Lara Croft: 007
Jul. 27th, 2003 09:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
terryclothI just saw 'Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life', and while I could spoil it, I think it's better to just say that it was NOT a Tomb Raider movie as there was no tomb and very little raiding.
Instead, it was a Bond movie. Q was left out -- instead it was assumed that whatever gadgets Lara happened to pull out of her fanny-pack would be accepted by the audience. But she *was* working for British Intelligence to foil an evil supervillain, and spent most of the movie tracking down his agents Bond style, although she didn't attend a fancy party, unfortunately.
It also relied heavily on the 'oh, I'll just contact my old friend in Kilimanjaro' bit, using it about ten or twelve times by the time the movie was over. At least most of her friends survived.
Then at the end... okay, okay, I guess this would be spoilers:
Why was the Evil Love Interest so determined to get himself killed? I mean, she couldn't *actually* let him leave with the box to sell to the highest bidder, since preventing that was the WHOLE FUCKING POINT of her entire expedition.
But no, that wasn't enough, he had to pull a gun and force her to kill him in self-defense. I bet that got Greedo'd into the script at the last second. [rolleyes]
Ugh. So, anyway, it was a bad Bond movie, and I hated it. And yes, I fell asleep for part of the middle.
But walking out of the theater I got to see a lovely sunset through the skylight, perfectly offset by the glowing neon bars and the silhouetted coyote on top of the pizza place across the street. Very pretty...
Instead, it was a Bond movie. Q was left out -- instead it was assumed that whatever gadgets Lara happened to pull out of her fanny-pack would be accepted by the audience. But she *was* working for British Intelligence to foil an evil supervillain, and spent most of the movie tracking down his agents Bond style, although she didn't attend a fancy party, unfortunately.
It also relied heavily on the 'oh, I'll just contact my old friend in Kilimanjaro' bit, using it about ten or twelve times by the time the movie was over. At least most of her friends survived.
Then at the end... okay, okay, I guess this would be spoilers:
Why was the Evil Love Interest so determined to get himself killed? I mean, she couldn't *actually* let him leave with the box to sell to the highest bidder, since preventing that was the WHOLE FUCKING POINT of her entire expedition.
But no, that wasn't enough, he had to pull a gun and force her to kill him in self-defense. I bet that got Greedo'd into the script at the last second. [rolleyes]
Ugh. So, anyway, it was a bad Bond movie, and I hated it. And yes, I fell asleep for part of the middle.
But walking out of the theater I got to see a lovely sunset through the skylight, perfectly offset by the glowing neon bars and the silhouetted coyote on top of the pizza place across the street. Very pretty...
