However, I agree with Graeme about the trailer feeling slow - and I don’t know if that ultimately comes down to the editing here or what. As an origin story, there is nothing wrong with that to me. This feels like her own movie, even if it is about her being in search of her father. Huff: I am going to have to agree with Katie, here, in that I do not agree that Lara seems to be passive. That said, after Wonder Woman reframed the superhero stand-alone, I’m still holding out hope that this latest Tomb Raider could do something similar. Another adjective I’d go for here is “standard”: We’ve got the foundational trauma the dad who was up to more than it seemed a respected character actor in a lead role (Walton Goggins!) and a whispery, chorus version of a hit song for the trailer. Katie Kilkenny: I’d disagree with “passive,” given that this trailer sets up a kind of hero origin story that will culminate with Lara kicking butt and leaping across a chasm to mace a cave wall, similar to those that started Batman Begins and the many Spider-Mans. It feels astonishingly slow, and also as if it’s pushing Lara into a passive role for the majority of it, which feels like it’s missing the appeal of the franchise, surely.
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I joke, but this trailer feels like it’s trying far too hard to convince the audience that it’s a different kind of video game movie - a Tomb Raider movie, specifically - and I’m not sure it works. We’re always in the tomb, and Lara is telling us all to “raid” it. Graeme McMillan: This is the first existential metaphorical video game movie, making the point that all life is a tomb, Patrick. My biggest disappointment is the lack of actual tombs we see in this trailer. I think Alicia Vikander was an interesting choice (she has an Oscar, she’s done action films but hasn’t led one yet) for Lara, but I don’t know if she’s a draw on star power alone, unlike Jolie in the early 2000s. I’m gonna say it’s a resounding “no,” however, when it comes to this new Tomb Raider being the film that bucks the trend of bad video game movies.
Patrick Shanley: Clearly, Mortal Kombat is the gold standard of video game movies - the theme song alone gives it that title. I’m not sure the trailer answered that question, and it worries me a little that the film might not quite know, either. Lauren Huff: … You’ve never seen the original Tomb Raider movies?! That shocking tidbit aside, I would say that they also fell into the campy fun category, so the most interesting thing about this reboot to me was what tone they were going for. I didn’t see the Angelina Jolie Tomb Raider films, yet I’m excited to check this one out. With movies like Sony’s ill-fated Assassin’s Creed, there had been a collective groan leading up to them, but here the marketing has been good at creating the impression this movie will work. The new trailer and the buzz for Tomb Raider has me more convinced this will be the one that breaks through. We’re still waiting for a game-changing movie that gets critical and commercial acclaim. In honor of the new look, the team at Heat Vision has assembled to share their thoughts on the trailer as the film gets closer to its March 16 release.Īaron Couch: I ask this every time one of these movies comes out, but could this be the one that breaks the video game curse? I maintain that 1995’s Mortal Kombatis still the pinnacle of video game-to-film adaptations, but that falls more in the campy fun category. The video game movie genre has been a tough one to crack, but hopes are high for the adaptation starring Oscar winner Alicia Vikander. Lara Croft is reborn in the new trailer for Tomb Raider.
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