This was one of those movies where the critics dumped on it but the audience gave it rave reviews. It was part of a trend which continues today where the critics seem oblivious to the fact that people want "fun movies" and as Blue aptly demonstrates, Alita Battle Angel is extremely fun to watch.
Rosa Salazar (Alita) is an accomplished expert in the Martial Arts and did almost all of her own stunts in the movie. Watching the Manga/Anime to movie comparison is awesome. Fingers crossed for a sequel
She is by NO means an expert. She knew nothing about MA prior to production and underwent several months of intense training. The training definitely paid off. However, lots of stunts, she did not do. She had 5 different doubles, to do the crazy acrobatics, mid air spins, and flips from the action sequences. However, they filmed her face in real time to the action, to get the face in sync with the stunt double's body.
@@Blandina11 Prior to filming, Rosa Salazar was trained in several martial arts disciplines, in addition to in-line skating. Two of her instructors, who trained her in Wing Chun, were Ron and Diana Belicki, respectively student and daughter of Dan Inosanto, who learned it from Bruce Lee, who in turn learned it from Ip Man, so there's a direct bloodline of Wing Chun from Ip Man to Salazar: the mirror practice drill, and how she smashed Zapan in the bar, were pure Wing Chun. It was a fluke that Salazar was able to audition for the role: she was in "Maze Runner: Death Cure" but production had to take a year off due to Dylan O'Brien's injury, so that she was able to find the time to play Alita. It was only a few days after "Alita" finished filming that she started filming with "Maze Runner" again.
You can see it in her eyes after the dog is killed "I take the blood of the innocent... I wear it as a symbol, with every fiber of my being... whatever comes next, is on behalf of every innocent being you have ever attacked." P.S. doggo's not out of the fight yet 🙂 ruclips.net/video/NX5MsYwtRtw/видео.html
I discovered this wonderful film this year and I regret not having seen it in the cinema. This film is simply a masterpiece in my eyes! Alita is very endearing and exudes a lot of emotion. The universe is also great and this movie absolutely deserves a sequel. In short, it's my favorite movie! And I'm not talking about the special effects which are breathtaking.
I saw it in the cinema twice! Went in the first time with the expectation it would be another anime/ manga turned live action disaster, you can imagine how blown my mind was as I watched it and started to realize this was no flop.
I was a fan of the manga & anime as a kid, and I never would’ve imagined this movie would be THIS good. I saw it in the theatre three times. I really wish they could do a second one, but I think Disney became owner of the rights the year after its release.. so I doubt it will ever happen sadly.
It also didn't help that when this movie came out, people *hated* how Alita looked "uncanny valley" to them. Luckily the Cinemark re-release and RUclips reactions since have brought on more interest for a sequel, since I'd love to see how the story ends. And it's still not too long since the movie released initially. Not like the actors have over-aged their roles too badly.
So from what I've heard, there's a sequel for Alita in the works. I may be wrong, but Robbi Rodriguez said that they're using the same stuff from Avatar: Way of Water with the Alita sequel.
"Maybe a little rollerball will break out in the middle of this fight " reminds me of a joke I heard once. The joke- "I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out."
Outstanding video, and such a genuine reaction! I loved all of the parallels you drew. One of my favorite parts of dialogue is after Ido tells Alita about his daughter's death, and she asks if he ever found peace... and he responds "I found you"... and Alita's response is a somber "I'm not your daughter".... Like, any other movie, that would have been an "aww" moment... but Battle Angel keeps it quite grounded in reality, and such a genuine delivery.
Google says "As of March 2023, there is no release date for Alita: Battle Angel 2 at this moment in time. In fact, Alita 2 hasn't even been given the green light yet. And, with the handover of 20th Century Fox productions to Disney, the process of getting that green light becomes even more complicated" 😭😭😭
Unfortunately the main stream media really sabotaged any chance for this to take off. At the time, Captain Marvel was coming out for Disney and a lot of fans who did not like Brie Larson as an actress leaned pretty hard into publicly complaining about her, while at the same time suggesting that if you wanted to go see something good, see Alita. MSM portrayed this as "right-wingers, gamer-gate types support Alita" and did not write very favorable reviews. It was a quick moment that came and left but unfortunately I think it hurt the box office a bit, which in turn prevented any hopes of a sequel. I'm sure that take could be disputed, but that's what appeared to be happening IMO
I agree with this take but I also blame the fact that this was the last movie produced by 20th Century Fox and when it released they were in the process of being bought by Disney, so Fox wasn't going to promote it when all their profit just would go to Disney and Disney didn't want to promote a movie that they didn't make especially when it was up against Captain Marvel.
@havoc14 yeah I feel this would have more of an impact on Box office gross than some culture war nonsense. Relatively unknown franchise compared to Marvel, which was in its Endgame hype at the time. Disney/Fox merger, etc. Luckily, Cameron and Rodriguez are still hyped about making sequels.
This was supposed to be a trilogy, but the first movie didn't make enough at the box office, so they scrapped it. It's unfortunate because it was such a superior movie and story to anything else that came out that year, but it had too much going against it. The population at large was not familiar with the manga on which this was based, plus it was also released right between Captain Marvel and Avenger's Endgame, so it had a lot to compete with in the box office.
YESSSSSSSS.... !!! The story is based on the Hyper Future Vision GUNNM manga which has 3 story arcs of 9, 19 and 8 chapters each respectively. Only the first 2 were used in Anime. So there is a lot of material for the saga. Basically the appeal of the story is that Alita gets a better body (11) each time than the last.
I loved the manga and anime when they came to the US and I was a teen in the 90s and I still have all the books on my shelf. When James Cameron said he wanted to make a movie I was blown away. Sadly it took years, and he passed directing to someone else but it still turned out great!
The movie is good, but it falls short of the awesome manga. The film sticks to the short anime that ended when the manga wasn't that developed. A lot of existential questions are asked in the manga. What defines a human being. What a person. what is life And every time I think I've seen it all, the manga story hits me with the surprise club. A single sentence at the end of volume 34 (or volume 5 of the third season) blew my mind and turned the entire story upside down that if I read it again, I will see everything with different eyes.
