That would depend on a few things: if it had a plot, if it were more than just pandering to teenaged boys who are only watching it for the eye candy, and if Lara Croft were played by someone who's NOT Angelina Jolie.
Does your society have any other adjectives besides "great"?
It would all depend on the cast and the trailer.
The Dark Knight Rises Summer 2012!
You'd be surprised. This movie and all of the games have a huge female fan base (I'm one of them).
I think it helps to have played at least Tomb Raider II: The Dagger of Xian. Although the film has it's own separate story, it helps to have sampled that game because it enhances the movie experience. There are several elements of both movies that reflect gaming elements and locations like Venice and the Great Wall of China for examples.
To be fair, I had never heard of Jolie prior to this film release and I had no interest in watching a movie of this genre and I was at that point not a gamer. Then I bought the second game. I only bought the game because I had exhausted all 10 shareware levels of an older game "Nitemare 3D" (based on the Hugo type games). It was on one of them cheap discs with a ton of other stuff and was my first real play of an interactive game. I loved it so much that I bought Tomb Raider II and unsurprisingly it wouldn't run on my then ancient PC so I bought a new PC (as you do )
That was it, I was hooked and totally lost myself in these fantastic, expansive environments! I got Tomb Raider III afterwards and then borrowed my brother's DVD of the movie. Had I not been a player of the games I would never have watched a movie of that genre but it blew me away. I thought this was one of Jolie's best roles now I have seen her in a lot more stuff. For a start she was committed to portraying Lara to the very best of her ability. She succeeded and did all or certainly most of her own stunts and trained hard to get an athletic physique.
But if you haven't played the games it may not be quite so enjoyable and it is a bit far-fetched BECAUSE it's based on a game (sort of!).
When watching the ballet it was more parrot hammocks than budgie smugglers
Depends. If they go the "multi-ethnic poor slumgirl" route they've been threatening, then no. Lara Croft is supposed to be a billionaire blue-blood heiress with impossible skills and a body to match, NOT some "regular" chick who hangs out at the mall texting all day.
There is a man...he travels fast...he has purpose...he brings violence and destruction.
depends if you're a whiny bitch or not. No point going to see a film then coming onto imdb and having a cry about it, since no one cares.
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