No Objectification. I was disgusted by the amount of slo-mo scenes and drawn-out close-ups of Angelina Jolie’s body throughout the original TOMB RAIDER films. Unlike other films, where characters are stabbed, shot, punched, and still run around looking pretty unfazed, Lara and the other characters carry their wounds with them for the entire movie, which ultimately culminates in a pretty brutal final scene that leaves two characters :ahem: ailing. Speaking of action, I really appreciated that the fight scenes in TOMB RAIDER felt realistic the filmmakers focused more on hand-to-hand combat than over-relying on guns as they did in the original films. and JASON BOURNE, but in TOMB RAIDER, she is THE action star, appearing in pretty much every scene and kicking butt all by herself. Of course, Vikander got to see a little bit of the action side of the house in THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. Now she adds action film star to her repertoire. Star in a cerebral, science-fiction classic? Check. But in TOMB RAIDER, she shows that she can pretty much do anything. I’ve been a huge fan of Alicia Vikander since I first saw her in A ROYAL AFFAIR. Enjoy my list of the (mostly) good and bad moments from the film below and let me know what you think when you see it! The GoodĪlicia Vikander being badass. A true origin story of Lara Croft, this film rejects supernatural ridiculousness and instead focuses on a more realistic, entertaining adventure… well as “realistic” as a video game-based movie can get. With Alicia Vikander’s TOMB RAIDER, you’re getting exactly what you signed up for: the perfect mixture of action-adventure and a nice upgrade from the original films. Of course Angelina Jolie was an awesome action heroine and had some cool fight scenes, but the objectifying slo-mo body pans of Angie, silly supernatural story elements, and the incessant shoot-outs got to be montonous. Not only is the script ridiculous, but some of the filmmaking choices were a bit… problematic. I watched the original two TOMB RAIDER films this weekend and I didn’t remember how bad they are. The television rights seem to be part of a different deal, which helps explain why Netflix still has a Tomb Raider animated series in the works.Good grief. One interesting note about these rights is that they only apply to a film version of Tomb Raider. But given 17 intervening years of inflation, and the lowest domestic box office performance of the three films, it seems that it wasn’t enough to get a sequel started.ĭespite the less-than-stellar returns of the last two movies, the draw of the instantly recognizable IP and the success of the original film are probably enough to keep plenty of studios and streaming services vying for the rights for the Tomb Raider franchise. MGM’s effort actually managed to make about the same dollar amount globally as Jolie’s first adventure. Jolie made a sequel called Lara Croft: Tomb Raider – The Cradle of Life in 2003, but it was relatively disappointing. box office, nearly double what each subsequent movie would pull in. That movie, called Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, made $131 million at the U.S. The first, and most successful, adaptation was released in 2001 and starred Angelina Jolie. Tomb Raider has had a somewhat rocky history on the big screen. ![]() One likely factor in a sequel not happening is that in March, Amazon closed its purchase of MGM, and the new owner is presumably reexamining many of the studio’s existing projects and franchises. The studio briefly flirted with plans for a sequel, but they never came to fruition - at least, not before the May deadline by which MGM had to greenlight a movie in order to retain control of the rights, according to The Wrap. ![]() MGM’s Tomb Raider film, Tomb Raider, starred Alicia Vikander as Lara Croft and was met with tepid enthusiasm from critics and from fans of the games. After not making a new entry in the franchise since 2018, MGM has lost the Tomb Raider license, leading the rest of Hollywood into a bidding war for the chance at their own Lara Croft movie, reports The Wrap. The Tomb Raider film rights are on the move again.
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