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'Alita: The Battle Angel': A Valentine movie with lots of death . . .

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Billy Wonka

Amazing CGI wins the day. It's so good it lessens the suspension of disbelief, especially with Alita. There are a few moments when she looks animated but her body parts are spot on. The ability to emote so realistically and move so fluidly is amazing. Time marches on and so does CGI. This definitely makes 'Avatar' look like a cartoon.

The story is predictable. Future Earth has been through a near annihilation and the Earth dwellers work for the good of the folks living on the magical city in the sky tethered by supply tunnels. Alita was found by Waltz and recreated into his deceased daughter.

Alita meets a human boy, falls in love, goes on a trip of self-discovery, and battles bad guys all along the way because she's 300 years old and out-of-production. Acting is a fourth fiddle to CGI, costumes, and art direction. But it all good.

4 wonks for production values and spectacle
0 wanks as it-is-what-it-is

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good action and story ( though nothing new agreed) 2 robot thumbs up! nt - PhilJ 19:24:08 02/23/19 (0)
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I was reading somewhere that a lot of modern acting is done in empty warehouses. - free.ranger 12:42:38 02/18/19 (1)
Or "studios". Settings are added in later around the actual acting bits; the acting done in a vacuum.
Which seems incredible to me that people can actually do it without contexts.

Edits: 02/18/19
- I do remember some comments about that kind of work - beach cruiser 02:24:55 02/19/19 (0)
  I seem to remember the guy who played a wizard in harry potter, an accomplished english Shakespearian trained actor who said it was a little off putting to pretend you are fighting dragons and doing all kinds of action and impassioned dialogue looking only towards a green tennis ball on a stick , to get the eye level and direction of sight correct.
  
  I just saw an old silent film, and some of the production techniques of the time were explained to the audience by the highly knowledgable head restorer of the film.
  
  In 1925, music was thought necessary to create the mood of the scene, so was played during every scene by a small group, drums ,piano and guitar was pictured in the example I saw projected, a location shot, out in the country.
  
  Each scene was shot twice, one after the other, so they had an original film to print from for both the american market and the overseas theaters. The best acting performances of the two takes were selected for the american market, but both markets got the best available look from the projection photography.
  
  Special effects were a tint across the entire screen, mostly pale shades to introduce or fade a scene. A dramatic end of a long day had a transparent indigo tint, a sexy dance party had a light purple/pink tint across the establishing shot, as a momentary mood indicator . Very effective,and new to me, i had never seen this effect before, but it was a very good restoration with great effort taken for correct colors,

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