The character of Lara Croft has appeared on over 200 magazine covers worldwide and has over a thousand websites dedicated to her. This official companion will be the only behind the scenes look at what promises to be the must-see movie of 2001, eclipsing everything else in its path.
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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice companion to the movie,
This review is from: Tomb Raider: The Official Film Companion (Paperback)
This is a really interesting companion book to the movie. It includes information on all sorts of things from the major characters and their backgrounds, interviews with the actors, and chapters on set design and location stories. The interview with Angelina Jolie is quite fascinating and shows in part her own complexity and depth, and it's quite enjoyable reading about the other actors such as Noah Taylor and Daniel Craig (Bryce and Alex respectively) and hearing how they view their characters.Beautiful pictures (although clearly marketed to the boys with a few too many close up pics of Lara C), especially the ones of Cambodia, make this an attractive book, and the history of Lara Croft (originally Laura Cruise) from idea to computer game heroine to big screen personality is again a good feature of the book. Admittedly, this movie companion book falls flat in the face of other movie books such as the ones for "Moulin Rouge" and "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon", both of which are beautiful examples of how to give viewers something to remember the movie by, something to really capture the essence of a movie. This one doesn't do it, with no screenplay (not much of one to start with anyways) and not much thought put into it, although to be fair the essence of this movie is probably a couple of guns and a skimpy wardrobe; not the easiest things to market in book form! The best part about this book is that it hints at what the screenplay fails to do: it gives some idea of what the producers might have been hoping to achieve with the movie. Don't get me wrong, I loved the movie or I wouldn't have bought this book, but there's no doubt the storyline in the movie is thin and at times utterly confusing and odd. This book by containing a few more of the ideas and storyline behind "Tomb Raider", really points you towards a more complex storyline, one that actually makes sense. But Angelina Jolie's comments alone are worth the price of the book, in her interview she says that after making the movie she was left with a sense of adventure, that we should all be going out there and experiencing life, travel, the world, for ourselves. Not just living vicariously through books and movies and computer games. That's definitely something for us all to keep in mind!
6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Tomb Raider,
By Edson D Oliveira (Hamden, CT United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Tomb Raider: The Official Film Companion (Paperback)
The book is based on the Tomb Raider movie starring Angelina Jolie.Like most movies based on books,they have many differences.The movie was excellent and the book had some different parts and words which would have made the movie even better.Overall,the book is must-read for Tomb Raider or Lara Croft fans.
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It all began with Laura Cruise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Tomb Raider, Lara Croft, Simon West, Manfred Powell, Core Design, Angkor Wat, Lord Croft, Simon Crane, Adrian Smith, Daniel Craig, Lloyd Levin, Noah Taylor, The Orrery, Pinewood Studios, Solar System, Los Angeles, Tomb of Ten Thousand Shadows, Chris Barrie, Kirk Petruccelli, Tomorrow Never Dies New!
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It all began with Laura Cruise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bungee ballet, action hero Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Tomb Raider, Lara Croft, Simon West, Manfred Powell, Core Design, Angkor Wat, Lord Croft, Simon Crane, Adrian Smith, Daniel Craig, Lloyd Levin, Noah Taylor, The Orrery, Pinewood Studios, Solar System, Los Angeles, Tomb of Ten Thousand Shadows, Chris Barrie, Kirk Petruccelli, Tomorrow Never Dies New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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