Super Saiyan AND EAT IT

Super Saiyan would u really want to see that in this abomination where like shit his pants and begged L for his life. Let's be honest if this had nothing to do with death note ud have a quick written b grade movie that would make the twist ok but they called it death note and destroyed the directors chance of ever working in hollywood again lol

Super Saiyan and eat it?

Super Saiyan Light didn't even take a chip, and eat it?! what in the blue hell is wrong with this movie?

I was so mad that this wasn't included

Jacob Reed I loved that potato chip scene.

Jacob Reed Because this is an American version,I'm actually expecting to see the scene where a mafia member guns down Light's father or at least the scene where a criminal,under the command of the death note,hijacks a bus.

I definitely didnt think they were going to have the potato chip scene, but if they focused on Light eating a chip right be he wrote in the Death Note that would have been fine. It would have been a geat easter egg for us fans. They had a bunch of unnecessary goofy moments in the film so they could have given us that. Just shows you the producers or writers weren't fans. Just after a check. Smh...

Ace Diamonds it wasn't loyal at all it was piece of garbage that was so far different from the other anime that I'm surprised that the guy who created death no didn't sue I've heard of plenty of other people suing over too much adaptations mean Stephen King sued someone for changing too much and a novel this is just bullshit they just completely changed way too much stuff it makes no sense

No foot rub... :(

A horny edgelord

So its more realistic now lol

😂😂😂😂

@@kingi-sick2485 you mean more American.

@@xecillmaze4740 no more realistic if we are gonna say what country acts like the people in this movie I wouldn't cuz I ain't a racist dick person the people that act like this are usually the kids who obsess over anime

@@walkingnote1090 I mean you can make something worse. But Death Note doesn't suck.

I’ll take a potato chip AND EAT IT

@@neunleben1358 emo anime garbage

@@walkingnote1090 what's wrong with that?

@@neunleben1358 ehhh it's gay tho, it's anime....

It made me appreciate the japanese live action adaptations. lol They're godly in comparison.

Endless Fluff Well, except for the crappy CGI Ryuku. The only good thing that came from the American Death Note is the amazing design for Ryuku.

Moses Bradley true lol

I quite like the Japanese Live action movie titled 'L change the world' a different story where L win.

Watching it now on Netflix. I think it basically added up to a really good Death Note commercial featuring Willem Dafoe. So many moments made me disappointed in how shallow it all was that I went to rewatch it immediately.

Hugo Fernandes They are not killing for fun, they want to kill criminals. Mia just makes it seem fun. Also, L's character development was solid. Not the best, but solid. The movie wasnt trash, but it also wasnt great. It was just good. B-

Lightningbolt Studios what the fuck are you talking about? L turned into the complete opposite of the actual character, that on top of garbage acting is just a joke.

Damian Betancourt You got to understand, this isnt the anime. Its an amaricanized version who got the rights to the story. They were able to do whatever they wanted with it. So character are different then the anime. L at the beginning was trying to figure out who Light was, but then, Light took away Watari, who L cared deeply about. So, naturally, L goes slowly insane, plus, Watari's line "Sleep is key" L hasnt been getting sleep. Making his decisions more quick and not thinking

Lightningbolt Studios I don't think there was any good character development throughout the whole movie. They just appear on screen and they don't establish anything interesting about their character which makes it in impossible to relate to them and understand their motives. I think we should've met L at the beginning of the movie. The movie should've been longer in my opinion. My biggest gripe is there wasn't enough setting up of each character.

Damian Betancourt well although L wanted to be like the real L, while Light was just a joke of the real light

The potato chip scene?

Ya, The movie thought what made the show intresting was the concept of a normal high school kid that finds a notebook that kills people. But what made the actual show intresting was the plot and character study.

it's just impossible to fit such a complex and stretched out story into one movie.

The Manga and Anime was an Incredible character study , both are driven by plot,story and character yet this feels barren and lacked the heart of what made it populer.

I'm an 80s baby but black so had no idea about the Animae lol but you know the best movies came from the 80s Goonies Last Dragon n so on but I I loved the movie it was weird but now I know its animae I get it

Pheww...was waiting for this comment..I thought I was the only one who noticed,,,like did he really watch da anime I wonder

Yagami goddamnit......

hahaha... xD yea -_-

@@skeeplebop I could've lived with a name like Mercer or Devlin. Something, anything, other than FRIGGIN' TURNER!!!

