not quite there
Noice review m8 completely agree with ya!
BTW when r u going to make a steins;gate theory?
Yeah now death note is getting attention...
People are actually talking about untill now it was almost forgotten or I would say like a buried past...
Avinash Singh na mate death note will always exist in our hearts lol too cheesy I guess
L was the worst part, L goes crazy at the end, he was nothing like L
Ryuk lies to him in the first 5 mins of meeting him
The only thing I really liked from the American Death Note was the screaming part when Light met Ryuk. Well I'll give them props for making Misa more conniving and psychotic then Light, it really did give a nice twist and more interesting perspective on how she played him. It was more like she was in love with the Death Note and not Light himself, which would make sense, since her desire is to hurt people she doesn't consider worth living whilest killing them in the cruelest ways. But yeah I agree that it wasn't that bad, but it's still not something I'd rewatch though. However, I wouldn't mind rewatching that part where Light screams like a girl. That was hilarious.
This is basically what i said about death note in my review, but I went on the based on the story kind of stand point. The relationship between Light Turner and Mia Sutton was the main focus in the film and it was decent (besides all of the cringey kissing scenes). Like i said in my review, comparing it to death note you will be disappointed, but just watching it as a different entity of its own, its kind of decent. I feel as it people wouldn't hate it as much if they called it something different and just said the movie was influenced or inspired by death note. Nice review btw 😁
I kind of feel like, with that ending, the whole movie was a set up, showing us Light Turner becoming Light Yagami, if that makes sense. And the next movie will show the real Kira in action.
Shouldn't Light get killed during midnight since Mia wrote his name in the torn page of death note and didn't burn it?
I thought it was OK as its own thing. Not as Death Note. I have a crappy video about it 😂
I'm about the same. XD
theres also the massive plot hole that at 6:30 the rule is there that states the victim will have a heart attack, Light didn't add a cause of death for Watari but he was shot rather than had a heart attack. its seems the book had no actual power, the deaths were all caused by ryuk.
I do agree with you that the ending is better than the rest of the series, finally he's actually acting smart. I have a TON of problems with the movie and unfortunately, the ending also had 2 major problems in my opinion.
1. Light: His character was extremely inconsistent to me. At first, they tell us that he is smart. Then, while having the DN, he does several mistakes that Light from the anime would have never done. Fine by me, that only means he's more human than Light, because human make mistakes, and Light from the anime does make barely any. But then at the end he makes an incredible smart move under tons of stress. That just doesn't make sense to me. To me it looks like he's dumb when the plot requires a dumb MC and then smart when the plot demands it.
2. Plot holes: The ending just didn't make sense. Like the whole movie, which was full of moments where I thought: "Just do that!", or "Why did you just do that?" the ending pulled off quite the deus ex machina. With the DN you're able to control how the human, whose name you wrote in it, shall behave before his death. But in the ending, for some reason he's able to command the page of the DN to fall into the fire, which doesn't make any sense. I mean WTF, since when are you able to control objects with the DN? That just doesnt make sense.
But besides those two things, the ending was really the best part of the movie. The movie as a whole, meh, not the worst thing ever, but far from being good, for a plethora of reasons, I'd give it like a 4.5/10. I tried my best to not think of the anime while watching, but in the first half especially it just betrayed the source material in so many ways I was not able to overlook it. But yea, great vid, always nice to hear different opinions.
I like to think there's a Death Note multiverse and the movie is set in it's own separate universe and not in the anime or manga universe this concept allows the movie to do a alternate story and be it's own concept rather than a copy of the manga or anime. But i'm not gonna lie the anime was still better than the movie. I need to get around to reading the manga.
If you want a really good death note thing, try reading L change the World. Really good book that deserves a look
That book is heart wrenching! Did you see the movie?
I agree with what’s said here 100%... I felt like it was left open ended to make a far better sequal then the original. If they do that, I swear they better build off the light the first ended on. He was very Yagami esk...
Watari seemed like such a badass motafuka. Just seeing a burly yakuza looking man like him singing to L was so absurd and magical
I just finished death note yesterday and I want to watch it all through again lol
Shouldn't Ryuk be dead? I'm mean Ryuk says the most letters some has gotten in the note was 2 what about in the rules it says don't trust Ryuk? Wouldn't that count?
If the rules are the same as the anime, only the "note pages" have that effect. The bookcover and "rule pages" won't kill someone if their names are written on them.
The movie played fast and loose with the deathnote rules.
*reads title* no it was worse, you most of had low expectations :/
I did have low expectations. Expected Emoji Movie levels of garbage.
I think the movie slammed a wrecking ball into the whole premise of the anime. The most entertaining thing about Death Note is the intellectual warfare between Light and L which are non-existent in the movie version. Plus, the movie is clearly trying to push the idiotic Hollywood and media theme that being a pussified, punk-ass, whiny, beta male is cool. Emo Light and emo L are cringetastic. Willem Dafoe's Ryuk, to me, is the ONLY reason to watch this at all.
Great review. I watched it in the same context as you and I enjoyed it better than I expected
The ending is highly flawed. Idk why you say it's a rout anime light would take. the rules of the death note are all scattered in this movie. First rewatch his explanation. He put variables in the death note. What I mean by that is he put if mia took the book she would die, meaning if she didnt she be fine. Plus when could the death note control inanimate objects. He says the paper falls into fire. NO, the rules get broken at times to. Plus when you know what he writes when he is getting ready to control watari, just watari. Does he not have a last name like wtf is the bullshit. Ok even if you look pass that, watari was told to go and get L's name. So he shouldn't of stopped reading the sentence before he died. He turned his head and broke the rule he was givin in the death note. Its fucking shit