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Second Take: Failure of &#039;Alita: Battle Angel&#039; shows that costly CGI can&#039;t save a bad film - Daily Bruin

Second Take: Failure of &#8216;Alita: Battle Angel&#8217; shows that costly CGI can&#8217;t save a bad film

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The eyes of “Alita: Battle Angel” loom from billboards throughout Los Angeles. James Cameron’s latest blockbuster, which released Thursday, features two hours and two minutes of computer-generated image anime eyes, calling back to the film’s anime origin.

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Second Take: Failure of ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ shows that costly CGI can’t save a bad film

By Cameron Vernali

Feb. 18, 2019 10:24 p.m.