@@jaffarebellion292 Apparently he's Timmy Turner's homicidal brother now

TheCODFA1LIUR3 Was thinking the same thing.

this is what bugged me. I even said while watching "is she light?" We only get a taste of anime light at the end when we see him plan out everything. Why couldint that be like him for the movie.

As someone who's watched the entire anime four times before, I thought that was interesting. It was a different twist, and I bet it surprised both fans and newcomers.

TheCODFA1LIUR3 that is really true. But overall i enjoyed watching an adaptation of probably my favorite tv series even tgough they messed up....a lot of shit

I know it might sound like a stretch but when it's explained it just comes off like they want the white male to look incompetent over the strong independent woman and the Black hero.

T B I know, he only used Misa, he never wanted love.

yeah, she only used misa

T B that's a fact all of lights relationships were tactical

Fuck Trans Exactly ! It's like they don't know who the target audience are

I know!!! He even used a girl just to get to the police guy who was following him!! Why do they feel that it’s impossible to have a strong male lead without a love interest?

Yeah when you look through every nook and cranny, it's still trash, even if the characters are different the movie didn't even follow it's OWN logic

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Jim Goodwin This is Netflix, but you're right

Well to be honest, millennials arent the brightest generation.

And not only that, they always have to appeal to feminism.

@Lover of everything will they R fggt

@@Sunny-we7uv Literally wtf does feminism have to do with anything

PassableProductions I was also waiting for this when L was monitoring Light

PassableProductions L was beyond pathetic in this. Didn't seem smart at all, way too angry to be a master detective . Didn't even tap Light after he thought it was him for sure right? Maybe I missed it. I definitely skipped some sections

The Red Salamander he didn't tap Light, but he had him followed. I guess that's why we never got the chips scene...

PassableProductions me too! 😂

PassableProductions They didn't add the chip scene?! Sadness

Ivory Oasis America -500,000,000 points for making this shit pile. Japan - 1,000,000 points for allowing this to happen. the creators of Death Note - 20,000 points for liking this movie and also for letting this happen.

Honestly the Japanese are more forgiving than americans. The creators looked at it for what the Director chose to do...not for what the director was trying to adapt. Of course we expect the opposite...but hey thats just a....lol sorry wrong comment section.

Yup basically They always think they have better ideas but boi lmfaoooo

In defence of the Netflix Death Note movie, the Japanese Live Action adaptations are also garbage.

Paul Grant lol this American adaptation makes the Japanese films and the Tv Drama look like absolute masterpieces. Fuck outta here XD.

I like the movie but that was funny

Braaahhhh

Nah Dexter

Exactly

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This comment is underrated af 🤣💀

AndrewsUniverse why the fuck should they make a tv seires, based off of a tv seires? That is really stupid.

A "live action version" tv series based off an "anime tv series" based off a "manga", I mean how dare I think that.

AndrewsUniverse he's just stupid :p

Zule Productions the original anime episodes were around 20 to 28 minutes long Upping it to 1 hour an episode could squeeze so much more info and entertainment onto the series Just look at the netflix series that go by the name of Iron Fist Jessica Jones Daredevil And Luke cage Those are such good series that are actually based off of comics And in the newest one Marvels The Defenders has all 4 of them sort of make like an Avengers / guardians of the galaxy group that fights evil in new York together

AndrewsUniverse true

ZaVe Ares really? why did they reverse the dynamic between Light and Misa? makes no sense. definitely not ever going to watch this crap movie. but, don't take me too serious, if you still like this movie, fine. I won't lose sleep over it. I'm just a Death Note fan. nothing more, nothing less.

Cyril Habal L does not kill Light, the ending is left at a cliffhanger. It didnt really seem like L would do that, the look in his face felt more like he decided not to write Light's name down otherwise he would be no different than Light/Kira. L also states that he does not kill

Because Light was a hormone driven kid. Besides doing other peoples homework he showed no signs of genius. He was a bitch.

I mainly think it was to give a bigger wow factor to the audience when he went from "I love this girl" to yeah I planned the whole scenario for my hospitalization and her death. But that's my guess....

