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"Alita: Battle Angel" (hereinafter referred to as "Alita") "Tower") was released in mainland China on February 22, 2019. With the enthusiasm of loyal fans of the original comic and Cameron's super appeal, it attracted countless people to the theater as soon as it was released. However, after the second After one day of release, online criticism and praise for this film have once again polarized the reputation, which can be described as detonating the Internet.

As of now (2.25), the film ranks first in daily box office share, which is nearly twice that of "The Wandering Earth", which rides the wind and waves under the escort of the two banners of patriotism and Chinese science fiction.

"Alita" is adapted from Japanese manga artist Yukito Kishiro's masterpiece "Gun Dream". It is a science fiction action film produced by 20th Century Fox Film Company and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Co-starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz and others, it tells the story of a mechanical girl who is lucky enough to be reborn in the apocalypse and bravely fights to change the world and embarks on a journey to discover the truth.

Counting from the time when Kashen handed over the script he adapted to Rodriguez in 2005, the film "Alita" took a total of fourteen years from preparation to birth. . According to its encyclopedia entry, the filming period of the film was from October 17, 2016 to February 9, 2017, until its release in 2019, which took nearly two years. This also made "Alita" absolutely stand out Top-notch real-life CG special effects.

The live-action CG technology used in the film undoubtedly makes Alita a landmark CG character. It is no exaggeration to say that she represents a new level of film technology.

The production process of this technology is mentioned in the behind-the-scenes article:

The motion capture technology used combines real-life movements to flexibly display the fighting girl Alita. heroic figure. Senior Visual Effects Supervisor Joe Letteri shared the creation process of Alita's facial details. He said that the face of Alita currently displayed on the screen has been updated and recreated up to 5,000 times. The team has gone through the integration of various parts of the facial features. 200 designs were produced.

If these statements are still relatively conceptual, then you may find it clearer by saying it another way:

The entire film used 30,000 computers and 800 special effects staff worked at the same time for two years. , the overall rendering time adds up to 432 million hours. In order to make Alita look like a living character, the special effects team gave her 132,000 hairs, 2,000 eyebrows, and 480 eyelashes. Alita's pair of eyes were too big but still beautiful and indistinguishable from real people. The big eyes are made using 8.3 million polygons.

Twenty years ago, when Weta Studio constructed the image of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings", this character with amazingly flexible eyes only used 25,000 polygons in total. .

At the same time, in order to create the character of Alita, Cameron upgraded the motion capture technology and facial expression capture technology again, using a new "performance capture" technology. This technology can record changes in facial expressions and body movements at the same time, thus transcending previous limitations in creating CG characters. It is this technology that allows Alita to perform various difficult movements that exceed human limits and create a variety of exciting and exciting chase and fight scenes.

In other words, the image we see on the screen is undoubtedly similar to human beings, and even far exceeds human beings in terms of physical strength. She is not a real person, but a person presented through technology. .

It is precisely because of this that many people have no idea of ??the greatness of the production team’s efforts and innovative technology.

This is undoubtedly a new milestone in film history. However, for more audiences, using real people’s performances and using difficult technology is just to create a character that resembles a real person, and then put her into a human story. In the line, it is somewhat unnecessary.

It is precisely because the audience is indifferent to this that they focus more on the story while being shocked by the special effects. At this glance, one could see that there was a lot of cursing. Whether they are fans of the original work who have read the original work, or people who came here because of the reputation of Kashen, they have expressed their dissatisfaction to a greater or lesser extent.

On Douban, the film's score dropped all the way to 7.6 thanks to the freshness of its release only four days ago.

For fans of the original work, the original cold and chaotic world view has been reshaped and wrapped in a warm shell, and even the relationships between the characters have been tampered with. This will inevitably shake their memories of dirty science fiction. Too big.

