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Post by gomezaddams666 on Aug 25, 2017 14:37:50 GMT
I believe a movie THIS bad deserves to be completely spoiled, if anything to be avoided like the plague.
Director Adam Wingard has achieved the impossible, he has taken the title of "Worst live-action manga adaptation" away from Dragonball: Evolution. DBE doesn't even come close to the complete disregard of source material this horrendous movie is guilty of.
Nat Wolff's Light Turner is nothing like Yagami Light from the manga. Light Turner is a bullied kid who starts his killing spree with a bully. Besides that he is a scarily child who is in way over his head with the book he's been bestowed upon so he reveals his secret to his High School crush, a cheerleader named Mia Sutton (Margaret Qualley), which we are supposed to believe that on the mere sight of the book becomes a raging psychopath that wants to kill everyone, and I mean everyone she feels like, and this was supposed to be the new version of Misa, right?
All the intelligence, all the cold and calculating aspects that made Yagami charismatic are completely gone, instead of Death Note we get "The Killer Diary of a Wimpy Kid."
But nothing compares to what's done to L. The famous detective who is also cold, incredibly intelligent, and astute, is horribly played by Keith Stanfield as a maniac, and frenzy detective vigilante of sorts. Too many times in the film he loses it and even comes close to murdering Light in cold blood, either by running him over with a car or by shooting him. That is something L would never do.
The book has about 70 rules, and they are revealed when it is convenient to the plot.
And not even Willem Dafoe's Ryuk can save this abomination, his character appears like 10 minutes of the film, and Ryuk is not a bored Shinigami anymore, in this version he is a sadistic god of death who enjoys seen people die.
Adam Wingard is a complete hack, someone who either did not understand the manga, or thought of himself better and more capable to tell this story than the original writers.
His movie is not even worthy to be called Death Note, it is barely worthy to be called a movie as it is an outright blasphemy to the manga and the anime. It is by far the worst live-action adaptation I have ever seen.
I rate it ZERO out of 10, simply because I cannot rate it lower.
I had to watch it hoping I was wrong, but I encourage you to stay away from this filth.
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Post by hi224 on Aug 25, 2017 15:36:15 GMT
Yeah the trailer soured me honestly.
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Post by gomezaddams666 on Aug 25, 2017 15:54:03 GMT
The movie is even worse.
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Post by Marv on Aug 25, 2017 16:31:27 GMT
I watched the anime just last year. A live action Americanized version doesn't really interest me.
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Post by spooner5020 on Aug 25, 2017 16:52:33 GMT
I've been watching the movie. I've never seen the anime or read the mangas,but I'm familiar with both. I didn't realize there was such a huge difference between this movie and the source material. I knew this was very Americanized,but I'd still think that they didn't have to change so much. I don't think the movie is that bad,but it's also because I'm trying to judge this as it's own thing. I do really like Dafoe as Ryuk also. Would you recommend the anime?
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Post by hi224 on Aug 25, 2017 17:49:23 GMT
Well the cast also doesnt help at all.
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Post by gomezaddams666 on Aug 25, 2017 19:22:27 GMT
I've been watching the movie. I've never seen the anime or read the mangas,but I'm familiar with both. I didn't realize there was such a huge difference between this movie and the source material. I knew this was very Americanized,but I'd still think that they didn't have to change so much. I don't think the movie is that bad,but it's also because I'm trying to judge this as it's own thing. I do really like Dafoe as Ryuk also. Would you recommend the anime? I recommend the anime 100%, in fact I recommend you watch it first and then read the manga. The anime skips a few details but it is the same story. The movie? Big pile of shit. |
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Post by NewtJorden on Aug 25, 2017 19:40:10 GMT
