Movies: Death Note

[Hockeyfrilla]

Streaming on Netflix August 25.

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[Power Man]

Yikes

 

[Trap Jesus]

Don't have anything to add to this other than me having to mention that using crappy, slowed-down cover versions of old songs has to be my biggest pet peeve for trailers. It's something that gets used all the damn time.

 

[The Gongshow]

Looks alright

 

[Unholy]

As someone who loves the anime the only thing I like about this is Willem Dafoe as Ryuk. No one over here was asking for this. Just watch the anime.

 

[K Fleur]

This looks atrocious.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Calling it now, the best part of this will be Kelsey Grammar's uncredited cameo.

 

[WTFetus]

As someone who loves the anime the only thing I like about this is Willem Dafoe as Ryuk. No one over here was asking for this. Just watch the anime.

Yeah, sounds like a solid Ryuk. The story and all the other casting jobs look awful though.

Shame, since the japanese Death Note live action was so solid and ended even better than the anime.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

Anime's DO NOT TRANSFER OVER TO LIVE ACTION!!!!!!!

Live action anime's do even worse when they're white washed.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

This looks like a trainwreck.

 

[GlassesJacketShirt]

Man......that.........

I'll judge the final result when it comes out, but this does not look very good.

And if there was one anime that could have translated to live action, it should have been this one. Looks like its trying too hard to be edgy and frantic rather than slow, methodical and cool.

 

[USC Trojans]

They tried condensing the story into 2 movies in Japan, and it was terrible.
What makes them think they can do an American version in 1?

The battle of wits between Light and L is what made Death Note so compelling. Looks like they're just shifting the story to focus on Light's part.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Doesn't seem like the best choice for Light or L.

Will there be dramatic potato chip eating?

 

[WTFetus]

They tried condensing the story into 2 movies in Japan, and it was terrible.
What makes them think they can do an American version in 1?

The battle of wits between Light and L is what made Death Note so compelling. Looks like they're just shifting the story to focus on Light's part.

I enjoyed it, especially with the anime's English dub which I always thought was spot on. Of course overall the anime was better, but I loved how it stayed L vs. Light until the end. That ending is how the anime should've ended, no Near or Mello stuff.

 

[Emperoreddy]

Didn't they already make a good live action version in Japan?

 

[BondraTime]

Just another chance to ruin any shot we have at a solid live-action version of any anime.

 

[RobBrown4PM]

Just another chance to ruin any shot we have at a solid live-action version of any anime.

Anime's do not transfer over well in any country. They end up doing far worse over here in NA than in Asia.

 

[Muzzinga]

They tried condensing the story into 2 movies in Japan, and it was terrible.
What makes them think they can do an American version in 1?

The Japanese version is good. As someone else mentioned, the ending is terrific, and much better than the anime. Condensing the story into 1 2 hr film seems an impossible task though, and the amount of action scenes displayed in the trailer is a worry

 

[PALE PWNR]

I watched this when it first came out and remembered really liking it a lot. I just went back and watched it again over the last month or so. I didn't even recall that it kept going after Light and L concluded. Totally blocked out that part of the show. I don't know how you keep that and do this show in 1 movie. It would be insanely rushed. I have hope that its ok, Willem Dafoe is a great casting choice for Ryuk. However, even though Ryuk is a pretty iconic symbol in the show it's not about him. I hope they pull it off because the first Act if you want to call it that is phenomenal and I think could really do well as a movie, but knowing the history anime has turned into live action movies, I have the lowest of low expectations.

The only hope is that it's being done by Netflix, and they have really done a very good job on most things they've done so far

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

That just looked forced to me...I'll check it out and hold out hope that it's good.

 

[USC Trojans]

it's out on Netflix now.
Even though I think it's a bad idea, I'll watch it tonight. Hope it surprises me

 

[Deen]

It is apparently super boring and terrible.

 

[GarfSnowed]

It got absolutely ripped apart.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

I haven't watched the anime version, read the comix (if there are any), or ever heard of this.

So I reckon I won't have any expectations going in.

I'll give it a watch...probably.

 

[Very Stable Genius]

It ****ing sucks.