In the original book, the Iron City in the movie was originally called "Scrap Iron City". As the name suggests, it is a run-down place. Here, it is full of the darkness of human nature, with dilapidated buildings and dilapidated buildings, and dark and small corners filled with dirty and sinful deeds: Human beings are often accidentally attacked and wake up to find that they have been changed beyond recognition, and their bodies and limbs have been damaged. If you take it away, you will be left with only a bare head on the ground. If you are lucky, you can only be equipped with various prosthetics. Although you are still human in nature, the appearance alone is enough to be disgusting.

In the movie, the place called Steel City, although it lives on the earth and is at the lowest level, still everything is in order, the vendors on the streets abide by the law, and the young people are full of energy. Shedi plays motor ball on the street, all of which make it impossible to ignore the leisure and tranquility deliberately created by the director.

When it was released in North America, such a packaged world still required viewers to be over 13 years old, which shows how dark and chaotic the world in the original work is.

Similarly, in the original work, there was no role of Chilian (Alata’s mother), and the male protagonist Hugo (for now) also has a flesh-and-blood story. In contrast, in the movie, this character The portrayal of the two characters is too thin, and it seems that these two characters were hastily drawn out to arrange a story just for the necessary factor in the narrative equation, especially the relationship between Alita and Hugo was too hasty. , the dilapidated area is also too sloppy.

For ordinary moviegoers, cool and gorgeous special effects bring great visual shock, but the visual shock is limited after all, and the lack of humanistic traction makes this special effect even more shocking. The impact cannot last long. I clearly remember that when I saw Alita losing Hugo, and her eyes turned from grief to hatred on the pipe leading to the huge sky city, I couldn't help but sit up straight, thinking about finally killing him. Up to the sky, just when I was ready to watch Alita's cool revenge, the people watching the movie looked at their watches and smiled at me:

Okay, wait for the release. The lower part.

I was stunned, and then I realized that the progress bar had reached the end, and the emotions I had finally brewed were stuck on my face without embarrassment. It was simply unbelievable.

My first reaction at that time was to think of "The Hunger Games", but although "The Hunger Games" also had sequels one after another, its story narrative was both smooth and complete!

As expected, I came across an article as soon as I came out, which probably means "I stepped on another super cool trailer"

It's like you are ready to put down everything you are doing and wait. When the story reached its climax, the storyteller was shocked and said, "You can predict what will happen next and listen to the explanation next time." This stirred up an unknown fire in the hearts of the people. Angrily, I looked back and thought about the context of the whole story, and suddenly found that the whole story was simply terrifying. In addition to the love between boys and girls, there were all kinds of violent fighting scenes.

Well, although the vision is enjoyable, the brain is still unhappy. It’s no wonder that the film suffered a box office failure as soon as it was released in North America.

It is undeniable that "Alita" is unprecedented in terms of film technology, nor does it deny that it has obtained an excellent IP. However, there are still relatively few people exploring this field at present. Few, but the problem is that it is difficult for a movie to become a classic based on special effects. Only a story with a real core will still make people watch it countless times many years later.

We are not demanding that Kashen explain clearly the huge world view and character background of the original "Guangdong" in a short period of time, but at least the conflicts and characters are well set up. Worthy of that dazzling technology.

This is a product that has made many compromises with the market, audience, and capital. Even if there is a great god in charge, and even if there are special effects, it still cannot escape the fate that all adapted works will be criticized. "Alita: Battle Angel" cost US$170 million to produce. What do you think is the highlight?

For this film, let’s talk about your own opinions based on your own situation:

1. Plot

The film mainly tells the story of a lucky mechanical girl. Reborn, in order to explore the truth of the matter, he embarked on the road of fighting.

The character setting in the film is quite reasonable. A mechanical girl, transformed by the doctor, has the taste of ordinary people. When I saw Alita eating fruit, I thought how could this be possible? Robots don’t need to eat, haha. Later I figured it out. This is to highlight the development of technology and technology, so that Alita can have it. The same family affection and love as ordinary people, I have to say that the screenwriter is very thoughtful.

