#ichablogging noteflix

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wHAT

WHAT

W H A T

okay okay wait

1- What a POORLY done exposition???? “oh ye this kid is in trouble, lemme remind him of his dead mother.”

2- Light??? having??? Behavioral issues??? Okay okay adaptation wise, you do realize you already fucked up right?? Light was a good and calm student, that was the whole point, It was supposed to show how this clever, seemingly good kid, was collected enough that people would never consider him a killer. Because it’s the point of Death Note.  It shows a kid in a well off family who have access with a lot of information from his dad, who’s seemingly a goody goody, decide “for the greater good” (which is subjective) to be a God. No one suspected him aside from L because of that. 

3- The “behavioral issues” he’s talking about is “you did homeworks for other kids and you talked back to me about justice :/// Detention :/// won’t buy it”. Like??? Holy fuck. because that’s what the original Death Note was missing?

4- THEY KILLED HIS MOTHER OFF IN THE BEGINING OF THE STORY????

oh it’s not like she appears in the 13th page of the first chapter but

OH WAIT NO THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT IT IS.

Also back to point 2, the point was that Light was a normal??? kid???? Who had a good relationship with his parents??? He didn’t have any traumatic experience to lead him to who he became, it was just his morals influencing him.

(also “in the circumstance of your mom’s death” holy fuck don’t tell me they gave him Misa’s motivation of losing her parents in a traumatic incident. if it’s that I’m going to scream. You reduced Misa to a cheerleader to give more mainpain to Light???)

5- Did i mention it’s so fucking cliché??? Like?? This is the least original protagonist we could get, congratz on ruining one of the most interesting protagonist for this kind of story.

I am 4 minutes into the movie and I want to yell.

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Oh my god they gave Mia a boyfriend (apparently in the football team) and since she cares about her reputation she doesn’t say hey back to Light (but she didn’t mind going full on fighting bullies), and meanwhile Light have a massive crush on her from afar and is smad that she has a boyfriend.

Is this a parallel universe

Did the writters of the movie look at Light and Misa’s relationship in the manga.

Why did they write the most generic “Awkward Nerd loves the Cheerleader in relationship with a Footballer, and while she maybe crush on him too she focus more on her relationship with the Footballer”

Are you aware this is the most boring trope in movies that we have seen a hundred times.

Are you aware it wasn’t necessary in a story like death note.

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you know how they made a big deal of how the movie wasn’t racist because they casted a black actor for L.

and that it somehow excused the whitewashing because there is “actually more diversity” by having a black man

and that it was “empowering” for black people to have a character as strong as L being played by a black man

That somehow it would excuse the constant exploitation of Asian’s corpses in the movie

they

fuck 

they had L. losing his cool in front of Light and trying to attack him, and Light’s dad, a cop, a white cop, took him by the throat and started to choke him.

They made a White Cop choke the Black Lead after they established L. was not rightful in his action.

L. ended up disengaging and being arrested by the cop and Light’s dad only focus on Light’s well being and say L. was the problem and shouldn’t have been trusted.

I’m going to cry. How can you do that. You relocate your movie to America and you do that. 

The worst part is that, in the manga, L. wouldn’t have lost his cool, and especially, Light’s dad would have never, ever done something like that. 

Not only it doesn’t fit either character adaptation wise, but they gave the scene so much racist over tone I’m actually feeling sick. 

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Okay I understand what you said about death note, but don't you think you're going a bit overboard with the roasting? It's bad for people who know the original masterpiece, yeah, but it does stand alone as a movie. If I watched it with my non-anime-watcher brother, he might go, "Oh, that was interesting." And maybe finally give the original a shot. It did its job getting people familiar and interested in dn, but of course it couldn't be as good, its an entire sieris shortened to one movie

Well I did say when I started it that I wouldn’t have much pity toward the movie either. 

And I’m sorry, but we’re talking about a story that was extremely Japanese, and which not only was stripped of its Japanese intend, but also showed off Asians being killed by Light, and especially a bullshit explaination on them picking the name Kira because “in Japanese it means Killer so they’ll think we’re japanese” and them letting messages in Japanese on the crimescenes to pretend Kira is Japanese.