Anime: L a calm guy, hides emotions, does his job and plans things. Movie: L screams 24/7, doesn't hide emotions, barely does his job properly, drives around like hes in GTA and barely plans anything. Anime: Light a teenager who is not really worried about love, a boy who gets drunk in power and wishes to become the new god, a teen who wanted to change the world for the better his won way and tries to use people along the way for his own benefit. Movie: Light a boy who gets bullied for no reason because thats what most american movies like to add into their school movies, worries about love all day but towards the end not so much, towards the end wants to run away and never use the note again and gets used by people and never comes up with genius ideas except the ending which was cheap as well wasn't that smart. Anime: Death Note has it's ORIGINAL rules Movie: Death note has its own rules :))))))))))))))))))))))))))

Especially when he showed it to her the FIRST DAY HE MET HER

I'm certain this comment was stolen but kudos for sharing?

yurmom gay Nope I made this myself

I mean...... I'd hit that She hot I'd do the same😂

No Netflix would be like : yO YoU LikE MaH FanCy BooK If So YoU WaNnA FoCK

It was really copied scene for scene.

Do u have a link to it, pls

Alvaro De Grandes True

Either Dafoe or Jack Nicholson, there couldn't be anyone that is able to do such an amazing evil grin.

I agree!

Ever since I first saw him as Green Goblin in Spiderman, I’m always excited to see him act as villains in movie! His evilness just seeps out naturally! Totally captivated by his acting.

wait Moria, I thought you're already dead

everyone else though... eh.

Subaru Uchimaki alright, I'll agree. willem Dafoe, not a bad choice to play ryuk. I could imagine him getting all of ryuk's quirks, like his insatiable appetite for apples, despite the fact that he's a shinigami, therefore he wouldn't need them. but, it's not like there aren't better Death Note movies out there. I mean, hell, there are 3. 2 in Japanese, both of which have the option to replace the Japanese dialogue with the anime dubs English voice actors dubbing the Japanese guys mouths, and the reLight: visions of a god animated movie. so, why does this exist? for the money? for relevance? if you couldn't tell, I'm a huge Death Note fan. so, while I don't mind Willem Dafoe playing Ryuk, I wonder, who would you have picked to play him, given the chance? also, who would be your pick to play the rest of the cast, like L, Light, Misa, Soichiro ( Light's father), Near ( one of L's successors), maybe Watari, or Mello ( another of L's successors who turns to crime in order to try to beat Near, but ultimately fails), and maybe the 2nd Watari ( because the first one dies), and possibly, that one detective who was a Kira fanboy, can't remember his name at the moment, but he was the one who shot light at the end. thanks, if you read this, and remember: 'the human who's name is written down in this note shall die'. that is all. good day.

Shawn Fields Honestly, I think Willem was perfect, nothing wrong there, Nat as Light wasn't a good choice, since he dosen't have the 'smart' looks, someone like Thomas Sangster, L could have been played by that actor who playsbthe main chracter in Atypical, he could pull off the quirks, Mia could be played by Elle Fanning, maybe, and Soichiro, maybe Woody Harrelson, I guess, honestly I'm horribpe at casting choices, lol

Subaru Uchimaki ryuk was the only good part. I was mad only Light could see him even if other people touched the death note. I understand why they didn't but damn was it disappointing. And Ryuk legit threatening light gave me the craziest fear boner.

Subaru Uchimaki willem dafoe should have done performance capture, and the film should have focused on the relationship between him and light. Would have been a much better film than the twilight we got.

Romance was the only bad part about this

Same-I thought the track was pretty nice with the synth and whatnot, but I feel that if they had kept the dark, sharp, almost noir-like track that the anime had, it could have been a lot better.

That have to include the romance to have something to move the plot along. Even when he didn't have the magical book, why would he even choose this girl? She seems so ordinary and not really that pretty.

I love the voice actor but the cgi was just ok. Also why is Ryuk in the background of every scene

Actually, Ryuk to me was such a disappointment, he lost that entity of chaos comedic feel and just became this dark entity that had its own goals. OG Ryuk just wanted fun, this one clearly wants people to die and not much else. Also he gives Light too much information

Gray Young I thought the CGI and dialogue was bad but the voice acting was great

Mateo Ordonez, the guy who played and voiced Ryuk as he was written in the script did a bang up job, but I just think he was written wrong

Gray Young I agree %100

u ded

Risen Demon you'll be wasted before the chase ends.

worse chase scene my gosh did i want it to be over quick.

22 times if you were wondering

I kind of thought the chase scene was a little intense, so basically I dint think it was bad.

