This should appeal to Anime and Manga fans - but I haven't read this one. I did notice few similarities between Alita and Astroboy (from the 60s & 80s). In both, a humanoid robot is built - Astroboy, by a scientist in search of a lost son, Alita, by a doctor in search of a lost daughter. In both, the hero/heroine becomes aware and tries to remember his/her origins. In both (at least, in one Astroboy episode) there's a competition between the hero/heroine involving giant powerful robots in a sports arena.
Most interesting, in both there's a Dark Figure, looking down from above.
But maybe that's common to a lot of anime.
"Alita" will certainly appeal to Anime and video game fans.
Rosa Salazar is the heart and soul of this movie. It's fascinating to me that not a bit of the real-life Salazar's body appears in it - but every move, every emotion comes through clearly.
People have wondered about Alita's eyes - but anybody who knows Manga knows about that. The only thing is, shouldn't everybody else have the same treatment?
The final scenes hint very strongly that there will be at least one more Alita movie. It usually works out that if the first make enough at the box office, they'll do another. It's been a bad month for movies, but Alita beat out the Lego movie, so maybe there's hope.
"Alita" will certainly appeal to Anime and video game fans.
Rosa Salazar is the heart and soul of this movie. It's fascinating to me that not a bit of the real-life Salazar's body appears in it - but every move, every emotion comes through clearly.
People have wondered about Alita's eyes - but anybody who knows Manga knows about that. The only thing is, shouldn't everybody else have the same treatment?
The final scenes hint very strongly that there will be at least one more Alita movie. It usually works out that if the first make enough at the box office, they'll do another. It's been a bad month for movies, but Alita beat out the Lego movie, so maybe there's hope.
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