Which pretty much sums up the appeal of this movie and the game it is based on.Īngelina Jolie and Daniel Craig in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
An audible groan of disappointment emanated from at least the male half of the crowd when they saw it wasn't her. Halfway through the movie, the camera shows another shower, but as the camera pans down, you realize it is a man and not Lara at all. At the beginning of the film, Lara is shown taking a shower. Which I think the rest of the audience I saw the movie with, would agree. So while the plot is lacking, the action not the greatest, thanks to Angelina's portrayal of a kick ass character, this movie is still worth watching. Of course if she didn't, the movie would end after 45 minutes, but surely there was a better way to write the scene than this. They wouldn't be able to get it and neither would she. If she waited 45 seconds, it wouldn't matter if she got her hands on it.
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Rather than just let them miss the opportunity to find the piece, it can only be found once every five thousand years at a precise time, she offers to show them how to find it so that she can get her hands on it. When Lara is spying on the evil group about to discover the first piece of the Triangle, she notices that they are looking in the wrong place. Since I said the plot is so unimportant it is really unfair of me to mention a plot hole, but since this one is large enough to drive a tank through, I feel compelled to bring it up. As I said, the best scenes are those in Croft Manor where we learn more about Lara's character, her past and her habits. The stone monsters featured so heavily in the previews and Pepsi commercials, are so easily destroyed by a punch, a kick, or a single bullet, that they offer no real threat at all. The action is taken so much to the extreme as to be almost cartoonish. Ironically, considering the name of the movie, the weakest scenes are those that take place in tombs. When it is those two and the curvaceous Lara interacting, the movie shows its best humor and depth. It is thanks to him and Lara's geeky tech sidekick that the scenes at Croft Manor are the best in the film. Anyone who is a fan of the British Sci-Fi comedy Red Dwarf will recognize the actor playing him as Chris Barrie. Of the other actors in this movie, I have little to say, except for Hillary the Butler. She is having such a good time in this role that you can't help but enjoy her in it. She has a presence of toughness and vulnerability and also a knowing smirk that shows she knows how ridiculous this cartoon of movie could be. But the bad girl of Hollywood has enough attitude and sultry moves to fill this movie to the brim. And luckily for this movie, the talented and beautiful Jolie, kicks ass in this role. The whole point of this movie is to showcase Angelina Jolie as the stylish adventuress Lara Croft, as she out cools, outfights, and outsmarts the bad guys. Now put the plot out of your head because it is only an excuse to show Lara in action. The triangle is in two pieces, in two separate ancient cities, and it is a race to see who will find the pieces first, Lara or the Illuminati. The plot, and it is so unimportant, is a group called the Illuminati who are seeking a mystic triangle that can control time. Once again, Lara Croft the character saves the medium in which she is delivered. Tomb Raider the movie is smart enough to know that it is her character that made the games so popular and is wisely filled with the same thing. The representation of millions of adolescent video game playing young men's fantasies. Sexy, smart, with a sophisticated British accent, she wiggles and jiggles in ultra-cool style throughout her numerous adventures. That hook is the character of Lara Croft.
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What the series of games do have is a hook, one hell of a hook. What they are, has been done hundreds of times before, and in better games with better graphics. Thousands of players might disagree with me, but honestly, despite what you might have heard, Tomb Raider the games really aren't that good. I think I am there for in a good position to judge Tomb Raider the video game series. I have played literally thousands of video/computer games in my lifetime. Angelina Jolie in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
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