Death Note (the movie)

Started by beat emotion · 15 Jul 2006 · 610 replies

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15 Jul 2006, 10:36 #1
Hi to all!!
There's this new ultra cool Jpn movie Death Note (2006).
Based on the Manga, it is currently a box-office hit at Japan.
A supernatural suspense thriller, starring the good-lookin Fujiwara Tatsuya & Matsuyama Kenichi.

Herefs the Eng-sub movie trailer >>>
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NmhxbLXQbg&search=death%20note

Canft wait to watch this film in Singapore!!
15 Jul 2006, 14:50 #2
Here's the plot outline:

Light Yagami is a brilliant student who has led a boring a life.
One day he found a strange notebook titled "Death Note" lying on the ground.
After realizing that the book was Death-God's tool to kill anyone whose name was written on its pages, Light decided to use it to rid the world of evil.

Soon unexplainable deaths of reported criminals caused Light to be hunted by the Japanese police and a mysterious detective known as "L".
L discovers that the murderer can kill just by knowing someone's face and name.

Light realizes that L is just as cunning, if not more intelligent than himself, and begins a cat and mouse chase with L to see who will be the first to have their identities exposed.
15 Jul 2006, 17:49 #3
cant wait to see this movie..
it was become two eps,wasn't it??
the 2nd would be publish in october..
cant wait to see..
still wondering it would be publish in Indonesia or not..
TATSUYA,,anata wa SUGOIIII!!!
hahahaha..
i hope i'll see this movie soon.. :woot:
15 Jul 2006, 22:37 #4
mitha-chan wrote:cant wait to see this movie..
it was become two eps,wasn't it??
the 2nd would be publish in october..:woot:


Yup you are rite.
The 1st movie premiered in Japan on June 17, 2006 and is the present top Japanese box office movie.
The 2nd movie is due on Oct 2006.
16 Jul 2006, 22:34 #5
I love the manga and I want to watch the movie as soon as I can!!!! :mrgreen:
17 Jul 2006, 08:56 #6
There have been buzz in the cannes film festival that this film may be distributed outside japan. After all WB acquired the rights for it. But we still have to wait and see. It's not 100% sure....
17 Jul 2006, 11:12 #7
Yup..
hope <Death Note> gets to be shown in cinemas worlwide,
since its by Warner Bros n the viewership (movie n manga) is real good.

Either that or it will be directly released as DVD / VCD, which is wat usually happens to Jpn movies in Singapore.
<NANA> is an example.
17 Jul 2006, 11:31 #8
Here's its official Jpn website >>>
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/

A nicely-done website, with a lot of Macro-Flash.
I like the movie poster, very stylish and a bit creepy,
with Fujiwara Tatsuya as black & Matsuyama Kenichi as white.

As the trailer goes... Try n catch me. Try n kill me.
Genius vs Genius.
Whoever leads this battle of wits will lead the new world.
17 Jul 2006, 11:42 #9
cant wait to see the movie too, ive been following the manga since day 1..

Spoiler — click to revealid like to see L die heheh i bet thats in the 2nd movie :rolleyes:
17 Jul 2006, 11:59 #10
MixxDreamer wrote:cant wait to see the movie too, ive been following the manga since day 1..

Spoiler — click to reveal:rolleyes:

Err.. lets hope the movie doesn't follow the Manga THAT closely...
There's the addition of Light's girlfriend by Yuu Kashii.

Other beauties in movie are :nut:Erika Toda & Asaka Seto.
17 Jul 2006, 15:10 #11
well if its based on the manga which i read that its largely faithful to the manga (excepting the addition of the girlfriend, Shiori), then it will happen cuz thats such a big impact on the story, plus i love to
Spoiler — click to revealsee the successors of L: near & mello, you are missing out if you havent read that far


btw, shouldnt this be in the drama discussion?
17 Jul 2006, 16:37 #12
Man, the trailer was cool. :) I can't wait to watch it.
17 Jul 2006, 17:47 #13
I like Deathnote website ....well design.
18 Jul 2006, 01:08 #14
Yup true...
The official website has quite a few hidden goodies, such as:
wallpapers in L's room &
Manga in Light's room.

Be sure to explore :mrgreen:
19 Jul 2006, 01:25 #15
Anyone guide me to get wallpaper this movie I can't find L's room ....Thank you
19 Jul 2006, 01:47 #16
The wallpapers are on the edge of the glass-table in L's room, juz beside the teapot.
2 versions of wallpapers, in 3 different sizes each.
19 Jul 2006, 17:01 #17
beat emotion wrote:Yup..
hope <Death Note> gets to be shown in cinemas worlwide,
since its by Warner Bros n the viewership (movie n manga) is real good.

Either that or it will be directly released as DVD / VCD, which is wat usually happens to Jpn movies in Singapore.
<NANA> is an example.


I hope so, but I'm not so optimistic as you. WB doesn't mean nothing.
24 Jul 2006, 21:29 #18
There's always the final option of purchasing the dvd/vcd online.
Price may be a bit steep, can try yesasia.com where i sourced a few great bargains. :mrgreen:
25 Jul 2006, 05:46 #19
the manga was one of my favorites...once i see the movie i'll see if they did a good job...which i hope they did because i have high expectations for a good movie since it's based on one of my favorite mangas
25 Jul 2006, 21:06 #20
beat emotion wrote:There's always the final option of purchasing the dvd/vcd online.
Price may be a bit steep, can try yesasia.com where i sourced a few great bargains. :mrgreen:


Maybe I'll just download it, if it has a seed already. I mean the first movie.

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