Sean’s movie thoughts

I might have been too hard on Alita Battle Angel. I have seen worse movies than Atila Battle Angel. Some of them I saw in theaters, and some I saw on cable or DVD. Independence Day Resurgence might be worse. (I have not seen Resurgence in a while, I might be underestimating its faults.) Yes, the movie has some problems and yeah, I wish it did not end seting up a sequel that will probably never happen. (A number of movies recently set up sequels that never happened.) Maybe the script needed another editing or revision. It has some positives though. Rosa Salazar is good in the lead role and it has good action sequences. It looks really good. I did not lose interest. Maybe the movie is worth another watch.

Rosa Salazar is really good in Battle Angel Atila. She plays Atila in motion capture and she is good/likeable as the cyborg. Salazar was also in the Maze Runner series. This movie is based on a Japanese comic. Honestly I have seen this movie before (or at least I have seen movies like this one), it is fine. The villains aren’t interesting, the visuals are good, but none of the other performances are good as Salazar’s. No one is awful. Did I buy the love story? Maybe not completely. The actor playing her love interest is not bad but maybe the love story could have been downplayed. Maybe they could have been just friends.(I probably have seen worse love stories or romantic subplots in films.) I guess it is a bit of a bummer that the movie ends setting up a sequel that might never happen. I could make a list of movies that set up a sequel that never happened. I think there are at least five since 2015. I saw this the same day as Happy Death Day 2U, and that film is better.