She Puppet is a film which reflects upon the ideas of mortality and identity. It aims to do so by use of voiceovers and footage captured from playing Tomb Raider.
"Why did they give me a kingdom to rule over if there is no better kingdom than this hour, in which I exist between what I was not and what I will not be," says the first voice over.
Laura Croft is then killed a few different ways and drops to the ground, moaning in defeat.
The idea behind this strategy of using digital animation coupled with verbal text is a valid one. The execution is kinda lacking in She Puppet, though. At least a third of this film could be lobbed off and it would likely be stronger. As is, its a mesh of haphazard gameplay clips and an unenthused but culturally diverse group of women reading lines from books aloud to the audience.
Don't take this the wrong way, though. I personally watched this about three and a half times and think there's potential, especially with the text that's chosen. Some of it is really beautifully appropriate. Conversely though, some of both the audio and the image just come off as frayed ends, the part where a train of thought derails into the countryside for a while before returning to the point. They do not adequately give justice to the idea at hand, nor do they advance the film.
To sum up, the idea is more than valid. The raw material is there. The peak though, to me, was just not reached.
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