krackerjack
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Too parody-looking for me. Angelina played Lara perfectly.
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Triggerhappytel
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I wonder if Rhianna Pratchett will be credited as a writer in the film, or if they're going to take it in a different direction.
I really didn't like a characters, dialogue or storytelling in the game.
Angelina played the old Lara perfectly, with a touch of arrogance and self-awareness. The new Lara is a completely different character.
NeoRaider
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Edgy.
SoldnerKei
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didn't know this was a thing, not gonna lie, the pics on the OP look like a cosplay photoshoot to me lol... a pretty good cosplay tho
I like the games a lot, but not because of the writing, so dunno how to feel about this, I'll see it for sure but I don't expect anything above an average movie at best.
I like the games a lot, but not because of the writing, so dunno how to feel about this, I'll see it for sure but I don't expect anything above an average movie at best.
Hari Seldon
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Hopefully there is like 15 hours of collecting shit to make it true to the new video games.
maximum360
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itwasTuesday
He wasn't alone.
I hope they go with Laura pronunciation for the movie.
That's all.
That's all.
RedAssedApe
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i'll wait til i see a trailer. tons of stuff look like "parody" in production shots
DiipuSurotu
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speedwagon_
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Why? Lara is her name.
Switch Back 9
a lot of my threads involve me fucking up somehow. Perhaps I'm a moron?
Gross. I hate people like you.
She looks great, and she is stunning to look at it. The whole size and build thing makes me laugh. Reminds me of my sons hockey team. My son is two years older than my daughter, she was an elite level gymnast and the team was giving him shit because she had beaten him in an arm wrestle. He simply offered to let them have a go, so she beat the entire team one after the other with no break. This was at an age that half probable 30-40% of the boys were in puberty with man builds and my daughter was a tiny skinny little girl. Sure she had muscle but it wasn't super noticeable just walking around.
TheOctodad
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This thread is insane.
Posters claiming Vikander is objectively plain looking. As if that's the sole value of her an actress and like they are some sort of greek God themselves.
I remember a roommate of mine in College was watching Smallville one night and kept talking about how Kristen Kreuk was below average and he rejected girls like her all the time. No one even was talking about her looks and he just decided to chime with that comment. We all laughed at him and took it as a reflection of his own insecurities.
Posters claiming Vikander is objectively plain looking. As if that's the sole value of her an actress and like they are some sort of greek God themselves.
I remember a roommate of mine in College was watching Smallville one night and kept talking about how Kristen Kreuk was below average and he rejected girls like her all the time. No one even was talking about her looks and he just decided to chime with that comment. We all laughed at him and took it as a reflection of his own insecurities.
SofNasciment-
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The funny thing is that if this movie delivers she will become one of the most beautiful woman in the planet for some weeks.
TheOctodad
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But not on the subway!
RedAssedApe
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they probably loved her in ex-machina tho. but not their lara
Hashmal_Bringer_of_Order
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Congratulations, i laughed out loud.
FIREKNIGHT2029
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I honestly don't see this movie doing well. It looks too cheap in these shots.
I hope it does well because the actress is too good to be playing in such a cheap looking movie as this.
I hope it does well because the actress is too good to be playing in such a cheap looking movie as this.
FIREKNIGHT2029
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😝 Same thing I was thinking. I'm a big breast man and even I think she looks hot in this pic.Code:[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/kwbuk77.jpg[/IMG]
2/ "boobs aside"?
Robdraggoo
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I missed this thread before and thought it was a new thread, and all i have to say is, yikes
This was a disgusting thread.
This was a disgusting thread.
Do people really not know who Alicia Vikander is lol
She's a fantastic actress. Go watch Ex Machina or Light Between Oceans.
First thing that came to my mind lol
ClosingADoor
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Pictures look a bit boring, but I guess that is expected. Hoping the first trailer will look a lot better. Actress is great and has the skills, so up to the production to make a good movie from it.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Love Alicia Vikander but I'm not too hot on her playing Lara. She doesn't really "fit" the roll for me.