I believe a movie THIS bad deserves to be completely spoiled, if anything to be avoided like the plague. Director Adam Wingard has achieved the impossible, he has taken the title of "Worst live-action manga adaptation" away from Dragonball: Evolution. DBE doesn't even come close to the complete disregard of source material this horrendous movie is guilty of. Nat Wolff's Light Turner is nothing like Yagami Light from the manga. Light Turner is a bullied kid who starts his killing spree with a bully. Besides that he is a scarily child who is in way over his head with the book he's been bestowed upon so he reveals his secret to his High School crush, a cheerleader named Mia Sutton (Margaret Qualley), which we are supposed to believe that on the mere sight of the book becomes a raging psychopath that wants to kill everyone, and I mean everyone she feels like, and this was supposed to be the new version of Misa, right? All the intelligence, all the cold and calculating aspects that made Yagami charismatic are completely gone, instead of Death Note we get "The Killer Diary of a Wimpy Kid." But nothing compares to what's done to L. The famous detective who is also cold, incredibly intelligent, and astute, is horribly played by Keith Stanfield as a maniac, and frenzy detective vigilante of sorts. Too many times in the film he loses it and even comes close to murdering Light in cold blood, either by running him over with a car or by shooting him. That is something L would never do. The book has about 70 rules, and they are revealed when it is convenient to the plot. And not even Willem Dafoe's Ryuk can save this abomination, his character appears like 10 minutes of the film, and Ryuk is not a bored Shinigami anymore, in this version he is a sadistic god of death who enjoys seen people die. Adam Wingard is a complete hack, someone who either did not understand the manga, or thought of himself better and more capable to tell this story than the original writers. His movie is not even worthy to be called Death Note, it is barely worthy to be called a movie as it is an outright blasphemy to the manga and the anime. It is by far the worst live-action adaptation I have ever seen. I rate it ZERO out of 10, simply because I cannot rate it lower. I had to watch it hoping I was wrong, but I encourage you to stay away from this filth. I watched it earlier today. Really wish i would have seen that post before i did. |
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Post by skribb on Aug 25, 2017 20:02:50 GMT
lol you sound angry gomez
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Post by spooner5020 on Aug 25, 2017 21:52:39 GMT
Ok so I just watched episode 1 of the anime. I can already see a lot of the problems with the movie. Light seems to be a totally different character in the movie,we don't really get to see Ryuk in full detail in the movie, light was not a chosen one like it was in the movie and Ryuk dropped the book by accident. I don't really see how Netflix messed this up. They had a really great source material to work with and just like Sony did with the Dark Tower they definitely fucked it up.
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Post by mslo79 on Aug 25, 2017 23:48:31 GMT
I did not bother with the movies (chances are they are not good) but the anime here... Death Note (2006-2007) is a quality show. i normally avoid animated stuff but that's one of the exceptions. but i will say that i have seen that three times and it's dropped off in score with each viewing. currently it's a 7/10 as of June-Aug 2016 viewing which is my most recent. prior to that my second viewing was Feb 2012 and my initial viewing was back around the time it was new as i remember waiting for the new episodes to appear online back at that time. some random person brought it to my attention online back at that time. p.s. i got and viewed it in Japanese audio(like spoken language) with English subs. |
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Post by jakesully on Aug 25, 2017 23:58:45 GMT
Damn that bad huh? lol
Thats too bad, I'll still get around to seeing it to judge for myself but after the Blair Witch reboot/sequel/or whatever the fuck that was, I am no hurry to see Death Note. I won't totally give up on the director though (he's still very young as far as directors go). And I felt he knocked it out of the park with The Guest and You're Next was a lot of fun too so he still has potential .
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Post by skribb on Aug 26, 2017 1:47:47 GMT
Ok so I just watched episode 1 of the anime. I can already see a lot of the problems with the movie. Light seems to be a totally different character in the movie,we don't really get to see Ryuk in full detail in the movie, light was not a chosen one like it was in the movie and Ryuk dropped the book by accident. I don't really see how Netflix messed this up. They had a really great source material to work with and just like Sony did with the Dark Tower they definitely fucked it up. Wingard said that they wanted to go in a different direction since there are already several anime and live action adaptations in Japan. But that could easily be PR talk of cuorse. |
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Post by politicidal on Aug 26, 2017 1:54:34 GMT
Wow. I read only a few titles on loan from a friend but yea that's nothing like it at all. And dammit, I was so looking forward to Willem Dafoe.
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Post by petrolino on Aug 26, 2017 2:09:58 GMT
I think Shūsuke Kaneko's 'Death Note' movies are fantastic, with the music of Kenji Kawai. I don't know the anime or the new version.
