This was cliff notes Death Note, not terrible but it just speeds by way too fast to really care.

This is an apt description I also don't believe we got the real Light until the end. They tried to make him too sympathetic.

Death Note is one of my favorite animes and the early trailers had me cautiously optimistic for this but it's not good. Besides both Light & L being nothing like their source characters other than the most surface comparisons they somehow managed to completely miss the boat on Ryuk which I thought would be the one sure bet.

I still don't understand why they didn't just take the basic premise of a Death Note and do something different than the manga/anime with different characters. You could go a hundred different ways with that and have maybe come up with something more interesting than this dreck.

I watched it and it reminded me of cheesy b movie stuff in the way it was mainly edited. Things happen so fast. And how did L know about the book?

I have no knowledge of the pre-existing material. I only watched it because of Wingard. I thought it was just ok. The montage skipping over a hefty chunk of stuff that would be interesting pretty much killed any weight to this though.

I haven't read the Manga, nor seen the Anime TV Series or the Live-Action Japanese films. I only know of the Series through reputation and friends who absolutely love. Watched it mostly for Wingard and the awesome concept.

Like Dex14, I thought the film was alright. Even though I wasn't familiar with the Series, it still felt like it was moving fast, skipping over a lot of things that would give many of the characters (especially the Leads) a bit more weight.

The gore was great and the film definitely had Wingard's fingerprints on it (especially in the second half of the film) but I'm not too sure if I'd immediately watch it again.

This was really, really, really bad.

I thought it was stylish. It had this 1980s through a modern lens style to it. While the film was rushed, it was impressively efficient in some areas. Wingard somehow told you everything you need to know about the girl, Mia, via a couple of intense glances and some key mannerisms. That was impressive.

My heart hurts, and to explain why I'll just copy paste the review I put on my Facebook. I'm not very good at this so please be kind...

I discovered Death Note accidentally, to be more accurate it happened right at the beginning of my depression. I was between jobs and while the job I did have provided income, I spent a good portion of my time online, filling out applications and dropping off resumes. I stumbled upon the anime on Hulu (when the service was free) trying to find something to distract my thoughts. Over three days I finished the thrity-seven episode animation. If you've already watched it yourself, the ending does not exactly inspire hope, but it did provide me an escape from my negative mood. The anime later would make the leap to live action (in Japan) and while the movies (the first two) are trimmed for content, it is a true adaption of the anime/manga.

It has been said about me, that I tend to be optimisitic about everything (not my words). They of course, are referring to my approach to movies, video games, TV shows etc. I tend to lean more towards "wait and see" rather than jump to "holy crap, this is going to suck!" To be fair, I still experience the latter, I just choose to be less vocal. Live action anime has not faired as well as comic books here in the West (side note: I enjoyed Ghost in the Shell). Death Note has had four live action films in Japan (two are original stories) and while anime adaptations have not faired as well as comic books, Hollywood keeps trying.

If you're a fan of the series chances are the bad press for Death Note (2017) has crossed your newsfeed. Despite the bad press, I wanted to watch this movie, hoping at the very least the production would be entertaining. Death Note (2017) has nothing in common with the anime or the manga. The 2017 movie takes place in Seattle, WA and follows Light Turner (Natt Wolff) and his girlfriend Mia Sutton (Margaret Qually) who after discovering the power of the notebook, use it to end all crime. Where the anime was a game of chess, the Netflix movie feels like a badly written (or purposely funny?) "abridged" version of Death Note. A number of the characters in this film betray their anime/manga counterparts, by doing things that are out of character, so to the point of being unrecognizable. The movie cannot keep a mood, long enough to let the story be told by it's cast, but instead relies on rapid dialouge (and knowing the original story) to move the plot along. Had it not been for repeated viewings of the anime, I can safely say that I would have been lost watching this movie.

The only saving grace of this movie is Ryuk (Jason Liles/Willem Dafoe). Brought to life by motion capture and some practical effects. While every character in this film is acting out of character, Ryuk is the only one who is himself. Death Note (2017) fails in every aspect to be the smart, thrilling, and suspenseful work of art the anime/manga represents. Rapidly burning through references, and even changing the nature of the notebook itself does not make for a faithful adaptation or make it different enough to be passable. I'm hoping this movie leads more people to the anime, or the Japanese films. If you are looking for a better way to experience Death Note, those are far better options and may save you the headache that is this movie.

Watched the movie when it first dropped. This past week, I've been watching the anime, since it was, also, on Netflix. It was a tad daunting at 37 episodes but they're only 20-odd minutes long.

As anticipated, the anime was much different and pretty damn good. It would've made a good series but I can understand that they didn't want to spend too much. Now, I'm thinking of re-watching the movie since the anime is fairly fresh.

A second go? God-speed sir.