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Summary: The best movie I have seen in a long time !!!!!
Review: Lara Croft - Tomb Raider is truly the best movie I have seen in the last few monthes. Angelina Jolie is playing a perfect charecter that fits her perfectly - a SEXY talented star. I recomend this movie to all of the : action movie lovers, Angelina Jolie's Fans (including me ofcourse) and in general - EVERYBODY.This movie will probably make your summer better !!!!
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Summary: Cool Jolie movie!
Review: I saw this movie about last Saturday, and it was exciting, just like the previews said it was. It first starts off when Lara (Jolie) is actually fighting a robot, for what? A favorite music CD, and the robot is actually a simulator that helps her in combat situations. Not as funny as I expected it to be, but quite amusing. Then, she finds a Key, in a old clock, that can unlock the power of God (travel to and fro in time), and a rival has stolen the Key to claim the power before she does, and a lot of butt kicking ensues after that. It cleverly mingles the adventurous aspects of the "Indiana Jones" movies, the style of James Bond, and a bit of "Buffy: The Vampire Slayer," because Lara is the heroine in this movie. It has awe-inspiring scenery, cleverly blends humor, action, and just plain fun. In other words, a very good popcorn movie. Rated PG-13 for action violence, discreet profanity, and partial nudity. (you see a lot of Jolie's cleavage while showering and catch a glimpse side of her left breast; Jolie is talking to a guy who just got out of the shower and forgot the towel, though we don't see any nudity)
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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: Basically, to keep my review brief, I have seen Tomb Raider twice and have no hesitations to see it many more times or buy the video when it comes out. Those who have constantly done nothing but criticize the movie and its actors should just chill out. As a fan of action movies, I see this movie as one of the best unlike unsuccessful ones such as Streetfighter and Super Mario Brothers. If you are looking for action all the way through the entire movie, Tomb Raider may not have that 100%, but I loved the scenery, story, humour and fight scenes. If there was any boredom, I didn't see it, even if there were scenes which consists of mere talk. Am looking forward to what they have in store for the sequels!!
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Summary: fantastic !
Review: I think 'Tomb Raider' is really great. Special effects are realy realy realy nice but the story...
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Summary: It's sad when a movie isn't as well-written as a game
Review: The "Tomb Raider" videogame series is a lot of fun, smarter than most of its competition, although no great shakes intellectually. But still, for a game that's ultimately about shooting some stuff, sneaking past others, and absconding with one valuable or another out of an Indiana Jones setting, there's as much brainpower involved in the game as twitch power. Unfortunately, what passes for brains in an action game can't be mistaken for the same in a movie. Which isn't to say that "Tomb Raider," the movie, is a bad movie. It's got spectacular action set pieces, beautiful locations, a lead actress who totally inhabits the role and a few supporting players -- although by no means all of them -- who are perfectly competent. But the script is an awful, crushing, stupid bore. Elements are introduced into the story and then ignored, the film leaps about from one place to the next without explanation, and climactic moments are reduced to emotionless special effects shots because the film is so underwritten. For a videogame movie, or a videogame in general, this is pretty good stuff. But as a film -- which is, ultimately, what this is of course -- "Tomb Raider" is fun but not satisfying. Even "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" feels more complete and weighty, and that's saying something. Rent it on video, or see it at a matinee.
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Summary: Better than I thought it would be
Review: I went in expecting ... and came out pleasantly surprised. To all you people who axed this movie in previous reviews, all I can say is lighten up. This movie is based on a VIDEO GAME! Be thankful its on the screen at all! If you want Academy Award, go see Traffic or something. Sure this movie has plot holes. They all do. Sure this movie has some bad acting. They all do. You have to rate this movie based on what the producers set out to accomplish, and that was an action packed movie with effects, plenty of gun-play, and some of Lara's better assets. So what if her coat was open in the Arctic--at least they had the presence of mind to let her wear one. So what if the civilization was 5000 years ago when no one knew about 9 planets--ever heard the myth about the ADVANCED city called Atlantis that got wiped out. You know what I liked about this movie? It was thematically correct. It started out in one direction and kept going that way until the end. The fight scenes were well edited(to all editing directors who may be reading--we like well defined, fast motions, not this slow John Woo stuff. I have a slow speed on my DVD player if I so desire.) and the gore and cursing was kept to a minimum. Angelina looked perfect in the role and the bad guy was, well . . . bad. If you want to be entertained, this movie is for you. If you want to parce and pick and lament about how some director deviated from your computer game fantasy, well then just stick with the game. Peace.
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Summary: Tomb Raider Review
Review: To the person who was listing all the plot holes, namly how 5,000 years ago people couldn't do this, or that, or blah blah blah. Obviously, the power of the triangle gave them all the knowledge they needed. On to the movie itself. It was definalty lacking in both suspense and drama. The Lara Croft missing her father thing could have been better if it was played up more. I suggest that everyone reads the book. If they had made the movie more like that, instead of cutting out the scenes that would have brought the story together, it would have been a great movie.
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Summary: DUMB
Review: Dumb, dumb, dumb. This movie makes no sense. In short, this movie is about Lara Croft going head to head with a secret society to solve some mysteries and find artifacts that will give the user ultimate power over time. Lara's goal is to carry on her father's work and stop the secret society from getting that power. OH yes, there is also a time limit based upon the alignment of the planets. What struck me as being dumb is that Lara follows the secret society to the artifact locations and solves all of the puzzles for them. My point being, If Lara stayed home and didn't stick her nose in, the secret society would never have figured anything out before the deadline.
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Summary: SURPRISINGLY SLOW-PACED....
Review: Angelina Jolie is almost terrific in this surprisingly slow-paced action thriller based on the wildly popular computer game. As Lara Croft, she is physical perfection, with a cunning, feline grace and an intelligence that oozes out of her pores. The story has its pulpy pleasures, but the problem is in the pacing -- this movie nearly put me to sleep. And the attempt to flesh out the character, with requisite flashbacks and a deftly cast Jon Voight as her father (as he is in real life) is only half-baked. Jolie never gets the chance to take the character over the top, to claim the role in that big, audience-pounding way that James Bond (Sean Connery) and Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) do theirs. You want to absolutely love her, and you don't. And the special effects have that supersheen look that kills the feeling of spontaneity -- like the film itself has been overprocessed with too many layers of digitized effects and blue screens.
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Summary: CHECK YOUR BRA, oops, BRAIN AT THE DOOR
Review: I've read a few of the reviews listed, and here's my succint version: The action is worth the price of a matinee ticket. Camerawork & choreagraphy are allright. Jolie is difficult to ignore in her 36D-cup push-up bra. I had to laugh to myself when she wasn't wearing it during the buddhist-wardrobe scene. If she had, the high priest wouldn't of been able to concentrate on his profound wisdom (insert Dr. Evil's "right"). Simon was a waste. The ending's fight scene between Croft and her nemesis was anti-climactic. Kind of like a Thorton-Jolie evening at home. This will become a major hit with the 10 thru 13 year olds. Jolie should reprise her role in the next Charlie's Angels movie and show up as their aunt. They can all go shopping at the mall and end up kicking hoodlum's butts.
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