Death Note (A Netflix Film) Reviews - 37 Metacritic - 30% RottenTomatoes

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Zekkyou said:

curl-6 said:

Not in the least surprising, the trailer made it look awful, and Western remakes of Asian media generally tend to be crap.

Still, a shame. I loved the Japanese live action films.

I don't even understand how they could mess it up this much. They have a manga, anime, and Japanese live action film series to take reference from, and clear evidence that the series is already easily digestible by a western audience. It should have been average at worst.

It should have been easy to get right, I agree, but I never underestimate the ability of Hollywood/Netflix/etc to mangle foreign media adaptions. I think the problem is that they deeply underestimate the ability of Western audiences to enjoy media from other cultures, try to make it more Western, and as a result miss the point of the original.