The storyline is also reasonably designed, in which Hugo plays a guiding role in the film, guiding Alita step by step towards the goal deep in her heart.

2. The special effects of the film

The special effects in this film are still very good, especially the facial expressions and movements of Alita are perfectly done, which can make the audience I can see it very directly, and I feel that this can be regarded as a highlight of the film. When Alita fights, the special effects are also great. Although she is thin, she is agile and has powerful explosive power. This is what the film wants to show each of us. Each of us has unlimited power.

The film cost 170 million US dollars, and I feel that the film has shown its characteristics to the audience without reservation, whether it is the emotions of the characters or the wonderful fighting scenes.

The above is my own opinion. Welcome to leave a message for exchange.

There are many highlights

For example, Alita this time is the biggest highlight. CG character production has been around for a long time. Many people have tried it, but almost no one has. For a work as successful as "Alita", it's not easy to make a movie just by doing this.

In terms of plot, many plots of the movie pay homage to the original work, that is, many sub-shots are highly restored to the original work, which shows that the creative staff really put their thoughts into it.

The restoration of Scrap Iron Town in the movie is also very good. In the original book, Scrap Iron Town is a "waste land" with mountains of garbage and sewage flowing across it. However, in the movie, Scrap Iron Town is reconstructed beautify. After all, the movie is for the global market and cannot be just for fans of the original work, so this may not completely follow the original work, but from the perspective of the movie, this adaptation is also necessary, otherwise the audience may feel uncomfortable after watching it.

The highlight of the movie "Alita - Battle Angel" is undoubtedly its CG special effects. It represents the highest level of visual effects in the current world film industry. Its production The team is the famous Weta Digital team, which has won five Oscars for Best Visual Effects. The "Avatar" and "Lord of the Rings" trilogies are all produced by them. Cameron strives to achieve perfection in every detail. , everything from scene creation to character hair has been carefully considered, striving to be the best. Needless to say, "The Lord of the Rings" surpassed "Avatar" in terms of technology, scenes, and cost. Alita's facial muscle movements are about three times greater than that of the heroine in "Avatar". The pixels of one of Alita's eyes are many times higher than the pixels of Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings".

Cameron spent 10 years preparing for this film. It is the realization of his dream. "Alita-Battle Angel" has a huge world view in the original comic "Gunsmen" and has a vision of the future. The depiction of the world is amazing. The "protagonist" continues to grow, redeem himself, and transform into a stronger person in battles, adversities, and setbacks. It is a story about "growth." I think Kamei Long had his reasons for choosing it.

Many people think that the plot of "Alita - Battle Angel" has become a "criticism" of the entire movie. However, I think what Cameron really wants us to see is just the effect of this movie. Is that all? In fact, no, what he wants to show us is that this movie "originates from comics, and is higher than comics." It tells the story of a strong female character who gradually transforms and grows up. There is something deeper, but maybe we Haven't found it yet.

The biggest highlight of Battle Angel is the surprising glimpse of Norton at the end. He has been very low-key in recent years, but his acting is really good. A top student at Yale and a wealthy businessman, "First Degree of Fear" was his first year of acting, and then he was nominated for an Oscar.

With his slight cowering, fearful and hesitant look, coupled with his cute and innocent eyes, the audience identified him as a victim just like the protagonist. But after the dust settled, he overturned everything again with an evil and confident smile.

I once suspected that the prototype of Zhang Zifeng’s character in Tang Detective came from here.

Cameron admitted that the film has "the most advanced projection effects, the most stunning visual effects and incredible sound." Not only did she use cutting-edge performance capture technology, in terms of character creation, Alita created 47 hair styles, with more than 132,000 hairs, 2,000 eyebrows, and 480 eyelashes; 71 digital special effects costumes, using 125 different types of hair styles. How to wear it; more than 2,500 still-frame images of facial expressions make up her various expressions; one eye is made of nearly 9 million pixels, and the entire eyeball structure is completely created. According to statistics, the disk space of "Alita" in Weta is three times that of "Avatar", 30,000 computers are used for calculation and production, and the total time for rendering special effects scenes is 432 million hours.

