ᶦ'ᶫᶫ ᵗᵃᵏᵉ ᵃ ᵖᵒᵗᵃᵗᵒ ᶜʰᶦᵖ .... and *EAT* *IT*

It's safe to say that Netflix Death Note 📝 Took a "L"

Not watching it, there's no potato chip scene.

Saying that Netflix Death Note is based in Death note it's like saying that Twilight it's based in Dracula of Bram Stoker.

But the question still stands: Why didn't he take a potato chip and eat it??

I like how everyone's main concern is the lack of potato chip scenes.

I keep getting distracted by Joey's bouncy hair...

5:05 "This is a Death Note Movie Mother****er not The Notebook." That got me laughing so hard

I think Joey is starting to become a real "anime man." The way his hair is defying gravity in this video is just like anime.

I can't stop laughing at the beginning it looked like Joey had a unibrow

non-anime watcher: horror action anime-watcher: comedy

"THIS IS A DEATHNOTE MOVIE MOTHERFUCKER, NOT THE NOTEBOOK!" XDDDDD

Why was there no scene of Light eating chips?!! #TRIGGERED

If there isn't a potato chip scene in the movie, mark my word, I will riot

joey... im only 42 seconds into this video and... just... your hair just looks soo gooood like what..?

I'm going to be honest, I thoroughly disagree with you on the whole "they needed to make drastic changes to make it palatable to a non-anime audience" thing. Detective thrillers, cat-and-mouse-games, sociopaths, basic explorations of concepts like justice, those are all very common to Western audiences - just look at Sherlock Holmes or Dexter. That's exactly why Death Note would have been the perfect series for Hollywood to adapt as an intro to anime as an art form - it's already a story/genre/character-archetype that's familiar to non-anime fans. Yes, there were definitely aspects that would have to be changed for a movie (cutting down on the repetitive narration, paring down the overdramatic notebook shots, putting some of their own twists in within the rules of the story, fitting the races for a changed setting, altering a few character eccentricities, making Misa less unpalatable, ageing Light up to college-age at least, etc.), and that's true with any adaptation - if you're not making changes, you're cosplaying the original. But they should NOT have changed the basic tone of the film. It is a cat-and-mouse detective game, not a gory teen MacBeth slasher. The fact that the L-Light conflict wasn't the main focus is a fundamental error on the part of the filmmakers. Honestly, I'm more disappointed with Death Note than Ghost In The Shell. At least what they were trying to adapt had hurdles to jump for a Western audience. This could have been a straight obstacle-free run for Death Note, but they bungled it into a version that doesn't reflect the original for fans and just comes across as "eh, alright but forgettable" for non-fans. Make a 70-80% faithful adaptation or take the basic concept and do something completely different with new characters, but don't try to do both. EDIT: Also, they picked Seattle since it's the suicide capital of the US. Could have made for some interesting plot moments (esp. with Ray Penber's fiance), but got wasted for the obvious 'raining bodies' shot.

If they don't have the potato chips scene I'm not even remotely interested in this shit.

"THIS IS THE DEATHNOTE MOTHERFUCKER NOT THE NOTEBOOK" LMFAO I died xD

The “it’s just a movie that is trying really hard to get noticed by death note senpai” made me laugh hysterically😂

The movie was shit. But holy shit was the scene when light met ryuk the most hilarious scene ever. Like comin you'd be screaming your ass off too.

So when is Netflix going to release New York Ghoul?

Light Turner is an average kid and no one understands. Mom and Dad and Vicky always giving him commands. Vicky: Bed Twerp! But the doom and gloom up in his room, Is broken instantly. By his magic little fish that grant his every wish. But in reality they are his Odd Parents. Fairly odd Parents Wanda: Wands and wings. Cosmo: Floaty crowny things. Odd Parents Fairly odd Parents. Real mod, pea pod, buff bod, hot rod. Obtuse, rubber goose, green moose, guava juice. Giant snake, birthday cake, large fries, chocolate shake! Odd parents Fairly odd Parents. It flips your lid when you are a kid with Fairly odd Parents!

