Tomb Raider
A most horrible film. I was in the process of watching it and after almost an hour I disabled the TV and came here to tell you of the horror.
It has too much unnecessary spectacular action, too much of a showoff, and the likes. The character of Lara Croft is not even a likeable one to me: it is an arrogant ***** with a bad sense of humour. And her foolish minions aren't much better either. It's as if everything they all say is supposed to be sarcastic, witty, with something of a "bad attitude" or something in that general direction. They are all not funny.
During that part -- that lasted almost an hour from the start -- I hardly noticed anything interesting. What I just described there above is roughly the basis of it. Why insert a scene of Croft showering and making certain facial expressions? To attract audience for a film that is rubbish? There is no need for spectacular cool-looking short "cut-scenes" of somebody in a car or Croft on a motorbike moving as the old man watches her through the window as he takes a drink of his... "pahwt" -- it is overkill. There is no need for showing Croft violently pulling off a big piece of cloth to expose a closet of books as the camera shot is taken unnecessarily stylishly from above. Nay(!) I say: those who helped create this horrible vile and foul-stinking thing they call a movie should be simultaneously juxtaposed to the wall and their existence be nullified.
Add in the fighting scene wherein she... bounces around on a thick rope. It is too unrealistic. Those combat-trained agents who invade the house have been made too foolish. They are in great numbers and have superior firepower, and they are well-scattered: for them to lose should be IMPOSSIBLE EVEN IF SHE MAKES SURPRISE ATTACKS.
How can a trained hardcore gunmen shooting at a target -- Croft -- miss it? She is wall-running constantly and regularly in the same direction as he empties his clip -- and they are a lot of bullets -- with superior automatic fire. The fact that she moves in such a fashion should mean her death, as she would have to fall down quickly with blood seeping from the many... holes she would then have.
Or observe how she knocks out these trained goons who are heavily equipped with her bare fists. Maybe if my arse learns how to chew gum, it would be possible. Sure sure: trained super hardcore gunman goons just wait until they get smacked.
Or regard the overkill that is when she visits a so-called... "knower of things" in his lair: unnecessary showoff.
The plot hardly advanced during this small amount of time that was less than an hour: it was too busy showing off coolness, stupid attitudes and egos, gadgets, cars, motorbikes, and Croft being a ***** as well as her simpleton minions being foolish and not funny, as well as displaying stupid actions such as Croft on the phone letting her microwave dinner go to hell. Yeah yeah, sure: what a plot advance.
I recall having watched this movie already but it was too long ago. I only remembered I didn't like it. Now I again know why.
Now, the Indiana Jones series: THAT is good stuff instead; not this rubbish. And in Tomb Raider they use the word 'bugger' too much. For any time they mention it they should receive lashes.
Re: Tomb Raider
Originally Posted by drone
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