I'm not going to bother summarizing the film. Check the mainpage.
Alita suffers from a rather jumbled story. There isn't a consistent arc throughout - in fact, you can tell that this was adapted from multiple episodes/volumes of the source material. And I really have to ding them for a lame non-ending that probably wouldn't have worked even if this had been titled Alita: Part I and production on Part II was already underway. The writing itself is better, though nothing fantastic.
What saves this movie is two factors. The first is the actress. Rosa Salazar gives an amazing performance as Alita. She made me really care about what would happen to Alita. To whoever made the casting decision here: well done.
The second is the visuals, and holy fucking shit are they amazing. The special effects used to create not only Alita, but also a host of other cyborgs, are incredible, and the action scenes are beautiful. That alone is going to make the Blu-Ray a definite purchase, even if I only rewatch the action scenes. This movie absolutely deserves to win an Oscar for best special effects, and I can't wait to see where the technology goes from here.
Jumbled Story, Outstanding Visuals
I'm not going to bother summarizing the film. Check the mainpage.
Alita suffers from a rather jumbled story. There isn't a consistent arc throughout - in fact, you can tell that this was adapted from multiple episodes/volumes of the source material. And I really have to ding them for a lame non-ending that probably wouldn't have worked even if this had been titled Alita: Part I and production on Part II was already underway. The writing itself is better, though nothing fantastic.
What saves this movie is two factors. The first is the actress. Rosa Salazar gives an amazing performance as Alita. She made me really care about what would happen to Alita. To whoever made the casting decision here: well done.
The second is the visuals, and holy fucking shit are they amazing. The special effects used to create not only Alita, but also a host of other cyborgs, are incredible, and the action scenes are beautiful. That alone is going to make the Blu-Ray a definite purchase, even if I only rewatch the action scenes. This movie absolutely deserves to win an Oscar for best special effects, and I can't wait to see where the technology goes from here.