Death Note in limited theatres in the US

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Death Note in limited theatres in the US; May 20 and 21
Topic Started: Apr 23 2008, 08:29 PM (497 Views)
Stryyder	Apr 23 2008, 08:29 PM Post #1
Forum Cynic Posts: 2,447 Group: Admin Member #7 Joined: April 9, 2006	Viz Media is bringing "Death Note", the live action adaptation of the popular Manga and Anime, to US theatres for 2 nights only. The movie, along with an exclusive 20 minutes special feature on "how the manga translates to live action as well as the first-ever interview with Director Shusuke Kaneko", will show on more than 300 theatres, and then be released on DVD later this year, followed shortly by the sequel "Death Note: The Second Note". Rather than being shown with Japanese Dialog and subtitles the feature has been dubbed over by the current american cast of the anime licensed by Viz. Special preorder tickets were made available April 18-20 to subscribers of the Shonen Jump e-mail newsletter, but are now available to the general public. Check your local paper or "Fandango.com" to see if Death Note will be playing near you. Source: Anime News Network



afterlife	Apr 23 2008, 09:33 PM Post #2
Kung-Fu Starfish Posts: 2,311 Group: Members Member #1 Joined: April 9, 2006	That's great! Even if they don't show it on a theater near me, I'm glad they're releasing it on DVD. What sucks is that they are showing it dubbed in theaters. Even if the voice actors are good, I don't think dubbing live-action is the same as dubbing animation. I mean, animation is supposed to have voice-over acting, live-action isn't. No matter how good a dub for live-action is, it'll ALWAYS come out looking and sounding unnatural.



Frankie	Apr 25 2008, 03:50 AM Post #3
Autobot Posts: 820 Group: Global Moderator Member #573 Joined: June 12, 2007	hey just think about all the non-english-speaking people! nearly 90% of the movies i've seen is dubbed, and i got used to it.
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superdedon	May 20 2008, 06:54 PM Post #4
Autobot Posts: 619 Group: Members Member #1,139 Joined: November 6, 2007	I'm not so sure the same cast for the anime is a very good way to go for the cast of the movie version but it will be interesting to see when the dvd come out.



Son Goshin	May 21 2008, 01:24 PM Post #5
Playoff Mutton Chops Posts: 6,212 Group: Head Admin Member #8 Joined: April 9, 2006	Well, went to see it yesterday, and it was a PACKED HOUSE. Every seat in the theatre was filled, me and my firends were lucky enough to even find seats, even though they were in the front row. I was very surprised, and happy, with the turnout. Now, I'd never seen the movie before, so I was pretty excited. Overall, the movie was all right. The acting could have been better in some points I'd say. The dubbing of course, could have been better. The scene where Shiori dies was just sooooooo badly done. It looked so fake, everyone was actually laughing. But the voice actors themselves sounded good. Brian Drummond did an excellent job as always with Ryuk. There was one really memorable part when Light discovers the broken pencil lead. Ryuk then says, "Looks like you're in deep sh*t!" Which lead to raucous laughter from the audience, it was great. The only thing Ithat didn't sit too well with me about the actual movie though, was having Light actually kill Shiori. On one hand, this further expounds on Light's callous character, showing he has no remorse for anything. But on the other, in the original story, Light does not want to kill innocent people, and will only use pople that are in his way. How was Shiori in his way? Would Light really do something like that? Just something to think about I guess. Anyways, if you do get the chance tonight, go see it. It's great to be in the theatre with other big fans of the series, and it's just plain awesome to see Death Note on the big screen.


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