I feel that the film makers and whoever were the people writing the script never watched the anime or read the Manga. They clearly do NOT understand the motivations behind the characters and what made the series and Manga so great. They should have just watched the damn series together, discussed what its meaning and feeling was, and then written a separate story of what would have happened if the death note ended up elsewhere with different characters, or a sequel or prequel. But what they did, it's just a shitty miss-interpretation of a piece of art by someone with no taste or talent, in my opinion.

They were motivated by emotions though? At least that's my opinion. What else is there to be motivated by if not feeling better in whatever way?

+UsedToBeA Unicorn Well, if we're talking about a teenager, 'feeling better' is a motivation. But actual adults who work their ass off living in a realistic world, they need logics, to make a choice.

Nikko Bleik But that's no contradiction in my opinion? Your motivation is to feel better and to figure out which choice brings the desired outcome you might have to think a bit or a lot...

L too emo.

Same. My all time favorite anime

A or A- I mean. The story is really good, but there's always room for improvement. Pretty sure when action happens, which isn't so often so the cost would not be too high, and else, it could have more interesting brutal animation, perhaps in contrast to light not seeing skulls crushing etc, just cutting back to him seeing the news of the deaths . It's cool but. A+nah.

Mmmmm B+, for me. When M and N show up, the show's quality drops like a lead-weight. The ending was great, but you gotta slog through a few episodes of crap to get there.

Agree

Only thing wrong is Near being op and guessing randomly but somehow being right

There is no ‘probably’ about it.

Typical of yanke movies based on the teen experience

AND THE PROM'S TOMORROW!

Twilight meets Final Destination.

I think everyone was thinking the same thing when we saw the fucking prom banners.... fuck me.

Jacob Reed what?

Don't forget our pal MIKAMI

cooperrod909 Watch the anime

Verdurous Vegan Maybe in the sequel?

Jacob Reed matsuda's not in this travesty? well, at least that's one more character we won't have to see get butchered onscreen! and one more thing aizawa won't have to deal with either... oh, by the way, Light's sisters name is Sayu Yagami.

Heather's - charm = Netflix Death Note

Nah its more like a american realistic version of death note

@@user-hj1up4ef2t what?

TheAmberBreeze I know I saw this somewhere, I just forgot where. But what if the Death Note was dropped into random people's lives creating short stories for the film? Some characters get rid of the book before it ruins their lives completely and some people went insane with power to the point where it becomes their demise

TheAmberBreeze That would've definitely been something I could get behind. If you're going to change every characters primary arcs and motivations, you should've just created a new story with new characters and said "inspired by Death Note".

TheAmberBreeze that's..a great idea didn't even cross my mind. They should just done this instead

Yes. This this this!

Well it does Play after the Anime. They are always talking about the return of kira

Guide theLight what was he trying to say there? I was actually kinda confused. Did he mean he was lying to light about his name or that he would kill light before he could write the full name?

Dalton Williams he was saying that if he tries to write Ryuk's name in the book, he wont live to get past the first 2 letters of it.

Guide theLight it's probably due to the fact that the director usually dose horror movies

Guide theLight yo chill out bro😂

Guide theLight That being said though, I liked the way they set up each big death and showed each point that would lead to it, they could've used it better but I liked the way they went with it

But no. That would have been cool and clever, I don't want that in my AMERICAN movie based off a JAPANESE manga/anime.

Light "Heel" Turner

it would be funny if its backwarda "imagay"

I mean, sure I guess. But would that make the movie any better? The character of Light is still poorly written in this movie, regardless of what last name you give him.

This. Great points

This is usually how people who don't really watch anime get sucked in after watching a great show. It's sad most people have a negative view of anime, just like other mediums there are trash and great shows to chose from.

excellent points. It's not up to par for the original material, but taken on it's own it's fairly decent. But it's just a shame that the intricate cat and mouse isn't there.

Anduril I'm REALLY happy yo see that people watched the ACTUAL Death Note Anime. I think the only good thing that this Netflix movie did is to attract the people that don't know anything to actually investigate and look for the series. There are a lot of good anime series out there and Death Note is one of my favourites. 👍

This version of light was so pathetic that he confessed after 3 minutes speaking to L

Zomb 0761 I had almost forgotten the potato chip scene. I'm so happy you reminded me. I don't know how I forgot, its definitely the biggest plot point in the entire series.

Also no Shinigami eyes

so it has to be exactly the same as the anime to be good? thats not how a good movie works

SuperBlueboy2010 changing the personalities of main characters is a shit move no matter how you slice it

SuperBlueboy2010 atleast make a good movie and no one will complain it's not like the show. This movie is so mediocre. Bad acting. Directing is bad.

