Lara Croft - Tomb Raider (DVD)

...of pixels of the character, Lara Croft. If you want to know more about Lara’s pixel arrangement, especially in the chest area, read on. I was prepared to sit through this film firstly to please my son and secondly to see Chris Barrie (Rimmer in Red Dwarf, Mr Brittas in The Brittas Empire, several puppets in Spitting Image). I was also prepared to be disappointed that he wasn’t in the film enough, which he wasn’t. Why oh why didn’t ...
...as Lara Croft is wonderful. An American actress successfully playing a British character yet again (Bridget Jones, etc.). Angelina appeared to come from nowhere but her list of film credits is long. She has a wonderful, exotic beauty but apparently she isn’t overly pleased with her bottom. She requested a double to play the shots that show her bottom. Glad I’m not the only one who would like a butt-double. She is quite a unique person. ...

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...game followed archaeologist and adventurer Lara Croft as she searched for mysterious artefacts around the world. It was the closest we had to a new Indiana Jones and the game played exceptionally well. However it was the lead character that was to eventually become bigger than the game created for her. Lara Croft became an overnight sensation, her combination of amazing moves, great determination, sultry British accent and those voluptuous curves ...
...later Lara was brought to life by model Nell McAndrew, she was used by creators Eidos to promote the new Tomb Raider games, and at the time she was touted to play Lara in the film. However after several other models played Lara, the filmmakers decided to go for a bona fide actress for the part. Allegedly, they looked at several British actresses including Liz Hurley, but eventually settled on American Angelina Jolie. And so the film went into production, ...

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...once-in-5000-years total solar eclipse, adventuress Lara Croft (the inimitable Ms Jolie of Hackers fame) happens upon a legacy from her long-lost archaeologist father, Lord Croft (played by Angelina’s real life Dad, Jon Voight – Pearl Harbour) in the shape of a mysterious, ancient and obviously valuable clock. Not knowing quite what to make of this relic, Lara takes it to an auctioneer friend of her father’s for evaluation. Unfortunately ...
...race against time ensues. Can Lara find the two pieces of the mystic triangle (hidden in opposite ends of the earth), complete the ‘key’ and stop Time from landing in the hands of the Illuminati all before the solar eclipse (now just four days away...)? The support cast is pretty good, including Aussie Noah Taylor (Almost Famous, The Year My Voice Broke) as Lara’s strange techno-wizard brother Bryce, the rather dishy Daniel Craig ...

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...casting of Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft seemed to be – and it was – a masterstroke. Plus, I must confess that the thought of her jiggling jugs bouncing about inside skimpy outfits was quite a pleasurable thing to long forward to as well. BUT - and I am not referring to Ms Jolie’s tempting rear end either – this film completely misses the mark. Firstly, I must confess to knowing nothing about the Computer game that this film ...
...any other characters apart from Lara Croft. But then I never even knew she was LADY Lara Croft either. So I came to the film as a bit of a virgin, so to speak. I assumed that it would be a little like a cross between ‘The Mummy’ and ‘Indiana Jones’ with Lara being played as a female ‘Indy’ or ‘Rick’. That assumption was correct and she plays – as well as looks – the part excellently. Angelina ...

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...the cast of Neighbours and Lara Croft. As our dates progressed and I became more familiar to her, Miss. Croft agreed to be my companion on many a night, with nothing but a few cans, a kebab and a energetically waggled joystick for company. I have since put away such childish things and enjoy a more mature and businesslike outlook, well, other than occasionally waggling my joystick. When I heard that the film was to be released, I experienced the ...
...hear those grunting noises from Lara that we have grown to love? Is there any other film as bad as Super Mario Brothers? Ok, I mentioned that one twice. I was pleasantly surprised. The film manages to keep several cross-sections of society happy at once. There are mindblowing physical sequences for the action junkies, a plot (albeit a little far-fetched) for those who want more than just action and lastly, there is larger-than-life Lara. She runs, ...

