I believe that many people's impression of the "Tomb Raider" series is still stuck in the image of Angelina Jolie.
The new version of "Tomb Raider: Battle of the Origin" restarts this classic. Many people will find that the new version of the heroine no longer chooses an actress with a bulging front and a back, but finds Alicia Victoria. Kander.
For her acting skills, she has been recognized in "The Danish Girl" and "Ex Machina".
Alicia is thinner than the old Angelina Jolie.
Well, Alicia's breasts are not big, waist is not thin, butt is not pretty, and her mouth is not sexy. So why choose her for the role of the new Laura?
To understand this problem, we must first understand that in the 1990s, when the "Tomb Raider" game first came out, the 3D modeling was relatively rough, so in order to highlight the female characters, the game deliberately enlarged the chest and buttocks.
The figure of a game character like Lara, coupled with the action game of exploration and decryption, was all the rage at the time.
After the game was adapted into a movie in 2001, Angelina Jolie, an actor with distinctive facial features and figure, was perfectly suited to play Laura in "Tomb Raider".
When the movie was released, it caused a sensation.
Today's "Tomb Raider: Battle of the Origin" is based on the third-generation "Tomb Raider" game in 2013. The background of the film's story happened before the old movie "Tomb Raider".
In the new version of the game, the character Lara's facial features are more detailed and the figure looks more agile.
According to the figure and appearance of Lara in the new version of the game, the film official found Alicia.
And the more important reason is that the new version of "Tomb Raider" wants the audience to pay more attention to the perseverance of the heroine, so that the audience can see the shining point of today's modern women, not in the front and back, but It's about inner tenacity.
In other words, the movie wants to tell everyone, you see, such a thin woman can save the world.
——The following is a slight spoiler, which does not affect the viewing of the movie——
After watching the movie, Da Cong's first impression is that the reductive degree of the movie and game is still very high.
Although it is said to be removed from the fantasy elements in the game, when Lara runs, jumps, and escapes some clips in the jungle, it feels like watching a player playing a live-action game.
Especially when Laura was in a desperate situation in the film, she could not wait to hold a handle in her hand and press the jump button to help Laura (covering her face and laughing.jpg).
In every action scene, you can see the hard work behind the training of the heroine, because those are real shots, and there is no way to be lazy.
Alicia, who is an acting school, can really follow her acting style all the time, but she has to make action movies, which can be regarded as a challenge to herself.
"Tomb Raider" can be seen from the name, tomb exploration must be indispensable. In the plot of the tomb exploration in the film, Da Cong believes that from the rendering of the atmosphere, to the scheduling of tension, and the foreshadowing of suspense, it has been done very well.
The downside is that the time to visit the tomb is too short to see enough.
In addition, of course, I want to talk about our Wu Yanzu. He finally didn't have to take a lunch in the middle, but he was still just a supporting role, and there was not much room for performance. The purpose of his role in playing this role was to guide the heroine into the event.
Da Cong played the 2013 version of "Tomb Raider" back then, so when watching this movie, I can feel that the movie is very loyal to the game.
The movie almost perfectly transplanted the game to the big screen, and the plot also focused on the father-daughter relationship between Laura and her father, making the emotions between the characters even thicker.
All in all, if you are a game fan, especially the game fan of "Tomb Raider", if you only look at the picture effects and action scenes, and don't care about the logic and plot of the story, you will have a great time watching it.
——The next thunderstorm spoiler, please consider——
If you read it with the mentality of a logical story, you may be disappointed.
Friends who have played plot games will definitely feel that the story logic and character relationships of this plot are too gamified after watching the film .
The story is summed up in one sentence: The heroine loves her father very much. In order to find her father, she indirectly helps the villain find the tomb, and even kills her own father.
When Da Cong watched this movie, his personality was quite split. He had a game perspective mentality for a while, and a regular movie-watching mentality for a while. According to the latter standard, I have to complain about the flaws in the film.
Before the film enters Laura's adventure, there is too much foreshadowing, and it is too long for the audience.
In fact, Laura's fight in the boxing ring at the beginning can already show that Laura is still growing, and she is also a person who will fail and be frustrated.
The characters are so far and quickly entering the theme of the plot is what the audience wants to see.
But the following "Bicycle Express" chase scene similar to "Taxi Express" actually has nothing to do with the main line of the film.
Finally got into Laura's father's secret room, her father has been gone for seven years! ! But the lights in the secret room were still on, and the whole environment was spotless. It felt like there was someone working in the secret room yesterday.
Many people said that it was because of the secret room. Da Cong wanted to explain that the secret room and the clean and sterile laboratory are two different things. There are still vents in the secret room, and there is still dust.
What's even more bizarre is that when Laura turned on her father's video recorder, she didn't charge it, it turned on in seconds! At this time, Da Cong wanted to say to the director:
Laura's father has been gone for seven years! ! You wake up! ! How can a battery be used for seven years without charging? ! Tell me what brand it is!
After Laura arrived in Hong Kong, in broad daylight, the robber grabbed the bag, and Wu Yanzu fired the gun.
There are so many people around, are they all blind and deaf? There is no reaction at all. I feel that except for a few characters in the film, everyone else is a game NPC. Although the film is loyal to the game, there is no need to be so loyal.
Next, Wu Yanzu and Laura were just like the dialogue in the game. In a few words, they decided to set off on an adventure together. At this time, Da Cong looked at the watch, and the film had been played for almost an hour, and it seemed that the main line of the story was really entered.
By the way, Wu Yanzu's name in the film is "Lu Ren", homophonic "passer-by"? ? ? ? , I understand, it's not the protagonist anyway.
They finally got to the island, but Laura fell into the hands of the villain, and handed over the tomb diary that her father had told him to burn down to the villain.
Seven years! ! The villain has been looking for seven years! Da Cong felt sorry for him, but finally Laura came.
And when Laura was on the run, how could it be so coincidental that she found her father, and then told her father that she was in trouble, and that the villain was holding his diary to dig a grave that could destroy the world.
So, the plot falls back to the old-fashioned motive of saving the world. Laura and her daughter are going to stop the tomb from opening and save the world.
Of course, everyone has come, and it is unreasonable not to take the audience into the tomb to see.
The experience of entering the tomb is also what Da Cong thinks is the most exciting part of the film. After all, the exploration of the tomb is the signature of "Tomb Raider". Unfortunately, it is too late to enter and come out too fast.
And Laura's father had his braids up on the expedition. In other words, if Laura burned her father's information and the villain was still struggling to find the tomb, then her father would still be alive.
Laura's inner monologue at this time should be: "Blame me?!"
In fact, Da Cong felt that the script could completely set Laura's father dead at the beginning, and it didn't matter, because the appearance of Laura's father in the second half of the film really had little effect on the promotion of the plot.
So why let Laura carry the name of "Father Harmful" again~~
At the end of the film, Laura got the iconic two pistols, which started the standard storyline of "Tomb Raider". If the film is a hit at the box office, the next sequel will not be far away.
Okay, that's it, the advantages and disadvantages of the film are very obvious. Whether you want to watch it in the cinema or not depends on how you look at it.
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