This movie isnt close to being an atrocity so no

@D.I.S. KING Ummmmm, have you seen it?

This movie didnt capture 1/100 of the Death Note atmosphere. You are either an actual idiot or a 12 yo kid, but probably both.

@@kingi-sick2485 yes it is

@@omit4727 no it's really not

pottertja00 I started watching Tokyo ghoul and cowboy bebop

@@theartist8291 tokyo ghoul is a bad anime but good manga creation live action was great too

@pottertja I know this is late , but if you liked Death Note , i recommend you go watch Code Geass , which i regard as a lot better than Death Note imho. Some more Top Tier recommendations would be Steins;Gate , Parasyte , Higurashi and Erased.This will hopefully get you hooked on watching Anime which is one of the best mediums of storytelling.

Erik Lindgren more than anything, I hated how the world didn't figure out who Kira was. And that every death for the first act was a needless fucking gorefest. This isn't final fucking destination, this is Death Note goddamn it.

or how L figured light was kira so quickly...i know it's a movie but damn shit was so fast...best part of the anime was the back and forth battle between L and Light...and romance scenes was so extra

I though this movie was new final destination at some point because how the death scene is and it might be good final destination movie.

Christian Dork He acts nothing like Ryuk. Just saying.

I agree I loved Ryuk in this film

Just sucks you see him for a total of like 8 minutes....

We have TFS to thank for that

Someone else who agrees. I described it as the most perfect choice in the history of casting.

The original anime, they called him "Raito", right? Instead of killer, "Kira". At least as far as I remember. It sounds cool considering the cultural differences.

Rafael Teles no they called him Kira. That was the label he went by during his killings.

That's what I was thinking. Just say it's a new character and we won't compare as much.

umm... L survived that and writes Light's name....

Crunchy_Pants bahahah so so true.

Rachael Edwards I know, right? as if L would ever do that, even to Light! ha! it's laughable.

Rachael Edwards L's no killer, he's a detective obsseesd with catching the criminals, and obsseesd with justice, not a killer. as well as being obsessed with playing with, and eating the sweet stuff. and by sweet stuff, I mean any kind of sweet really.

Shawn Fields Honestly I would've forgiven what they did to L if they hadn't royally fucked up on everything else. They turned Light into some Dexter type serial killer trying to help people get revenge when in reality he wanted to become a god and rule. And instead of being a genius who rivals L, he's just your average smart kid that helps people cheat but randomly is able to put together people helping him at the very end so he doesn't die or get caught. And the fact that he spilled about the death note right after he spoke with Mia because... vagina... They destroyed every good cat and mouse game between L and Light and all of a sudden L was just omnipotent and knew everything because... reasons and timing. They crammed so much shit in there they couldn't show How L came to his conclusions.

Jamel Jordan Exactly. You can change bits and pieces there, like for example Marvel Civil war. It's not exactly like it was in the comics, but you watching it you can tell that you're watching Civil war. With Death Note the plot isn't there and the characters act nothing like the characters, they're all dumb 😡. The same thing happened to Dragon Ball years ago with that god awful DB Evolution. It pisses me off seeing people defend mediocrity and using the adaptation card.

Chris Sukam exactly and not to mention there was no rule saying that they could not see why you could think didn't touch notebook if they touch notebook they're supposed to be able to see him she should have saw him regardless

They never even explained that they would lose their memories of having used the notebook under ownership AT ALL so it made no fucking sense that they would talk about being the owner at all.

Jamel Jordan am i the only one getting a DmC:Devil may Cry flashbacks?

Yess!!!! Ffuuuuuuuuck!

to me it barely passed as a psych thriller. it was way too much a love story more or less. eh.

Sung Ra Exactly. 80s music doesn't go with death note. I laughed at the Ferris wheel scene because of it. It felt so wrong there.

You know, the 80's music didn't bother me at first (today's music does have some problems), but then I realized how amazing the series music was. It was powerful, classic, and sometimes chilling. It was a great mix of classical music and electronic, and it was nowhere in this film.

Did you really call this cat n mouse thriller anime stroy a psychological horror and here people think the makers of this movie didnt know what death note was supposed to be about there is no psychological horror anythinh in the anime

okay but the genius of this joke kills me

Before a Fresh Prince remake? No way, my dude.

Leslie Knope I was actually kind of hoping for a lazy town movie

LoneRangerGaming can't argue with that. The manga for that one was groundbreaking!

