Simply A Masterpiece

People are voting emotionally.

This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I played some of the "Tomb Raider" games, but I never really considered myself a fan. Okay, I was always turned on by Lara Croft. You should all know what I mean by that. Probably the most annoying part of his movie was the fact that Angelina Jolie wore padding. Yes, they literally thought that Jolie did not have a large enough cleavage to play Lara Croft. I'm surprised more people don't mention that. To be fair, she does look a lot like her here and more or less acts like her. A big problem with this movie is the pacing. I thought the fight in the middle seemed like the climax.The CGI wasn't bad at first but in the later parts of the movie, it really looked stupid and that was distracting. Still, the fight scenes they do have aren't bad. It does get pretty dumb at the end as it shows Lara climbing up this pyramid and meeting with her father. I'm sorry, but I'll never be able to look at the Eye of the Illuminati again without thinking of Bill Cipher. "Gravity Falls" was just that awesome of a show. At least the length is very even, at exactly 100 minutes! It's not as bad as some critic would have you think, but Roger Ebert did like this. **

A fairly middling big-budget blockbuster, neither bad enough to be unwatchable or good enough to be re-watchable, this movie wastes a starry cast (most of whom are wasted in nothing roles - as per usual) and one spectacular set-piece in favour of a deeply confused script and far too much flashy location work, when perhaps a little bit more realism and intelligence wouldn't have gone amiss. Sadly, intelligence is somewhat lacking in Hollywood these days by the looks of things, so TOMB RAIDER is happy to rehash cold plot ideas from Indiana Jones and intersperse them with silly MTV-style scenes of action all set to a loud, thumping techno soundtrack.For those who've been living on a mountain top for the past decade, Tomb Raider was originally a pretty cool computer game, one of many in the post-Doom crowd. The idea was that you controlled explorer Lara Croft and explored many temples, mountains, secret underground lairs and countryside in search of untold treasures. Now, I've actually only played the original game a couple of years ago (and none of the sequels), but I enjoyed it for what it was. Has TOMB RAIDER the movie transferred the game's feel to the movies? I'd answer no. While it certainly looks impressive, the "feel" of the film is just wrong, especially those impossible-to-reproduce action sequences which seem to have been inspired by THE MATRIX - they're just out of place totally with the game's more simplistic style of action.I had been led to believe that this was an action-packed movie, perhaps similar to THE MUMMY or other blockbusters of recent years, but instead I find a plot-laden film with three large action set-pieces in it. The first comes as an SAS-style team grapple into Croft's country mansion to lay waste to her furniture and attempt to retrieve a priceless artefact. Here we get to watch Croft fly round and round on elastic ropes and do all sorts of impossible moves. The second action sequence takes place in an abandoned South American temple where half of a triangle (or some such nonsense) needs to be discovered. This one scene - which probably lasts for fifteen minutes max - I totally enjoyed, and more of later. The final action comes at the film's end, taking place in the icy wastes of the north, as both Croft and the Illuminati discover a giant mechanism in a hidden cavern. Sadly, this ending is a huge letdown, despite the cool planetary system which spins around and kills people. Here, the film becomes briefly embarrassing (as Croft and her nemesis enter a virtual reality-style world) and has a cop-out ending where time is stopped, allowing Croft to change the future and save the life of her ex-boyfriend. Sounds confusing? It is.Taking the lead as Lara Croft is the much-talked about Angelina Jolie. While Jolie looks fitting for the part and has her British accent down to a tee, she plays the whole thing in an over-the-top tongue in cheek manner, and is far too playful. Somehow, her character is hollow - ironically the sprite which plays Croft in the computer game has more personality. Iain Glen is the typical black-suited bad guy and reminded me too much of Andrew Divoff in this movie. Daniel Craig - who I last saw in a BBC drama - is the blonde, boring muscular boyfriend and doesn't really do much except highlight the film's role reversal of stereotypical male-female action roles, as he ends up playing the "damsel in distress" part. Jon Voight - Jolie's real life father - appears in flashbacks as Richard Croft, her screen father as well. Also popping up are both Leslie Phillips and Chris Barrie in surprisingly straight (well, as straight as can be for Barrie) turns as a professor and the butler respectively. And in case you're wondering whom the face of the grizzled Illuminati leader belongs to, it's none other than Richard Johnson! Amazingly he still appears to be going strong although he must be incredibly old by now.The one scene I thoroughly enjoyed in the film consists of Jolie and her pals engaging in some action with an ancient mechanism in a ruined temple - so far, so good, you may think. After retrieving the piece of the puzzle they came to get, the temple's safety system locks in by bringing a number of stone statues to life. Thus ensues much shooting and battle between humans and rock monsters. Now, I have to say that the CGI that animated these creatures impressed me totally, as they very nearly looked real instead of the badly-created sprites that I'm used to in CGI. If this wasn't enough, the end of the scene is simply breathtaking - as Jolie turns to leave, a huge statue of an ancient God (Kali perhaps?) rises into the air to attack. I haven't been this impressed since Harryhausen's Talos creation in JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS, with which it shares many similarities, and the effects are seamless. In fact this whole moment is literally breath-taking. It's just a shame the whole movie couldn't have been like this.Otherwise, what we have is a clichéd plot and characters doing things in some international locations. Lots of beautiful backdrops and beautiful people, you know the routine. I was just looking for something substantial. Saying that, TOMB RAIDER is nonetheless a crowd-pleasing film which really must be seen in the cinema (or at least on a large screen television) to get the full effect of the occasionally awesome scenery. Let's hope the inevitable sequels improve upon the concept, although somehow I doubt they will.

Lara Croft:Tomb Raider is my favorite movie.Performance Of Angelina Jolie is just splendid.Angelina Jolie is the sole reason i loved this movie.Personally i'm a huge fan of Angelina Jolie so i always look up to her movies. I think this movie is the best of all. Ever since i watched this movie, Angelina Jolie has been my favorite action star.I have collected all her action figures and i still admire them to the same extent i did when i was young. Her style, her voice, her acrobatic skills ,her gorgeous smile still amuses me. I've watched this movie over 7 times and still i long to watch them. So my action superstar has always been Angelina Jolie. But the sequel didn't live up to my expectations. In the sequel Angelina was portrayed somewhat differently that i didn't seem to interest me. So i rate this movie 10/10 .No doubt about that.

Video game adventuress Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) comes to life in a movie where she races against time and villains to recover powerful ancient artifacts.Angelina Jolie has had a strange career. She started out as the daughter of Jon Voight (who plays her father here). Whether that helped her or not, I do not know. But she landed some roles in "Hackers" and "Lara Croft". She married Brad Pitt, the king of Hollywood. She is seen as a humanitarian and is now (2015) establishing herself as a director. What a career! This film is a little bit silly. The adventure and action is not realistic, but being based on a video game, it probably shouldn't be. Fun? Yes. And apparently quite successful, since it spawned at least one sequel.