Monthly Archives: August 2017

I recently published a little review of the movie, but I tried to keep out my personal biased thoughts from affecting my review. As I mentioned on it, Death Note is one of those series that I call “foundational” during my teenage years. I read the manga so many times growing up, that I know the story almost perfectly, even now 10 years after having been the most obsessive of fans. And, for the context of this rant, let me say that I never finished watching the anime. Within 5 episodes, I dropped it because I thought it did not do the manga justice. That’s just how obsessed I was. And, as you can imagine based on my opinion on the anime, I absolutely hated this new Death Note interpretation, and it’s because of the same reason as the anime. This movie failed to capture the essence of what Death […]

On Death Note (2017)

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Alright, so, I’ll start by saying that this is one of those series that I grew up with, so—as you can imagine—I have some very deep opinions on. However, I’ll stick to reviewing this film as it is, putting aside it’s source material because of a few reasons, but primarily because I agree with what the director of the film. Death Note was originally a manga (Japanese graphic novel) series, which eventually got adapted into some live action films in Japan. On top of that, there were multiple light novels created for the series too, and I probably would be destroyed by people were I not to mention that beloved anime adaptation. So, if you want the original version of this story, the real Death Note, read the manga, watch the Japanese movies, or watch the anime. They’re all still there. Sadly, I’d love to transition to my review of […]

Death Note (2017) Review

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