Everybody who has any sense about and who had seen the trailers for Tomb Raider knew that it wasn't exactly the next Schindler's List. In one simple explanation, it was the average action movie. People didn't see it for any deep theme or insight into life, they either saw it for the fact that it had a lot of cool special effects or the fact that Angelina Jolie was in a lot of provocative and sexy shots (or both). Personally, I saw it because I had nothing better to do (not to mention a little leaning toward the aforementioned latter reason).
The plot was simple in one sense but in lot's of ways it was confusing and didn't at all times make sense. It was pretty easy to piece together: a really hip, strong, and witty protagonistic heroine has to save the world from an elite secret society who opt to take control of an ancient artifact capable of navigating through time, etc, etc. What was confusing was not the how or the where, it was the who and the why. First of all, the Illuminati, the elite secret society, are the who. But, really, who are they? They mentioned that they are the descendants of the artifact worshipers. That kind of makes sense, but parts of the movie say that the society worshiping the benevolent artifact were all dstroyed centuries ago. Okay, okay, we're not going to delve. What do we get from delving other than unnesecary irritation. After all, ignorance is bliss. Sorry for digressing. The next part is the why. Why did these people want to take control of the artifact? True, it could navigate through time, but it seemd that when the main charcater finally got control of the artifact, she only used it one time. Maybe that's saying you can only use it one time. And besides, why does the secret society need anything more than they already have? They languish comfortably in their cavernous, Western-European chambers, supported by a very conspicuous staff of unquestioning loyal waiters. What more could they possibly need?
Well, as I said before, there's really no reason to plunge into the obvious but oddly confusing. Simply put, Tomb Raider should be seen by only a certain crowd: either those heavily sedated or self medicated, or those who really have trouble insulting things, like white-eyed children not yet familiarized with the grand concept of critiquing. So, do as you please, if you want to see this movie based merely on cool-looking special effects or [sometimes lacking] provocative looking scenes with the gorgeous and well proportioned (BUT TAKEN!) Angelina Jolie, go ahead, enjoy! But if you want substance, not just flashy glam, or glammy flash, please save yourself and see something not so closely resembling a boat-load of vomit filled tripe.
The plot was simple in one sense but in lot's of ways it was confusing and didn't at all times make sense. It was pretty easy to piece together: a really hip, strong, and witty protagonistic heroine has to save the world from an elite secret society who opt to take control of an ancient artifact capable of navigating through time, etc, etc. What was confusing was not the how or the where, it was the who and the why. First of all, the Illuminati, the elite secret society, are the who. But, really, who are they? They mentioned that they are the descendants of the artifact worshipers. That kind of makes sense, but parts of the movie say that the society worshiping the benevolent artifact were all dstroyed centuries ago. Okay, okay, we're not going to delve. What do we get from delving other than unnesecary irritation. After all, ignorance is bliss. Sorry for digressing. The next part is the why. Why did these people want to take control of the artifact? True, it could navigate through time, but it seemd that when the main charcater finally got control of the artifact, she only used it one time. Maybe that's saying you can only use it one time. And besides, why does the secret society need anything more than they already have? They languish comfortably in their cavernous, Western-European chambers, supported by a very conspicuous staff of unquestioning loyal waiters. What more could they possibly need?
Well, as I said before, there's really no reason to plunge into the obvious but oddly confusing. Simply put, Tomb Raider should be seen by only a certain crowd: either those heavily sedated or self medicated, or those who really have trouble insulting things, like white-eyed children not yet familiarized with the grand concept of critiquing. So, do as you please, if you want to see this movie based merely on cool-looking special effects or [sometimes lacking] provocative looking scenes with the gorgeous and well proportioned (BUT TAKEN!) Angelina Jolie, go ahead, enjoy! But if you want substance, not just flashy glam, or glammy flash, please save yourself and see something not so closely resembling a boat-load of vomit filled tripe.