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Summary: Great Fun
Review: This was the funniest movie i saw all summer but for all the wrong reasons. The action sequences were interesting and kept your attention when the plot got thin, which was often. Some of the scenes in the movie served no purpose whatsoever besides objectifying angelina jolie's body. She's already signed on for a sequel so the fun isn't over yet.
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Summary: More butchery from Hollywood
Review: It's obvious from the get go that whoever owns the creative rights to Tomb Raider the game, had no say so in what went into the movie. I don't know everything about the game, but what I do know is that in Lara Croft's bio for the game, she was raised by a rich family, and put through finishing school. So, she IS a lady, unlike the movie makes her butch and tomboyish. Next, she was disowned and made her own fortune. So on and so forth. Angelina Jolie is a great actress, but this movie had just plain bad direction. Even great athletes need good coaches. The other performances are on par for a free-for-all cheese fest. All I can say is I hope these aren't the same people doing Resident Evil, or that they're not planning to do a Duke Nukem movie.
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Summary: You've seen this before
Review: Don't waste your time with this movie, because you have seen it before. It is the same old action movie with the same old plot and...characters that are shallow and underdeveloped. The plot was so thick you couldn't cut through it with anything. It was a real disappointment!! It was too bad that with such a great premise, and an oscar winner that this movie couldn't have made more sense or been somewhat interesting. By the end of the movie I was sick of seeing Angelina Jolie waliking in slow motion, and close-ups of her lips. Laura Croft's quest for the mystical item was too easy, and made the bad guys look like they were total idiots. It's not like she is the only one that figure this stuff out. The villians were a non-issue and posed little threat to her. They can't shoot her with machine guns in wide open space? There was an imbalance between good and evil. Laura Croft would win in the end very easily just like she had all through the movie. The action sequences were hokey at times, I'm surprise they didn't just leave the green screen behind her green, because its not like we couldn't tell that's what was back there. Angelina Jolie does her best with want she has been given, and does a fair job with the five speaking lines she has in the movie. Other than that she does what she was paid to do, look sexy and wear tight fitting clothes. Over all the film had character that were strangers. You didn't know anything about them, and really you didn't care who won in the end. The hunk of plastic that is going to save or possibly destroy the world, also had no meaning. No body knew what it was suppose to do, not even the writers it sounded like. There is nothing here that is different from any other action/quest movie. Watch an Indiana Jones movie or even Alan Quartermain and you will have seen a bettter version of this movie.
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Summary: ~Biggest Fan EVER!~
Review: I happen to be the biggest fan of Tomb Raider and Angelina Jolie there is. Well maybe not Angie, but Tomb Raider totally. I have been waiting 3 YEARS for this movie to come out. So whoever thinks it's a crappy movie, YOU BETTER RECOGNIZE! Because when the second one comes out (which I know it will) it will, again, squash every movie in the theatre because it is ON TOP baby! Well anyways, p@ace out peeps. Tomb Raider 4eva! Rissa <-- #1 Tomb Raider fan
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Summary: Angelina Jolie is Lara Croft!
Review: Angelina Jolie has been known for her seperable performances in several movies. However, her career is exploding with new movies and earning herself an Academy Award for her portrayl of a mental patient, Lisa, in "Girl Interrupted" co-starring Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg and Vanessa Redgrave. She was recently in the thriller "Original Sin" starring Antonio Banderas and Thomas Jane. Jolie is an incredible actress and no-one could have portrayed Lara Croft better than Jolie.
Jolie ("Hackers", "Pushing Tin", "Gone in 60 Seconds") was well-equipped for this role having gone through massive training in different fields of fighting. Lara Croft:Tomb Raider starts out with Croft finding clues to an ancient mystery that can lead to destruction of entire lands. She has the Clock of Ages in her possession, but not for long. Croft gathers clues to find out what to do and where to look. Guided by the wisdom of her late father (Jon Voight, "Pearl Harbor", "Anaconda", "Enemy Of The State"), she discovers that the Clock of Ages has to be placed in different temples to obtain the parts of a Pyramid. Once fully together, the possessor of this pyramid will have ultimate power. Croft is ahead of another tomb raider guiding someone to these ancient temples. Once everything is complete, the battle for world domination begins in this adventurous movie with laughs and lots of action and great special effects.
This movie is great and a really good treat. The DVD should be amazing with having lots of special features. Well, I'm definently going to buy this one because of its one-of-a-kind script, effects, action and cast. Jolie is brilliant. I can't wait to see her in the follow-up to this great action movies. But, Jolie only agrees to come back as Croft if the script is 100 times better!
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Summary: Jolie, Action, & Gadgets
Review: Everything is seductive, here....even though this movie is based on the action packed video game. Lady Craft's role in finding the past, in stopping the bad guy is seduction in itself. The movie starts with her, weapons in hand, dueling, jumping, and kicking a spider-like machine that has been programmed to kill her. This is how she trains. We move on to thieves trying to steal a time machine that her father found. The sequencing of moves, the tricky gadgets, the wicked dancing Buddha in the tomb in Cambodia, the trek to the Artic, the gigantic time machine that slices and dices..... Lady Croft sure handles all of these frolicking adventures with cool wit and grace. Excellent cinematography shows all of these journeys, one following the other. The only thing I found a tad disappointing is the dialogue: bland and undeveloped. But with Jolie in the midst, who is listening? If you like the video games, you'll like this movie.
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Summary: Horrible...
Review: The movie has absolutely no tie to the video game besides the title. The script is horrible, special effects are cheesy, the only thing that attracted people to watch this movie is Jolie's figure. I was really looking forward to this movie, but I ended up sleeping for about 25 minutes during the movie. There were about 2 good action scenes, and thats about it. Never the less, I'm going to buy this movie anyway, only because Jolie looks awsome is the movie, in any movie for that sake. For everyone else, I suggest to rent the movie.
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Summary: Meets Expectations - if kept in Check
Review: This film tries to be the female version of Indiana Jones, but, based as it is on a video game, does not succeed. However, if you come to be entertained, without perhaps the depth of some of the other better-known adventure/action films, it is a worthy cinematic experience. Somewhere between Indy and the Mummy, Tomb Raider is targeted at the younger male crowd, but will wow young women as well, who will not be able to restrain their "You go, girl," cheers. Adults who go in with low expectations will not be denied. Those who forget the basis and origin of Tomb Raider will....
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Summary: This one fall short, real short...
Review: I went to see this movie with my dad and my brother, I believe we were thinking the same thing, a female Indiana Jones, we were wrong, way wrong. First off the action scenes, I don't really know what this new directing style is of putting 100 or so cameras in a room and switching camera ever second or two, it was going so fast I almost threw up my pop and popcorn. Is that what they wanted me to do? I hope not. Another thing, in Indiana Jones, no matter which one you pick, almost every 15 minutes he's running into another problem... Stay away from this, do yourself a favor.
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Summary: She did it again...
Review: After months of different trainigs as: yoga, kick boxing, boxing, gymnastics, bungee ballet etc... and a strict diet with no sugars Angelina Jolie became Lara Croft, she did lots of sacrifices to please us and then she became Lara Croft. She again did a hell of a job! Filling the big screen with sexiness and good acting as always! If you like action, special efects, and the most sexy woman on earth being the hottest cyber babe then you should check out Tomb Raider. Congratulations Angelina Jolie!!!!!
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