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Post by gomezaddams666 on Aug 26, 2017 3:10:56 GMT
I believe a movie THIS bad deserves to be completely spoiled, if anything to be avoided like the plague. Director Adam Wingard has achieved the impossible, he has taken the title of "Worst live-action manga adaptation" away from Dragonball: Evolution. DBE doesn't even come close to the complete disregard of source material this horrendous movie is guilty of. Nat Wolff's Light Turner is nothing like Yagami Light from the manga. Light Turner is a bullied kid who starts his killing spree with a bully. Besides that he is a scarily child who is in way over his head with the book he's been bestowed upon so he reveals his secret to his High School crush, a cheerleader named Mia Sutton (Margaret Qualley), which we are supposed to believe that on the mere sight of the book becomes a raging psychopath that wants to kill everyone, and I mean everyone she feels like, and this was supposed to be the new version of Misa, right? All the intelligence, all the cold and calculating aspects that made Yagami charismatic are completely gone, instead of Death Note we get "The Killer Diary of a Wimpy Kid." But nothing compares to what's done to L. The famous detective who is also cold, incredibly intelligent, and astute, is horribly played by Keith Stanfield as a maniac, and frenzy detective vigilante of sorts. Too many times in the film he loses it and even comes close to murdering Light in cold blood, either by running him over with a car or by shooting him. That is something L would never do. The book has about 70 rules, and they are revealed when it is convenient to the plot. And not even Willem Dafoe's Ryuk can save this abomination, his character appears like 10 minutes of the film, and Ryuk is not a bored Shinigami anymore, in this version he is a sadistic god of death who enjoys seen people die. Adam Wingard is a complete hack, someone who either did not understand the manga, or thought of himself better and more capable to tell this story than the original writers. His movie is not even worthy to be called Death Note, it is barely worthy to be called a movie as it is an outright blasphemy to the manga and the anime. It is by far the worst live-action adaptation I have ever seen. I rate it ZERO out of 10, simply because I cannot rate it lower. I had to watch it hoping I was wrong, but I encourage you to stay away from this filth. I watched it earlier today. Really wish i would have seen that post before i did. I know, right? |
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Post by gomezaddams666 on Aug 26, 2017 3:12:47 GMT
Ok so I just watched episode 1 of the anime. I can already see a lot of the problems with the movie. Light seems to be a totally different character in the movie,we don't really get to see Ryuk in full detail in the movie, light was not a chosen one like it was in the movie and Ryuk dropped the book by accident. I don't really see how Netflix messed this up. They had a really great source material to work with and just like Sony did with the Dark Tower they definitely fucked it up. I know. And it was intentional, too. Adam Wingard deliberately made the changes. |
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Post by spooner5020 on Aug 26, 2017 7:31:45 GMT
Wow. I read only a few titles on loan from a friend but yea that's nothing like it at all. And dammit, I was so looking forward to Willem Dafoe. Willem dafoe is the best thing about it. |
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Post by moviemouth on Aug 26, 2017 7:46:35 GMT
Wingard is re-making I Saw the Devil btw.  He's a garbage filmmaker but I will admit that The Guest is a pretty good movie. |
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Post by Peter B. Parker on Aug 26, 2017 14:28:08 GMT
I believe a movie THIS bad deserves to be completely spoiled, if anything to be avoided like the plague. Director Adam Wingard has achieved the impossible, he has taken the title of "Worst live-action manga adaptation" away from Dragonball: Evolution. DBE doesn't even come close to the complete disregard of source material this horrendous movie is guilty of. Nat Wolff's Light Turner is nothing like Yagami Light from the manga. Light Turner is a bullied kid who starts his killing spree with a bully. Besides that he is a scarily child who is in way over his head with the book he's been bestowed upon so he reveals his secret to his High School crush, a cheerleader named Mia Sutton (Margaret Qualley), which we are supposed to believe that on the mere sight of the book becomes a raging psychopath that wants to kill everyone, and I mean everyone she feels like, and this was supposed to be the new version of Misa, right? All the intelligence, all the cold and calculating aspects that made Yagami charismatic are completely gone, instead of Death Note we get "The Killer Diary of a Wimpy Kid." But nothing compares to what's done to L. The famous detective who is also cold, incredibly intelligent, and astute, is horribly played by Keith Stanfield as a maniac, and frenzy detective vigilante of sorts. Too many times in the film he loses it and even comes close to murdering Light in cold blood, either by running him over with a car or by shooting him. That is something L would never do. The book has about 70 rules, and they are revealed when it is convenient to the plot. And not even Willem Dafoe's Ryuk can save this abomination, his character appears like 10 minutes of the film, and Ryuk is not a bored Shinigami anymore, in this version he is a sadistic god of death who enjoys seen people die. Adam Wingard is a complete hack, someone who either did not understand the manga, or thought of himself better and more capable to tell this story than the original writers. His movie is not even worthy to be called Death Note, it is barely worthy to be called a movie as it is an outright blasphemy to the manga and the anime. It is by far the worst live-action adaptation I have ever seen. I rate it ZERO out of 10, simply because I cannot rate it lower. I had to watch it hoping I was wrong, but I encourage you to stay away from this filth. I'm watching it this week. I'll take this review and Empire's review into consideration when watching. |
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