The story is set in a futuristic world that's divided into the high class living in a flying city called Salem and the lower class living in Iron City. Iron City supplies Salem and Salem throws all their trash onto Iron City.
One day a doctor for cybernetics finds the core parts of a female cyborg on the trashpile and gives her a new body. He calls her Alita and kinda treats her as his daughter.
As it appears there are people who now want to kill Alita. To avoid spoilers I won't tell more.
A big part of the world is the cybernetic thing. A lot of people have mechanical limbs and weapons like chainsaws and blades. It's nice to see that these cyborgs get ripped apart several times and you see a lot of PG decapitating.
All that is at it's best in the motorball matches. A kind of sports, where you have to run a race and score points with a ball, while completely demolishing eachother.
The Visuals are a two edged sword. Sometimes the green screen looks strange and blurry, as well as the people looking out of place. Speaking of out of place, Alita is probably the worst part of the film.
Firstly, she is way too powerful in the first half of the film and it feels like she is never really in danger. Also she suffers from being completely into Uncanny Valley, which makes her stick out negativly in every scene she's in. Besides that she has generic and often cringeworthy dialogue, that's also pretending to be emotional and deep. It's hard to be immersed in a movie, if you can't accept the protagonist as a real character, because she is obviously not real.
Another thing that tries to be emotional is the corny love story attached, that has no depth except from one or two questions if a human and a cyborg can love each other. But that's where philosophy ends. All that is underlined by a score that tries hard to be moving.
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Cons:
Conclusion:
I personaly don't hate this movie, but it's also nothing great. I personaly think it's just really whatever. 58/100 - 5/10
A big part of the world is the cybernetic thing. A lot of people have mechanical limbs and weapons like chainsaws and blades. It's nice to see that these cyborgs get ripped apart several times and you see a lot of PG decapitating.
All that is at it's best in the motorball matches. A kind of sports, where you have to run a race and score points with a ball, while completely demolishing eachother.
The Visuals are a two edged sword. Sometimes the green screen looks strange and blurry, as well as the people looking out of place. Speaking of out of place, Alita is probably the worst part of the film.
Firstly, she is way too powerful in the first half of the film and it feels like she is never really in danger. Also she suffers from being completely into Uncanny Valley, which makes her stick out negativly in every scene she's in. Besides that she has generic and often cringeworthy dialogue, that's also pretending to be emotional and deep. It's hard to be immersed in a movie, if you can't accept the protagonist as a real character, because she is obviously not real.
Another thing that tries to be emotional is the corny love story attached, that has no depth except from one or two questions if a human and a cyborg can love each other. But that's where philosophy ends. All that is underlined by a score that tries hard to be moving.
Pros:
- Ed Skrein's character, visually and he's a badass
- Visuals regarding cyborgs
- Motorball is a cool idea
- (The uncredited actor at the end)
Cons:
- Alita is a bad character sitting right in Uncanny Valley
- The dialogue is generic, cringy and has lines, you heard several times before
- The love story is corny and really hard to watch, because it's so cheesy
- Even though you should expect great FX, they are off at some points
- Though the worldbuilding is fine, the story isn't presented to the fullest potential
Conclusion:
I personaly don't hate this movie, but it's also nothing great. I personaly think it's just really whatever. 58/100 - 5/10