didn’t break the videogame curse either
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looking at the various aspects of the
film that saw it fall short of its
potential number 5 don’t copy adapt any
successful film adaptation takes the
essence of its source material and makes
the necessary changes tweaks and
adjustments to best suit the cinematic
medium but video game sources in
particular seem to give filmmakers
difficulty in this regard there were so
many familiar moments poses and actions
pulled straight from the video game in
this reboot we get that they were aiming
to appease and endear themselves to the
built-in fan base but these ultimately
felt cheap and often forced these nods
were superficial whereas the filmmakers
could have better spent that energy
drawing on more of the characters and
plot points from the games reshaping
them to satisfy on the big screen number
4 find a clear tone what’s your name
Laura Sonny Croft though this film had
it’s thrilling moments it lacked
cohesion the beginning was very
promising it feels like it’s gonna be a
gritty and personal urban tale one
focused on Lara as a person sure it’s a
bit odd but interesting the moment she
lands on the island however character
development seemingly gets chucked at
the window in favour of over-the-top
action adventure the film also struggled
to find the right balance between humor
and drama you’re given an excuse to
chuckle one second then expect it to
process a shocking or heartbreaking
death the next the end result is that
you never know how to react don’t be too
careful these days the world has gone
bloody mad I’ll take to number three
craft a more realistic story it’ll be an
adventure an adventure as we were saying
the opening act of the film kicked off
this reboot by going in a unique
direction first we get to see Laura
practising mixed martial arts before
revealing that she’s also a bike courier
though the city life may have felt a
little off-brand the grounded realistic
approach to both her combat and that
thrilling bike chase felt inspired
here’s a video game character adapted to
the big screen whoo refreshing Lea
respects the laws of physics and the
limitations of the human body upon
arriving at her mysterious island
destination however its videogame laws
of physics for the win she’s making huge
leaps surviving killer Falls and
generally doing the impossible number 2
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though a gritty grounded and thoroughly
human Tomb Raider might have scared off
a few purists at least it would have
been brave and different Tomb Raider was
by no means a bad film it was just
unremarkable the story went in all the
directions we’ve come to expect from
such adventure films in keeping with the
modern trend the stakes unnecessarily
evolved to endanger the entirety of
humanity film or video game again first
act aside this feels like a by-the-book
Lara Croft adventure we are not
professional screenwriters but we will
say Croft
deserves an original big-screen
adventure more worthy of her iconic
status I hope you never have to see this
tape if you do you found my secret
calling number one get with the gravitas
what do you know about my father
didn’t we just criticize the film for
making the stakes too high
yep but there’s a big difference between
weight and stakes we know Lara Croft is
gonna save the day so the whole deadly
virus problem never really scares us as
viewers the fact that Lara is looking
for her father makes it personal but
that plot arc unfortunately never digs
deep enough your father named premier
I see the likeness Luo Ren seems like an
interesting character but he hasn’t
really given much scope the villains
personal motivation his family is also
mentioned but never explored enough to
develop him into a bad guy we feel
conflicted about and without wait it’s
tough to care you really want to do this
little girl let’s just go home do you
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