Seriously dude? Everyone knows that's so raven is better.

atra7xroxs I agree they made light think with his dick in the movie. In the anime he didn't give a damn about his girlfriend and completely used her. I was disappointed. They turned into the Hollywood typical American teenager who gets bully and tries to get the popular girl. 😂😂😂

Ebony Durden I agree, too, though about the girlfriend thing, Light did keep a gaggle of girlfriends around, to keep Misa hidden, and did take advantage of Takada, saying that he'd be the god of the new world, and she'd be the goddess, though I do think your comment is good and makes a point, and I think that, even though I haven't seen this movie, I've seen the entire death note anime, and I have the encyclopedia, so I think I'm inclined to give an opinion on this movie too.

Danny Malzahn hey, no need to be rude.

Danny Malzahn Street dumb? Nah, man. I don't know if it's in the movie but Light's dad is a remarkable police/inspector, which is why Light has a very particular thing for justice. I think he's seen enough. And no, neither Light nor L were a regular teen. They're both on a level of their own which is why the fight is only about the 2 of them.

they had to do this to the light we knew and love

Me: 👏🏻Light 🥳Turner😍

@@evouzermemet5120 Yagami>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Turner you can't prove me wrong🥱

It's hard to introduce a new antagonist in place of L, he was the perfect nemesis to Light. If his successor is smarter or more resourceful (and Near was both) then that takes away from L. That's one of the reasons why a lot of people don't like Near (the main reason probably being that he simply wasn't L. But another reason was that Near badmouthed L). The fact that Near even had similar mannerisms made things even worse. What could've worked is a drug ring declaring war on Light because he's meddling with their affairs. But it would be a little difficult to introduce a new likable character like L. Making a drug lord likable? Huh. Interesting idea actually.

Near badmouthed L? I thought he said at the end that both he and Mello were inferior replacements, but together they managed to do what L. could not.

I think L's death was important and necessary. His death was the reason how Light could be defeated. L died as a winner, Light admit it in his dying seconds. But yeah, Near kinda annoyed me, although not as much as Mello. Their rivalry story was totally useless.

They should’ve just ended he show there and have Light when his battle with L

This comment doesn't have enough likes. I personally prefer the original live action ending, L win.

Varinder Bhandal dont forget about time constraints. A movie can only be a certain length. it cant be too long.

Abbey Bominable now i want ONE movie that covers the entirety of one piece xD

Poison Damage The entirety of One Piece can barely cover the entirety of One Piece.

Thanks for pointing out that the Japanese live-action adaptations aren't that great either. They're pandering, forced, rushed, and just plain embarrassing to watch.

Varinder Bhandal at least was okay

Jake B hey, tell that to stupid filmmakers, not Chris. he was just pronouncing it like it was in the movie, probably because this Light is nothing like the actual Light, both metaphorically and literally.

Why would they want to create an american guy with a japanese surname, that makes no sense

I only read the manga not watched the anime, so could some one tell me exactly how to say yagami. Is it yaa-ga-mi or ya-gaa-me with elongated ga sound.

Jake B #notmylight

Norcie I don't know, again I refer you to my previous comment. tell that to the filmmakers, not Chris. though, I agree, it's fucking stupid the name Light Turner, and creating an American guy with a Japanese surname is, well, dumb.

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It's not garbage, just okay

TheNikkiHolmes yup. I had people who never heard of the anime watch the Japanese live action film and they all loved it. The Japanese action film did well with the cat and mouse thing and making both light and L be smart. This film just fell flat. It was a romance and his whole motivation was to impress a girl. A girl he barely knew at that.

It was just made lazy

TheNikkiHolmes Are you kidding? My God that was a cringefest.

candiigurl7893 They always want to make it their own, or "Americanize"(which means no Asians and the main characters are White, L was unnecessary too, don't fix what isn't broken) it and it quickly devolves into something that loses the whole point. Just awful.

N M L

why is this surprisingly true? LoL haha

LOL

What has he done to garner hate from you?

what? xD

V. M. Actually plenty of people like the second half but they're either A. Manga Readers ( because the manga did the second half much better) or B. Don't bring it up often because Salty Fanboys/Fangirls will be salty.

I respect death note for having someone LOSE. And not even on a final episode. But it's kind of sad it negatively effected the last half.