Fun Fact: In the manga, Zalem is suspended over the city by way of an orbital ring that encircles the planet, and the shaft extends out to another city on the opposite end from the ring. The manga places Zalem over the wastelands of the American southwest, but the movie places it somewhere over Central America, which honestly makes more sense considering how the orbital ring should work. Unfortunately, this would be lost on anyone who hasn’t read the manga, because it’s a really cool detail.
The thing to remember about the Alita movie is that it is just a introduction to the characters and setting, the story hasn't really started yet. It NEEDS at least two more films for the storyline. Oh and Alita gets her bodies destroyed every other week, going by the manga the movies should be rated 'R' for graphic violence it is THAT brutal!!
I was never into manga, Gunnm and Blade of the Immortal were the only ones I ever got into... seeing Alita finally adapted blew my mind, especially the casting. Its reception really hurt, its such an underrated story/movie.
my friends were extras in this movie...guy with the mohawk and the girl with him crossing the street...they were filming in Austin Texas...was pretty cool
This was such an under-rated movie, and hopefully it gets sequel. Robert Rodriguez wants to do it. The story behind the production of this movie is quite interesting. When James Cameron was debating on which project to work on first, Alita or Avatar in the 2000s, he chose Avatar Why? Because the filming technology wasn't quite there yet to do Alira which all of its cyborg elements. It was easier to do full on aliens in the Na'avi t than it was to do part human/part cyborg characters in Alita. I haven't watched this film on my 4K TV yet, but I'm thinking that some of the CG might already look aged. But who knows.
As for what happened to the sword Zapan said it was URM metallurgy, so it was basically just a sharp object that was always turned off when he wielded it and it turned on as it got into the hands of an URM berserker. It's most likely a modular extension of the body. The reason it turns on is literally because it gets connected up. Whatever power flows through it is drawn from the heart/reactor thing. I don't know about the anime, but then it doesn't have to match 1:1 either. This is what they show and it makes sense.
@@tanthokg i also assumed it was the arc plasma she could make with the berserker body powering the sword. my question is it looks like in the end scene she isn't using the berserker body but is still able to activate the sword
I love Mahershala Ali's acting in the scene where Vector gets killed by Alita. His body is dying while he pretends it doesn't matter. Great facial expressions.
:047 Watching Sin City and its sequel. Well worth the watch, and a LOT of familiar faces. That cast is STACKED. 9:03 Ah... Jennifer Connelly. I've had a literal crush on her ever since I was a little kid, and saw her in Labyrinth. I was really happy to see her join the cast in Top Gun: Maverick. 24:57 "He's familiar" Played Ajax/Francis in Deadpool. 43:55 "Was he in Fight Club?" Can confirm. As for a sequel, producer Jon Landau and James Cameron have been discussing one, but nothing is confirmed yet.
Right now the only way to get deeper into the story is by reading the manga. There were some differences in the 1993 anime, but it also ended around the same point in this film.
Alita: Battle Angel is the live action (with effects) remake of the prior animated film "Battle Angel Alita" released in the states during the 1990s from the manga series Gunnm. I can understand your confusion.
Yay, finally someone got to this movie 🙏 I only knew of the manga when this came out, after watching this movie I just to read it. Agreed, great and underappreciated movie imo
This movie is made using the same technology as "Detroit: Become Human", real actors wearing body suits with sticker markers. You can watch the making of this movie on RUclips. Great reaction! (Oh, and the martial art she's practicing is a real Wing-Chun Kung-Fu, the same IP Man taught Bruce Lee, the name Ido gives Alita is a fake martial art name). To answer your question: the sword is a part of Alita's real body, so she controls it.
It's a shame it did too poorly to get a sequel (and most films would be thrilled to do its box office). You'd think James Cameron would be able to have forced the point, as he is the master of sequels, and Edward Norton playing the big bad shows they clearly expected a sequel. Maybe someday. I'd say it's time has passed, but since Avatar just released a sequel, with Cameron, you never know.
I am just at the beggining. And Alita is a cyborg just like Robocop but more advanced as she still has her human brain. So not an android like Data or the boy in A.I. :) And they met a week ago? My father and mother met 12th of october 1984, 29th of august 1985 I was born ;)
In the manga the dog helps Alita save a baby and the dog only dies of old age . This was a scene taken from the Two episode Anime that was made. That's also on RUclips called Battle Angle.
When the manga was first released I was working for a comic book distributor which carried a lot of fringe and exotic material. The visuals in it were so powerful I bought them all and read it repeatedly even though I didn't understand a word of Japanese. Next to Appleseed, Battle Angel Alita is my favourite of all the Japanese offerings. I loved the movie.
ya Alita is an awesome movie, I was really hoping for a sequel. The manga is awesome too! You get a hint of it in the movie, but the manga explores her psychological issues more, you find out just how f'd in the head she is, but she fights thru her issues then fights the bad guys! Spoilers: in the manga she eventually gets her memories back and finds out she wasn't just an enemy combatant, she was a terrorist, her and the other berserkers went rogue and killed millions of innocent people. She grew up as a poor orphan on mars, was forced into the berserkers, and her sense of justice was twisted by them into participating in the destruction of several orbital stations, killing millions. Part of the manga deals with her sense of guilt over it and figuring out how to live with it.
So, in the manga, does Alita fall for this guy so easily and completely like this. I mean she's like not even trying to hide her infatuation. her whole personality is screaming "TAKE ME NOW!" lol.
She's completely infantile, and that's the point. Without memories, she's just a child, and like a child, gets a crush on basically the first guy she meets who seems to be the ideal, driven optimist. The maturation largely follows after Hugo dies, and she gets a real taste for the fucked up nature of the world in a non sheltered and optimistic way, and a lot of that isn't just Hugo dying, but that she realizes that even an idealist like Hugo was part of the twisted city that encouraged harming others for personal gain. In the manga, Hugo never repents and never gives up scamming and robbing cyborgs.
"Alita 2" is already in "active development," as James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez swore a "blood oath" to make it happen. There's also rumors of a potential series as well. But with WGA + SAG/AFTRA on strike, everything is on indefinite hold.
Fun fact, Yuma trailer for this originally came out her eyes were way more big and people complained so they lowered the I size a little to make it less creepy.
The filmmakers realized that it looked unnatural to see so much of the whites of her eyes but actually they didn't make her eyes smaller, instead they made her irises larger. Her eyes are the same size but the larger irises make them look more proportional.
