![]() The writing was so juvenile and nothing was explained or written well. And of course, the usual find daddy alive all these years and only to have a negative outcome. It was an aspect that drug the film down. The father/daughter subplot was useless and not needed in this film. They have three teenage boys basically frighten her off - so she is afraid of three teenagers, but minutes later is hitting everyone (trained mercs) with a bow. Why? Why would you make her awful at fighting when that is the entire basis of the Tomb Raider series - that she can fight and is a strong woman who can defend herself. This movie starts out with Lara sparring and she is awful at fighting. The screenwriters ignored all the great characters that were in the game that would have brought this to life, they ignored the fact that a ship needs a crew (ridiculous point number one: one person manning an entire ship), they ignored the entire Trinity aspect of the game, they ignored all the good puzzle solving techniques, they ignored the fact that Lara was wealthy and trained herself in martial arts and weapons. This Tomb Raider had two very good games (recently updated) to use as resource material and it looks like the only thing that they used was the idea of the island, the ship crashing on the rocks and the look of Lara Croft. Her versions were campy, cheesy and ridiculous - but they were a far cry better than this new version of Tomb Raider. Title (Brazil): "Tomb Raider: A Origem" ("Tomb Raider:The Origin")Īngelina Jolie brought the highly popular video game to the big screen. In a couple of days, our heroin succeeds in opening the tomb for the enemy and witnesses the death of her father after seven years living in extreme danger. Last but not the least, her father survives seven years alone in the wilderness to keep Himiko´s tomb closed. And our heroin does exactly the opposite, taking the documents exactly to his enemies. Her father asks her only one thing, to destroy his research about Himiko since it would be dangerous to mankind if in wrong hands. She finds a lead where he might be and instead of receiving her inheritance and organizing an adequate expedition to look for him, she prefers to go to the pawnshop to raise money and travel alone. She does not go to the university and does not have money for anything while his fortune is administrated by executives. This wannabe Indiana Jones introduces Lara Croft, living in financial difficulties in London only because she does not acknowledge that her father, who is missing for seven years, is dead. ![]() Clichés are common but "Tomb Raider" adds another ingredient to the formula: one of the dumbest storylines ever. It's not terrible, it just never dares to be great.Īction films are usually made in order that the viewer does not think and enjoy the action only. I certainly couldn't recommend this as a film to rush out and see because it is so uninspiring and middle of the road. I couldn't help but notice that she does have a very long neck in reality, but the poster was still taking things a bit far clearly. There was a bit of controversy with the films poster and her abnormally long neck in it. She has the look, the charisma and the sexiness to pull off the character with ease. ![]() Vikander is what saves this from being a total misfire though. Also the villain was about as dull as they come. The location was mildly interesting, but for almost the entire film to be set on the one island just felt lazy and uncreative - especially with a runtime near 2 hours. Then when the actual adventure begins the entire film stalls and never manages to start up again. The character introductions are clever, interesting and get you amped for what is to come. The part they messed up though, and why this is such a bland experience, was they just didn't give her anything interesting to do. They pulled that off though by finding Alicia Vikander who was excellent in this film. To follow in the shoes of a peak-of-her-powers Angelina Jolie is no easy feat. The hard part in my opinion was correctly casting 'Lara Croft'. Ironically in 'Tomb Raider' they got the hard part right and messed up the easy part.
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