Alita, the character, is marvelous for so many reasons: Her hybrid anime/photoreal design, Rosa Salazar's captivating performances, the sheer fluidity of how she integrates with the live actors… Cliché as the statement was, I agree 150% with what Hugo said: "You're the most human person I have ever met." Stick Alita into any script you like, and I'll watch that movie ten times.
That said, it would be nice if that script builds on the woefully underutilized world shown in this film. My rating is tempered by the one-dimensional side characters and overall lack of resolution at the end, because this was clearly set up for a sequel. There's a lot more source material left to adapt, if Cameron can tear himself away from Avatar movies long enough to at least help get a sequel off the ground (and if the Mouse gives the green light to do it, considering they now own the rights to this franchise… :weary:). Jon Landau mentioned a sequel just a few days ago (https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1600222727624790016), so that's a nice bit of news.
I will be very disappointed if there's no "Alita 2" coming, even if it takes another 20 years of development hell. (I say 20 years because the domain name battleangelmovie.com was registered way back in 2000. This project was clearly on James Cameron's mind for several years before anyone confirmed in 2003 that a script was being written.)
Review by dgwVIP 10BlockedParent2022-12-11T22:03:32Z
Alita, the character, is marvelous for so many reasons: Her hybrid anime/photoreal design, Rosa Salazar's captivating performances, the sheer fluidity of how she integrates with the live actors… Cliché as the statement was, I agree 150% with what Hugo said: "You're the most human person I have ever met." Stick Alita into any script you like, and I'll watch that movie ten times.
That said, it would be nice if that script builds on the woefully underutilized world shown in this film. My rating is tempered by the one-dimensional side characters and overall lack of resolution at the end, because this was clearly set up for a sequel. There's a lot more source material left to adapt, if Cameron can tear himself away from Avatar movies long enough to at least help get a sequel off the ground (and if the Mouse gives the green light to do it, considering they now own the rights to this franchise… :weary:). Jon Landau mentioned a sequel just a few days ago (
https://twitter.com/DEADLINE/status/1600222727624790016), so that's a nice bit of news.I will be very disappointed if there's no "Alita 2" coming, even if it takes another 20 years of development hell. (I say 20 years because the domain name
battleangelmovie.comwas registered way back in 2000. This project was clearly on James Cameron's mind for several years before anyone confirmed in 2003 that a script was being written.)