Thanks for the reaction! One thing about the portrayal of Nova in this adaptation (the manga is pretty awesome, filler arcs aside) is that Alita claiming Nova is underestimating her is a mistake. He was around when she was. He would be as knowledgeable as one could be about the Berserker capabilities (solely based on this movie and not the manga).
Trixy Blue, during an interview, the original author Yukito Kishiro said, at that rate where the original story got filmed, the (then) available material would easily turn into at least ten films; after all, "Alita" (original title "Gunnm", pronunced as "Gun-mu") is an immense body of work and still growing. As Kishiro Unlike many authors who were dissatisfied with movie adaptations, Kishiro was most enthusiastic, and even praised some of the alterations. When he watched the motorball sequences he said, "that's exactly what I had in mind and you've made it for real".
Lol, Kishiro with all the respect is such a hypocrite! He trampled 1996 Madhouse version and banned all the possible further anime adaptations. ...just not able to finish manga in deadline and eventually making a low-budget game for PSone all by himself for a two years. His second manga Aqua Knight fails in sales and ends abruptly, and lo, in the new Millenium he begins to milking his famous GUNNM to dust-dry state. Last Order became just a ordinary battle-shounen and Martian Chronicles even being sometimes interesting just loose all the qualities, his original GUMMN had. On the parallel line he obvoiusly discussed possible adaptatiopn with Cameron... But James holds this project for almost 15 years. And lo... Kishiro finally got his long-awaited cinema adaptation and authors % from total gross, but at what cost? Of course he had no other choice but ti praise this abyssmal adaptation. What a sad irony of mangaka's life: create his first and still the best series only to butcher it further and further and selling like a cheap...khm...
Android is a human-like robot. Cyborg - is a living creature (human. animal - no matter) with mechanical implants controlled by brain. "Andros" mean "man". If robot not looks like man (for example four legs, or four hands, or it is robot dog) it is not android. Сyborg can look like anything, it will still remain a cyborg. For example Terminator - android, Robocop - cyborg. C3PO is an android (but SW have their own classification they call all robots - droids) Darth Vader, General Grievous are cyborgs. Alita is cyborg, not android.
Another James Cameron masterpiece that you have enjoyed. yet, for some reason, THE ABYSS (1989) is all but forgotten. iIt is one of my favorite all time films and think you would REALLY love it.Just make sure that you watch James Cameron's DIRECTORS CUT. Also, check out the making of and see the lengths that he will go to to make a movie.
Haven't seen anyone else mention it, but there was a deleted scene where it showed her little dog was actually saved by that kennelmaster guy and brought back with cyborg parts. It showed up in the scene and then chases along after the rest of his dogs.
i Watched it 5 times in Cinema, bought tickets for ALL of my family and bought Steelbook which looks Amazing. Honestly, it was refreshing to see a movie without Sky Beam, CGI shitfest, and Villain who destroys Cities, but instead smaller scale action, where YOU ACTUALLY SEE WTF IS GOING ON. I actually read Manga before this movie just for reference how Hollywood fuck up another story. But Cameron loves it, it's his foster child, and it feels. What's interesting, that story get's darker and darker. Which is the shame that we'll probably never see sequel of this movie.
I'm a huge fan of Alita (and Rosa Salazar after her role as Alita became my favorite actress), when I first saw the trailer for the movie in 2017, I knew it was going to be amazing. Watching Alita in IMAX, I fell in love with her character💜 Basically, I browse youtube every day looking for new Alita reaction videos. And finally, You posted Your reaction❤ I really liked Your reaction and the fact that You liked the video😊 Alita is based on the manga by Yukito Kishiro (I recommend You to read this manga - "Battle Angel Alita"), it's a cyberpunk classic (like Ghost in the shell). James Cameron wrote the screenplay for the film. Unfortunately, as You can see, the movie ends halfway through, without completing the story. I really hope there will be a sequel (#alitaarmy #alitasequel), although I'm afraid that Cameron focused on Avatars will leave Alita's story😱 I hope that reactions like Yours will make more people interested in the film, and in the future there will be a sequel to Alita. The actor who played Zapan also played Francis in Deadpool. And yes, the actor who played Nova is known from Fight Club (Edward Norton). In addition, as suggestions for movies to watch, I recommend Nolan's movie - Tenet. If You liked Interstellar, You should like Tenet too😁
Very little of the movie is not CG. It's often hard to tell. She really is a real teenage girl. At least her brain is biological. It's the rest of her that's mechanical. It was mentioned earlier. The sword was lost URM tech. It reacted to her mind, her body, and her core in order to activate what it was designed for.
Ok, the next James Cameron movie I can really recommend to you is "The Abyss" (make sure it's the Director's cut version). It's an 80s classic and I'm sure it's gonna blow you away. Probably one of the most challenging movies of all time. The whole crew went through a physical and emotional hell shooting this science fiction masterpiece. By the way, Michael Biehn from the very first Terminator movie is in it as well.
That sword that Zapan had glows with energy in Alita's hand because it is URM--it's a weapon that is designed to work with her Berserker body. He said it was URM earlier, but you were commenting at that moment (not your fault, because that's what you're supposed to do).
@@mesalgearsolid I think the main issue is from Disney themselves, they want alita but we all know they will ruined it like every live action book adaptation they did, what Cameron did is to prevent Disney from ruining alita. I remember reading Disney demand alita prequel and they will greenlit it but Cameron say nope. what weird thing is why Cameron didn't go to other studios because he already bought alita electronic media IP, so if he want, he can just go to other studios unless Disney is playing tricks on him. meanwhile Michael Rodriguez already busy producing female Zoro as we speaking
It's not too relevant but just for your knowledge try to watch the original animé. It's sort of a short story, this movie kind of give it a wider context and a background that was just suggested. Definitely this movie deserves a couple of sequels. Great video, hugs from Chile!
When the first teaser trailer for this came out, I got so hyped I went and read the entire run of the manga and loved it. There's enough material in there for probably 7 or 8 great movies, I figure. I also love how close they stuck to the little details of the city, like the pressure wall. They don't really call attention to it, but knowing what you're looking at, I for one was glad it was there. The only thing they weren't faithful to was the gore, it would be an R rating for sure if they showed it all. They left out, for instance, that the character Grewishka (Makaku in the manga) is addicted to endorphins he gets by eating brains.
