Death Note (2017): Mixed reception
A movie was recently released on Netflix based on the popular manga and anime, Death Note, in which a teenager finds a mysterious notebook that has the ability to kill people, he meets a shinigami called Ryuk, is chased by a professional detective, and thinks that he is God.
The director is Adam Wingard, who decided to make a movie with real actors of from the global success series. The cast includes Natt Wolf (Light Turner) and Keith Stanfield (L).
We present some interviews about people's opinion of the movie.
Interview 1: Juan Pablo Carvajal
Me: What do you think about the movie?
JP: Well, I think the movie was good, I didn’t see the anime, and about what I have heard the movie wasn’t well elaborated, because it was missing a story to tell, but I liked the movie.
Me: What can you tell about the characters?
JP: I would have like that Ryuk’s character was deeper, I think they didn’t showed his true capability in the movie.
Me: Did you like the end of the movie?
JP: I liked the part when he predicted the death of his girlfriend and how he ended in the water, but I also wanted to know more about his family and his relationship with Ryuk.
Interview 2: Teacher Ericka Torres
Me: What do you think about the movie?
Teacher: I didn’t like it, I didn’t even finish it.
Me: You think the characters in the movie were in some way the same like in the anime?
Teacher: No, because they changed ethnically the characters from Japanese into white people.
Me: Do you think this movie was worth it?
Teacher: Yes, because now the people might be curious about the anime and might want to watch it.
