Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

ricky95-925-944996 We laughed allot about how extremly terrible this movie is, the director is a comedic genius! #The Room prequel?

brightsidereviews I did not watch this movie with any pre-conceived notions of what Death Note has to be. I saw a clip with Willem Defoe as Ryuk and was sold. Having just rewatched the movie, I enjoyed it even more. The performances are great, it's filled to the brim with interesting and cool shots (with lots of Dutch angles and great background details,) the OST is full of 80s synthy goodness, and the whole movie is so much fun. Lakeith Stanfield gives the best performance of the movie, which made me pay attention to him before he showed up in Get Out and Atlanta, but Nat Wolff, much reviled I've seen for his portrayal of Light, is equally if not more deserving of praise for his hilarious line deliveries and for throwing himself full-force into this role. This role which isn't the same Light as in the manga or anime, but is the right character for this movie. This is a funny movie, and doesn't take itself to seriously, but is also very professionally and carefully put together on a technical level. Particularly at the beginning it struck me as being quite similar to Donnie Darko, but becomes its own twisted self as it goes on. I have heard the complaints, the angry fans, but as a movie, not as a Death Note adaptation but purely as its own film, I can find very little wrong with it, and countless reasons to enjoy it.

ghostmage-04762 The original version was intellectually oriented (which is what made Death Note awesome and original in and of itself). But this americanized version seems more action oriented which, by doing so, makes more room for issues and not make it as enticing as the original (that being the manga, anime, live action japanese movies, and the drama.) This is much less composed than the original. You have changed the story line entirely.

tobi-58532 Worst film of a good anime ever. The main cast has nothing to do with the persons in the anime. story just the worst parts.