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Posted by John Scott (Member # 520) on 06-16-2001, 01:08 AM:
Its Boobylishious!
Actually, its crap. Worst movie of the summer thus far. The action pieces aren't that good, there is no plot to think of, and including a cliche like the Illuminati in the movie is groan worthy....
Grade = F
Posted by Brad Miller (Member # 2) on 06-16-2001, 01:16 AM:
Let's please stick to the REAL name of the movie in the subject header of a thread so people can find it down the road in the archives. Feel free to use humorous names in the text of the review though. 
Posted by Dwayne Caldwell (Member # 417) on 06-18-2001, 05:40 PM:
I'm a big fan of the Tomb Raider series myself. So naturally, I felt obligated to see the film. Angelina Jolie actually did a really good job, but that still doesn't save the movie from severe suckage. And even though Chris Barrie is wrong for the part of the butler, I still enjoyed what little screen time he had. But the sets were too dull, there was nowhere near the color the game level designs have (yeah, maybe thousand year old temples would really be devoid of color from the millennia of collected dust and fading, but I figure if the heroine has about a hundred bullets per clip, it's safe to say all plausibility's been thrown out the window anyway), there's no diversity among the different locations Lara visits, and the cinematography just plain sucks. And I was definitely tired of them beating us over the head with her missing father being her Achilles' heel.
I guess we should be used to watching Hollywood screw up translations of successful gaming franchises onto the big screen. Final Fantasy, the Spirits Within might be good since the actual game company responible for the theatical animation cutaways in their games as well as the games' plots is solely responible for the creative effort, but Resident Evil will most likely suck. Still damn it, I was really wanting to like Tomb Raider. I figured it wouldn't be great, but I didn't think it would suck this bad either. And there are a lot of cool shots in the game that would have been awesome on the big screen. But this piece of crap was the best they could do. Lara Croft deserves so much better (Yeah, I know, I'm starting to sound like a geek now. But it's true. She does. 
). I imagine this is a real slap in the face to most of the Croft fans out there too. I know Johnny Lee Miller, Angelina's first husband, is a fan. He's probably laughing his ass off right about now. If this thing does get a sequel, Simon West needs to stay as far away from it as possible. And the real salt in the wound is that after you endure sitting through about two hours of this shit to reach its even shittier conclusion, the finale song comes up entitled "Where's Your Head At?"
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The man with the magic hands.
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-19-2001, 04:23 PM:
The only thing Resident Evil (the movie) shares with the game is the title. I think it will also share the suckage. Sorry, but I really don't like Resident Evil. It could be a GREAT movie, but it probably won't be.It's great that Square is doing the Final Fantasy movie. Since studios don't really know how to make movies, let's give the actual designers the chance. The creator of the FF series is directing the movie as well. Unfortunately, the FF games bore me to tears with their suckage, but the movie has nothing to do with the games. So the movie might be good! I just hope that Nobuo Uematsu does the music. He's done some amazing work on the games (up until FF7 anyway). I know that he has expressed interest. Let's leave the normal composers out of this!
Posted by Barry Floyd (Member # 385) on 06-19-2001, 04:39 PM:
Saw it over the weekend with a sell-out crowd at the Broadway Drive-In Theatre in Dickson, Tennessee, and will see it again next week at the Big Mo' Drive-In in Moneta, South carolina.I've never played "Tomb Raider" the video game or even seen it for that matter.
I was expecting a female Indiana Jones, but it never happened.. at least for me. I did enjoy the film, although it was highly un-realistic. The action scenes never ceased to end, nor did her supply of bullets. Never did figure out how she heard that clock ticking, since it was wrapped in a cloth, locked in a trunk, and hidden behind a false wall.
It did however make me want to go home and swing from the ceiling fan in the living room in my silk pajamas!
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Barry Floyd
Floyd Entertainment Group
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Posted by Randy Stankey (Member # 64) on 06-19-2001, 09:01 PM:
Come to think of it:WHY did she go bungie jumping in her living room? The only reason I can think of is so that she could fight the bad guys who came crashing through her windows... ALSO swinging from bungie cords.
WHY did she fight the robot in the beginning of the movie? The only reason I can think of is so that it wouldn't work later on when the bad guys came.
I could probably think of about 1/2 dozen other WHY's, but I think you understand what I'm talking about. My only idea is that these things are parts of the video game. Since I've never seen more than 10 seconds of the game in my whole life I don't identify with these scenes. I supppose that those who are into the game will instantly recognize these things. Am I right?
While I'm at it, I think the editing of this movie leaves a LOT to be desired. There are a lot of non-sequiturs and jumps in the plot. I also think there were too damn many "machine gun" intercuts. (Repeating a fraction of a second's worth of action from several different camera angles, in rapid succession, to "juice up" the action.) For me, they served to do nothing more than confuse the viewer. I have two thoughts on this. First, it is said that this movie went through a major re-edit just before it was released. If so, I think the final result really shows... and it SUX! Second, I have a hunch that this kind of thing was done to "play" to the target audience of the movie... teenagers who play the game.
