Okay, I saw Tomb Raider this weekend, and although it's not got the excitement of a Speilberg Indiana Jones film, it wasn't bad.
I was trying to figure out what was missing in the film because Jolie was very good as Croft, the other leads were also good in their characters, so it wasn't that. There were also some great action scenes in the tombs, and the visuals were excellent. But there was definitely something missing in this film.
I think it was the story itself: it was less than inspiring. Comparing it to an Indiana Jones film is helpful. In both the first and third films (the two best ones), the ultimate enemy was the Nazi's, something we could all clearly see was evil, and had to be stopped. In Tomb Raiders the enemy was some hidden society (that we don't ever learn enough about) and their goal was to control something equally esoteric (I won't spoil it for you). So the enemy and the quest remained somewhat remote, something we couldn't really get behind, and it ruined the excitement of the film, I think.
Had the scriptwriters come up with a better story, I think the film would have been great, it had all the other elements of a great action film, but it lacked heart.
However, I wasn't bored, and didn't consider it a waste of money or two-hours. Some might want to wait for the video, though, I expect if you have one of those big screen TV's the video experience will be just as good.
