Board 8 > That Death Note movie is now on Netflix

(+) Yeah! (+)

Literally at one point in the movie it can be summarized as "The police are hunting L, who is trying to kill Light over a misunderstanding, who is trying to stop Misa who was the mastermind and working with Ryuk"
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I thought it was pretty good. Better than the live action japanese movies at least, though that isn't exactly amazing praise. I like that it was different than the anime/manga. Maybe things went by a little too quick, but it's OK.

That being said, No Near means it is the inferior version of the story of course
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You didn't like the Japanese live action Death Note movies? They seemed to be fairly well received to me.
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Were they? I guess I haven't seen L Change The World, actually.
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The Japanese movies are mostly notorious for the awful CGI. From what I understand they're at least decent.
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I watched them years ago, but I remember finding them to be mostly uninteresting retreads of the anime. And CGI was not good.
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GANON1025 posted...

Were they? I guess I haven't seen L Change The World, actually.

I was referring to the first two movies. I haven't seen L: Change The World either. From what I've seen in other topics about the Netflix Death Note movie, opinions on the Japanese live action movies are fairly positive. People tend to cite the Japanese movies as evidence that it is possible to do a good live action Death Note movie.
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It's funny because I feel the opposite, this new movie is proof a decent Death Note live action movie can be made.

I wonder if someone who has never seen Death Note before would think the plot moves fast too? Maybe we only think it is too fast because we've seen the original.
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Just watched it

I actually didn't hate it. For a so bad it's good movie, it was pretty damn enjoyable.

The vast majority of it was dumb and broken, but it DID actually have some cool original stuff, which very much impressed me. Particularly Mia going super psycho and trying to kill Light and L killing Light at the end.
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The visuals were good too. The editing and angles were very anime and there was clearly influence from the anime, which I didn't expect.
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LapisLazuli posted...

So maybe this is Death Note's DmC

100%
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I'll clarify that I really liked DmC, but I think it's a viable comparison in regards to response.
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I will watch it some time tomorrow
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2 things that were dumb but kinda funny

"YOU CAN TRY TO WRITE MY NAME BUT PEOPLE ONLY GET IN 2 LETTERS"

*earlier*
*Reading the death note*
"Rye-yook?"


and

"THIS EVENT IN SEATTLE ONLY AIRED IN SEATTLE SO PEOPLE IN SEATTLE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD'VE SEEN THIS SEATTLE THING"

*Light and Misa get it off the internet where everyone in the world could've seen it*
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Dumbest thing by far imo was

*literally reading the Death Note right out in the open in the gym*
Mia: what's a death note
Light: uhhhh nothing? ok fine I'll tell you
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Verbatim dialogue of that scene

Mia (seeing the Death Note Light is holding): “Death Note”? What is it?
Light: What is what?
Mia: Your book
Light (looks around uncomfortably): Uh, I can’t tell you.
Mia (whatever look): Okay.
Light: Do you really want to know?
Mia: (pause) Sure.
Light: Okay, then I’ll tell you.

It is incredibly stupid, yes. It is also, however, exactly what a 17 year old boy would do to get his dick wet. And it worked so...
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Yeah, that sounds like poor writing for what Light is supposed to be, but good writing for what this Light is
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Oh wait I just remembered the actual worst thing in the movie

WATARI'S ACTUAL FUCKING NAME WAS WATARI??!?!?!??!?!

Like WHAT
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having watched the first two episodes of Death note last night (for the 5th+ time) light is absolutely corrupt by the end of the second episode

this is a response to someone on last page. havent watched the movie though
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foolm0r0n posted...

Oh wait I just remembered the actual worst thing in the movie

WATARI'S ACTUAL FUCKING NAME WAS WATARI??!?!?!??!?!

Like WHAT

And apparently his last name wasn't needed...so...yeah...

Does Ryuuk finally get to play some Mario Golf in the movie?
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That was the longest most pointless chase scene ever. Although I do like the idea of adding the Yakety Sax music to it.

L bothered me, he wasn't nearly as calm and collected as I expected he'd be. Especially since he seemed more on point at the beginning.
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L fucking nailed it in his first few appearances

But yeah they made him wayyy more emotional, which isn't really bad necessarily, but the writing definitely could not back it up at all

Killing Light at the end was still sweet though
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I don't think he did.

seems like he decided not to at the last moment.
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I think its backed up by Ryuk laughing his ass off at the end

and its been established that Ryuk carries out the kills, so I figured he was greatly amused by the turn of events when he quoted his catch phrase out of nowhere
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I think the goal was to leave it ambiguous in case the movie does well and they want to make a sequel

but if the movie does poorly they can just leave it at that
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Punnyz posted...

