The Lost City [DVD]
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Not sure why everyone is so hard on movies these days, I quite enjoyed this movie. It was funny. It didn't require me to try to keep track of a million little pieces. It was a perfect weeknight movie to go with my glass of wine. Definitely recommend if you want a nice easy rom com."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I think this is way smarter than people realize. I read these books. Channing Tatum is a good actor; he plays a charecture you rarely see- a strong confident, smart male who\'s really into this chick & the life direction decisions surrounding her. Harry Potter\'s still smarter than ever. There\'s tiny, miniscule intimate moments that show the actors (Bullock, Tatum, Radcliff\'s) real thoughts & that I\'ve never seen them do in another movie. This movie doesn\'t follow programming of big action blockbusters; maybe the explosions made people expect godzilla vs megagodzilla or something. The publicist is someone I\'ve never seen before and I thought she was perfect. This movie doesn\'t slap you with things you\'re "supposed" to think, and gives you real glimpses into the actors personalities or bits of their range I don\'t see anywhere else.\nAlso, there\'s a million of these books and they\'re dope story telling. This is the first movie since the 80\'s I\'ve seen of happy, adventure, not trying to force anything. T\'was awesome.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Great action with beautiful location shooting in the beaches, caves, waterfall and jungle of the Dominican Republic. Put this at the top of the viewing list. Everyone did a great job in this film. Nice light touch in the dialogue compared to so many in this genre. This deserves a wide audience. Action in romantic comedies keep it from the claustrophobia or gross-out jokes that comes with too many of the films in the genre.\n\nKeep watching the credits at the end...you won\'t want to miss the extra...a "mid-credits" scene.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "Beyond all of the woke characters in the movie - who would never be in the jobs they have in the movie - This movie aims to poke fun at ridiculous ideas while being clever, but it misses badly and just comes off as wholly ridiculous. Channing Tatum is always hit or miss and his phrenetic acting in this movie was really off-putting. I'm also sad to say that Sandra Bullock is WAY past her prime and her bloated botox-esque face was genuinely cringe worthy. SPOILER: The ONLY glimmer of fun in the movie was a surprise cameo by Brad Pitt, but he's only on screen for a couple minutes. Honestly, I'd totally skip this film, if I had the choice again."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 15, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': "The Lost City (TLC) is basically Romancing the Stone (RTS) with a twist on the treasure. (Spoilers ahead). The trailer looked great, but thirty minutes into the flick, I could see it was false advertising. (Spoiler alert again). Here's the main reason why: Brad Pitt's character goes MIA for most of the movie, and that's bad because Channing Tatum and Sandra Bullock have almost zero chemistry, in my opinion. It's also unfortunate because the parts that included Pitt were the funniest in the movie. Bullock and Pitt had 1000% chemistry, but the filmmakers squashed that. Later, there is an unnecessary zeroing-in on Channing's bum for like three minutes, and it felt like someone merely wanted to do a gender flip on the Douglas/Turner ravine slide scene from RTS to build sexual tension (and have the man be the sex object). In this movie, the moment doesn't work at all. Bullock's character is a novelist who despises how her fanbase focuses too much on the sexy male cover model (as a sex object), and yet, in this butt ogling scene, she's doing the very same thing. Bullock's character is not developing; she's devolving. It's just forced like the rest of the movie. The overall aesthetic of TLC looked green, 'screenish' and amateurish. I will give the film props for scaling back on foul language. There were very few curse words. TLC had its moments, but I wished I had not spent my time on this. Just my opinion."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'In this updating of "Romancing the Stone," Sandra Bullock stars as Loretta Sage, a burnt-out, formerly best-selling romance writer, whose patience-is-wearing-thin-agent (Da Vine Joy Randolph) is prodding her to finish her current book in the series and get going on her book tour already. Little does Sandra suspect, however, that this will result in thrusting her smack into the middle of a real-life romance adventure plot, not to mention shock therapy that will enable to rejoin the world of the living.