A new movie is making the scene by having the three "B"'s everybody is bound to love: blasts, butt-kicking and boobs. Who cares if Tomb Raider has a lukewarm plot or weak characterization; as long as the "B"'s are alive and well, the rest should fall into place.
The soon-to-be-defunct Xena, Warrior Princess could have taught the screenwriters a thing or two. Sure, ratings depended on how much skin Xena (actress Lucy Lawless) was showing, but at least it was a show with heart and, yes, feminist appeal. The butt-kicking was a prototype that all female protagonists later emulated. And the metal breast plates are now down in the history books: anything that makes an appearance in a Saturday Night Live parody is bound to be. There weren't many blasts, either in the form of explosives or guns, but who needed explosives when a lethal chakra would do?
Angelina Jolie, who plays the well-endowed Lara Croft of Tomb Raider, must have really wanted to play an action figure badly enough to not fully grasp the anti-feminist qualities of this video game character. At least Jolie put her foot down when it came to simulating the hefty bosom of Ms. Croft: rather than having a 40 EE, she kept it to a more realistic yet ludicrously proportioned 38 D. Boobs are pretty much what this movie will be remembered for -- nothing historical about that.
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