In your opinion, who is the protagonist and antagonist in. 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. Protagonist and antagonist have nothing to do with the good guy and bad. Retrouvez les 30 critiques et avis pour le film death note le film, realise par shusuke kaneko avec tatsuya fujiwara, kenichi matsuyama, asaka seto. Adam wingards recent comments to ew about the evolution of his death note film arguably encapsulate one of netflixs calling cards from the. 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 a 2017 american neonoir supernatural thriller film loosely adapted from the japanese manga of the same name created by tsugumi ohba and takeshi obata. 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. But when its suicide, then the tragedy, anger and guilt go into overdrive. It isnt even the questions raised by the whitewashing controversy.
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. Netflixs death note is completely different from the. Death note is fairly emo and twilighty thought thankfully not as mindnumbingly serious but wingards horror credentials are front and centre in the film. For the most part it stays very close to the manga and keeps true to the general feel of death note. Death note 2017 finds the absolute most gruesome way to kill many of the victims. Tsugumi ohba interview creator of death note page 1. Kira is suppose to represent quick and swift justice hence heart. Death note is almost a solid b movie, but considering that wasnt wingard or netflixs intention, it makes the entire presentation unfortunate. Ryuk basically using humans for his amusement, like a child with a magnifying glass does to ants.
There was much to admire about this film in every way. Teenage wishfulfillment fantasies, while sometimes violent, rarely involve the intervention of a japanese shinigami death god, but writer tsugumi ohba. 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. View who sings all the songs, stream additional tunes playlist, and credits used in the movie. Death note is a bad movie regardless of its source fidelity which would be irrelevant if it worked. Which could include l, near, mello, soichiro yagami, matsuda and many others. The manga also inspired a stage musical by broadway. 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. 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. Adam wingard signe avec son death note une adaptation risquee du chefd. Intoxicated by the power of a supernatural notebook, a young man begins killing those he deems unworthy of life. 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.
Light yagami is an ace student with great prospectsand hes bored out of his mind. 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. Hang your posters in dorms, bedrooms, offices, or anywhere blank walls arent welcome. 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. 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.
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. The dom takes a look at netflixs attempt to adapt the popular manga death note to western cinema. The reason they dont attempt asian actors is because adapting anime is already an unproven concept. 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. Nat wolfe cast as lead in death note live action film. 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. The complete series of 37 episodes of the supernatural thriller based on the manga by writer tsugumi ohba.
Death note is a terrible film, for reasons that are. If the underlying film isnt worth seeing, theyll go down in history as flopping due to the casting controversy. 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. 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. 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. 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. Thats when the blame games really kick off, and a year ago this week, it was death note in the frame. Something that should be a big relief to fans who might be worried that this adaption of death note will be sanitized for american viewers is that the version set for netflix will be the equivalent of an rrated film. 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.
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. The film stars nat wolff, lakeith stanfield, margaret qualley, shea whigham, paul nakauchi, jason liles and willem dafoe, and follows. Death note and by extention, gits are on the fence. But all that changes when he finds the death note, a notebook. Netflixs death note does way too much in way too little time. Whether the artistic choices were the courtesy of director adam wingard and yes, youre next. 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. The cat and mouse story kept you gripped and you had no idea what was coming next. 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. Netflixs liveaction death note film takes another step. 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. Ryuk is a major character and the interactions he and other shinigami have with humans is an important dynamic of the show. Death note le film netflix, critique, avis youtube.
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. 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 switches back and forth between two different movies without pause, creating a jarring effect that rips you from the films world. Netflixs death note producer doesnt get casting backlash. How netflix saved the death note movie, according to the.
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