General Media Studies : representations of women

Film : Lara Croft
Lara Croft is a character originally derived from the playstation game "Tombraider", this was published by Eidos and disigned by "Core Design". It was when made into two films, "Lara Croft Tombraider" and "Tombraider The Cradle Of Life". The title is pretty self explanatory in that it is about a tombraider called Lara Croft, who is a tough, independent woman who knows how to take care of herself, however she is also beautiful and irresistible to men. Lara Croft is represented as the kind of woman whom most real life women want to be; fiery, full of life and strong minded…