In seattle, washington, high schooler light turner stumbles across the death note, a mysterious leatherbound notebook with. This is what a hollywood death note movie should be. At the end of death note, near uncovers who kira is through an intricate plan. But all that changes when he finds the death note, a notebook dropped by a rogue shinigami death god. Light escaping the warehouse and seeing what his life once was and still could be if he never got the death note was powerful. However, if the headlines weve been seeing about the first movie are any indication, this may be the end of wingards liveaction adaption. Note netflixs death note aims to do what has been nearly impossible for hollywood to date. There was high level of quality, sophistication, and attention to every detail. Near manipulated mikami into writing everyones name onto the death note when the confrontation occurred. If youve heard of netflixs new movie death note, you probably have some questions. In the manga, death note what is the alternate ending.
Ending spoiler for death note 2006, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more. Netflixs death note can be summed up by the films first murder, which takes place hardly 10 minutes in. Yagami light is a brilliant college student who, one day, finds a notebook simply titled death note. Death note 2 movie is in the works at netflix film. Its meant to show that, even despite all the chaos, he was still in control. The film ends with ryuk flying around the tokyo tower and laughing.
However, if you went into wingards death note blind, you probably have a lot of questions about that ending. Heres the explanation for the end of both the death note movies, the live action films starring tatsuya fujiwara and kenichi matsuyama. Inside of this book is a list of rules and details as for the use of the death. If wingard is following the typical death note story arc which he largely seems to be the 2017 death note ends about halfway through the light and l. Death note then cuts to black without the fate of light known to the viewer, presumably setting the movie up for a sequel. Netflixs death note is over before it gets any good gq. Yagami light is an ace student with great prospects, whos bored out of his mind. Light turner nat wolff, newly in possession of a book that lets its owner kill anyone. With light and l still in a game of catandmouse, the pair have everything to lose if they are caught by one another. The entire ending of death note is meant to fool the viewer into thinking light hadnt planned for any of these events. For light, the films ending sets him up as a calculated villain and not some slummy teenager on an angsttrip. When light tries to get the piece of paper of his death note from the watch. For those who havent watched the film, death note follows light turner a high school student who finds a mystical object that can kill anyone.
Misa receives a death note from rem, another shinigami. Heres your guide to death notes crazy ending decider. Director adam wingard breaks down the dizzying finale of his netflix anime adaptation death note. Death note benefits from director adam wingards distinctive eye and a talented cast, but they arent enough to overcome a fatally overcrowded canvas. Netflix confirmed that death note 2 is in the works, following up the critically reviled but solidly successful first film adaptation of the manga series. Death note is a 2017 american neonoir supernatural thriller film loosely adapted from the. What the original death note creators really think about. Theres a point towards the end of death note, netflixs adaptation of the beloved manga and anime series of the same name, where the films main character, light turner, gets fed up. While death note is not the 34yearold directors first time dipping his toes into potential franchise fodder he also helmed last years blair witch reboot it did present a range of new. Death note comes to a confusing end as it segues into a climatic meeting between light and mia. Adapting death note into a featurelength american movie was always a colossally bad idea tsugumi ohbas manga ran 108 chapters, and theres a good reason why the only decent riff on. Death note leaves plenty of doors open for another movie or. After all, the film is stirring up some serious controversy but whats up with death note, really.
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