I've been waiting for this film since forever! i remember that James Cameron was going to helm the directing part and even planned some sequels, but after years of development it goes to Robert Rodriguez, but James is still the producer and writer. and the result is: kind of disappointing, not too much, but it because my hope has died ever since they announced James isn't going to be the director.
starting from the writing, i refuse to believe that this is Cameron's final draft or maybe there are major changes (and maybe major cut down) by Rodriguez and the executive producers (they are not Cameron and Landau btw). i'm pretty sure that Cameron knows this material is not a 2 hour worthy, it has more stuffs than Avatar and Titanic to be properly explained. the plotting and character development felt extraordinary fast, the dialogue felt so cheesy at some point (not too much) but heaven knows both Titanic and Avatar didn't have the sharpest dialogue either but at least they never out of place, with Alita it was a bit confusing and unnecessary.
The visual is great but nowhere near Avatar, Titanic, or Terminator 2. I remember that people weren't so pleased with Alita's look when they released the first teaser, thinking that it's too weird, the eyes too big, but seeing the final product it's very satisfying. the visual effect is as great as any other WETA product. it might get a chance on best visual effect nominee on oscar next year.
my biggest dissapointment is the writing and directing, Rodriguez could make some time to let the character developed, to explain some thing with extra care, to pace the film more rhythmically, and the exec could just not worry so much on runtime. The film lacked soul which is odd because Alita is a cyborg with a big heart.
starting from the writing, i refuse to believe that this is Cameron's final draft or maybe there are major changes (and maybe major cut down) by Rodriguez and the executive producers (they are not Cameron and Landau btw). i'm pretty sure that Cameron knows this material is not a 2 hour worthy, it has more stuffs than Avatar and Titanic to be properly explained. the plotting and character development felt extraordinary fast, the dialogue felt so cheesy at some point (not too much) but heaven knows both Titanic and Avatar didn't have the sharpest dialogue either but at least they never out of place, with Alita it was a bit confusing and unnecessary.
The visual is great but nowhere near Avatar, Titanic, or Terminator 2. I remember that people weren't so pleased with Alita's look when they released the first teaser, thinking that it's too weird, the eyes too big, but seeing the final product it's very satisfying. the visual effect is as great as any other WETA product. it might get a chance on best visual effect nominee on oscar next year.
my biggest dissapointment is the writing and directing, Rodriguez could make some time to let the character developed, to explain some thing with extra care, to pace the film more rhythmically, and the exec could just not worry so much on runtime. The film lacked soul which is odd because Alita is a cyborg with a big heart.