Review of Death Note (2017) by Moonman1994 — 31 Aug 2017
There are two major things that cause Death Note to fail as an adaptation. The first of which is that everyone in it is an impulsive idiot. Did the characters have to be the super geniuses they were in the anime? No of course not but the characters in this are so dumb they're essentially lobotomized versions of the originals.
The second issue is despite accelerating the pacing greatly from the source material the film still is somehow unable to keep your interest. It fails in every way to be captivating because the characters motivations are under-baked and shallow.
The only change that's vaguely interesting is a more diverse use of the Death Note than in the anime which allowed Adam Wingard to show off that he still can pull off gorey.
This review of Death Note (2017) was written by Moonman1994 on 31 Aug 2017.
Death Note has generally received negative reviews.
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