tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post2148259163775912645..comments2023-11-05T03:24:07.273-06:00Comments on Random Ramblings of a Demented Doorknob.: V.G. Movies #13: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.Nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-81915578916225003862012-04-10T19:01:50.119-05:002012-04-10T19:01:50.119-05:00Oh, come on (re: Toby Gard). The games are all abo...Oh, come on (re: Toby Gard). The games are all about the sex appeal of Lara Croft. Her boobs are bigger than her head half the time, and her clothes are skin tight and revealing. I even remember years ago when people were finding the hack in the original games that let you play as Lara completely naked.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-45492692363286405872012-04-10T18:53:36.548-05:002012-04-10T18:53:36.548-05:00It's interesting you talk about Jolie being pa...It's interesting you talk about Jolie being padded out to match the video game character because the lead designer of the original game, Toby Gard, said he didn't agree with the sexualized direction the series took after he quit making the Tomb Raider games.<br /><br />I'm not sure how genuine his sentiment is because while I don't think the actual story or the camera in the original game lingers and oogles Lara Croft like the movie does, she is dressed pretty provocative. I mean she's wearing skimpy shorts in the tundra at the opening of the game. If that ain't sexualization of the female form, then I'm no man.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00999103091301885129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-29620544157965726592012-04-09T16:37:42.239-05:002012-04-09T16:37:42.239-05:00That actually didn't bother me, because I don&...That actually didn't bother me, because I don't think it's as striking of an issue as you state. Her motivation is actually to see her father again, since he'd died when she was young. She wants not only to see him again for personal reasons, but for more answers considering the bad guy informs her he was actually in the Illuminati, as well. That's why you had the little ghost girl in the ice village tell her that it's not worth doing this just to see him again.Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08092564511948736386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-332312589214574085.post-25656667393865798392012-04-09T09:39:29.118-05:002012-04-09T09:39:29.118-05:00"I tried playing one of the games years ago, ..."I tried playing one of the games years ago, but couldn't get into it (and I didn't like how the controls worked)."<br /><br />Ditto.<br /><br />"The biggest fault of the film is almost the laziness of the story and characters. I mean, the story is there and it isn't half bad."<br /><br />True: It's ALL bad. The plot follows the same "find these three elements before the bad guys" formula that was used in EVERY "G.I. Joe" cartoon series ever... but unlike the Joes, there was absolutely NO motivation for her to do anything other than find just one of the elements and DESTROY it.<br /><br />I remember seeing this in the theater, and around the time Croft gets the first item, I stopped thinking "boobsboobsboobsboobsboobs" and starting thinking "Okay, now DESTROY that thing! Destr-- NO! Don't find the others! There's no point! They'll just end up in the villain's hands!" <br /><br />Guh. I don't mind a stupid story, but I do mind when the stupidity overshadows everything else.nolahnhttp://www.bargainbinreview.comnoreply@blogger.com