I think it's a damn shame that Kate Beckinsale never got a chance to take a stab at playing Lara. She's more of a Lara Croft than Alicia and Angelina Jolie combined.
Shits in Hollywood would probably consider Kate too old though. I reckon a movie exploring an older, wiser Lara would have been really interesting.... and Kate Beckinsale ages like a fine wine... she's a stone cold fox.
I think it's a damn shame that Kate Beckinsale never got a chance to take a stab at playing Lara. She's more of a Lara Croft than Alicia and Angelina Jolie combined.
Shits in Hollywood would probably consider Kate too old though. I reckon a movie exploring an older, wiser Lara would have been really interesting.... and Kate Beckinsale ages like a fine wine... she's a stone cold fox.
The game was. The script wasn't. I'm fine with the more horror-esque tone, but the characters were baaaaaaad
Discotheque
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yes I would have been all for this. I like Alicia Vikander though and think she can do a good job as young Lara, hopefully the movie is decent.
ClosingADoor
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"A well built female". When did people online start using "female" so much to refer to women. It comes across so strange.
SuperEpicMan
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Picture this, you are a woman going to the gym 4/5 times a week, occasionally getting a personal trainer to guide you. You think you look great and toned, then you happen upon your post. You might look quite similar to Alicia in those photos, but now your confidence has taken a hit because of some online asshole with unrealistic expectations comments that Alicia's body and therefore your own body isn't "well built".
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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I've always found it strange. I think it's an american thing though.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Eh?... I think you're mistaking the term "well built" to mean "attractive".
Saying someone is not "well built" means they "don't have a particular muscular physique". That's not the same as saying "they're fat", "they're unfit" or "unattractive". I think you're projecting here.
HarryHengst
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Its a good way to realize someone hates women.
andythinkpad
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SuperEpicMan
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I know what it means, I just think the posters definition of "well built" is unrealistic and a little insensitive. I mean, to elaborate using my experience; I eat well, I'm not overweight, and I have been training with weights to build up and tone myself. Just when I am beginning to feel pretty good, a family member comes along and says I look too skinny. It kinda smashes my confidence.
You must be a fun person to hang out with.
As for the released pics, looks fine I'm sure it'll be a decent-but-forgettable film. Vikander looks like a pretty good fit, I just hope she can do a halfway decent English accent.
ClosingADoor
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Plus, Lara Croft from the reboots has the same body type anyway. If people don't like that, fine. But that is what they are basing the movie on.
Monocle
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Emily Blunt would have been my casting choice, but Vikander is a pretty good pick too.
Now lets just hope that the writing is way better than it was in the game.
I hope it doesn't suck!
Now lets just hope that the writing is way better than it was in the game.
I hope it doesn't suck!
Beckinsale would have been great classic Lara, not so sure about modern Lara.
HarryHengst
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If you consistently use female as a noun instead of an adjective then you are most likely doing it with a purpose. Its not a coincidence that you see the use of female instead of woman a lot in alt-right circles, or in the PUA scene.
TheThreadsThatBindUs
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Why should it?
Being skinny isn't inherently bad or unattractive. So I'm still not understanding why it's fair to claim someone is being insensitive for using the term. Sure I understand what you're saying about the work you've put in, but surely your response to a term as benign as "skinny" speaks more of your own insecurities than anything else?
In any case, the poster you were replying to didn't even use the term "skinny". There's a huge difference between saying someone is something, and someone isn't something. Saying someone isn't "well built" isn't the same as saying someone is "skinny". That's a false equivalency you've made.
There's a whole spectrum of body shapes and size in between "skinny" and "well built", so saying someone isn't the latter doesn't imply anything about what the person in question is.
That's like me being offended because someone says I'm not light-skinned. Well I'm not. I'm black and fairly dark skinned, but in saying the above, they haven't tried to claim anything about what they perceive me to be, only what they perceive me not to be.
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