Tomb Raider: Should not be rebooted

Domestic:	$131,168,070
+ Foreign:	$143,535,270

I've made reference a few blogs ago that I was hopelessly in love with Angelina Jolie. If you really want to know why, let us travel back to 2001 when she slipped on the short shorts, tight shirt and 9MM pistols to take on the role of Lara Croft in Lara Croft: Tomb Raider. This movie was honestly every gamers fantasy come true. The film was the motion picture adaptation to the popular 1996 title: Tomb Raider. The game followed a young and sexy British archaeologist named Lara Croft as she traveled through catacombs, ancient temples and underground cities to unearth ancient relics, some of which had the power to destroy the world or grant any person great power. Lara was the female hero that could do anything. (Literally, this woman could move huge blocks of solid rock like it was nothing!)


Now as for the film, since Lara can look for just about anything in these underground caves and cities, it would be easy to construct a good story for her to tackle, which they did. Her objective was to stop her father's best friend and murderer from obtaining an artifact that can control space and time. The movie stays consistant with the game as far as characters such as her butler, the huge mansion/training course, the death of her father and her strange relationship with archaeologist Alex West (played by Daniel Craig). There is a character named Bryce who is Lara's assistant. Bryce is not in the game at all, but he doesn't cause any conflicts in the film's plot.

Angelina is just as agile in the film as the real Lara is on the game, and just as deadly. She utilizes a hots of weapons to carry out her missions, which the game vixen does each and every time. Jolie made her stamp and finally gave Lara a real face for people to remember. The resemblance was uncanny between the character's design and Jolie's features. Great job of casting.


It is unlikely that the film will not be remade due to the decline of popularity over the years. I for one am pretty glad that no one else will be stepping foot into the shorts and boots. Directors and Writers can leave the story where it is, because I honestly can't see anyone else portraying Lara as good as Angelina did.