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Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Lovable
You can't help but fall in love with Alita. Not just because of her big eyes, she is so full of wide eyed wonder, it's truly endearing. Absolutely adorable. Like the boy says about her, she may be cgi, but she is the most human feeling in the entire movie. With that said, the same boy either had bad acting or bad lines, or both. I expected a much different story from the title "Battle Angel". By that I mean I did not expect the roller derby subplot, or the get to the prestigious sky city climax. I guess I was expecting a war story. I came into this movie unfamiliar with the anime so I really didn't know what to expect. I was told to see Alita instead of captain marvel because it's a much better character and story, and I must agree. I saw both. There wasn't much of a climax so it slightly fizzled at the end but it really left it open for sequels which is what they were obviously going for. I hate to say this, because I'm against the transhumanist cyborg agenda being pushed on society (take notice all the robot commercials in the last super bowl) but I fell in love with Alita, and you will too.
Captain Marvel (2019)
So much narrative
I came into this movie wanting to like it of course, being a marvel fan. Right from the start it kind of had a wannabe Star Trek vibe. For the first half I was confused and questioning if she was human turned Kree or Kree turned human. Clunky story telling. Then when Ronan showed up there was an obvious good guy bad guy twist and there the narrative starts. All too often movies these days want you to question who's the real bad guy? Oh, the Skrulls aren't bad, they're just misunderstood refugees. Hmmm, sounds far too familiar in our mainstream media political talking points. Now I'd read and seen reviews on this movie before seeing it and it was overbearing from those reviews that there was a far too blatant feminist message. Even that didn't outweigh the Skrull bad guy/refugee twist. I also don't think Brie Larson was right for the role. She was the most deadpan, monotone, obnoxiously sarcastic hero I've ever seen. Not exactly inspiring. With the flashbacks of all the men telling her she can't in her past...who says that? Seriously, who tells girls these put downs? Normal people don't talk like that. And if it does, it's not a male vs female thing, it's just dealing with a-holes. Everyone has to sometimes. Or bad parenting. Also, the cat was overhyped. Scene stealer? Hardly. Unexpected? Ok a little. But by far the most facepalming moment is the no doubt song during the big fight scene. I even like the song! But it was so awkwardly out of place. I get what this movie was supposed to be, women empowerment. I get that. But it just wasn't done that well.
On a side note, when she lets the little girl choose her new colors, the neon suit was the best. Just saying.