It's sad because this came out a week prior to Cpt Marvel, which overshadowed the movie which wasn't even remotely close to great or strongly female empowering as Alita. The anime movie can be seen on RUclips for free which sadly only got a one run, theres more story and more depth to the Alita in the Manga, and yes they are bringing this back with a part 2. Apparently if I'm not mistaken, James Cameron wanted to create it for his daughters, so he started it but ended up working on other projects so got Robert Rodriguez and Jon Landau to finish and rewrite Cameron's project to makes it more fun.
that's Disney plans from beginning, every fox movie after Disney bought them must be hidden from Disney title. they also did to underwater which the best of monster movie in January 2020
Alita really is a "battle angel", isn't she? So sweet and loving, but still the most deadly weapon ever devised, both at the same time. She'd give her heart to you or tear yours out depending on what you deserve.
I also loved Stray. I think I even published a playthrough of that myself. I can see where you're coming from with the similarities between Iron City and The Walled City. Fun fact: Did you know The Walled City was based on the old Kowloon City in China?
Ido was afraid that putting Alita on the URM Berserker body would turn her into a killing machine that wasn't entirely under her control. In the manga, the body has a will of its own that could change the human brain's personality. Alita showed Ido that she was in full control later, though, much to his relief. Knowing this, we can't blame him for having been apprehensive. The movie should have explained this, but the thing about movies is that filmmakers try so hard to minimize exposition.
Here's something you likely didn't know, the Director made the chocolate Alita ate during the movie. Yes, I wish there were more in this franchise. The source material is there, and the talent is there. I suppose it all comes down to money. Do they think they can make enough with a sequel?
@@crapstirrer As is the case with most of Hollywood, almost everything is negotiable. Norton is a smart guy and if the presence of his character is sufficient that it would fan the creative flames, so to speak, he may be persuaded to participate. It is also possible, given his limited screen time in the first film, that the character is recast should negotiations for his involvement in the project not go well. Right now, those of us who would like to see a continuation of this epic story have the benefit of being able to dream that everything would go well, even though we all know that it's rarely the case in Hollywood.
@@briangreen9677 problem with Disney if you follow news is they demand prequel story from manga. they want alita turned into another disney princess. there's 2 prequel manga. first what happened in moon, second is alita origin in mars. Disney want alita origin in mars we won't get sequel to current movie that's why Cameron refuse to do what Disney said.
A sequel is in the works (no green light though). Because it is in the hands of Disney now w/ all their recent & on-going turmoil, don't hold your breath. I wouldn't expect it to be any good under current producers within Disney.
@@boboboy8189 Interesting. Anything Disney right now is not gonna be good (w/ few exceptions). They just don't have good writers. hope Alita gets a fair shake whichever studio produces it.
I first encountered Alita in anime form way back when. It’s essentially the same events as the live action version, and is amazing also. I haven’t managed to get my hands on the manga, though. I hear it goes on a lonnnng time.
I enjoyed this movie, but I enjoy it even more seeing this different perspective. I hope they make lots more, rather than letting it die like the anime :O
This film goes unnoticed by lots of people, even when I suggest it over and over again. Too many people haven't seen this film
Thank you for this reaction. This is a very under appreciated movie that deserved a sequel/franchise
The producers are working on a possible sequal
This was one of those movies where the critics dumped on it but the audience gave it rave reviews. It was part of a trend which continues today where the critics seem oblivious to the fact that people want "fun movies" and as Blue aptly demonstrates, Alita Battle Angel is extremely fun to watch.
@@robertanderson6929 Exactly, I don't need a deep message movie all the time, the important thing is "was I entertained"? With this movie I was
@@carlanderson7618 i mean there are some pretty deep messages throughout the film tho.
@@weaponsofwarfare9537 i am ready to be working in the sequel as well.👍🏼👍🏼
Rosa Salazar (Alita) is an accomplished expert in the Martial Arts and did almost all of her own stunts in the movie. Watching the Manga/Anime to movie comparison is awesome. Fingers crossed for a sequel
Thanks for telling us this Rosa Salazar is a great actress.
She is by NO means an expert. She knew nothing about MA prior to production and underwent several months of intense training. The training definitely paid off. However, lots of stunts, she did not do. She had 5 different doubles, to do the crazy acrobatics, mid air spins, and flips from the action sequences. However, they filmed her face in real time to the action, to get the face in sync with the stunt double's body.
@@Blandina11 Prior to filming, Rosa Salazar was trained in several martial arts disciplines, in addition to in-line skating. Two of her instructors, who trained her in Wing Chun, were Ron and Diana Belicki, respectively student and daughter of Dan Inosanto, who learned it from Bruce Lee, who in turn learned it from Ip Man, so there's a direct bloodline of Wing Chun from Ip Man to Salazar: the mirror practice drill, and how she smashed Zapan in the bar, were pure Wing Chun.
It was a fluke that Salazar was able to audition for the role: she was in "Maze Runner: Death Cure" but production had to take a year off due to Dylan O'Brien's injury, so that she was able to find the time to play Alita. It was only a few days after "Alita" finished filming that she started filming with "Maze Runner" again.
lol A young women is no expert at martial arts it take a life time to accomplish that feat.
@@dansiegel995 Yea, I thought there were about 5 of her on set. "The stand in", "The Mo-cap person", Rosa, and I met one other on set.
an android is a robot , alita is a cyborg , part human part machine
Just to more precise an android is a robot that is made to look human
You can see it in her eyes after the dog is killed "I take the blood of the innocent... I wear it as a symbol, with every fiber of my being... whatever comes next, is on behalf of every innocent being you have ever attacked."
P.S. doggo's not out of the fight yet 🙂
ruclips.net/video/NX5MsYwtRtw/видео.html
I discovered this wonderful film this year and I regret not having seen it in the cinema. This film is simply a masterpiece in my eyes! Alita is very endearing and exudes a lot of emotion. The universe is also great and this movie absolutely deserves a sequel. In short, it's my favorite movie! And I'm not talking about the special effects which are breathtaking.