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...of the tombs which Lady Lara Croft so gleefully raids. Okay, chest references over, it's safe to come out of the wardrobe... Most of the write ups I've seen of 'Lara Croft Tomb Raider' have slated it as dire fare, with little to commend it. Now, sure it's pretty damn escapist stuff in the old fashioned sense of the genre, but unbelievably (whisper, who dares) the long awaited cinema version of the Eidos video game is actually QUITE GOOD. Miss ...
...as her top half) gives an extremely energetic, yet ice cool performance as the English aristocrat who delights in the sort of things that Indian Jones used to revel in - Jolie's real life father Jon Voight is suitably enigmatic as her screen dad - the special effects are gorgeous - the story is racy and action packed - and you even get believable, stone monsters which come to life. In fact, the only dubious thing about the whole piece is the contribution ...

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Lara Croft has made the transfer from computer generated heart throb in the tomb raider games series to a star on the big screen in the form of Angelina Jolie in the smash film of the same name – ‘Tomb Raider’. The film starts with a bang, seeing our heroine Lara face to face with a monster robot in an ancient ruin fighting for her life, guns blazing and some very nice moves. However it is all a mock, mere practice and relaxation ...
...The real plot is Lara Croft is the daughter of the famous explorer Lord Croft, (Jon Voight) who was tragically lost or missing from one of his trips. Lara, (Angelina Jolie) has inherited her fathers’ sense of action and adventure herself, and finds her biggest challenge yet as she is out to protect the world from evil as the planets align something very, very bad could happen. On the anniversary of her father being lost Lara discovers a secret ...

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ATTN: LARA CROFT ___________________ TOP SECRET - FYEO ___________________ The Date: 15 May The Time: at the Eclipse The Place: The World The Event: The alignment of the 9 solar planets and the opportunity to control time The Brief: Well, to save the world, of course….. The Players: Illuminati Group led by Manfred Powel (aka Iain Glen) Further and better particulars of your mission can be found in the file marked "USUAL SUSPECTS, ...
...film is upon us. Lara Croft of computer fame becomes flesh and the world is ready…. ….ready for what? A busty chick with a tendency to shoot from the hip taking on the masses to save the world…where have I heard this before? I expected the Croft movie to be a mix of all that is Bond and all that is Indiana Jones coupled with a fair bit of "ogle-potential" for the lads. I found that the Croft movie was, well, boring. THE PLOT: ...

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...* Plot Synopsis * Lara Croft (Angelina Jolie) discovers a clock in a hidden room in her English mansion, by smashing down a wall. She then discovers another clock inside the previous clock, by smashing up the previous clock. Subtle girl eh? Anyway, this clock turns out to be a key which will allow the owner to gain access to half a magic triangle. If the triangle is put together it will give the owner the power to control time, although the how ...
...oh yeah – one more bit, Richard Croft (Jon Voight – Jolie’s dad) plays Lara’s father who is missing, presumed dead and has a bit of murky past. * The Acting * Is pretty bad really. Jolie alternates between talking in a flat voice and pouting in sunglasses/a fast car/a motorbike. Chris Barrie plays the butler but because of all his comedy roles in the past, you just can’t take him seriously in this role – especially ...

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...is definitley child friendly. Lara Croft, the star of the show, is played by Angelina Jolie who you might have seen in "Girl Interrupted" with Winona Ryder, or "Gone in 60 seconds" with Nicholas Cage, to name but a couple. Laras father is played by John Voight, who is Angelinas father in real life, and you may remember him from "Midnight Cowboy". The Plot: -------- Lara is a tomb raider which entails finding and breaking into old tombs and burial ...
...for too long, after all Lara is an action character. I wont talk about the plot for too long as it is one of the weaker points in the film. The Action: ---------- Angelina, did almost all of her stunts and built a physique for herself which most girls would die for. I cant think of a better person to cast for this film than Angelina, but then again I am biased. There is a lot of rolling about on the floor, jumping, kicking and punching throughout ...

