Alita: Battle Angel Trailer 1

Alita: Battle Angel Trailer 1 Dec 11, 2017 19:11:21 GMT MrFurious and poes like this

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Post by Rey Kahuka on Dec 11, 2017 19:11:21 GMT

Dec 10, 2017 15:38:53 GMT Reynard said:

Why did they have to rename it "Alita: Battle Angel" and not just use "Battle Angel Alita", which is how the original manga has always been called.

Anyway the trailer looks far too polished and I didn't like the eyes either. Big eyes work in manga and animation, but added to live action they are just weird and borderline uncanny valley.

Knowing nothing about the property before seeing the trailer (which I'll get to in a minute), the seemingly insignificant change in title format is huge. Alita: Battle Angel starts off with her name. She's a person, she's someone you can invest your time in following her story. Starting the title with the word Battle makes it sound like a typical action romp. A title can make all the difference in the world to the average moviegoer.

On to the trailer. I loved it. The movie, who knows. It could be good, it could be terrible. But the trailer is fantastic. Again, they open on her eyes, pulling the audience into an emotional connection with her immediately. It isn't going to work on everyone (the CGI didn't bother me but I understand the negative commentary in the thread), but the intent again is to make the audience care about this artificial being as if she were a real person.

I think it way they used the music more than anything else that pulled me in; this is just a solid trailer that knows exactly what it's trying to do. It worked on me, I'll be seeing it in theaters unless the next trailer reveals the film to be garbage. It's possible the movie will be awful, but I'm taking a chance going on this trailer alone.