Talk:Tomb Raider (2018 Movie)/@comment-2069724-20160616075205/@comment-2038153-20170419193944

@The Demon In Me

I am glad that Sam has been written out as I'm pretty sure this film will be overly complicated and only resemble A Survivor is Born in the smallest of ways. Best way to see how good a film is going to be, (or might be as even great directors can make crap films), is to look at the writer/s and director/s.

In this films case the dictator is Roar Uthaug and I honestly have no idea if Roar is his real name or if he just changed his game to that because it sounded cool. Anyways his films consist of mostly decent films that are best known for not being remembered.

As for the writer Geneva Robertson-Dworet, has not actually made anything yet but does have a lot of projects lined up but lets be honest, 99% of the time, (and this applies to everyone doing anything) the first thing you make is almost always going to suck.

So to recap, we have a new comer and someone who has yet to make a film that is worth talking about, making a film that, from what I understand, is being Executive Mandated pretty much every step of the way.

However, while I am glad that Sam is being left out of this I am annoyed that she is yet again being sidelined and this time with a story that she played a key part in. She is a great character, on par with Lara IMHO and she has a HUGE following in China, you know, (talking to the studio) the second highest source of income for films around the world?!

I don't get Hollywood, the first game has a very simple plot. Lara and her crew get stranded in a mysterious island, Sam gets captured by a strange cult so Lara must unravel the mystery of the island to save her friend and crew mates.

In the film, Trinity will be involved with Mathias apparently being a member of Trinity and Lara is looking for her long lost father who is either also alive and on the island or dead but brought back as Mathias, (don't ask). And with Sam not being involved Himiko's original and very simple plan is now scrapped and she is now doing all this for no real reason...

You know it really says something that the best overall video game film, (the one that is a straight up adaptation and not a continuation of the games themselves, (Assassin's Creed Ember, Final Fantasy 7 Advent Children and Mass Effect: Paragon Lost)) is Mortal Kombat. Sure its a mindless action film and key plot elements are thrown to the side but at least it kept to the games basic plot and you get the feeling that the people making the film actually understood and respected the source material and worked to make it a movie that people who hadn't played the game could understand what was going on.

And kept the concept very simple, the forces of evil are trying to invade the world but they need to win a tournament called Mortal Kombat to due it. A silly but very simple premise and the only things they take out is things that would only bog the story down like Scorpion and Subzero's rivalry and just keep the focus on Liu Kang's quest to avenge his brother. Sure Sonya and Johnny Cage are given their own goals but there kept short and to the point.