http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437086/
― TOMBOT (TOMBOT), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:26 (eighteen years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 5 June 2006 14:41 (eighteen years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:06 (eighteen years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:22 (eighteen years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:26 (eighteen years ago)
― Huk-L (Huk-L), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:28 (eighteen years ago)
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Yeah, but BAA, thugh seemingly a cyberpunk action comic, is really quite profound and moving, and I'm afraid Cameron'll dumben it down.
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:30 (eighteen years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:33 (eighteen years ago)
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:35 (eighteen years ago)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:36 (eighteen years ago)
― Ward Fowler (Ward Fowler), Monday, 5 June 2006 15:41 (eighteen years ago)
The main character, even though it's a live action film, will be done with CG animation and will be shot in 3D using the stereo imagining system that James Cameron had been developing for his documentaries.
BWAHAHAHAHA I CACKLE AT FANBOYS.
― Jessie the Monster (scarymonsterrr), Monday, 5 June 2006 16:01 (eighteen years ago)
― c(''c) (Leee), Monday, 5 June 2006 16:38 (eighteen years ago)
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 5 June 2006 16:52 (eighteen years ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWmbUMStlGI
― oder doch?, Saturday, 9 December 2017 19:58 (seven years ago)
Thought this revive would be about the trailer? Oh wait
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 9 December 2017 20:02 (seven years ago)
(https://kotaku.com/the-live-action-alita-battle-angel-trailer-exists-and-1821135017)
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 9 December 2017 20:03 (seven years ago)
Waltz as Ido seems like fun, can we have Leonardo play Desty Nova in the sequel
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 9 December 2017 20:15 (seven years ago)
help i'm trapped in this uncanny valley and i'm running out of water
― straightedge is just volcel for vegans (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, 9 December 2017 20:31 (seven years ago)
so it's co-written and directed by Rodriguez? that's a good sign. trailer is filling me with dread tho.
― Chocolate-covered gummy bears? Not ruling those lil' guys out. (ulysses), Tuesday, 12 December 2017 00:54 (seven years ago)
I did wonder why there were no adaptations after the OAV considering what a hit it was over herehttps://www.polygon.com/2019/2/13/18223318/battle-angel-alita-anime-gunnm-yukito-kishiro
I'll probably see the new movie on A-List this weekend, hopefully in eye-splintering IMAX 3D
― Nhex, Thursday, 14 February 2019 17:38 (six years ago)
signs not looking goodhttps://variety.com/2019/film/news/box-office-alita-battle-angel-happy-death-day-2u-isnt-it-romantic-1203136308/
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 14 February 2019 17:47 (six years ago)
This movie owns
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 07:22 (six years ago)
Anyone who hates this movie is a cop
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Wednesday, 20 February 2019 07:24 (six years ago)
It was pretty fun!
― El Tomboto, Thursday, 21 February 2019 17:44 (six years ago)
i feel like this might be the perfect pairing with a theater/diner and Nitehawk IS showing it so...
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 February 2019 17:52 (six years ago)
might as well do it! i liked it. it's a bit clunky but forgivable and likeable imo
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:43 (six years ago)
seems of a kind with speed racer
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:54 (six years ago)
anyone going to see a james cameron related film in the 2k19 has truly huffed the unobtanium
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:57 (six years ago)
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, February 21, 2019 11:54 AM (three minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
huffin my way to the theater
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Thursday, 21 February 2019 18:59 (six years ago)
Brad u will love this
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:08 (six years ago)
I wish this were a Wachowskis movie but it very nearly could be
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Thursday, 21 February 2019 19:09 (six years ago)
if you're someone (like me!) who can appreciate Speed Racer and Jupiter Ascending definitely go see this
― Nhex, Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:18 (six years ago)
It's a tad better than Mortal Engines, but if someone told me this was as visually bonkers as Speed Racer, I'd be disappointed.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 21 February 2019 23:40 (six years ago)
this movie is good, sometimes very good. i also was wishing it had been the wachowskis, who'd dive more into the cyberpunk/fluidity-of-identity potential here. but rodriguez is thankfully awake at the wheel and turns in a really competent and sometimes super fun action slash girl-finding-her-identity movie. if you'd told me twenty years ago that hollywood was going to make a battle angel movie i would have put money on it being a complete mess, on the cheap, with nothing to do with the comics. instead it's almost shockingly faithful to them without becoming a watchmen-esque xerox. the action in particular has the cleanness, momentum, and pose-to-pose intensity of those great drawings. it is a LITTLE episodic and feels longer than two hours, but that's also because i wasn't sure which plots they're just teasing and which were gonna get resolved, so i was bracing myself for possible 4th and 7th acts that turned out not to be there.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 22 February 2019 00:29 (six years ago)
oh and yeah it's definitely nowhere close to as formally bonkers as speed racer. maybe comparable in its basic good-naturedness and willingness to throw its world at you without overexplaining it.
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Friday, 22 February 2019 00:32 (six years ago)
I'd say it's more than a little episodic! It's like the first 6 episodes of a 12-episode anime season. I was surprised and pleased it ended when it did and not 40 minutes later. If they leave me to imagine/fanfic the rest, or read the manga, I won't be heartbroken. But I do hope James Cameron fleeces some more idiots to make the sequel.
