It was a very different idea executed in a very clever way. Light attempts to defeat l along with teru mikami a kira follower and kiyomi takada another kira follower but in the end will light win. Death note, desu noto is a 2006 japanese supernatural thriller film based on the manga series of the same title by tsugumi ohba and takeshi obata. Instead that was the route choose but they try to be different with over the top gratuitous violence and over complicated kills that make the film look like a final destination knockoff. Death note is most definitely a series that needs to be reflected upon after completion as it represents an enigma in the minds of viewers. Thats when the blame games really kick off, and a year ago this week, it was death note in the frame. Intoxicated by the power of a supernatural notebook, a young man begins killing those he deems unworthy of life. In the second installment of the death note film franchise, light yagami meets a second kira and faithful follower misa amane and her shinigami named rem. Nat wolfe cast as lead in death note live action film. Retrouvez les 30 critiques et avis pour le film death note le film, realise par shusuke kaneko avec tatsuya fujiwara, kenichi matsuyama, asaka seto. Whether the artistic choices were the courtesy of director adam wingard and yes, youre next.
Teenage wishfulfillment fantasies, while sometimes violent, rarely involve the intervention of a japanese shinigami death god, but writer tsugumi ohba. The films primarily center on a tokyo college student who attempts to change the world into a utopian society without crime, by committing a world. In your opinion, who is the protagonist and antagonist in. Hang your posters in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent welcome. Death note movie posters are rolled in newsprint to protect edges and ship in a sturdy triangular tube approximate size is 27 x 40 inches whether you are a collector or just generous with gifts, movie posters are perfect for any occasion.
Death note, a multistrand saga spawned from a manga series thats led to movies, video games and a tv show in japan, has always seemed like prime real estate for. Adam wingard signe avec son death note une adaptation risquee du chefd. Death note is a 2017 american neonoir supernatural thriller film loosely adapted from the japanese manga of the same name created by tsugumi ohba and takeshi obata. The beauty of death note is not how the mythology of japanese death gods shinigami is represented, but how this film takes an original concept from a. Ryuk is a major character and the interactions he and other shinigami have with humans is an important dynamic of the show. In the story of death note originally a manga by tsugumi ohba, a model japanese student named light yagami is blessed and cursed with the power to. The american adaptation has been noticeably different from the anime, never mind the manga source material, so the netflix version probably cant be compared to the 2006 japanese film death note 2.
There are those who will stubbornly ignore the complexity of the finale, but there are those like me and hopefully you who will critically think about the various aspects of this series that made it so great. Which could include l, near, mello, soichiro yagami, matsuda and many others. There was much to admire about this film in every way. Netflixs death note producer doesnt get casting backlash. Netflix death note trailer looks writefully creepy cnet. Death note is almost a solid b movie, but considering that wasnt wingard or netflixs intention, it makes the entire presentation unfortunate. Death note is fairly emo and twilighty thought thankfully not as mindnumbingly serious but wingards horror credentials are front and centre in the films unexpectedly gruesome deaths. Light yagami is an ace student with great prospectsand hes bored out of his mind. Death note 2017 finds the absolute most gruesome way to kill many of the victims. Netflix recently released the first death note film and it seems like dn director adam wingard wants to continue the movie series. Death note is already a popular manga and anime series, but on wednesday, netflix released the first trailer for the upcoming liveaction movie, which comes to. A new film titled death note 2016, described as a forbidden sequel to the first liveaction film, is set to open in japan on october 29. On february 20th 20, a fifteen year old girl leapt from the th floor of an apartment building in yekaterinburg, russia. The film stars nat wolff, lakeith stanfield, margaret qualley, shea whigham, paul nakauchi, jason liles and willem dafoe, and follows.
I started thinking of some ideas and while these ideas were still floating in the back of my mind, i got more ideas to fill up detailed plots like the rules and the god of death and so on. Netflixs death note could have gone in any direction and it had no obligation to be a reimagining of the anime series. The antagonist is the character who gets in the way of the protagonist. Ryuk basically using humans for his amusement, like a child with a magnifying glass does to ants. Death note switches back and forth between two different movies without pause, creating a jarring effect that rips you from the films world. Kira is suppose to represent quick and swift justice hence heart. Death note dadam wingard, film derange et deprave critique. The hollywood reporter critic justin lowe, who also doesnt think too highly of death note, compares the film to wingards better previous efforts, like youre next and the guest, writing. How netflix saved the death note movie, according to the. For the most part it stays very close to the manga and keeps true to the general feel of death note.
If the underlying film isnt worth seeing, theyll go down in history as flopping due to the casting controversy. The over all story of dn spans across 8 manga volumes and how theyve compiled them has been quite ingenious, again keeping with the feel of death note. Death note is a terrible film, for reasons that are. Bored student light yagamis life is turned upside down when he finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands in the form of the death note, a notebook dropped into the human realm by ryuk, a rogue shinigami god of death. Retrouvez les 426 critiques et avis pour le film death note, realise par adam wingard avec nat wolff, margaret qualley, lakeith stanfield. The complete series of 37 episodes of the supernatural thriller based on the manga by writer tsugumi ohba. Netflixs adaptation of the japanese manga death note marks the latest incarnation of this wellestablished property, which has seen numerous previous movie, tv and anime treatments in japan and. Netflixs death note does way too much in way too little time. Adam wingards recent comments to ew about the evolution of his death note film arguably encapsulate one of netflixs calling cards from the. Tsugumi ohba interview creator of death note page 1. Netflixs liveaction death note film takes another step. The reason they dont attempt asian actors is because adapting anime is already an unproven concept. Death note le film netflix, critique, avis youtube. It isnt even the questions raised by the whitewashing controversy.
The dom takes a look at netflixs attempt to adapt the popular manga death note to western cinema. But when its suicide, then the tragedy, anger and guilt go into overdrive. While the anime and manga are far from some hbo drama in terms of mature content, its a story that frequently deals with characters dying, sometimes in gruesome fashion. Death note is about a young, model student who gets his hands on a death gods notebook, allowing him to kill anyone so long as he knows their name and face. Death note and by extention, gits are on the fence. The manga also inspired a stage musical by broadway. Light is the main protagonist, and l is one of several antagonists. Death note ends up being just about the worst imaginable interpretation of its premise, the story of a quiet, bullied teenager who decides to play deity, the shinigami. Death note is a bad movie regardless of its source fidelity which would be irrelevant if it worked. Death note 2017 vm14 1h 40m horror movies light turner finds a supernatural notebook and uses it to mete out death, attracting the attention of a detective, a demon and a girl in his class. Most posters we source are on a standard poster paper however some may have a gloss. But all that changes when he finds the death note, a notebook. Transcript taken from and interview with tsugumi ohba creator of death note where did the inspiration for death note come from. Netflixs death note is completely different from the.
Protagonist and antagonist have nothing to do with the good guy and bad. Harry potter, naruto, dragon ball, my hero academia, the disastrous life of saiki k, kakegurui, danganronpa v1, v2, and v3, angels of death, the promised neverland, re zero, canon busters, demon slayer, death note, seven deadly sins, your. View who sings all the songs, stream additional tunes playlist, and credits used in the movie. Death note is fairly emo and twilighty thought thankfully not as mindnumbingly serious but wingards horror credentials are front and centre in the film. The thing about the adaptation of death note, premiering today on netflix, isnt that its bad.
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