Every time Mamoru Oshii makes a live-action movie, an angel dies

[A Black Falcon]

I didn't like Death Note much at all, haven't watched it and don't want to. But yeah, in terms of average quality anime movies definitely are much more likely to be good. They're not that common really, but the quality level certainly is much higher.

As for Japanese live action movies, though... yeah, not often good, I agree. Once in a while, but from what I've seen of them, it's quite mixed. I'm not sure if I've seen any of Oshii's live action movies, though... but I guess I shouldn't want to.