Am I the only one that liked this movie?
They got a few things that reminded me of the games. They had the house, the temple scene reminded me of one of the locations in one of the games. I mean I had fun. Did anyone else enjoy this movie?
I think it is a fun little movie. I'm not sure if I like the first or second better.
shareI liked it, but didn't feel it was in any way particularly true to the games.
Yes Chris Barrie, yes it was a fun popcorn film and yes they had the house... but so what?
I need a lot more than that - like someone who convinces me she's Lara Croft.
Admitedly, they needed a star name to attract the audiences and make it successful, so they went with Big Tits... but I'd much rather they found a really good lookalike, who could pull off everything but the voice and then had her overdubbed by Keeley Hawes.
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Keeley Hawes did the voice of Lara Croft in one of the games, namely Tomb Raider Underworld which I like.
shareShe has (so far) voiced four games - Legend, Anniversary, Underworld and Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light.
Given how *beep* Tomb Raider Reboot is, with barely any resemblance to its forerunners' gameplay, I'm hoping they return to adult Lara with Keely voicing again!
Perhaps the forthcoming Reboot film will also forget Miss Emaciated-with-Big-Tits or anyone like her and do it right this time!!
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I think Angelina is too old to do Lara Croft.
Keeley Hawes would be good actually she was quite a hottie in "ashes to ashes" and her voice is perfect for Lara Croft too.
Why does everyone praise the new game? It's so very linear and holds your hand and feels very dumbed down.
Keeley doesn't look the slightest thing like Lara unfortunately, but if they can get her voice into it that'd add some proper, genuine and authentic characterisation!
Why does everyone praise the new game? It's so very linear and holds your hand and feels very dumbed down.
Yes but do YOU honestly think it needed a reboot? I don't
shareIf you want to know what *I* think, read the post where I used a swear word.
As for the film... It needed doing right in the first place. Scrawny-Big-Tits was a star name, but she was not Lara Croft. Now, in the face of her becoming known for Lara, a reboot may now flop, regardless of how good it might turn out to be.
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Ah OK saw your post ..........
I like that "scrawny big tits" haha........
Well I'm an Angelina fan, and while there was lots in the movie to like I too think it could have been more like the games.
Why should it be more like the games? The games are their own thing, play them if you want the game experience. There was a lot of recalling of the games in the two films anyway. It's not as if they took the character and did whatever they wanted with her. They actually had her travelling the globe, her iconic double pistols were in action a LOT, her reactions to the people around her were spot on like the game as well.
Even that thing she does with her eyebrow Jolie got correct. The way she stands, the way she walks, her cadence in her speaking patterns, all were present. Angelina Jolie IS Lara Croft and I hate when people act as if she didn't turn the character into an even bigger name than she was before. When grandmothers can recognize Tomb Raider because Angelina Jolie played the character that should tell you that it was pretty successful with her in the role.
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I don't deny that Jolie made the character name even bigger than before... just that the films didn't have the same traits as the games, and/or didn't focus on them enough. There were a few little bits, like the rucksack stow and so on, but nothing most people would instantly think of.
Things like how she moves - Jolie looked like a scrawny, big-titted actress, rather than someone who has been doing stuff like rock-climbing and gymnastics for many years. It made her movements look too forced. This was made worse when they used wire-work for some of the stunts.
Character-wise, she seemed far too arrogant and a lot less witty. There wasn't the same playfulness, character depth or likeability... she just seemed like some rich bint who fancied playing Indiana Jones.
This may have been on purpose, to fit a wider audience or something, but she just wasn't the same character and I think that is what the game fans wanted more than anything else.
Don't get me wrong - I don't generally dislike Jolie as an actress. She was great in things like Gone In 60 Seconds, Girl Interrupted and even Hackers, but she just didn't have the balance right for Tomb Raider.
Also, her accent kinda sucked. They got Brits in for most of the other roles, so why not get a high profile Brit gal to play her? Plenty of 'em around...
Also, why get the future James Bond to play a Yank with an even worse accent??!!