This is not the kind of things to overlook. Whitewashing isn’t something to overlook, and the movie dealt with it in such a poor way, in an actual offensive way, when you adapt something, you at least try to respect it.

And it’s not an entiere series shortened into one movie. They planned sequels. The movie ends on a stupid cliffhanger. And it follows absolutly no plot from the original. Why do you try to use the L. and Kira’s showdown, and clearly call your characters those ways, while you don’t respect the story at all?

Oh and fyi, for as...... much as they are (i’m not found of them), there are Japanese movies adapted from Death Note. The First movie is all about the mindgames between Light and L, and it ends on L. meeting Light. They changed a lot of things, but they kept the focus where it should be: on L and Light’s mindgames and manipulations. It teased for a sequel while actually leaving you with quite a story that was closer to the original. Of course you can’t adapt 12 volumes into one movie. But, especially when you expect sequels, you can try to cut the story correctly.

Listen, when you adapt something, you’re supposed to at least have read the thing. As bad as the Last Airbender Movie was, at least it did show you a Kid who ran away from his duty because he was scared of wars, two others kids finding him and trying to help him learn the elements, and Zuko the antagonist is still someone extremely wounded in hs honor after his father’s abuse.

And let’s be real, The Last Airbender is one of the worst adaptation of all time, it’s boring, and it’s whitewashing, but at least it kept the characters basic traits and journey. Why would you adapt something and keep the name if you’re not going to at least follow the story?

Like i repeated, it wouldn’t have been as bad if say, they did a whole new story where Ryuk just happens to drop the Death Note in America with enteirely new characters. No L. No Kira, an actualy story. Like the Chapter 0 of Death Note, or why not even explore the BB Murder Case since it’s a novel happening in America?

You can take the idea of the Death Note, but not if you take the characters name and the basics of their showdwn while absolutly nothing about it will be respected.(especially since the movie totally overlooked the mindgames between L and Light because Light did a really obvious mistake.)

And how the fuck does it stands alone when it removed the lore? No really?? 

Okay so, where the hell Ryuk’s come from? Why did the notebook say “Do not trust Ryuk”? What did Ryuk do in the movie that wasn’t trust worthy aside from not letting Light know Mia was doing bullshit? What was the point about this plotline?What was Mia’s deal? We just had to accept that a cheerleader would get into murders right away?Besides have you seen how those two bounded without even blinking at the idea of murders? Especially since Light is supposedly a victim we’re supposed to feel bad for in the movie?

Why do we have to accept that? Why do we have to accept the lowest of effort, of writting a basic Teenage Horror Screenplay, while the actual story was supposed to be One of The Kind? 

Seriously though, Awkward Teen with a Crush on Cheerleader Who Gets The Girl After Getting Mysterious Powers is a cliché. Turning Ryuk, a sympathetic figure in the manga, a passive observator, into a sort of creature always pushing you to do bad is cliché. Hell, they removed entierely the relationship between Light and Ryuk while it was the focus of the original.

Not to mention it was a story about a greater scale. The original manga was a commentary on how Law Enforcement works in Japan, and how a priviliged, popular, “will go far” kid like Light, who had access to the information, would believe he would have some reasons to clean it up.But instead, it became a teenage drama. Light was always pushed by other people in the movie to make murders, and he often want to get out of it. Even the God persona is something coming out of their ego, while in the manga it’s something that just happens. Here, it’s kids who want the attention, and get backlash for doing so. An underdog, who just want to keep his life going in school, who plays God just because he was pushed by his girlfriend and because he is a poor kid who’s traumatized.

We went also from a story which was a commentary on Japanese Law Efforcement, to a story who was so oblivious to the Law Efforcement Commentary, that they showed a white cop choke the black lead before letting him go, and you’re supposed to cheer for the cop. 

Is it worth showing someone who don’t want to watch anime for them to get interested?? No. 

It’s a watered down stupid teen flick which plays on Edgy Fuel. It’s a project that was born and kept going with racist intends. It’s a story you may watch, think “bleh” and leave. Not get interested in more. And if you do, jfc. I’m sorry but I hate the idea some people might come into the manga expecting say, Ryuk to be like this movie bullshit, or Light, or L, or anyone. 

And okay, as a standalone movie?