Okay, I don't have a problem with playing up to your target audience but I think there's such a thing as too much of a good thing. By doing it to excess you are essentially cutting out a large segment of the population who hasn't played the game but might be willing to pay $$ to go see the movie anyway. I was kind of afraid that they were going to do that. This is the main reason why I think this movie is going to TANK pretty quickly... Once all the teenagers who play the game have watched the movie, nobody else will want to.
Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-19-2001, 10:02 PM:
I haven't played the game much because I literally can't stand the graphics on the PlayStation. They are all crooked, warped, and horrible! I can honestly say that the 32 bit systems have the worst graphics ever. Yes, even worse than the original Nintendo. At least I can look at old NES games without being made physically queasy. After two years of the Dreamcast, there is no way I could ever play a PlayStation game again, unless it was a side scrolling 2D game. Tomb Raider falls into the category of incredibly bad graphics. Unfortunately the PlayStation 2 isn't any better than the Dreamcast, and in some ways worse! Not to mention that there is only one good game on the system. Ug. Perhaps I should give up videogames.
Posted by Dwayne Caldwell (Member # 417) on 06-20-2001, 01:26 AM:
I think the score to Final Fantasy is being done by Elliot Goldenthal. I'm not a major fan of his work myself. Nobou would have been much better. I also really like Yozo Koshiro's game music.I remember something early on in the Tomb Raider production in which the original T.R. composers were going to do the score. Then Michael Kamen took over. Then they hired Graeme Revell because the Kamen soundtrack wouldn't marry well with the Stuart Baird edit of the film or some crap like that. I'm real curious as to whether the game composers got a chance to work on the score, and if so, what it sounds like, because the music in the T.R. games is kickass. I'll have to keep my eyes peeled for that and Kamen's rejected score.
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Posted by Joe Redifer (Member # 3) on 06-20-2001, 01:35 AM:
Yuzo Koshiro used to really kick ass. Streets of Rage 2 and ActRaiser were fantastic. ActRaiser Symphonic Suite is probably as good as any film score I've heard. Well at least in recent years anyway. He hasn't done much lately. I've heard rumors that he has gone tone deaf. There is probably no truth to that. What else has Elliot Goodbar (or whatever his name is) done?
Posted by Darryl Spicer (Member # 711) on 06-20-2001, 02:23 AM:
I agree with you Joe. I rented those tomb raider games and have spent more time in the practice mode than the actual game because the graphics are so confusing u can't figure out where to go. I gave up playing playstation and for the most part nintindo 64 is about all I will attempt to play or put my money into. Asa far as the movie Tomb raider I have not had a chance to see it yet but the word I hear has not been very good. Will see it someday when who knows.
Posted by Demetris Thoupis (Member # 833) on 06-21-2001, 03:59 PM:
Well,
The main part when watching a movie is never to expect too much. Actually expect the worst possible in order to leave happy afterwards!! I believe that most people are influenced by the game series (and I believe they should) since this movie is based on the game TOMB RAIDER. I saw the movie at a special screening here in my country and I enjoyed some parts but I was expecting more. I found Angelina Jolie PERFECT For the part and there were some very tasty jokes in the film too. I don't think it lives up for TOMB RAIDER fans since I believed it lacked in editing during the action sequences and also there was too much unnecessary action. There are though some great cinematic moments like Angelina Jolie on that big wood swinging in order to break that jar or whatever it was. Or even her being hanged upside down. Even the bungee jumping action sequence had something unique. It beated James Bond stunds anyway!!! Angelina Jolie's fans will surely love it since I believe she gives a great performance and she fits just the part but Tomb Raider fans will probably be dissapointed. Out of 10 I would rate this film at 6. Personally I found the settings very good but the main thing that destroyed the film was editing. Perharps those rumours about editing for Tomb Raider were true after all. Imagine how we would react if we saw the original editing since as they suggested it totally destroyed the movie while this "new" editing "saved" it. Really????
NOT
Take care all
Demetris ThoupisP.S: Don't rely on people's criticism. Everyone has a different taste on movies. Some will surely love this movie. Others not so much and others not at all. Take care all.
"DO YOU MIND TRYING TO KILL ME"
Posted by Michael Brown (Member # 890) on 07-21-2001, 08:08 AM:
Below I would like to give my detailed opinion of TombRaider: 
Posted by Will Kutler (Member # 770) on 08-07-2001, 08:53 PM:
Now I have not seen this movie. But I was reading this thread. What cought my attention about "Boobielicous" was Randy Stankey's comment about bungie jumpin' in the living room? Sounds like a Pam Anderson wannabe--remember her porn video swingin' over the piano that was much talked about for a while? 
I think I heard Angelina say on Jay Leno that her assets had to be enhanced for this flic?