Comments on: Tomb Raider Reboot

By: Rob

Rob — Sat, 30 May 2009 05:58:39 +0000

Hear,Hear!! The only film I ever walked out on. Hated it! (but loved Angelina)

By: Jen

Jen — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:43:00 +0000

Lara not Laura, btw

By: Jeremy K.

Jeremy K. — Wed, 27 May 2009 22:22:52 +0000

I read that Eidos was underwhelmed by the sales, but as of January 1.5 million copies have sold. That’s hardly what I would call poor sales. And the only other Tomb Raider to outsell it is Tomb Raider Legends according to http://www.oxm.co.uk/article.php?id=9778 . I personally enjoyed the game, just wish it would of been longer. On who should play the new Lara, I mentioned that in an above post already.

By: Phil Gee

Phil Gee — Wed, 27 May 2009 21:33:35 +0000

“In the vast world of horrible video game movies, Tomb Raider was one of the few that didn’t turn out too horrible.”

I don’t think i’ve ever disagreed with you more John. That first Tomb Raider film was one of the most vapid, lifeless and incompetant action films i’ve ever seen and i’ve seen some shit.

The problem with getting another film off the ground is that the game series has been run into the ground thanks to the last title ‘Underworld’ which was pretty bad, in my opinion and it’s sales fell well below projections. I guess a lot of people have moved on from Tomb Raider.

Having said that, Rebecca Hall in the perfect choice to play Lara but she wouldn’t be caught dead doing it.

By: probitionate

probitionate — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:08:13 +0000

I’m neither this way nor that about this franchise…

…but I do agree with what Kristina says…and it’s applicable to just about EVERY movie that’s released, whether it was made for fifty million…or fifty thousand. The fact is that bad decisions are made all the time by people in the biz, overlooking the fact that at the heart of it all, is STORY.

Witness, ‘Terminator Salvation’.

Or ‘Angels and Demons’, for that matter. Or ‘Gran Torino’. Or ‘Sunshine Cleaning’ or…or…

All the special effects and beefcake/cheesecake, the car chases, the witty repartée and finely-crafted monologues simply don’t make for memorable movies. Great stories do.

By: Jeremy K.

Jeremy K. — Wed, 27 May 2009 19:03:21 +0000

Action movie, for the most part, are directed toward a heterosexual male audience. They don’t want to see a sexually exploited male. They want to see a manly man doing manly things or a sexy female lead.

If an action movie is made for a female audience or homosexual male audience, then there is a good chance your going to get those sexually exploited male leads and/or strong female roles.

It’s a matter of making a movie that will draw the attention of the targeted audience. Granted I am sure they attempted to make Lara Croft in the movie a strong female lead to try to bring a few females into the the audience, granted it was poorly done the majority of focus centered on a targeted audience of mainly young heterosexual males.

By: Kristina

Kristina — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:34:43 +0000

Darren, come on. Yes, they tossed in occasional man-candy, but be honest. Tomb Raider was nothing but “gee, what tight tiny outfit can we put her in next? How many shower scenes? How many bikinis and short shorts?” An action movie with a male lead focuses on plot. An action movie with a female lead focuses on making her wardrobe as tight and tiny as possible to give teen boys boners. I love drooling over hot guys just as much as you love drooling over hot girls, but action flicks with male leads are consistently better simply because the director is thinking of things other than how to sexually exploit the male lead. FACT.

By: Thos

Thos — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:26:04 +0000

Why does this have to be labeled a “reboot”? Jolie is only 33 (turns 34 next week); she can certainly play “younger” in a prequel and cast someone for much younger in flashbacks or summat.

By: Darren J Seeley

Darren J Seeley — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:14:59 +0000

I didn’t really care about the first two films, but the reason why they were the best video game to films is simple. They revolved around a character and they made new stories/adventures for that character. I didn’t like Angelina Jolie one bit in either film, her oddball fake euro accent always gave me a headache.

As for “rebooting” – why bother? I’d rather the folks bring a sequel or prequel instead. Not that I care…but I am getting a bit bored with redoing everything after every other picture.

Is there some problem with a stand alone story, a re-cast role or two and moving ahead? Apparently.

@Kristina:
Play fair! Tomb Raider may have had a pair of , um, guns for us dudes, the films also had beefcake for you, my dear, in the likeness of pre-Bond Daniel Craig and pre-300 Gerald Butler-!

By: Matt Keith

Matt Keith — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:40:11 +0000

I agree, make it a prequel