Alita: Battle Angel Creator Claims Adaptation is "The Greatest Movie in The World"

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There's a huge divide between critics of Alita: Battle Angel and the fans who love the live-action adaptation of the cyberpunk manga and anime. Creator Yukito Kishiro agrees with the fans, and after seeing the film five times already, he calls it the "greatest movie in the world."

Kishiro, the original author of the Japanese Gunnm, on which Robert Rodriguez's live-action adaptation is based, attended the special screening in Japan, and according to various reports from Japanese media (via Crunchyroll), he's happy about the adaptation. "Thanks to the great staff, it has become the greatest movie in the world," Kishiro said. "Every time I see, I can find something new. The composition is amazing. All scenes are special and there are no unneeded ones. It is so exciting that I can't believe that I created the original story."

I have to agree with the Alita creator. The film was amazing, and I think critics who gave it a negative review just don't get quality cyberpunk science fiction. I would see this again in theaters and I'm definitely getting a digital copy of it when it comes out.

Synopsis:

Visionary filmmakers James Cameron (Avatar) and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City) create a groundbreaking new heroine in Alita: Battle Angel, an action-packed story of hope, love and empowerment. Set several centuries in the future, the abandoned Alita (Rosa Salazar) is found in the scrapyard of Iron City by Ido (Christoph Waltz), a compassionate cyber-doctor who takes the unconscious cyborg Alita to his clinic. When Alita awakens she has no memory of who she is, nor does she have any recognition of the world she finds herself in. Everything is new to Alita, every experience a first. As she learns to navigate her new life and the treacherous streets of Iron City, Ido tries to shield Alita from her mysterious past while her street-smart new friend, Hugo (Keean Johnson), offers instead to help trigger her memories. A growing affection develops between the two until deadly forces come after Alita and threaten her newfound relationships. It is then that Alita discovers she has extraordinary fighting abilities that could be used to save the friends and family she's grown to love. Determined to uncover the truth behind her origin, Alita sets out on a journey that will lead her to take on the injustices of this dark, corrupt world, and discover that one young woman can change the world in which she lives.

Alita: Battle Angel is now showing in theaters.

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