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. Angelina Jolie as Lara CroftĪnother aspect I’ve noticed about Lara is her symbolic chastity. 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. 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. 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.
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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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