The musical is better

I am a hardcore Death Note fan. OVERALL, the movie sucked but wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. PROS: The best part of the movie was DEFINITELY Ryuk. OH MY GOSH he looked so creepy and so cool! Of course, his personality was slightly different, but, MY GOODNESS, his laugh gave me goosebumps! CONS: The cheezy music at the end (which you pointed out) and the REALLY CRINGY AND AWKWARD MAKEOUT/SEX SCENES BETWEEN LIGHT AND MIA WHILE THEY WERE USING THE DEATH NOTE. LIKE WTF. THAT WAS SO FREAKN WEIRD I ALMOST THREW UP. But I honestly want to watch it again just for Ryuk. I hope they cast Dafoe again if they decide to do a sequel!

When I saw the ending I thought I had a wrong movie IDK why

they didn't even add the potato chip scene where Light eats his chips INTENSELY

I dunno, I hear this "it's for a different audience!" argument a lot, but it seemed like they basically dumbed down the source material... So are they aiming for a stupider audience? Was that the plan? People who don't like anime can still appreciate the things that make Death Note good. When you take a good thing and run with it, you end up with something awesome that appeals to people outside of the usual niche- like people who don't generally go for Fantasy like Game of Thrones, for example. Regardless of the setting, if the story is good and the characters are good, people will embrace it. When you try to cater to what you THINK people will like rather than just letting the strength of the source material stand on its own, you end up with this rubbish.

I got triggered by Ryuk being called a demon.

I love the part when Light threatened Ryuk with the death note in which Ryuk replied "There are 4 letters in my name, most anyone's gotten were 2"

Director: I'm gonna take this potato chip and change the script 😈😈😈😈

there's no potato chip scene... wtf..

I found the movie boring tbh

L smartest detective in the world,gets outsmarted by a high schooler

Skips through video cuz I'm on data *"THIS IS A DEATHNOTE MOVIE MOTHERFUCKER, NOT THE NOTEBOOK"*

"Reach a much larger and wider audience" HOW? By being shit? Death Note anime and manga reached far larger and wider audience than this. It's probably the most popular "Japanese cartoon". There was even a guy who murdered someone and called himself Kira. Outside of Japan. The only people who watched this movie were those who had liked the anime. I dare you to find even a single person that hadn't seen the anime, but saw the movie. Well, a person that wasn't born after Death Note anime finished airing.

What's next? A Netflix Original od Durarara which tells the story of the love between Shizuo and Izaya?

the worst part about the death note movie is that L and Light didn't play tennis

Atleast its not the fucking emoji movie

My parents are getting into anime...😂 my brainwashing has worked

Completely disagree. It fails as a movie and as an adaptation; I don't mind movie adaptations changing the original story, but it has to be actually good. In this version, the romance was rushed and cheesy. I don't even know why Mia liked Light. It seemed to me like she was only interested in the Death Note. Light was dumb, L was supposedly smart but we're not privy to any of his deductive process. Mia's murderous personality comes out of nowhere to absolve Light of guilt. The themes are all over the place: considering the last couple lines it's clear they thought they were making a morally ambiguous movie but they ruined it by making Mia a clear villain and L's side of justice is underdeveloped. The movie's tone is all over the place with its dumb final destination deaths and cheesy music yet it wants us to take it seriously. I'm not trying to write an essay so I'll stop here but this movie was shit even as a standalone

Sooo... In not the only one who laughed at Light's scared scream ( and still do!)

As an adaptation it fails not because things are changed but because the core themes and ideas are completely absent or done very poorly. As a stand alone film it's ...mediocre I guess

Eh, you praise that the movie changed a lot of stuff, but from what I heard none of those changes were made for the better and the direction was so far shifted into a Final Destination gorefest, that one has to ask themself "In what ways does this movie profit from being a Death Note movie". If you can't have a focus on mindgames and murder chess, there is no reason why Light should be a genius, which he isn't in this one. That also begs the question: Why does L exist in this movie? L is supposed to be Light's intellectual equal. Both of them are supposed to outsmart each other, trying to get one step ahead and kind of play off each other to grow in their methods. From what I gather there was only one instance in the movie were L was at an advantage over Kira, so why have him? Or what is the point in making Light a stupid, bullied, underdog character who even has his own stereotypical school bullys, other than make the movie into an american movie cliché. Now I did only see other reviews and clips from the movie, I won't get a Netflix subscribtion just so I can do that to myself right now, so of course my opinion isn't going to be the most valid. But the point still stands that if the changes you make are not going to make the movie better or are important to fit the other changes, should you really praise the movie for making those changes?