The movie is poorly paced. The exposition scenes are hilariously bad. The characters motivation are inexistant, explained by a sexy montage of them having sex while killing people (of color), showing how immature the whole subject was treated. The montage itself was incredibily bad, the whole idea of seeing the ascension of Light’s godlike persona was totally overlooked for his stupid romance. It gives tragic backstories to the two main leads to explain somehow why they’re like that.

 The whole fun of this story, which was to see how L and Light was trapping each other, was ruined by the fact the plot runs on stupid and Light doesn’t make any decision. It’s Mia doing them. L. discover Light is Kira halfway throught he movie because Light fucked up. The manipulations of say, getting rid of the FIB agent, was completely overlooked in a cheap twist. Because that wasn’t important. 

The whole plot requires you to just accept they are whatever genuis and overlook the batlant mistakes they make to make the plot running. And, because it didn’t make it through, spelling out the message of “chosing the lesser of two evils”, removing the reader’s freewill to chose who to side with. 

It was not fun. It was not exciting. It was seeing Edgy to be Edgy.

And I’m sorry this is insulting? Death Note was a serie that run for 3 years. For 3 years, the authors went out of their way to make an unique story, with unique characters, with a complex view on mankind. They put 3 years to elaborate the themes, to develop the characters, to tie up the looses ends. And Hollywood saw from it just an opportunity of a quick cash, to be Edgy by taking the name and concept, and make the usual soup they do with teenage horror movies. 

Death Note wasn’t the franchise to do it. We can’t blindly accept adaptation because “it stands as a stand alone movie”. It’s completely disregarding the fact it was someone else’s work that you decided to strip from everything that made it so unique to start with. 

Even more when it’s America disregarding a culture and somehow managing to be offensive toward it, making them the victims of a story they were the main characters of to start with.

So I completely disagree with your point of view on it. I’m sorry if i’m harsh, it’s not against you nonny, much more against the movie.

If an adaptation isn’t capable of getting the basic understanding of the story right, they have no right to claim themselves as such. I’m not asking an adaptation to the comma, i’m asking to an adaptation which would respect its root.

Which isnt what this movie gave. 

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Also i’m sorry, but Light selling homeworks to people in all illegality, did they even read the source material? It’s not like Light would actively do this kind of things. He was a clever guy, with really good grades, but he focused on his own future before getting the Death Note and thinking about taking care of the rest of the world. He was a guy who followed the rules. 

And when he was talking about bad stuff happening, he was talking about killers, about rotten people who were not killed off, not bullies.  the High school aspect of Death Note was just a setting for the first few chapters, it wasn’t that important, it was never important. Hell, Light was actually really popular in his school, being a good looking smart guy. There was no problem with bullies since Death Note was a Bigger Story about Humanity.

When did you take a look at Death Note and thought this was okay.

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this is Light’s locker

“Normal people scare me” what the fuck

what the fuck

w ha t the fu ck 

is that the thing people mentioned was from hot topic

i’m going to cry, Light Yagami they did you so much dirty.

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the movie just started and I’m. 

Oh. Okay. It’s true a girl who found the Death Note and started to admire the so called God from afar before discovering who he was and get devoted to him while he would emotionally manipulate her was not an interesting story at all

Awkward Nerd and Cheerleader lowkey flirting with no magic notebooks is obviously more original.

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@mysteriouslypinkconnoisseur replied to your photo “¦â€¦ this is Light’s locker “Normal people scare me” what the fuck what...”

I am so sorry you had to watch this movie.

thank you

honestly i only have it upon myself, i’m the one who made this stupid promise a few months ago

i have so much regrets right now

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Light fell asleep in Detention and the teacher threatened him to add another day if he was still sleeping. This is so stupid.

as she left the room, Light basically threw on the ground his class’s props to take out the death note. In detention room.

I’m still baffled that anyone would see Light from the manga and think yes, this guy will end up in detention, and he won’t pay attention to studying in class, because that’s not what he does.

Of course.

Of. Fucking. Course.

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Hollywood director: “See!! he’s like the light from the manga!! we are good writters!!” they say without even realizing they wrote it in a way Light doesn’t even care about justice and just tried to protect the girl he crushed on.

Also this is honestly stupidly written. But that’s to expect.

