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I’ll give you a brief summary of the plot for “Lara
Croft, Tomb Raider”, but, frankly, I really didn’t understand
it. I’m pretty sure
there was a plot in there somewhere, but the details escaped me.
I’d guess if you are a computer game fan you would have
some idea of what was going on, since "Tomb Raider" is
based on a popular game. I
am not too familiar with the game other than it is an adventure,
shoot ‘em up type. Apparently
Lara Croft is extremely rich, British nobility, and a daredevil
archeologist. Finding
a note from her long lost father, she begins an adventurous
worldwide search for ancient pieces of a magical stone triangle
that, every 5,000 years, can be used to control time, or destroy
the world, or something like that.
That’s really all I could figure out.
Angelina Jolie, as Lara Croft, also looks great.
She looks very much like the computer graphics character,
and had about as much personality.
I know she was supposed to be strong and brave, but she was
too much so. Everything
is so effortless for her, that it gets boring really fast.
She is constantly smirking at everyone around her like they
are total idiots. She has to drive 100 MPH, zipping in and out of traffic,
endangering all around her, even if she is just going to a museum
for a leisurely visit with an old friend of her father’s. She has the answer to every puzzle without even thinking, as
though she bought the answer book for the computer game.
She faces each and every threat, monster or physical danger
as though she were just mildly interested.
Because of this, that’s all the audience can be.
We feel no involvement in her adventures, because if she
doesn’t care, why should we?
I was so detached watching the film that I didn’t even
realize that she saved the universe and the film was over.
The look of the movie is great, but it was a little dark for
me. But I suppose
since half of the movie takes place in what I assume were tombs of
one sort or another, darkness is expected.
The production design, graphics, stunts were very good.
But for most of the action sequences the camera was in too
close. You could
basically tell who was fighting whom, but you were so close to it,
you really couldn’t feel the full scope of the action.
To makes matters worse the camera angles changed about once
a second, causing a real loss of continuity in any action.
I enjoyed the film like I would enjoy taking a
ride in an amusement park. It
was fast, full of action, kind of cool looking, but I had no
emotional involvement at all.
-- Pappy
( 2 out of 4 pops )
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