Review of Tomb Raider (2018) by Melissa E — 23 Mar 2018

This was the most inconsistently I've ever enjoyed a movie. I think I finally get what every guy feels when they watch a Star Wars or Marvel movie - you're so happy to see the characters you love doing the things they're famous for that you almost forgive its entire lack of a coherent plot.

I don't think I'd recommend this movie unless you're a hardcore fan of the franchise. But for me, I have played all the games on PC and systems and I was so happy to finally get a female video game heroine when I was young.

As a fan, I was perplexed by how they tried to fit in old tomb raider and the new survivalist tomb raider. I was annoyed that they included the campiness of the old games with the aesthetic of the new.

All of the physical aspects of this tomb raider were STELLAR though, and they took painstaking care to make all of the stunts physically possible, but they forgot to make the plot possible. I still fangirled hard in places, and overall I thought it was a good attempt.

I want to see Alicia Vikander in more movies, because, despite the awful writing, she kicked ass - way more than Wonder Woman. For what it's worth, I haven't believed in a woman's physicality this much since Terminator 2.

The action, stunts, and Alicia Vikander were great, but the writing was ridiculous. I personally would re-edit the film with ONLY Alicia Vikander scenes.