Netflix’s Death Note makes me want to put Netflix in the death note

It’s not that the adaptation is even bad. It’s not that they tried to change the overall plot into something you anticipated would connect with the audience. It’s not about the ignorant white-washing controversy. The reason that Death Note (Netflix) fails so miserably, is the lack of overall emotion built between the characters and the audience. 100 minutes is not enough time to form that connection, or lay out the back story to set up that connection. Frankly, they weren’t paying attention to all of the failed attempts over the past decade.