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Friday, July 25, 2003
I enjoyed Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. To my surprise, the story was better than the action. No matter how slow paced the action is, if a movie has a great story...it's good. All the action and stunts in the movie were based on realism (unlike ::cough:: Charlie's Angel's 2 ::cough::). Sure the part in the very beginning when she rides the shark back up to the surface is a little crazy, but its possible. If a person can tame a killer whale to do that, a shark is child's play. That was the only stunt that was unbelievable somewhat. At least it looked cool. The movie portrayed Lara Croft very very good this time. As a semi-rabid fan of the Tomb Raider games, the very first action scene was so freaking cool! It looked like something straight out of Tomb Raider 3. Lara Croft dives underwater, and resurfaces into an underwater temple - it's even complete with that damn shark that would always kill me. The movie was a little slow at the beginning, but the ending made all of it perfect. The idea of Lara Croft in love is something the games have never explored; this gave us Tomb Raider fans a breath of fresh air.
One thing that really bugs me - the minute the movie is over, and I'm walking out the hallway...people said it sucked. That's such bullshit. Those fuckers were bashing the movie before they saw it. Bashing the movie after they've seen it was already their plan. They were pressuring everybody to say the same. I hate it when people force their believes onto others. I told all of them proudly that I loved it, and "It was really really really good." As an experienced movie critic, I didn't find anything wrong with Tomb Raider. The first one is shit compared to this one. If you go to the movies to see this movie, you won't be disappointed (of course, you won't like it if you hate it before you even see it). The story was there. The action is kind of there. There was closure. There was even a lesson Lara Croft had to learn (which is something she hates doing) - "Not all secrets were meant to be found." Again, the action was all REALISTIC for a change...most of the cool stunts Lara did was just her having fun. The scene towards the end when they are trying to get to the BLAH, that scene freaked me out! Sure...people were spraying bullets at Lara Croft, and they didn't hit her - but nowadays, what action movie doesn't do that? Take my advice...if you are planning on hating the movie whether it's good or not, go get a knife and stab it into your heart. It's just bullshit. One thing I hate about working at the movie theater...when a majority of people hated a movie, all of them bash the movie. People like me feel obligated to defend the movie. SO probably all night, I'm going to defend it. I'll gladly do it because I enjoyed it. All those people are going to tell everyone else that it sucked, which is going to make everyone hate it before they see it. You see how that works? The bashers who bashed it before seeing it are going to create more bashers before they get to see it...which will ultimately create more bashers, and more bashers, and more bashers. Meanwhile, a handful of people are alienated because these bashers think we're retarded for liking it. I hate people. ¶12:57 PM e-mail me (0) comments (0) commentsBack To Blog top September 2002 / October 2002 / November 2002 / December 2002 / January 2003 / February 2003 / March 2003 / April 2003 / May 2003 / June 2003 / July 2003 / August 2003 / September 2003 / October 2003 / November 2003 / December 2003 / January 2004 / February 2004 / March 2004 / April 2004 / May 2004 / June 2004 / July 2004 / August 2004 / September 2004 / October 2004 / November 2004 / December 2004 / January 2005 / February 2005 / March 2005 / April 2005 / May 2005 / June 2005 / July 2005 / August 2005 / September 2005 / October 2005 / November 2005 / December 2005 / January 2006 / February 2006 / March 2006 / April 2006 / May 2006 / August 2006 / October 2006 / December 2006 / April 2007 / August 2007 / September 2007 / November 2007 / January 2008 / February 2008 / March 2008 / April 2008 /
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