About this episode

The episode discusses the film Lara Croft: Tomb Raider with guests BJ and Harmony Colangelo, exploring its themes and production.

Phil and Emily continue the Angelina Jolie action films miniseries with Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001), joined by BJ Colangelo and Harmony Colangelo, co-hosts of the This Ends at Prom podcast. BJ and Harmony previously joined the show for Hard-Boiled, which Phil describes as a superior action movie. Harmony agrees with everything about that sentence. Tomb Raider follows aristocrat archaeologist Lara Croft racing against the villainous Illuminati to retrieve the two halves of the Triangle of Light before a rare planetary alignment allows them to unlock its power over time. It cost $150 million, grossed $274 million worldwide, and opened June 15th, 2001 against Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Shrek, Swordfish, Pearl Harbor, and Evolution. Paramount had purchased the video game rights in 1998. No fewer than seven screenwriters took a pass at the script before Simon West stitched something together and pointed a camera at Angelina Jolie. The group agrees on several things: Jolie is perfectly cast, clearly having a blast, and simply is Lara Croft in a way that very few actors embody a character that completely. They do not agree on much else. Phil's issues are with the script, specifically…

People in this episode

Hosts: Phil, Emily

Guests: BJ Colangelo, Harmony Colangelo

Topics covered

• action films
• video games
• film analysis
• pop culture
• celebrity encounters

Keywords

• Tomb Raider
• Angelina Jolie
• action movie
• video game adaptation
• film critique

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paramount

Books & works: Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Hard-Boiled, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Shrek, Swordfish, Pearl Harbor, Evolution

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