Auspiscious

Before I start, I am aware of all the messes that happened during production and distribution issues that Nickolodeon has had with this shows. While I do agree there was some bad writing choices, The Legend of Korra still remained to strive and create a story following an avatar that seemingly had EVERYTHING given to her and had a huge legacy to follow. She didn't need to travel for her masters, she was identified at a way younger age than Aang and you'd think that an avatar who was locked in a compound sparring her whole life, she'd be a broken avatar bur she's not. She makes mistakes. I enjoy how her story is different because rather than learning the four elements of bending. She had to learn four things; Diplomacy, Compassion, Emotional Maturity and Spirituality. Korra definitely did frustrate me sometimes but denying her growth among the seasons are just from blind-sighted people. I could go on and on about what I like about the show but I want to leave room for criticism. Now, for criticism, the few things I didn't really like is Season 2 and the whole thing with the Krew. TLOK managed to steer off from the mess of Season 2 but the Season 2 main villain's motivations aren't as well articulated as the other villains which leads viewers to think that he has no real motivation at all except for being a stereotypical super villain. Also the whole removal of amoral spirits really upset me. The Krew was so underdeveloped, while I do find them enjoyable and aware that Korrasami was censored. After the whole love triangle and a few fun moments most of the time they just felt like they were there or pedals to move Korra forward. There were so many opportunities to strengthen them but sometimes it feels missed. And again for Season 2, I did notice that Korra's development slowed and even kind of regressed. It wasn't until the very end of the season we actually see her DEVELOP. But it does offer Korra some self awareness.

It's a good show to just binge for fun, it's not anything life-changing or different. Quite literally just your typical Netflix Story but I enjoyed it. I absolutely loved Lara's character, considering that it was post Yamatai and Lara had to navigate her grief. Side characters were pretty enjoyable, all familiar characters that we already love. Zip was absolutely hilarious. Animation is simple. I expected it to be more fluid and detailed like Castlevania's art style but as we know, it wasn't. Nonetheless, it was still watchable. It did lean too far into typical tropes but the character was pretty three dimensional. The one thing that bothered me the most was how anti-climatic the 'final boss' battle was and the villain, we were told why he was the way he was but the whole villain plus relic trope is just overused. I felt like the whole chasing after the villain was more exciting than actually confronting the villain which is what most action shows struggle with. Overall, as I said, it is good for a show to binge when you're bored and just enjoy. I didn't come in with necessarily high standards especially since not every game to screen adaptation is as great as Arcane's, Castlevania's and Edgerunners but I found myself watching Netflix's tomb raider show enjoyable, funny and at times beautiful. Side note if you complain about Lara looking like a 'man' , you're just a deadbeat virgin who doesn't like any female character that doesn't have a big bust or ungodly proportions. Meet a real woman.

Pretty damn good for a show made by Zack Snyder. Humor is crude and the action is exactly what its meant to be tense and exciting. I have personally noticed that Zack didn't over rely on action which was one of his biggest issues, the story telling and the whole paganism/christian symbolism was great, considering history of course.

Well, the first act was quite exquisite but the second act felt like a corny, cliche grieving arc. Beautiful movie though. Could've done better. <333