![]() ![]() When I wrapped a rope around an enemy soldier’s neck and hung him from a tree branch-leaving him gasping for air until he finally, mercifully died-I felt a discomfort that the game clearly didn’t intend. But there’s something about the viciousness of Lara’s toolset that rankles a little, too. It’s definitely fun, on a purely visceral level, to lurk underwater until a bad guy walks by, then drag him under and drown him while his oblivious allies have their backs turned. Scott: It’s very weird! And look, I’m human. Maybe because you have some problems with tonally inconsistent stories about the plunder of indigenous peoples? Or are you a little tired of white-savior narratives? Do you tend to be annoyed by stories that just give lip service to criticizing said narratives but ultimately end up being pretty chill with them? Why wouldn't this game work for you, Scott? Joshua Rivera, GQ contributor: I don't know, Scott. So, Josh: Why isn’t this game working for me? In other words: I should be the prime audience for Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the third video game in the new franchise. I even liked the Alicia Vikander–starring movie reboot that came out last March. I loved its sequel, Rise of the Tomb Raider, which took Lara Croft to Siberia for some open-world shenanigans (and, if you ask me, ran laps around Uncharted 4). I liked the 2013 video-game reboot, which played like a kind of survivalist Uncharted. I loved the games and as a huge fan I think this movie is pretty well made.Scott Meslow, GQ culture critic: I’m comfortable calling myself a fan of the Tomb Raider franchise. This is what you want to see if you ever imagined yourself being Lara. It seems kinda raw, which the game is as well. ![]() The earlier games were more about riddles, the new ones are about running and fighting, which I personally don't like.īut the movie is entertaining, and I like how it was directed. In this movie you see more of the kind of stuff you get from the game it was based on. I loved Angelina Jolie's Lara doing her training at the manor, for example, and there was more cool ancient stuff going on. I wish there was more game-like stuff in the movie, like in the first Tomb Raider movies. Her acting was great too, it was very intense and realistic - the emotions and the sounds she made during the fight made it seem like it was all happening for real. Alicia looks stunning and sporty, and she oozes Lara Croft from every pore. There's been a lot of talk about her practically nonexistent breasts, and 'of course' the real Lara is quite busty, but I find this talk ridiculous. And she looks very athletic so that adds to the overal feel of Lara being a spunky little adventuress.Ģ. Apparently Alicia did some stunts herself so maybe they didn't have to use so much CGI. She looked like Alicia Vikander, an actual person that has stuff happen to her. They looked real and Lara didn't look like some plastic figure jumping and tumbling around and whatnot. I can't say it has a great storyline, but at least it has some storyline, unlike most Hollywood action movies these days.ġ. This is definitely not the worst movie of the century. If she survives this perilous adventure, it could be the making of her, earning her the name "tomb raider". Suddenly, the stakes couldn't be higher for Lara, who, against the odds and armed with only her sharp mind, blind faith, and inherently stubborn spirit, must learn to push herself beyond her limits as she journeys into the unknown. But her mission will not be an easy one just reaching the island will be extremely treacherous. Going explicitly against his final wishes, she leaves everything she knows behind in search of her dad's last-known destination: a fabled tomb on a mythical island that might be somewhere off the coast of Japan. Advised to face the facts and move forward after seven years without him, even Lara can't understand what drives her to finally solve the puzzle of his mysterious death. ![]() Determined to forge her own path, she refuses to take the reins of her father's global empire just as staunchly as she rejects the idea that he's truly gone. Now a young woman of twenty-one without any real focus or purpose, Lara navigates the chaotic streets of trendy East London as a bike courier, barely making the rent, and takes college courses, rarely making it to class. Lara Croft (Alicia Vikander) is the fiercely independent daughter of eccentric adventurer Lord Richard Croft (Dominic West), who vanished when she was scarcely a teen. ![]()
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