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...starts Ericsson proudly say that Lara Croft uses their little device, the ironic thing is though that her phone breaks during the film, and she only uses the Land Rover for a few minutes before embarking on foot. This film does indeed have product placement and while not discreet it is not afraid to take the micky out of them. However I digress. You want to know about the film not about all the products it promotes. In case you don’t know (but ...
...after a sequence, which pits Lara against a mean looking robot, out to kill her, in an eerily lit tomb. Narrowly avoiding the scrape we find out it really is just her little training room and the robot is called Charlie. How nice. Lara lives alone in an 83-bedroom house. With the obligatory tech-geek Bryce (Noah Taylor) and butler Hilary (Chris Barrie). The plot is as follows. There is a mystical clock called ‘The Clock of Ages’ (can ...

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...agree to go and watch Lara Croft Tomb Raider with my boyfriend at the weekend, but if anything his pure enthusiasm for the film was all the encouragement I needed to go along and see it. Unlike him I had not played the computer game (do I dare even admit to hating computer games let alone action ones?!), so on one hand I thought I wouldn’t understand the film. I had decided that the plot would be intricately involved with the games that had ...
...reproducing the busty image of Lara Croft to the extent that Lara would be 90% boobs. And I am generally not that keen on action films. I had it all set out in my head that this would be a very boring 2 hours. So I went to see the movie. Having seen the movie twice since the weekend, I would like to take back all of what I have said above. I was wrong. Lara Croft is an intelligent “tomb raider” cum archeologist type, who is all clued ...

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...that. Angelina Jolie plays Lara Croft, the incredibly wealthy orphaned Daughter off an eminent archaeologist who everyone in the film seemed to have met at some point or another. She lives in a huge mansion, bungee jumping in the atrium and going tomb raiding for fun. Living with her is Bryce, a bit of a techie scruffbag. I’m not sure weather he was supposed to be her brother, staff or what, and the butler Hillary, played by Chris Barrie (Rimmer ...
...are, but she is ‘Lady’ Lara Croft so it’s relevant. Some appearances from some great Britsh actors like Chris Barrie, Leslie Phillips, Jon Voight and Carl Chase. Although the baddie was a snotty English bloke, as per usual, most of the goodies were English and it evened us out a bit. We get a bit of the Clangers, which I watched for a few seconds instead of the film. More of the Clangers would have improved this film no end. If you like breasts, ...

michaird 23.06.2002 (25.02.2003) · Read full review
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Who has never heard about Lara Croft, the virtual character of the Tomb Raider games (already 5 have been released). Since her first appearance in 1995, Lara's fame kept growing so that she came back for 4 other adventures, with an always improved...shape (i'm indeed speaking about the number of polygons!:)). Lara became very quickly much more than a simple video game character; except from her virtual adventures, the young lady also has a life. ...
...i'm telling you quickly, Lara was born on Valentine day 1967 in a rich English family and was intended to become a " member of the high society ". But during a ski trip in Tibet, the plane crashed leaving Lara as the only survivor. Her miraculous survival revealed her her taste for action and adventure. Lara decided to become an archaeologist, which was apparently too much for her parents who chose to disinherit her. Some books about her adventures ...

Peugeot106 07.09.2001 · Read full review
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...around the main character of Lara Croft, a wealthy (with a capital W) adventurer, daughter of a dead archaeologist who passed on his knowledge and sense of adventutre on to his daughter. The film started with an enticing piece of action to get us in the mood for more later on. It then developed into a mixture of sentimentality mixed with scenes of Miss Jolie's bare flesh (which even for the most hot-blodded men amongst us) i thought was unnecessary. ...
...its duration, apart from the interluding flashbacks of Lara and her father trying to squeeze an emotion out of the viewer , which i personally found boring but probably necessary for the motion picture. It is certainly worth a watch. As Cilla would say, have a 'LARA, LARA' fun. ...

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