It's alright, you could tell they ran out of cool strategies and just really liked the idea of Light winning and becoming L, but playing the the foreshadowing that L said as long as you're handcuffed to me, we both die. The ending was good, N used M to piece together what L could not. It was satisfying to see Light crack and have all the strings tied up, it's just that what it took to get there was more about action than strategy. N called out Light from the beginning so the tension was only in seeing how it ended and it took a long time. What people actually dislike seems to be the Japanese live action movie, but I liked their alternate ending. Having L write his own name in the book so Rem couldn't kill him, faking his death and using his last few days to watch over Light and put him in check mate. It could have been done better but writing your own name so that you can't be killed earlier is an interesting rule bend that the the source material never used.

V. M. Lol you so right

LOL, I have to admit, after L its just not as strong, the second half is still good, but its not as good as the first half, and the ending is strong, not as strong as I would expect but strong. Its not a bad second half its just not as freaking epic and exciting as the first half

LunaFox Girl Except last time, the source material wasn't garbage

Not really. The Last Airbender live action was absolutely terrible. It was terrible as an adaptation AND as a standalone movie. This one is just kinda...meh. If you don't know any of the original characters (and how much worse their movie copies are) it's not really a BAD movie. It's just kinda..a clichéd teen movie with lots of exploding heads and 2 or 3 weird pacing choices (skip past the interesting part that MADE the protagonist Kira because no time, but then leave in like 10 minutes of an extended absolutely pointless chase scene that added literally NOTHING to the story..?

LunaFox Girl This movie was actually good.

LunaFox Girl Avatar The Last Airbender was not a anime it was made by americans

Augustine Rivera No one gives a shit about your meaningless distinctions

Joseph Sullivan well said man

It's what he does it's called a critic, stop telling people what to do and how they should feel about something. The Netflix movie was garbage.

Monkey D. Luffy you contradicted yourself in the last 2 sentences. Good job on being an idiot. So disappointing.

bobby Seasons No, he didn't contradict himself, Light is supposed to *want* to be noticed, and with random deaths that is virtually impossible. You are the idiot here.

I promise you that you will enjoy it.

Austin Burke trust me, you'll be addicted to the show

Austin Burke once you watch the anime, you'll realize how much of an utter garbage the "movie" is.

Vivek J I legit can't wait

TheUglyBarnacle Haha I think I will too!

Carlos Vega It is awful. Mia was disappointing as fuck.

L knows what a deathnote is without knowing what a deathnote is, light clears his name when he isn't a suspect, L has emotions, the only thing they got right was L's posture and Ryuk, but still Ryuk is only there for fun and he tells light he's not good enough idk man

The fact that they changed the characters changed the entire dynamic and therefore all the themes and nuances of the original story. Surely they tried to surprise fans by something different but this was not how to do that. Edit: it also didn't help that they skipped over the investigative part and focused on the YA romance. Wrong story to do that.

I disagree about Ryuk. Ryuk is a chaotic neutral in the source material. He’s much more unnecessarily antagonistic and aggressive in the movie. They made him some edge lord that enjoys seeing people die from the Death Note. In the source material, Ryuk is just bored in the desolate Shinigami realm. He drops the notebook to hang out in the human realm (he can only stay there to possess a human with the notebook) and plays video games and watches chaos unfold because it’s more interesting than staying in the Shinigami realm. Ryuk isn’t some malicious entity out to get people killed. The Shinigami in the source material just couldn’t care enough about human life to find killing them interesting. Longer response than I expected to write but yeah

Same

Lmao yes

Fiddle Diddler what are you talking about?

Alison Sakura honestly, I don't remember that from the anime, but then again, it does sound familiar to me. but, since I don't have a foot fetish, id rather not remember something that wasn't in the manga, or if it was, id still not like to know about it. although, was that a scene between Soichiro and Sachiko, his wife, and Light's mother? thanks for the help, though, ma'am. have a nice day or night wherever you are, and remember to stay beautiful.

Alison Sakura ok. you're welcome, ma'am. no need to thank me though, I just enjoy being polite to people. but why was a foot rub a moment of symbolism? sounds more like a weird moment. that I don't remember for some reason. even though i have the Death Note Enclyopedia, I don't recall a moment like that in the series. maybe the anime writers have a foot fetish, ugh I hope not.

Alison Sakura but why, was it important that L give Light a foot rub?! it just sounds like weird yaoi fanfiction to me, no offense if anybody here is into that, I'm just saying, that should never be implied in a mainstream anime like that, giving those fangirls out there, some kind of false hope. but thanks, in return for your own politeness.

