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What's the last movie you've seen?
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carackobama
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I rewatched The Empire Strikes Back last night with my family; it was my parents’ first time seeing it and I’m so glad that they loved it <3
G0DFlesh_88
16-Bit Thrasher
Dragon Ball Super: Broly. It was lit non-stop action for the fans.
8/10
8/10
Shaun of the Dead
My husband wanted to watch it since it's dropping off of Netflix and I'd never seen it. It was fun if you like Simon Pegg's brand of humor.
My husband wanted to watch it since it's dropping off of Netflix and I'd never seen it. It was fun if you like Simon Pegg's brand of humor.
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Reginald Fairfield
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Finally got ahold of Lupin the Third and the Gold of Babylon on dvd. Pretty sure for the longest time it was only available on VHS and Laserdisc.
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XxNicolexX
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I forget the name of it but it is some thriller that was on Netflix
Saw Alita : Battle Angel last night.
The manga is my favourite series. Saying that, I thought it was a good adaptation, especially when most Western adaptations of manga/anime usually turn out to be pretty crappy. It largely didn't miss the point of the plotlines, parts of the manga were largely adapted faithfully or when changes were made it usually still kept the original intent or at least didn't drastically change the story/intent.
Visually it's friggin' great as well. Her eyes still creep me out, but literally everything else looks brilliant. The action especially was so well choreographed and felt like it had weight to it, something that's often missing with heavy CGI. She felt as nimble, graceful and powerful as she did in the manga.
Overall though, easily one of the better manga/anime adaptations I've seen and I'm happy I saw it. It was cool to see some of my favourite parts and characters on the big screen.
The manga is my favourite series. Saying that, I thought it was a good adaptation, especially when most Western adaptations of manga/anime usually turn out to be pretty crappy. It largely didn't miss the point of the plotlines, parts of the manga were largely adapted faithfully or when changes were made it usually still kept the original intent or at least didn't drastically change the story/intent.
Visually it's friggin' great as well. Her eyes still creep me out, but literally everything else looks brilliant. The action especially was so well choreographed and felt like it had weight to it, something that's often missing with heavy CGI. She felt as nimble, graceful and powerful as she did in the manga.
It did make changes but overall I think the majority of them worked for an adaptation since they either didn't change anything major about the story/original intent or the change still kept the original intent intact. In the case of introducing Motorball when/how they did, this was a scene that doesn't exist in the manga BUT does a good job of introducing an element early that will play a big part later, in other words, it worked for an adaptation. The way she gains the Damascus blade for example doesn't really remove anything major but does still give it importance to her with it being taken from Zapan.
There are couple exceptions to this where I'm either undecided or didn't like the change.
- Having her sign up and play Motorball 'professionally' when she did totally changed the original motivation behind it, essentially removing a character arc.
- Victors motivation and how much of a villainous role I'm undecided on, though it did give the first movie (which would be 3 books) a consistent antagonist whereas the manga didn't have one up until Dr.Nova.
- The way she obtained the Berserker armour and the exposition given on it I think both gave too much information on Alita's backstory and made it too obvious to what Alita's backstory is too way too soon.
Oh, and Alita is named after Ido's dead cat, not his non existent wife and daughter...Not a huge change, it probably works better for an adaption so it sounds less silly, but I wish they kept it anyway.
There are couple exceptions to this where I'm either undecided or didn't like the change.
- Having her sign up and play Motorball 'professionally' when she did totally changed the original motivation behind it, essentially removing a character arc.
- Victors motivation and how much of a villainous role I'm undecided on, though it did give the first movie (which would be 3 books) a consistent antagonist whereas the manga didn't have one up until Dr.Nova.
- The way she obtained the Berserker armour and the exposition given on it I think both gave too much information on Alita's backstory and made it too obvious to what Alita's backstory is too way too soon.
Oh, and Alita is named after Ido's dead cat, not his non existent wife and daughter...Not a huge change, it probably works better for an adaption so it sounds less silly, but I wish they kept it anyway.
Overall though, easily one of the better manga/anime adaptations I've seen and I'm happy I saw it. It was cool to see some of my favourite parts and characters on the big screen.
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HistoryH22
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"They Shall Not Grow Old", a World War One documentary by Peter Jackson. Absolutely incredible movie.
Alolan_Apples
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I watched The Brave Little Toaster again, for the first time since 2000. I still like this movie.
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