Visual effects, in common people’s words, means how beautiful the pictures are, and what is needed behind this is the combination of technology and art. Many people think that the general problem is that the technology has been achieved, but the art has not reached the deadline.

This film does not shy away from idealism, nor does it shy away from reality. To a certain extent, it breaks away from Hollywood routines. Alita's passionate speech in the pub is the same as the familiar hero movie routine, but the next scene is not a crowd of cheering people, but the uncontrollable laughter of indifferent spectators. This is not ridicule, but laughter at a joke. Yes, what a naive little girl, she actually wants selfish humans to unite for justice. When idealism hits the rocks and reality hits the rocks, there won’t be so many people responding to the situation. The most correct way to respond is to sit on the sidelines and watch indifferently.

The film’s discussion of human nature is also worth pondering. No matter how kind-hearted the young man is, he will sell (mechanical) human organs for money; the big guy wanted to torture Alita in the tavern, but casually stabbed a bounty hunter to death. Others immediately fell silent and let the bad guys do whatever they wanted, but the puppy Alita met on the roadside stood up and screamed bravely; the Demon King Group blatantly committed murder and killed people, and the competition scene turned into a gladiatorial arena, and the audience cheered watching the killing scene. The cowardice and evil of human nature are fully demonstrated.

However, the movie does not shy away from the flash of human soul. The bounty hunter who was originally indifferent brought his hunting dog to pursue the puppy after it was tortured and killed; Hugo, who was influenced by Alita, was determined to stop doing evil and prevent his partners from continuing to perish; the ex-wife of a doctor who served the villain group in order to return to the upper class life finally betrayed him. Alita and Hugo. These contradictory yet real human natures enrich the characters and ensure the ideological depth of the story.

Cameron, the name itself is synonymous with special effects feast, even overshadowing the director of the film. So it goes without saying that the special effects of this film are definitely worth the price of admission. It is normal for a Hollywood movie to cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and this investment is not the highest. There is no doubt that the visuals and special effects are at the top level in the world.

The only regret about the film may be its criticized plot. In terms of plot, the movie abandoned the depth of the conflict between man and society in the original "Gunsmen" and instead embarked on a popcorn route of personal heroism. As an audience, it was fun to watch, but after watching the movie, you may only be left with the sentence " Alita" is my wife. The core connotation and social significance of the original work have been lost.

The box office of "Alita: Battle Angel" exceeded 132 million yuan on the first day it was released in the mainland, far exceeding the North American premiere box office, which shows how vast the domestic film market is. Ratings on Douban, Popcorn, and M station media vary greatly. Netizens on Douban also had mixed reviews. Some said that the special effects were really not that good, and the plot was even less ideal. They did not recommend making a sequel. In fact, I think the special effects are just that, not particularly outstanding. If the plot is great, the influence of the special effects can be slightly ignored, but the plot is really not that good. It may be that our expectations are too high, or our appetite is too unruly, but this is my true perception. I will analyze it head-on without comparing it to any other film, it is purely a personal opinion. The overall special effects are still good. After all, Cameron is there, the visual effects are still great and the imagination is very rich. The animation special effects are very realistic, and the combination of real-life and mechanical special effects is more exquisite. The music effect is also good, but the abrupt ending of the climax is a bit unsatisfying, which may be a foreshadowing for what follows. The overall feeling is quite enjoyable!

The overall picture of the movie "Alita: Battle Angel" is very exciting, with endless fighting scenes, a golden-fingered heroine, and scattered plots interspersed in it. (Not at all), the overall feeling after watching it is that in a two-hour trailer, the girl only gave us a small beginning and then it was gone. The sharp contrast between the girl's body and the steel that transforms people, the sharp contrast between the sincere and pure heart and the hidden selfishness and greed everywhere, true irony, and only in the anime world can girls protect themselves from harm forcefully and directly.