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Death Note, Wingard’s ninth feature, expands that youthful expectation onto a global scale by adapting the Japanese manga of the same name into a specifically American tale of how the caresses and thrusts of fresh romance become, literally, weapons possessing the capacity for global destruction and domination. Read 369 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Film Review: ‘Death Note: Light Up the New World’ Shinsuke Sato's reboot of the classic franchise lacks the elaborate battle of wits between rivals that distinguished the first two films. 1 shows well drawn graphics, an anti-hero as main character that surprises/shocks, a *monster* that becomes actually…endearing, controversial themes that will provoke raw emotions along with deep thoughts and a writing and dialogs that make the characters look real and three dimensional without a doubt. Because Light is the main character, it's easy to assume he's the "good guy." Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2018 I was so happy that the dubbed version has the character voices from the Being a fan of the anime I would NEVER watch the NETFLIX Death Note, and I can't believe they bothered when this movie was already made?! Film Review: ‘Death Note’ American horror director Adam Wingard takes a page from 'Donnie Darko' in his stylish, U.S.-based adaptation of the macabre Japanese manga. Summary: "The human whose name is written in this note [book] shall die."

Story: The story is unique. 'Death Note': Film Review . But it is a fun one. Readers have been sitting in the stands looking back and forth between Kira and L.

Death Note is far from an exact adaptation, taking great liberties with the plot and some with the characters as well. Death Note, the story of a brilliant teenager who finds a notebook that can kill and decides to rid the world of evil, is pure genius but misses the mark with its "shounen" or young male audience. In GameSpot's review, Mike Rougeau said, "With some issues, especially in its inconsistent pacing and dialogue, Death Note isn't a perfect adaptation. Death Note is a good anime, though it’s not the best and has a rash of insidious problems that most reviews tend to miss.
10. The storyline is amazing but not complicated or cliché. Death Note the anime is one of the best animes to come out for a very long time. 10 book. Death Note starts out promising a thrilling ride to come. Death Note begins with a pretty simple premise: A death god, Ryuk (Willem Dafoe), has existed throughout history. Like the film and manga, it depicts the cat and mouse hunt between L and Light on who will uncover one another's identity. Death Note has been one of the longest and best played tennis matches in anime history. These are the first words read in the Death Note by Light Yagami, a straight-A student who develops a god complex when he finds a notebook, dropped by shinigami Ryuk, that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written down in it. Death Note, Vol. Director Adam Wingard has achieved the impossible, he has taken the title of "Worst live-action manga adaptation" away from Dragonball: Evolution. I believe a movie THIS bad deserves to be completely spoiled, if anything to be avoided like the plague. Death Note vol. I can truly say it is one of the best, if not the best anime I've watched. However, matters get out of hand when Teenager Light Yagami finds a mysterious book that a shinigami ‘carelessly’ drops into the human … Ryuk is awesome as CGI and it goes with his Shinigami abilities to be CGI. Netflix's Death Note - SPOILER Review. Death Note is definitely one of the best anime series of all time, for it presents a deeply unique and compelling story rivaled by few. 10:53 AM PDT 8/21/2017 by Justin Lowe ... With the death count topping 400, the mysterious Kira becomes a worldwide … But it is a fun one.