I saw it in the cinema twice! Went in the first time with the expectation it would be another anime/ manga turned live action disaster, you can imagine how blown my mind was as I watched it and started to realize this was no flop.
facts amazing movie needs a sequel fr news about the sequel looking like we will get one :)
I was a fan of the manga & anime as a kid, and I never would’ve imagined this movie would be THIS good. I saw it in the theatre three times. I really wish they could do a second one, but I think Disney became owner of the rights the year after its release.. so I doubt it will ever happen sadly.
this film broke the "bad anime adaptation movie" curse
@@FlagAnthem you never watch rurouni Kenshin pentalogy?
Count your blessings. Lately, Disney destroys everything they touch.
The director and lead actress have both said they’d love to make more
It also didn't help that when this movie came out, people *hated* how Alita looked "uncanny valley" to them.
Luckily the Cinemark re-release and RUclips reactions since have brought on more interest for a sequel, since I'd love to see how the story ends.
And it's still not too long since the movie released initially. Not like the actors have over-aged their roles too badly.
So from what I've heard, there's a sequel for Alita in the works. I may be wrong, but Robbi Rodriguez said that they're using the same stuff from Avatar: Way of Water with the Alita sequel.
Alita is actually a 300+ year old human, but as a total cyborg the only human part of her that is left is her brain.
It was the eyes for me. They were the biggest most beautiful puppy dog eyes I’ve ever seen.
"Maybe a little rollerball will break out in the middle of this fight " reminds me of a joke I heard once.
The joke-
"I went to a fight and a hockey game broke out."
Director Robert Rodriguez is fantastic. “Sin City” and “Planet Terror” are a must-see!!
I was in both of those films
Outstanding video, and such a genuine reaction! I loved all of the parallels you drew. One of my favorite parts of dialogue is after Ido tells Alita about his daughter's death, and she asks if he ever found peace... and he responds "I found you"... and Alita's response is a somber "I'm not your daughter".... Like, any other movie, that would have been an "aww" moment... but Battle Angel keeps it quite grounded in reality, and such a genuine delivery.
A 300 year old bad ass with a heart of gold. Freakin' love Alita.
Very underrated! Hope they come out with a sequel! Cheers
One of my fav anime's adn a great live action adaption. So glad you covered this. it deserves a LOT more attention than it got.
Alita, and Dread (Karl Urban) both need a sequel.
Google says "As of March 2023, there is no release date for Alita: Battle Angel 2 at this moment in time. In fact, Alita 2 hasn't even been given the green light yet. And, with the handover of 20th Century Fox productions to Disney, the process of getting that green light becomes even more complicated"
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Zapan was in Deadpool…the crazy mad scientist, Francis, who made Deadpool. Cheers
Unfortunately the main stream media really sabotaged any chance for this to take off. At the time, Captain Marvel was coming out for Disney and a lot of fans who did not like Brie Larson as an actress leaned pretty hard into publicly complaining about her, while at the same time suggesting that if you wanted to go see something good, see Alita. MSM portrayed this as "right-wingers, gamer-gate types support Alita" and did not write very favorable reviews. It was a quick moment that came and left but unfortunately I think it hurt the box office a bit, which in turn prevented any hopes of a sequel.
I'm sure that take could be disputed, but that's what appeared to be happening IMO
I agree with this take but I also blame the fact that this was the last movie produced by 20th Century Fox and when it released they were in the process of being bought by Disney, so Fox wasn't going to promote it when all their profit just would go to Disney and Disney didn't want to promote a movie that they didn't make especially when it was up against Captain Marvel.
@havoc14 yeah I feel this would have more of an impact on Box office gross than some culture war nonsense.
Relatively unknown franchise compared to Marvel, which was in its Endgame hype at the time.
Disney/Fox merger, etc.
Luckily, Cameron and Rodriguez are still hyped about making sequels.
This was supposed to be a trilogy, but the first movie didn't make enough at the box office, so they scrapped it. It's unfortunate because it was such a superior movie and story to anything else that came out that year, but it had too much going against it. The population at large was not familiar with the manga on which this was based, plus it was also released right between Captain Marvel and Avenger's Endgame, so it had a lot to compete with in the box office.
YESSSSSSSS.... !!! The story is based on the Hyper Future Vision GUNNM manga which has 3 story arcs of 9, 19 and 8 chapters each respectively. Only the first 2 were used in Anime. So there is a lot of material for the saga.
Basically the appeal of the story is that Alita gets a better body (11) each time than the last.
One of my fave Sci-Fi movies ever! I can't count the number of times I've watched it.
I loved the manga and anime when they came to the US and I was a teen in the 90s and I still have all the books on my shelf. When James Cameron said he wanted to make a movie I was blown away. Sadly it took years, and he passed directing to someone else but it still turned out great!
The movie is good, but it falls short of the awesome manga. The film sticks to the short anime that ended when the manga wasn't that developed.
A lot of existential questions are asked in the manga. What defines a human being. What a person. what is life And every time I think I've seen it all, the manga story hits me with the surprise club.
A single sentence at the end of volume 34 (or volume 5 of the third season) blew my mind and turned the entire story upside down that if I read it again, I will see everything with different eyes.
The world needs more Alitas! I LOVE this film! It truly deserves a continuation in films and/or TV!!
Two Alita sequels are under production. If we are lucky we might see the first sequel in 2025.
This movie beyond needs a sequel.
Alita manga is the best! :-) and I liked this movie no matter what critics say.
Last Order was amazing
that actor , the "hunter warrior" you remember is from , Deadpool (he was Frances)
Fun Fact: In the manga, Zalem is suspended over the city by way of an orbital ring that encircles the planet, and the shaft extends out to another city on the opposite end from the ring. The manga places Zalem over the wastelands of the American southwest, but the movie places it somewhere over Central America, which honestly makes more sense considering how the orbital ring should work.
Unfortunately, this would be lost on anyone who hasn’t read the manga, because it’s a really cool detail.
The thing to remember about the Alita movie is that it is just a introduction to the characters and setting, the story hasn't really started yet. It NEEDS at least two more films for the storyline.
Oh and Alita gets her bodies destroyed every other week, going by the manga the movies should be rated 'R' for graphic violence it is THAT brutal!!