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wHAT

WHAT

WH A T THE FUCK

Okay first of all, in the manga, it’s other people naming him Kira. It’s a subculture who recognized him because the heartattack strikes was happening. People thought there was a God, that they called Kira, because Kira is a way to prononce the english word “Killer”. IT’s not Light who came up with it, he just adopted it because it meant his part was playing correctly.

THOSE ASSHOLES are not even doing Heartattack, they are doing anything fancy, and they are trying to sign their attacks  to rub their egos! what the fuck!

Second, The way they justify the word killer is so goddamn stupid??? What kind of a reach???

And tbh, that last part is the most  insulting part??? “they’re looking it’s gonna be on the wrong continetn” what the fuck is wrong with the adaptators.

You couldn’t understand how important was the setting of Death Note. You couldn’t understand its implications as a Japanese story. You refused the possibility of making it an American story with a Japanese Lead. And now, you’re having a fucking White Guy picking a name for himself by mentioning “lol so people would think i’m Japanese and wouldn’t find me”????

What the fuck is wrong with you?? 

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No way

this isn’t happening

I am not actually seeing Light reacting to the Power of Boner and actually ready to share the Death Note Secret with Mia just to flirt with her

This is not real.

This is not something people could have seriously thought about writting 

That’s not possible.

Light would never have been that stupid to bring the Death Note to class and read it in public. He wouldn’t be that stupid to try too tell it to anyone. He didn’t have feelings for Misa. 

How. Is that. Happening.

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tbh I mentioned it when the movie was annonced, but you know, they could have make their original story with the concept of Death Note - Like, making a pseudo sequel in which Ryuk drops the Death Note again, this time in America, with a whole new cast of people, and write its own story.

Granted it would still have flaws, especially in Hollywood’s unability to hire actors of colors, but it would have been far better than try to take the names of the original characters and force them in an American context and Culture that is completely inappropriate for the story Death Note was telling.

You could tell A Death Note story set in America as long as you don’t use the main cast. But you can’t tell The story of the Manga Death Note in that setting. That’s the issue. The Mental Fight between L and Light only works if you keep them as their original characters.

(and I recall there is a novel of Death Note, “Another Note: The BB Murder Case” that happens in Los Angeles. If you were so fucking determinated to set it in America. Or were you even more against the possibility of hiring a Japanese Woman in the main role?)

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We’re exploring Light’s family now. Apparently they live in a poor house since a train passed by and everything started to tremble.

They put accent on the fact his mother is dead, but he doesn’t have a sister either.

They. Basically stripped Light of all the family he was supposed to have. 

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he was a 18 years old kid who died from being brutally decapited in front of you

Listen. I know very well that in the manga, both Light and Misa don’t mind killing people.

But Light’s two first murders in the manga were horrifying to him. He was realizing the weight of his powers, and realizing he took people’s lives away. Which is also why when Ryuk presented himself to him, he accepted that he would die for what he has done when he killed more people. (it’s eventually having the power on the long run that desensibilised Light - the very first murders had an emotional impact on him, he just decided that it was okay for the greater good) And that’s keeping in mind that Light killed criminals in the manga.

Here, he killed a guy he knew for a long time. 

And I’m not going to make any apologize for bullying, the guy was being an asshole, he beat people up for money and for fun, but he was a teen. A problematic teen, who would gain much more of meeitn a social assistant than being killed.

The thing is that the movie sets up that the adults aren’t doing anything about the bully situation, so it was okay to kill him. But no. And especially not in such a horrible way, and especially not for them to have no emotions toward it.

Saying the guy was a “sociopath” is super fucked up. It’s a teen who died. A teen who was decapited in front of school, with the inside of his skull being all over the pavement. It’s so goddamn traumatizing, and it feels extremely wrong that you think teenagers would just think it’s no big deal. 

They are treating it like it’s a fun thing that happened and that they wished they could have seen it. I know Misa and Light kill people; but this is another level of fucked up. Especially since in that case, it was Light’s first murder and Mia had barely any involvement in the story so far.

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Oh my god

oh no they’re 

they’re doing it this way huh

Mia is the one pushing him to use the Death Note for justice

Mia.

They are doing everything so far in the story to excuse Light or show that he was udner pressure. That it wasn’t really his fault.

What kind of bullshit is that.