I didnt think it was bad..
IM serious lol. I thought it was an alright movie, but then again. I only had seen a couple of episodes of the Anime.
I'm looking forward to seeing it, but I want to watch a lot of the anime first. It's helping me pick up on some Japanese, so I'm gonna go original first. Looks pretty cool though.
I have seen the original Death Note series, or well... some of it. My uncle spoiled it by telling who does or does not die in the end when I was 14 or 15 episodes in. That was a few years ago. I was like... "oh seriously? You did not just do that!"
I watched a few minutes of this film on Netflix one night. It just wasn't my thing, and I'm not necessarily a fan of horror. I am most definitely not a fan of gore. Some of my friends have been going on about just how horrible it is, so I didn't put myself through it. Maybe one day when I have nothing to watch and I've run out of books to read, I'll give it a watch all the way through lol. However, I'd probably just be better off rewatching the anime series and finishing it as it is actually really good.
@Kaynil: Watch the anime series. 
Thanks for your assessment Shannon. I downloaded the Death Note Anime, but I got like the Spanish Version so I need to re download it.
The netflix special is kind of enjoyable in a "so bad it's good" way.
There are a few interesting ideas in it, but none of them are developed well. It seems like the writers didn't even realize which of their ideas were the good ones.
It's a pallid mush of a thing, compared to the original series. (Though, the original series is itself deeply flawed, but it has a spark of genius to it that makes its flaws forgivable.
