Tomb Raider? Heh...you've said it all.
I'm not so sure about Final Fantasy, though. Probably the most successful part of the series is that, aside from game design, there doesn't have to be any link between ANY of the games for them to be popular. They don't flow like Oddworld installments, or at least the first ones we've seen.
What I think is a bit shameless in the FF movie is their use of motion capture...I mean, this makes sense in games where you're very well aware that nothing is real, but if you create motion through an actor's performance, then what's the point of making a CG film instead of live action? The FF movie is riding on the huge fan base the games have already established, and its groundbreaking visuals. I doubt it will be anything more than a melodramatic, albeit technologically advanced, moneycow.
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