Evengyny Thanks for the memories!

VividSimon Simply Perfect

Tedfoldol everything you have heard about this movie is true.

Lela The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

imadud I don't understand how this movie can have so high reviews even though it's so crap. People say this movie was so enjoyable when I really don't see how. Even for a 2006 movie the CGI is terrible. In one scene in particular, Light finds the death note even though it's pouring rain, its dark, and he nearly died just a few minutes ago. Also, the book is black, SO HOW WOULD HE NOTICE IT? Another scene in where he is first using the death note on a criminal, it says it takes about 30 seconds for it to kill someone. Yet, when he writes his name in the book, he dies instantly. Plenty more of these type of scene problems really bug me throughout the movie like how instead of his dad just leaving police stuff on the computer so Light can kill random criminals through the police database, apparently in this movie, he's a super teenage hacker that can hack in to a police database. A POLICE DATABASE! Just think about that for a minute. A random teenage boy can hack a high-tech police database. You could just say that he's super smart because of the Asian schools, but the police went to those same schools so what happened? Also, the acting feels like an anime instead of a movie which is not how you make an adaptation from anime to movie.The sets are okay and the casting is fine, but when mostly everything is fine and the bad stuff is really bad then you really enjoy it much. I would talk about all the things I hate about this movie, but I would have to spoil it a lot so I will leave my opinion to stand.

GavC543 I know this is a TV movie, but with the budget and distribution they acquired for this adaptation I expected much more. I felt the acting, without being too harsh, was almost laughable. The screenplay was also quite different to the manga/show. Camera-work/directing could have grabbed the viewers attention if it experimented more with visually stimulating ideas, also lack of creative sound.Pros: Animation was quite good. It was the main reason I came to watch it in the first place. Although, it was obvious at times it was done in post which very much takes away from viewing experience. I also liked the sets/locations chosen in the relevant scenes. Just needed more umph in every sense!!Because I love the show/manga I will be generous, although I felt it was very much average.6/10

Paul Magne Haakonsen As an avid fan of Asian cinema, I must say that somehow both the Anime series and the live action movie of "Death Note" (aka "Desu nôto") eluded me, even though I have had the three movies on my DVD shelves for about a year. Then I saw that part one had a rating of 8 on IMDb, so I finally sat down to watch it.It wasn't as good as I had hoped for or expected it to be, especially since it had the rating of 8. Perhaps it is because I never read the comic or seen the Anime. I must say that I found it to be merely mediocre. It had potential, but just never really rose to a noteworthy climax.Ryuk, the God of Death, was interesting enough, but the CGI was just a bit too poor. And actor Tatsuya Fujiwara was like an Asian version of Nicolas Cage; unable to portray more than a single facial expression. However, the actor who stole the show was Ken'ichi Matsuyama. He was really well-cast for the role of L.Story-wise then I found "Death Note" to be fairly weak and offering the audience not all that much actually."Death Note" scores a mere five out of ten stars from me. This wasn't the brightest moment in Japanese cinema.

lewiskendell Light, a very intelligent law school student in Japan who's grown frustrated and disillusioned with the inefficiencies and limitations of the legal system, happens to acquire a Death Note, a book that allows you to kill by simply writing a name. As he picks up his pen and begins a crusade to permanently rid the world of criminals, he attracts the attention of L, an equally brilliant man who seeks to catch him like it's a game. The escalating game of cat and mouse between the two begins to involve more casualties than just criminals. I've gotta admit, Death Note is pretty awesome. I'm sure some nuance or details were left out in the translation from manga/anime to a 2 hour movie (I haven't seen the series or read the manga), but what shows up here is a surprisingly smart and sharp story about the intertwining of good and evil, and what really constitutes justice.