You have almost no swearing or violence in the anime, heart attacks aren't considered as violence. The most violent scenes are when Light and L punch/kick each other...

I mean, a guy going out of his way murder people in whatever way he likes seems pretty violent to me. Heart attacks weren't the only way people were killed.

For something that covers such dark material, it's not surprising to me for it to include darker things.

Yeah, but for me the usual Hollywood action/violence is the opposite of "dark", it's just the same checklist box for almost every american movie/series ("Bam, explosion ! Pew, pew, guns!"). The psychological side of the original work is a lot darker than any usual Hollywood violence. Like in the teaser, the scene when they're falling from a collapsing ferris wheel... What's the point?

A thriller turned into an action movie isn't "including darker things" IMO, it's the complete opposite: making it flashier and dumber for the average american TV viewer to like it. We'll see how it will turn out in the end...

DANGLING ON A FERRIS WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

I actually really liked the live action Japanese films. The main two anyway, the spinoff was by a different director and sucked balls.

I commend you. While I enjoyed Death Note over all, and there are high points in the 2nd part, I didn't really like the manga after that happened...

Honestly, it looks terrible, but hey, maybe it could turn out pretty good, despite the casting being very weird.

I didn't think it was that bad to drop the manga altogether... I suspect some people probably did that then?

I made it to the end, and it was definitely worth it.

If I'm gonna be honest, I'd even say I prefer the Japanese films over the anime. They have a much better conclusion, in my opinion anyway.