I think its backed up by Ryuk laughing his ass off at the end

and its been established that Ryuk carries out the kills, so I figured he was greatly amused by the turn of events when he quoted his catch phrase out of nowhere

idk, he hesitated and then started laugh-sobbing. If he was really intending to just kill him, why would he be sobbing?
And if he did that he'd be completely going against the code he made in his first introduction and his first talk with Light. If he did do that, how is he any different from Light? If killing a killer is justified then why was he so hellbent on capturing Kira?
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The ambiguous ending was probably the best part about the movie, tbqh

Except for the part where L needlessly smashed a dude's face into a pie during the chase sequence lmao
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mcflubbin posted...

Except for the part where L needlessly smashed a dude's face into a pie during the chase sequence lmao

okay I just remembered this part again and decided that this version of L is amazing
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I saw it last night too and thought it was... okay.

I don't know. I mean Willem Dafoe was great in the role. I get the movie wants to make it so you see Light as the "good guy" who is trying to make everything okay again, but it doesn't build upon that premise well enough to really make it work. Like I think it does do a decent job at showing that he wants to do what's right and that he has concerns about the power of the book and lives he doesn't want to take... but at the same time they don't really give L an equal standing ground. Like in the show Light was clearly "the bad guy" and a lot of it worked because of that.
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I tried to watch this as though the anime didn't exist, to judge it by its own merits like this was a wholly original concept.

It was still like a 3/10 movie at best
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I think the movie is way better if you know the source material. The people who are watching this from scratch are going to be completely confused and turned off in every way probably. But maybe it might pique their interest in the anime?

Anyways I think it's very clear that L kills Light at the end. L was about to shoot him in the face earlier anyways.

Also the hospital scene mirrors Soichiro's death scene in the original story except with roles flipped, and I think there is enough evidence in the movie that they are knowledgeable of the original events and deliberately use pieces of it in this movie.
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I've talked to 2 different people who have never watched the anime and said the movie was okayish

I think knowing the source material makes it worse or maybe even slightly better. Depending on the kind of person you are
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Can we talk about the really good and sometimes funny soundtrack choices for this movie
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a death note fan i have on facebook just said he had to turn it off after 30 minutes because of how terrible it was.
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Lots of my death note fan friends said something like that but they're over reacting

This movie isn't even 10% as bad as Last Airbender
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foolm0r0n posted...

This movie isn't even 10% as bad as Last Airbender

I mean even if that's true...

...that doesn't mean they were overreacting.
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True. Maybe 1-3%?
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I'd say about 40% m'self
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Mr Lasastryke posted...

a death note fan i have on facebook just said he had to turn it off after 30 minutes because of how terrible it was.

To be fair, the first 30 minutes are the worst 30 minutes. If it wasn't for Ryuk, I would have done the same.

ok but ryuk sucked for real though, like probably the worst reimagined character in a movie that has light screaming like a girl for a straight 30 seconds
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Oh, well that's a new take.
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I'll say it: the movie is bad because near and mello aren't in it
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Let's not get crazy. Near is the worst fictional character of all time. His exclusion is why there's potential.
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As someone who didn't read any of the manga or watch any of the anime before this, I thought the movie was a really good stand alone movie. Now I'm watching the anime on netflix and so far I am liking them both in their own different way.
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I agree that Ryuk wasn't nearly as good as other people say (although the performance was great)

But also I do wish there was some reference to Near and Mello, especially considering they showed the orphanage

But really they needed a reference to Mikami, especially since they established the public was obsessed with Kira, like that dude to hit L upside the head when he was about to shoot Light
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Rewatching the final scenes again, why would he even kill Light? The whole way it's presented it seems more like it's hinted to any bystanders that MIA was Kira. When L gets to the scene after being knocked out he sees that Light's name and death was on the note... which should exonerate him and paints Mia as Kira who had gotten sick of Light and decided to get rid of him.

The final scene has him looking at a picture of Light and Mia when he hesitated so maybe he realized he had the wrong assumption the entire time and should've been chasing Mia instead. I mean, why wasn't Mia a suspect anyway? What evidence points to Light more than Mia?
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foolm0r0n posted...

like that dude to hit L upside the head when he was about to shoot Light

that WAS Mikami
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Was it actually, cuz no one I watched it with caught that and we talked later and were like "that should've been him"
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