Tomb Raider

Despite the snootiness of movie critics - the film wasn't made for them anyway - this is a surprisingly decent movie. Admittedly, I am a fan of the other two movies starring Jolie (despite their terribleness), but even with my low threshold, this was very good. Gamers will appreciate the nods to the 2013 game, and there is a healthy smattering of puzzles, traps, and supernatural elements. Still... I wish they had played to the 90's games a little more, with the following additions: Lara saying 'aha' every time she found an artefact. Lara healing herself with magical medipacks. Lara saving her progress during the film with the aid of floaty blue diamonds. Lara having more polygonal (and exaggerated) features. Lara fighting a T-Rex. And of course... Lara trapping her butler in the mansion refrigerator! However, despite those notable omissions, this is a better film than we could have hoped for.

I wish Alicia Vikander had gotten a better movie to be Lara Croft in. Tomb Raider (2018) is so boring.