Alison Sakura oh, don't get me wrong, Ms.Sakura, I didn't think nothing would make sense after that, I was just saying, why did L choose to massage another dudes foot? it was just weird to see, right before he died, you know? like, why would you want to see that right before you die? was L trying to maybe coerce Light into not killing him by promising to give him all the foot rubs he wanted? also, I'm glad my comparison to fanfiction made you laugh, as that's what I was going for. what kind of bible scene involves foot rubs? I don't know, I didn't think L was going to die when I saw that scene, I thought that L and Light were going to, you know, get it on. the music didn't help, it seemed like something operatic was going to happen. but, I was hoping L would catch Kira, like he promised he would. L was my favorite character, and seeing him take down Kira, like he was justice, would've been so satisfying, you know? but maybe, a bit too predictiable. but, I'm glad I was able to have this discussion with you, it's nice to just talk to somebody, online and have a nice, normal discussion about Death Note. thanks again, and I hope we can talk again later. have a nice day or night wherever you are, and remember to stay beautiful.

yeah.....they basically switched the roles.

Shit i was thinking maybe Mia should've taken his place

Amber Richardson and done what? continued the Kira murders? she wasn't personally interested with becoming a murderer, she only did it, all of it, because she thought she'd bring herself closer to Light, because Misa was an obsessed Kira fangirl. hell, after losing her memories again, she dies an offscreen death on valentines day 2011, a year after Kira's death. but, your comment is interesting, though. what if Misa took over Light's position? makes you think, huh?

Then.. switch them back at the end, this movie was so schizophrenic.

Roland Ward yep, what else is new?

YasmPie I know right. I got so pissed off when MISA (or Mia) PLAYED LIGHT! MISA! LIGHT! HOW?!?!??!?!?

Because this is a different Misa and Light? In the anime, Light is a genious with a god complex and Misa is an idiot fangirl. Here Light is an above average student who wants justice, and Mia is an edgy girl that slowly turns into a sociopath

exactly which part of them was Gothic? The perky cheerleader, or the Straight A money making Light selling homework? Im confused.

Mia was angsty but not gothic lol

WolfieXp So basically moving them both closer to normal, cliched teenagers to appeal to the target audience at the expense of actual character. Sounds about par for the course with these adaptations.

harry singh and the kissing/sex scenes were disgusting 😩

Kate-lynn Baker the very first attempt to kiss, and then they slowly backed off was fucking weird. I honestly lauhed

yeah the japanese live action version is waaaaaaay beter

This isn't a part of the Deathnote, Deathnote only belongs to Japan, Takeshi Obata is disgusted.

And then it becomes a Bonnie and Clyde story, where the element of "whoever touches the death note can see the Shinigami" is taken out. Instantly robbing the movie of one of the series most interesting dynamics. Making changes is fine, completely retconning the character to the point of being unrecognisable is not. There is nothing about him that is remotely like Light in the books. Also, we didn't need fucking gory moneyshots whenever somebody dies. That isn't what we're into Death Note for.

Death Note anime doesn't deserve this movie

How about don't compare them because this movie is different enough to be its own thing?

JEEVES then it shouldn't use the name of death note...

damn right

JEEVES Then they should use different characters.....

@A normal Guy Or better why not have Netflix avoid using the "Death Note" license in the first place. Shueisa needs to stop lending their intellectual property rights out for rent to Hollywood?😐

A normal Guy If you can successfully condense 20+ episodes of content into one feature length film then please do. I would love to see that done Well. That being said, that shit is not easy to do. Books and shows have way more time to develop, movies have a much tighter space to try to work in.

Crimson_Tango and that's exactly why Death note works as an anime and not as a live action movie. You need far more time with all the characters to understand their personalitys and choices. Plus, the movie didn't have the potato chip scene. I consider this movie worthy of being written down in a death note.

Karter Platinum 白金 The movie would've gotten hate for copying death note. Even if it was a death note spinoff there would still be a millions hating on it

jekyll hirsi if you think the second half was bullshit then you will most likely like the anime just know that some characters are completely different from the movie counterparts

What's so weird is I thought the first half was OK, but as soon as L showed up (my favorite part of the movie) I was in. The 2nd half really made it for me. not great, but good.

ClovenBog I hope the characters are different, i want now really watch the anime

jekyll hirsi the anime is on Netflix

jekyll hirsi watch it its way better