Is that just how Hollyweird rolls?
Why should it be more like the games?
Angelina Jolie IS Lara Croft
Things like how she moves - Jolie looked like a scrawny, big-titted actress, rather than someone who has been doing stuff like rock-climbing and gymnastics for many years. It made her movements look too forced. This was made worse when they used wire-work for some of the stunts
Character-wise, she seemed far too arrogant and a lot less witty. There wasn't the same playfulness, character depth or likeability... she just seemed like some rich bint who fancied playing Indiana Jones.
This may have been on purpose, to fit a wider audience or something, but she just wasn't the same character and I think that is what the game fans wanted more than anything else.
Don't get me wrong - I don't generally dislike Jolie as an actress. She was great in things like Gone In 60 Seconds, Girl Interrupted and even Hackers, but she just didn't have the balance right for Tomb Raider.
Also, her accent kinda sucked. They got Brits in for most of the other roles, so why not get a high profile Brit gal to play her? Plenty of 'em around...
Same reason people want films to be as close to the books as possible, probably.
What's the point, otherwise?
So how are they gonna handle the new movie without her?
You should go back and watch again. Far from scrawny.
And are you forgetting that Lara Croft from that time WAS skinny and known for her abnormally large and pointy breasts.
Um what? There were plenty of witty lines in the two films.
it was good enough for fans of the game to recognize.
She had the perfect balance for it.
She beat them out for the role.
Her accent was better in the sequel. She took up a dialect coach for it. She did fine.
And yeah, they knew Craig would be Bond almost 10 years before he was cast!
So does that mean there should never be any original stories containing these characters?
The character is the type of character that doesn't have a particular story to tell,
she is globetrotting, tomb raiding heroine, why does it have to follow any particular story from the games?
Those stories have been told already.
If it bombs, then you'll have your answer. The two TR films are still considered the most successful game to film movies in the US.
Am I the only one that liked this movie?
I think they were talking again at that point.
Then they split, then rekindled, then split, rekindled, split, rekindled, split, rekindled, split and these days who knows...
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Yes ttaskmaster, that probably very accurately describes their domestic arrangements. I always thought it somewhat ironic that Lord Richard and Lara's relationship was clearly more harmonious and desired than that of Voight and AJ.
shareme and my kids liked it. plus my kids loved tomb raider the game at the time this movie came out.
shareyep. You're the only person that liked it. You awesome, special and unique.
shareI liked it. I was obsessed with games when this came out, not that I was any good at them. The Tomb Raider are pretty much Indiana Jones-esque, and this film does have that kind of plot. I liked that it doesn't follow any particular adventure from the games, it makes it less predictable. I also like that the plot ties to Lara and her father, which I feel makes her more 3-dimensional. Angelina Jolie was perfect as Lara Croft. The action scenes were fun. I like the settings, the tombs and the mansion. As far as video-game-based films go, I feel it's one of the better ones.
shareNo. I liked it. Nonsense but fun nonsence. Someone complaining about Angelina Jolie's breasts and being too thin? A thin, big breasted Laura Croft is just about right. My wife, also a big Laura Croft game fan agrees.
I'm British and her accent didn't jar with me, even when she is speaking with the future James Bond playing an American. Saw it again the other week and enough to keep me entertained at a second viewing.
This came out when I was in highschool. I've never watched it, and it's on AMC now. Watched a few scenes, and I feel like giving it a chance after 14 years.
shareThe one thing I don't like about people saying Angelina was too thin to play the role is that Lara too was really thin and big breasted. Play the games, and look at her arms. She does not look like an average archaeologist to say the least, much less an athletic person.
I am a huge fan of the games moreso than the movie but I like the movies. If people have a problem regarding Angelina's thinness, they should have a problem with how they actually created Lara in the first place. They created her specifically for the male viewers.
Yes, ultimately I do want a future Lara Croft movie to be a lot more realistic to what a real tomb raiding, rock climbing, gun-toting heroine should look like. But they hired Angelina similar to how Lara looked in the games.