My Theory of why Alita: Battle Angel didn't do well

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1. No one in the states was introduced properly to the Alita Origin story and was unfamiliar to this character unless they knew of her Manga/OVA stuff.


2. Disney has gathered up strength since 2010 to become a powerhouse Titan in the world of movies( outside of just cartoons). Last Year, they didn't miss a beat gathering billions at the box office off 2 movies alone. This year they want to do it again with the AV:Endgame and Captain Marvel. What was suppose to be a distraction for DC's (Aquaman) film was the Titan Director James Cameron/Robert Rodriguez "Alita:Battle Angel" Film which was slated around the same time. Marvel was expected both to cancel each other out at the box office until Alita date was change to Feb 2019. Disney decided again to use it's influence since it's film "Captain Marvel" is released 3 weeks later to have the critics bash, tarnish and burn this film. Knowing Cameron's control of the box office in films such as Titanic and Avatar, they were concerned it would keep CM from being #1 on it's release. They were also concerned that ABA wasn't a agenda driven film about "Women's empowerment" and wanted to crush "Rich White Guys". The same critics who praised Star Wars Last Jedi and the fans were pissed.

Watch how the critics will praise Captain Marvel and claim it to be as good as the average film Wonder Woman.
 

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Enjoyed it, visuals was 9/10 for me, just absolutely spectacular. problem was the story which was a 6.5/10 for me... movie was dope and there is an OBVIOUS medial bias towards all MCU/Disney regime products, if the mass can't see it then i dont know what to say..

bullshyt that is nitpicked in other films is praised in mcu films..

the black widow film was pushed back and changed writers and all the headlines were positive, james bond changed writers and critics were calling the film doomed.. like the fukk

they said even tho Aquaman made a billi its still trash and a billi means nothing, cm preorder tickets dropped and they said ''captain marvel has nothing to prove at the box office''

like fucccc outta here.. crtics not even slick with the dikk eating anymore, like i'd be happy if they wrote ''sponsored my the disney regime'' at the end of their articles cause this is blatant at this point
 

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I barely wanna attend theatres anymore :manny:

Most of these movies are better off being watched on Netflix
 

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1. No one in the states was introduced properly to the Alita Origin story and was unfamiliar to this character unless they knew of her Manga/OVA stuff.

That really shows how sad a state audiences are in that they won't go see any movies unless they've already heard of the brand. Imagine if no one saw the first Star Wars in 1977 because because they didn't know what it was at the time.

Do you really need to know the manga or OVA, anyway? I mean, it's about a teenage cyborg warrior girl. Pretty self-explanatory. I had heard of the source material, but am not familiar with it.

Anyway, I thought it was a fun movie. Not perfect by any means, dragged in a few parts, but the action, world-building and characters were dope.
 
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That really shows how sad a state audiences are in that they won't go see any movies unless they've already heard of the brand. Imagine if no one saw the first Star Wars in 1977 because because they didn't know what it was at the time.

Do you really need to know the manga or OVA, anyway? I mean, it's about a teenage cyborg warrior girl. Pretty self-explanatory. I had heard of the source material, but am not familiar with it.

Anyway, I thought it was a fun movie. Not perfect by any means, dragged in a few parts, but the action, world-building and characters were dope.

Sadly it's about branding. The lazy masses spends most of their lives online but dont actually research anything.

I agree with your review.
 
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