I just wish, rather then trying to do an adaptation the they the did, that they had changed the names entirely and went the way of a sequel from the start. Like the note finds it's was back into the human realm 100 years later and this occurred. That would make the total derailment or the story and the shitty characters a lot more acceptable.

I also died laughing at lights Shrilly and girly scream. I had to replay it a good 100 times.

It would have been far more interesting if the directors kept the original franchise but made their own protagonists and plot. They could have put the death note into the hands of someone completely different than Light and show how they would use its' power. Maybe some references from the original manga and even use the same shinigami.... Even have a grown up Near get involved ... Such a waste.

Am I the only one who hasn't watched the Netflix movie yet because I live in Texas and we have been in hurricane recovery mode the past week.

I had actually done a Misa cosplay after the movie came out, and my brother (who hates anime) saw an edited picture of me with the Death Note in that cosplay, and saw "Death Note" and said he saw that movie and loved it and my response was "... why would you betray me like this?"

Wow... *has his hair gone even more sexier or is it me?...*

"Why Seattle?" *getting triggered* "Love you Seattle *kiss*" love u 2 man

I just couldnt stop laughing at lights scream 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

"This is a *DEATH NOTE* movie not *THE NOTEBOOK* !!!!!" don't know why I laughed so hard on that part LOL😂😂😂 Oh and my opinion on that particular scene... it was ridiculous tbh😂

My friend : Oh I really want to watch some anime... me : Really?? :o what one? My friend : the live action movie for death note Me : Oh bitch you don't wanna see that...

THEY DIDN'T ADD THE FUCKING POTATO CHIP SCENE

10:33 Joey: His core personality was still there *shows a clip of an apple core rolling on the ground*

*me browsing through my recommended; Hmnn let's see.... "Netflix’s Death Note Movie Is Amazing-" NANIIIIIII????????

Ok but instead of a white potato with googly eyes, now Ryuk looks like a shriveled up evil potato and that's horrifying

Joey should have been Light.

"This is death note mothafucka, not the notebook!"😂

No psycho laugh No potato chips scene No "I could never live a life without light" No Matsuda Definitely a bad Movie

Why Seattle? If any American city, why not New York? You know, The Big Apple?

The only way they could've made it good is if they added the chips part.

When i watched the movie idk why i laughed at mia/misa's face when she was falling from the ferriss wheel

Omg!! Joey, i was waiting for you to do a review on this !! God damn I couldn't get past the songs they were playing😂😂😂😂😂

Some strands of your hair looked like they were gesturing as if they're taking part in the discussion

Im trembling in laughter over light's scream, i want it as my alarm 😂😂😂

I actually live about an hour away from Seattle and I had no idea that the movie was filmed there until it was released on Netflix.

prepare for the hate.............. I love the death note Japanese drama series................

Best scene was when Mia was falling out of the Ferris wheel and the unfitting music playing over a supposedly dramatic scene . But joey that movie wouldn't work for a regular audience either it was badly paced, bland and had to many edge lords. It would have worked better as an eight episode 1hr long episodes without hat wolf

Joey.. Why is your hair so damn jiggly?

I watched the movie before I had gotten into anime and manga and once I finished the anime I went back to watch it and I laughed so hard at Light screaming when he saw Ryuk.

Can u do your first impressions on the spring anime, thanks! 💕

It doesn't have to be the same, it just has to be good. This movie was disgustingly awful

Pros: -Had the balls to be unique -Good cinematic camera angles -Ryuk in CGI was really cool looking -The introduction of L was pretty good -The beginning was a good way to introduce Light having the death note Cons: -Light acted like a little bitch -Mia was the manipulative and intelligent one(to me she was a bit of a bitch, just my opinion though) -Music could've been better(more mysterious and horror in my personal preference, but it was more happy which was strange) -Acting and script was cringy at times -L was more moody -The teen romance wasn't really necessary 5/10 Its OKAY but not great, but I did get a good laugh out of it at least ^-^ Also, I bet there are WAY MORE cons that can be added but I think it would be better if people added there own as a reply instead of me listing them all down, plus it is tiring to keep updating the comment to add a con :P

The wispy curly err curl on Joey's head on our right is moving with as much animation as his hands and face...LOL the closest he will get to an accidental anime trope. It's great! Hahaha!

Anyone else distracted by Joey's bobbing hair tufts in the end portion of the video? No, just me? Ok.