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Friday, 22 February 2019 00:53 (six years ago)
I groaned thinking that the villain was played by Cameron himself under dodgy makeup but then groaned again when it turned out not to be Cameron.
― Philip Nunez, Friday, 22 February 2019 01:11 (six years ago)
one of the very speed racer things about this is that if you miss it in the theater you will be mad at yourself later when you see it on a small screen. I actually keep thinking I need to go back and pay more attention but I know I won't be able to make the time.
― El Tomboto, Friday, 22 February 2019 03:27 (six years ago)
thing kicked goddamn ass
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:37 (six years ago)
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Wednesday, February 20, 2019 12:24 AM (one week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
the only part of this movie that sucked was that my roommate's boyfriend hated every minute of it and loudly complained about it the whole walk home from the theater
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:44 (six years ago)
at least i have y'all to enjoy painfully earnest action spectacles with
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― moose; squirrel (silby), Sunday, 3 March 2019 06:58 (six years ago)
can't stop thinking about this movie
― jolene club remix (BradNelson), Monday, 11 March 2019 17:57 (six years ago)
I keep flashing back to the scene where her most of her is destroyed and she vaults onto the dude's face with her one arm, rage-filled
― moose; squirrel (silby), Monday, 11 March 2019 18:01 (six years ago)
has now done 380 mil worldwide and was still on some 2000+ US screens over its fourth weekend, sucks that the domestic total will give this the stench of failure regardless
― moose; squirrel (silby), Monday, 11 March 2019 18:05 (six years ago)
christolph waltz is so good in this movie
― coroner criticises butt (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 22:44 (five years ago)
word
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Wednesday, 3 July 2019 22:48 (five years ago)
this was better than i expected and far more faithful to the source material than i could've predicted. cons: overstuffed, overlong, more than a bit indulgent in its expectations about how much i'm supposed to care about these characters, lol at the ed norton teasepros: visually sumptuous, clear and well orchestrated fight scenes, consistently well-thought out creative design, literal big-eyed manga heroine surprisingly well acted
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:05 (five years ago)
flipped back thru some chunks of this at the tail end of a flight with no time to watch a whole movie. it still ruled, and benefited from being able to skip the Hugo scenes and just focus on Alita and Doc Ido. i love how many times she yells "HIIIII-YA!" and smashes things. it's hard not to wish they'd cut the hugo subplot way down and actually finished the whole story, but i also admire the gutsiness of their imagining they'd be able to do a part ii, and thus take their time with the origin story stuff, multiple showdowns with the same guys, lots of talk about berserker bodies and panzer kunst, etc. etc. wish connolly had a little more to do but maybe i forgot/skipped her best scenes.
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:11 (five years ago)
connolly and ali both seemed mostly wasted as far as i could see but they didn't take anything away from the film
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:17 (five years ago)
it's flawed, and ending right where the story should be ramping up to a conclusion is... frustrating
but it has a lot of heart and the cast are great
(especially christolph waltz, who delivers an actual genuinely touching performance instead of falling back on the tics he's been relying on since inglourious basterds and also he has a rocket-propelled hammer ffs)
― Criss Angel Raw: The Mindfreak Unplugged (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:19 (five years ago)
agreed wholeheartedly re: waltz
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:54 (five years ago)
is this maybe robert rodriguez's best movie?
― Criss Angel Raw: The Mindfreak Unplugged (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:58 (five years ago)
what a wildly varible career that guy's had
― Criss Angel Raw: The Mindfreak Unplugged (bizarro gazzara), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 14:59 (five years ago)
i'd have to rewatch SpyKids and the first two Mariachi movies, which iirc do have the advantage of being a little more focused than this one.
― Good morning, how are you, I'm (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 15:39 (five years ago)
I maintain that this movie’s wandering episodic focus is a strength not a weakness and makes the whole project feel More Anime
― president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 15:50 (five years ago)
i recall the first spy kids being an absolute joy
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 16:20 (five years ago)
ranking the Rodriguezes I've seen:
1995 Desperado 1995 Four Rooms: Room 309 - The Misbehavers1992 El Mariachi 1996 From Dusk Till Dawn2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams 2007 Grindhouse: Planet Terror 2010 Machete 2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico 2001 Spy Kids 2013 Machete Kills 1991 Bedhead2005 Sin City 1998 The Faculty 2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
not seen:
1994 Roadracers 2005 The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 2009 Shorts 2011 The Black Mamba2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World 2013 Two Scoops2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For 2015 Sock 'em Dead2018 The Limit2019 Alita: Battle Angel
― quelle sprocket damage (sic), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:18 (five years ago)
i remember absolutely dying at the misbehavers in theaters but i haven't seen it since then and i'm unlikely to hunt it down
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Tuesday, 6 August 2019 18:49 (five years ago)
― oder doch?, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 16:19 (four years ago)
would now rank this between Spy Kids and Kills
― Steppin' RZA (sic), Tuesday, 4 August 2020 18:56 (four years ago)