I was never into manga, Gunnm and Blade of the Immortal were the only ones I ever got into... seeing Alita finally adapted blew my mind, especially the casting. Its reception really hurt, its such an underrated story/movie.
my friends were extras in this movie...guy with the mohawk and the girl with him crossing the street...they were filming in Austin Texas...was pretty cool
This was such an under-rated movie, and hopefully it gets sequel. Robert Rodriguez wants to do it. The story behind the production of this movie is quite interesting. When James Cameron was debating on which project to work on first, Alita or Avatar in the 2000s, he chose Avatar Why? Because the filming technology wasn't quite there yet to do Alira which all of its cyborg elements. It was easier to do full on aliens in the Na'avi t than it was to do part human/part cyborg characters in Alita. I haven't watched this film on my 4K TV yet, but I'm thinking that some of the CG might already look aged. But who knows.
This IS one of my favorite movies ever. So bummed they've never continued the story. The "emotion" in her eyes. Nice reaction. Thank you.
As for what happened to the sword Zapan said it was URM metallurgy, so it was basically just a sharp object that was always turned off when he wielded it and it turned on as it got into the hands of an URM berserker. It's most likely a modular extension of the body. The reason it turns on is literally because it gets connected up. Whatever power flows through it is drawn from the heart/reactor thing. I don't know about the anime, but then it doesn't have to match 1:1 either. This is what they show and it makes sense.
Really? I always thought it was because of the "arc plasma" aka blue flame from her Berserker body
@@tanthokg i also assumed it was the arc plasma she could make with the berserker body powering the sword. my question is it looks like in the end scene she isn't using the berserker body but is still able to activate the sword
@@insertcognomen yeah that part got me confused as well, maybe the sword can hold some charges like a battery
I love Mahershala Ali's acting in the scene where Vector gets killed by Alita. His body is dying while he pretends it doesn't matter. Great facial expressions.
:047 Watching Sin City and its sequel. Well worth the watch, and a LOT of familiar faces. That cast is STACKED. 9:03 Ah... Jennifer Connelly. I've had a literal crush on her ever since I was a little kid, and saw her in Labyrinth. I was really happy to see her join the cast in Top Gun: Maverick. 24:57 "He's familiar" Played Ajax/Francis in Deadpool. 43:55 "Was he in Fight Club?" Can confirm. As for a sequel, producer Jon Landau and James Cameron have been discussing one, but nothing is confirmed yet.
Right now the only way to get deeper into the story is by reading the manga. There were some differences in the 1993 anime, but it also ended around the same point in this film.
Would be nice to see Jashugan in the sequel.
Buy Those Blu Rays Baby! #AlitaArmy #GiveAlitaHerSequel
The actor who played Vector in this is playing Blade in the MCU.
" If I gave my heart to you. Then I would have none and you would have two. If I gave my heart to you. " Crocodile Dundee sang.
I absolutely love this movie. And alita is such a fantastic character. I hope they do a sequel. Incredible video Trixy. Stay phenomenol
Alita: Battle Angel is the live action (with effects) remake of the prior animated film "Battle Angel Alita" released in the states during the 1990s from the manga series Gunnm. I can understand your confusion.
Yay, finally someone got to this movie 🙏
I only knew of the manga when this came out, after watching this movie I just to read it. Agreed, great and underappreciated movie imo
Best movie of 2019!
42:01 I want to see Alita get revenge too but Nova is extremely dangerous, you can’t underestimate him. In the manga he is like a demigod.
Not to mention batshit insane. And he's always one step ahead.
"This is what female empowerment looks like"
Sadly, the people who say they want female empowerment hated this movie. Go figure.
This movie is made using the same technology as "Detroit: Become Human", real actors wearing body suits with sticker markers. You can watch the making of this movie on RUclips. Great reaction! (Oh, and the martial art she's practicing is a real Wing-Chun Kung-Fu, the same IP Man taught Bruce Lee, the name Ido gives Alita is a fake martial art name). To answer your question: the sword is a part of Alita's real body, so she controls it.
Love this movie! I know a lot of the fans are still hoping for a second one
It's a shame it did too poorly to get a sequel (and most films would be thrilled to do its box office). You'd think James Cameron would be able to have forced the point, as he is the master of sequels, and Edward Norton playing the big bad shows they clearly expected a sequel. Maybe someday. I'd say it's time has passed, but since Avatar just released a sequel, with Cameron, you never know.
I am just at the beggining. And Alita is a cyborg just like Robocop but more advanced as she still has her human brain. So not an android like Data or the boy in A.I. :)
And they met a week ago? My father and mother met 12th of october 1984, 29th of august 1985 I was born ;)
Underrated movie
very underrated film, pissing on the head of 90 percent of marvel films
In the manga the dog helps Alita save a baby and the dog only dies of old age . This was a scene taken from the Two episode Anime that was made. That's also on RUclips called Battle Angle.
And Michelle Rodriguez was the girl who said destroy xylem, and Edward Norton was the other bad guy watching motor ball
When the manga was first released I was working for a comic book distributor which carried a lot of fringe and exotic material. The visuals in it were so powerful I bought them all and read it repeatedly even though I didn't understand a word of Japanese. Next to Appleseed, Battle Angel Alita is my favourite of all the Japanese offerings. I loved the movie.
ROSA DID A GREAT JOB IN THE MOVIE!
Several mentions of Ajax, but nobody mentioned the irony of Deadpool looking right at you while trying to figure out why he was familiar. 🤣
ya Alita is an awesome movie, I was really hoping for a sequel. The manga is awesome too! You get a hint of it in the movie, but the manga explores her psychological issues more, you find out just how f'd in the head she is, but she fights thru her issues then fights the bad guys!
Spoilers: in the manga she eventually gets her memories back and finds out she wasn't just an enemy combatant, she was a terrorist, her and the other berserkers went rogue and killed millions of innocent people. She grew up as a poor orphan on mars, was forced into the berserkers, and her sense of justice was twisted by them into participating in the destruction of several orbital stations, killing millions. Part of the manga deals with her sense of guilt over it and figuring out how to live with it.
It's the only film I've ever gone and watched multiple times in the cinema (4 to be exact). Prayin' we get a second a film at some point
I'm mad that there's no sequels because this was pretty good
the manga books are even, by far, better....
because of 2 hours long. they change plot from manga. for example motor all game happened after her boyfriend died while they both climbing
@boboboy8189 they can still do that, they just introduced the concept earlier
So, in the manga, does Alita fall for this guy so easily and completely like this. I mean she's like not even trying to hide her infatuation. her whole personality is screaming "TAKE ME NOW!" lol.