Nobody noticed that L was letting Watari going around using his "real" name and showing his face to everybody, while he knew Kira just needed a name and a face to kill? Then, he freaks out when Watari is compromised, but never took any methods to prevent it. Dumbest L ever.

Keith Stanfield,, he's an amazing actor that showed so much potential to be a great L. But the script did him dirty. I think if someone was to make another movie or the sequel is better I'd want Keith to play L. Whether it be a more true to the anime & manga film or another one of these adaptation I think he's a great L regardless of skin colour and the lack of authenticity compared to the L character design (I don't think that personally I just see people hating on him like that online). For me Ryuk and L saved the movie. I was ready to turn it off the moment Light first met Ryuk but hearing William Dafoe's voice kept me optimistic and able to push forward. At the end of the day I don't think this is the worst film I've ever seen. Do I think it sucked? Yes. Could it of been better even with sticking to the American adaptation concept? Yes. It really had potential to presently surprise everyone but sadly they weren't able to accomplish that. If they do create a sequel I hope they can do the almost impossible and make a sequel better than the original movie.

I love hearing opinions that are not just "everything about it sucks" ☕

When Light first said Ryuk's name, I was really worried. But then Ryuk came along and told him that he pronounced it wrong, which was pretty cool. It would have been unnatural for an American to know how it's pronounced, so they made him actually learn how to pronounce it, rather than pronouncing it wrong the whole time, or giving Light the random knowledge of Japanese pronounciations.

Can't wait for the Netflix series Semi Iron Chemist: Sisterhood

Wow ..I can't believe I watched every single Japanese live-action DN movie including the drama series 😂 ..I have too much free time. The drama series was a major let down though. I should've stopped watching it earlier T.T

The reason the actor who played L was pretty good was the fact that he did extensive research on the character and then was told to act not like L in certain scenes

I know I'm late, but can you do another "try not to laugh" with anime vines (my favorite are by The Anime Brain)?

The real problem with the movie is that Light didn't eat a single fucking potato chip

Honestly I think L's actor is extremely talented. I enjoyed almost every scene he appeared in, one way or another, just because his sheer skill is entertaining to watch. It's a shame the script for L was pretty inconsistent and lackluster.

I had never seen death note when I saw the movie, and maybe that is why I enjoyed it as much as I did. I knew the core concepts of death note--have to be living under a rock to not--but I'd never SEEN it. This movie made me want to see what this was based on. In that way, I think it succeeds as an introduction into Death Note.

Hey Joey, what're your thoughts on Wolf Children? I personally loved the movie and almost cried because I just found it emotional. It's also an interesting concept and the choices made by each character lead to an interesting outcome

and we love you too joey *MWAH*

i think that the reason why L wasn't acting as much like L towards the end of the movie was because of the fact they didn't add near and mello (his successors) into the movie, therefore instead of adding them, they added their characteristics into L's personality. for example mello's rage and near's deductions+assumptions. idk though edit: this can also be shown by the large amount of puzzles n shit around L with scenes that he's in like there's one but where there's a rubix cube next to him and from the anime everyone knows that near liked solving puzzles

Fun fact, Light is played by the one of the leads of the Naked Brothers Band, Nat Wolff. If that's not enough, the lady who played Mia was formerly Nat's IRL girlfriend.

the personality changes were my second biggest issue with the "adaptation" the first being....WHERE IS THE FRICKING POTATO CHIP?!?!?!?!

Okay, but really: I watched the movie with dread because I kinda have a "Dragon Ball: Evolution"-sized trauma about anime adaptations. I liked some aspects of it - Misa was not as gouge-your-eyes-out annoying as she was in the manga. I liked L for the most part. But like so many others have pointed out already: the core of the story was completely lost and replaced by something I have seen in every US movie ever. Which made it horribly boring to me.

Okay but guys Willem Dafoe is amazing

Joey, have you seen the movie train to busan and if you have what is your opinion on it?

god joey ur bedhead is always my hair goals

is it bad that I wish that video was here for 24 hrs wasn't deleted?

Still a better love story then twilight

Mr Anime this is why i like you. You are so positive person. Even if you dont like something you can still see something good in it. You still know what must be criticized like i have seen in your videos and you know the anime and manga stuff. Also i like the awesome chill ambient musics in your blogs.

Lol that scene when he first sees Ruyk is probably the funniest scene I've seen in a long time. I watched that scene 4 times in a row and still couldn't stop laughing.