![]() ![]() Originally airing in 2018 and finishing its final season in June of this year (season 5 was cancelled by the network), this magical reboot failed to charm fans of the original series. While the Charmed reboot did very well in the beginning, its viewership dwindled as the series progressed. Add a multiverse and you’ve got what should be a successful formula. If there’s one thing everyone hasn’t gotten enough of lately, it’s reboots. However, the ending clearly shows us that, even though, the writers made Lara have a feminine side, she’s still the badass tomb raider we know from the beginning. At last, we see Lara finally wearing her white dress because in some ways, giving up her chance to save her father for the ultimate good was, like passing a test on her morality. We also know that Lara wants the pieces of the triangle/all-seeing-eye, so it doesn’t go into the wrong hands and with the hopes that it would lead to her father, unlike Powell who wants the pieces for ultimate power. For example, we know Lara and Alex have a history, but rather than engaging with Alex sexually, she instead gives him playful banter. Lara Croft is portrayed as a virtuous heroine because, unlike her male opponents, she is not tempted by lust, power, or greed. I’ve mentioned Lara often wears white, mostly when she’s at her mansion or is in an emotional state regarding her father, but her white outfits can also symbolize Lara as a virtuous heroine. She doesn’t use two guns because it would give her an advantage as a woman-rather, it would make sense to use two guns because two guns are better than one.Īnother aspect I’ve noticed about Lara is her symbolic chastity. Notice that, most of her opponents use one gun to fire, and Lara uses two. We are also seeing a change in woman action heroes using guns that are more handled for men, like semi-automatic guns. The reason I emphasize the types of guns she uses is that, I noticed she never has to reload her guns because-her guns self-load. This line interested me because it’s not saying Lara isn’t a woman, but rather, asking the question: who came up with the rule that ladies should be modest? As for her gun-savviness, Lara usually gears herself with two USP guns. She simply responds, “yes, a lady should be modest”. Her humor adds to her bold personality, like when she takes off her towel in front of her butler, and his reaction is that, she should be modest with her body because she’s a lady. One of the reasons, I love Angelina Jolie as Lara Croft because she’s gun-savvy, and she’s funny. My point being is, the audience sees two sides of Lara: her active side whenever she’s fighting the bad guys, and her passive side when she meets her father or there is any mention of her father. ![]() She wears white after having her dream of her father, and she wears white during her bungee-ballet ambush. She wears white, when she visits her father’s gravestone an emotional moment for her. For example, I noticed that, whenever Lara wears white, it shows not only her passive side, but her vulnerability. In Yvonne Tasker's Spectacular Bodies: Gender, Genre and the Action Cinema, Tasker talks about the vulnerable states that, some women action heroes face. I don’t think, she walks manfully because the guns strapped on her are too heavy for a woman rather, it’s realistic that having guns strapped on your legs will carry weight, and she’s not bothered by that because it’s all-natural for her. There’s even a scene of Lara walking down with her guns strapped on her thighs in a manfully way. The opening scene also emphasizes that Lara’s body is athletic. These shots serve as a reminder that Lara is not a passive tomb raider-she’s an active one. There are many close-ups of Lara accompanied by her guns. While some may assume her thigh close-ups are meant to be sexually appealing-and I’m not saying they’re not-these close-ups are not just of her thighs, but of her guns. In the opening scene, we see shots of Lara’s thighs strapped with her USP guns. Brown mentioned that, the hardbody of a woman doesn’t always have to be a sexual appeal to the male spectator, which I agree with. Brown's: Gender and the Action Hero to the film. First, I would like to compare what I’ve read in Jeffery A. While the camera is objectifying her body to invoke a sexual response in male viewers, Lara Croft still defies the expectations of women in action films. However, the movie has received some negative reception regarding the frequent male gazes of Jolie's body. ![]() Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001)is one of my favorite Angelina Jolie films and action heroine films. ![]()
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