Yes she does. But in the manga its completely one sided. Hugo doesn't really care much for Alita because he's full on obsessed with getting to Zolem.
She's completely infantile, and that's the point. Without memories, she's just a child, and like a child, gets a crush on basically the first guy she meets who seems to be the ideal, driven optimist. The maturation largely follows after Hugo dies, and she gets a real taste for the fucked up nature of the world in a non sheltered and optimistic way, and a lot of that isn't just Hugo dying, but that she realizes that even an idealist like Hugo was part of the twisted city that encouraged harming others for personal gain. In the manga, Hugo never repents and never gives up scamming and robbing cyborgs.
Personally, I'm still hoping they make a sequel.
"Alita 2" is already in "active development," as James Cameron and director Robert Rodriguez swore a "blood oath" to make it happen. There's also rumors of a potential series as well. But with WGA + SAG/AFTRA on strike, everything is on indefinite hold.
Fun fact, Yuma trailer for this originally came out her eyes were way more big and people complained so they lowered the I size a little to make it less creepy.
The filmmakers realized that it looked unnatural to see so much of the whites of her eyes but actually they didn't make her eyes smaller, instead they made her irises larger. Her eyes are the same size but the larger irises make them look more proportional.
Actually trailer eyes are same size, They increase the pupil size in full movie which make it looks smaller.
Thanks for the reaction! One thing about the portrayal of Nova in this adaptation (the manga is pretty awesome, filler arcs aside) is that Alita claiming Nova is underestimating her is a mistake. He was around when she was. He would be as knowledgeable as one could be about the Berserker capabilities (solely based on this movie and not the manga).
Trixy Blue, during an interview, the original author Yukito Kishiro said, at that rate where the original story got filmed, the (then) available material would easily turn into at least ten films; after all, "Alita" (original title "Gunnm", pronunced as "Gun-mu") is an immense body of work and still growing. As Kishiro
Unlike many authors who were dissatisfied with movie adaptations, Kishiro was most enthusiastic, and even praised some of the alterations. When he watched the motorball sequences he said, "that's exactly what I had in mind and you've made it for real".
Lol, Kishiro with all the respect is such a hypocrite!
He trampled 1996 Madhouse version and banned all the possible further anime adaptations.
...just not able to finish manga in deadline and eventually making a low-budget game for PSone all by himself for a two years.
His second manga Aqua Knight fails in sales and ends abruptly, and lo, in the new Millenium he begins to milking his famous GUNNM to dust-dry state.
Last Order became just a ordinary battle-shounen and Martian Chronicles even being sometimes interesting just loose all the qualities, his original GUMMN had.
On the parallel line he obvoiusly discussed possible adaptatiopn with Cameron...
But James holds this project for almost 15 years.
And lo... Kishiro finally got his long-awaited cinema adaptation and authors % from total gross, but at what cost?
Of course he had no other choice but ti praise this abyssmal adaptation.
What a sad irony of mangaka's life: create his first and still the best series only to butcher it further and further and selling like a cheap...khm...
Android is a human-like robot. Cyborg - is a living creature (human. animal - no matter) with mechanical implants controlled by brain.
"Andros" mean "man". If robot not looks like man (for example four legs, or four hands, or it is robot dog) it is not android. Сyborg can look like anything, it will still remain a cyborg.
For example Terminator - android, Robocop - cyborg. C3PO is an android (but SW have their own classification they call all robots - droids) Darth Vader, General Grievous are cyborgs.
Alita is cyborg, not android.
Facts
Another James Cameron masterpiece that you have enjoyed. yet, for some reason, THE ABYSS (1989) is all but forgotten. iIt is one of my favorite all time films and think you would REALLY love it.Just make sure that you watch James Cameron's DIRECTORS CUT. Also, check out the making of and see the lengths that he will go to to make a movie.
Please watch "All Quiet on the Western Front" (2022).
Haven't seen anyone else mention it, but there was a deleted scene where it showed her little dog was actually saved by that kennelmaster guy and brought back with cyborg parts. It showed up in the scene and then chases along after the rest of his dogs.
Disney/fox want this movie under 2 hours.
i Watched it 5 times in Cinema, bought tickets for ALL of my family and bought Steelbook which looks Amazing. Honestly, it was refreshing to see a movie without Sky Beam, CGI shitfest, and Villain who destroys Cities, but instead smaller scale action, where YOU ACTUALLY SEE WTF IS GOING ON.
I actually read Manga before this movie just for reference how Hollywood fuck up another story. But Cameron loves it, it's his foster child, and it feels.
What's interesting, that story get's darker and darker. Which is the shame that we'll probably never see sequel of this movie.
I'm a huge fan of Alita (and Rosa Salazar after her role as Alita became my favorite actress), when I first saw the trailer for the movie in 2017, I knew it was going to be amazing. Watching Alita in IMAX, I fell in love with her character💜 Basically, I browse youtube every day looking for new Alita reaction videos. And finally, You posted Your reaction❤ I really liked Your reaction and the fact that You liked the video😊 Alita is based on the manga by Yukito Kishiro (I recommend You to read this manga - "Battle Angel Alita"), it's a cyberpunk classic (like Ghost in the shell). James Cameron wrote the screenplay for the film. Unfortunately, as You can see, the movie ends halfway through, without completing the story. I really hope there will be a sequel (#alitaarmy #alitasequel), although I'm afraid that Cameron focused on Avatars will leave Alita's story😱
I hope that reactions like Yours will make more people interested in the film, and in the future there will be a sequel to Alita.
The actor who played Zapan also played Francis in Deadpool. And yes, the actor who played Nova is known from Fight Club (Edward Norton).
In addition, as suggestions for movies to watch, I recommend Nolan's movie - Tenet. If You liked Interstellar, You should like Tenet too😁
25:00 The british villain from the Deadpool aka Francis ))
Very little of the movie is not CG. It's often hard to tell.
She really is a real teenage girl. At least her brain is biological. It's the rest of her that's mechanical.
It was mentioned earlier. The sword was lost URM tech. It reacted to her mind, her body, and her core in order to activate what it was designed for.
Ok, the next James Cameron movie I can really recommend to you is "The Abyss" (make sure it's the Director's cut version). It's an 80s classic and I'm sure it's gonna blow you away. Probably one of the most challenging movies of all time. The whole crew went through a physical and emotional hell shooting this science fiction masterpiece. By the way, Michael Biehn from the very first Terminator movie is in it as well.
Hell yes!
This movie was great, didn't think I would like it at first but did.
That sword that Zapan had glows with energy in Alita's hand because it is URM--it's a weapon that is designed to work with her Berserker body. He said it was URM earlier, but you were commenting at that moment (not your fault, because that's what you're supposed to do).
I was hoping this got a sequel before Avatar did. Cameron can only work on so many films and Alita has so much to cover from the manga.
Cameron only cares about his avatar sequel, he already announced another 2 avatar sequel.......
I hated Avatar so much as a film and it just annoys me to no end that any potential sequel to Alita is pushed back because of those garbage movies.
@@mesalgearsolid I think the main issue is from Disney themselves, they want alita but we all know they will ruined it like every live action book adaptation they did, what Cameron did is to prevent Disney from ruining alita. I remember reading Disney demand alita prequel and they will greenlit it but Cameron say nope. what weird thing is why Cameron didn't go to other studios because he already bought alita electronic media IP, so if he want, he can just go to other studios unless Disney is playing tricks on him.
meanwhile Michael Rodriguez already busy producing female Zoro as we speaking
Ed Skrein was also in Deadpool and Game of Thrones
He played Dario Naharis in GoT (warrior who joins Daernarys early on) replaced by another actor.
It's not too relevant but just for your knowledge try to watch the original animé. It's sort of a short story, this movie kind of give it a wider context and a background that was just suggested. Definitely this movie deserves a couple of sequels. Great video, hugs from Chile!
When the first teaser trailer for this came out, I got so hyped I went and read the entire run of the manga and loved it. There's enough material in there for probably 7 or 8 great movies, I figure. I also love how close they stuck to the little details of the city, like the pressure wall. They don't really call attention to it, but knowing what you're looking at, I for one was glad it was there. The only thing they weren't faithful to was the gore, it would be an R rating for sure if they showed it all. They left out, for instance, that the character Grewishka (Makaku in the manga) is addicted to endorphins he gets by eating brains.
It's sad because this came out a week prior to Cpt Marvel, which overshadowed the movie which wasn't even remotely close to great or strongly female empowering as Alita. The anime movie can be seen on RUclips for free which sadly only got a one run, theres more story and more depth to the Alita in the Manga, and yes they are bringing this back with a part 2. Apparently if I'm not mistaken, James Cameron wanted to create it for his daughters, so he started it but ended up working on other projects so got Robert Rodriguez and Jon Landau to finish and rewrite Cameron's project to makes it more fun.
that's Disney plans from beginning, every fox movie after Disney bought them must be hidden from Disney title. they also did to underwater which the best of monster movie in January 2020
There is more than person who also starred in Hunger Games. Alita's mom's (?) boss was in the last two movies of the franchise. Mahershella Ali.
Alita really is a "battle angel", isn't she? So sweet and loving, but still the most deadly weapon ever devised, both at the same time. She'd give her heart to you or tear yours out depending on what you deserve.
The manga is still going today. It's the 3rd story now, when she was a 4-5 years old child.
_Battle Angel Alita: Mars Chronicle._
I really liked this movie. A lot of people were put off by the giant anime eyes on Alita during the trailer.
I also loved Stray. I think I even published a playthrough of that myself. I can see where you're coming from with the similarities between Iron City and The Walled City. Fun fact: Did you know The Walled City was based on the old Kowloon City in China?
This movie was done 3D in mind like Avatars - if you have ever chance to see it in 3D - do it.
So glad you got to this! I heard that Cameron had to focus on Avatar movies before he could get back to a sequel. So hopefully
one comes eventually.
The style is called cyberpunk
I rem watching the Anime version in the 90's and this was an amazing version!
Ido was afraid that putting Alita on the URM Berserker body would turn her into a killing machine that wasn't entirely under her control. In the manga, the body has a will of its own that could change the human brain's personality. Alita showed Ido that she was in full control later, though, much to his relief. Knowing this, we can't blame him for having been apprehensive. The movie should have explained this, but the thing about movies is that filmmakers try so hard to minimize exposition.
WE SO NEED A SEQUEL NOW!
Here's something you likely didn't know, the Director made the chocolate Alita ate during the movie. Yes, I wish there were more in this franchise. The source material is there, and the talent is there. I suppose it all comes down to money. Do they think they can make enough with a sequel?
Don't think they'd be able to get Edward Norton again though.
@@crapstirrer As is the case with most of Hollywood, almost everything is negotiable. Norton is a smart guy and if the presence of his character is sufficient that it would fan the creative flames, so to speak, he may be persuaded to participate. It is also possible, given his limited screen time in the first film, that the character is recast should negotiations for his involvement in the project not go well. Right now, those of us who would like to see a continuation of this epic story have the benefit of being able to dream that everything would go well, even though we all know that it's rarely the case in Hollywood.
@@briangreen9677 problem with Disney if you follow news is they demand prequel story from manga. they want alita turned into another disney princess. there's 2 prequel manga. first what happened in moon, second is alita origin in mars. Disney want alita origin in mars
we won't get sequel to current movie that's why Cameron refuse to do what Disney said.
A sequel is in the works (no green light though). Because it is in the hands of Disney now w/ all their recent & on-going turmoil, don't hold your breath. I wouldn't expect it to be any good under current producers within Disney.
Cameron actually bought alita IP for electronic media which means if he want, he can change studios but he refuse to do for unknown reason
@@boboboy8189 Interesting. Anything Disney right now is not gonna be good (w/ few exceptions). They just don't have good writers. hope Alita gets a fair shake whichever studio produces it.
I first encountered Alita in anime form way back when. It’s essentially the same events as the live action version, and is amazing also. I haven’t managed to get my hands on the manga, though. I hear it goes on a lonnnng time.
I enjoyed this movie, but I enjoy it even more seeing this different perspective. I hope they make lots more, rather than letting it die like the anime :O