\n\nStill grieving the death of her anthropologist husband, Sandra is in no mood for being decked out in a magenta jumpsuit and forced to share a stage with her cover model (Channing Tatum), who immediately ignites a fever in their female fans. Still, Da Vine insists she play nice, but of course, Sandra flubs this and gets into a spat with Channing afterward, resulting in her being spirited away by armed men who turn out to be henchmen of Daniel Radcliffe, a gazillionaire, who despite looking young enough to get carded, is searching for a mysterious Crown of Fire (alas no accompanying Goblet) on an exotic isle with a Lost City and a tomb. Despite Sandra’s protestations, she’s forced into his jet and flown to the isle, but with Channing in pursuit, having secured the aid of his martial arts trainer/guru (Brad Pitt) who is apparently skilled in such rescue missions. Also on the case is Da Vine, who packs her carry-ons and heads for the isle, though at first the “help” she can muster looks pretty ineffectual.\n\nBrad and Channing manage rather quickly to liberate Sandra, but unfortunately, despite their outrunning the explosions, they still have danger galore in store from leeches to caves to lagoons to high-speed vehicle chases, plus potential entrapment in a tomb. Eventually, however, the bad guys are caught (or killed), and romance is found. While some of the jokes fall flat, overall, this is a witty and enjoyable adventure film with engaging leads and an amusing supporting cast.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "Was surprised to see it hit a 4/5 star so wanted to put my own words down.\n\nThis is a fantastically hilarious movie. It's a comedic Romancing the Stone and CT's character is supportive and respectfully affectionate and I'm ALL for it. The characters aren't 2D with 1 character trait, they can be both smart and dumb at times and it makes them more interesting and realistic. SB's character seems consistent with a grieving widow, hurting so badly she can't see the pain she inflicts on others, but through the movie both characters grow together. The entire point of this movie is you can find love in unexpected places. Another character who's only in the movie briefly is SUPPOSED to be just like her fictional character, but with him removed from the movie she's forced to actually interact and learn about CT and she finds unexpected depth and intelligence. It's about growing as a person and working through grief and loss.\nI'd truly recommend this movie and hope you give it a chance. Some of the reviews on here are unfair and biased, from people who either don't want to actually think about the movie or don't have this kind of humor. It's ok to have those opinions but this movie really deserves better than what has been written about it.\nP.s. sapiosexuals can very much be flustered much as she was, but in the butt scene I laughed so hard I almost peed myself. (Trying not to give spoilers, but geez something had to be said)"}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 11, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Actually Daniel Radcliff had the best acting part. Sandra looks better more attractive now than she did 20 years ago. Not a waste of time.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'What "Scream" did to/for horror movies, this does to/for Rom-com movies. It sends up the well-worn tropes of the genre while still being a delightful, and v. funny, rom-com in the style of "Romancing the Stone." The leads, Bullock and Tatum, are charming and their roles bring out the best. Tatum plays a bovine cover model who yearns to be heroic (hilarious!); Bullock is the ill-at-ease intellectual author \'slumming\' for dollars by repurposing her academic studies into plot lines.\nSupporting actors, esp. the literary agent, is delightful. Plus Daniel Ratcliffe plays the unbalanced villain to a tee.\n"Do I really have to wear a sequined onesie?" Bullock asks at the outset and ends up wearing it for most of the action (v. funny).\nLet it be what it is and you\'ll want to see it a couple of times to laugh harder at the best bits each time.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2022', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Didn’t expect much from this movie. Sandra is an aging romance writer in a slump. She’s a widower, resolved to her lonely life, but she still has it going on. And a beauty as always. Tatum is funny. Plays a great romance character hero for Loretta’s books and he secretly desires her.\nBut when you reAlize the mercenary is Brad Pitt, what a surprise…. It’s like, you lean in and say,** is tht Brad Pitt?**\nYes it was and he steals the movie. Masculine, funny, charming. Every ladies dream hero. So funny. This movie has charm and is definitely worth watching. It presents as a B movie, with lots of unexpected A actors in it, including Randy. There are some very funny scenes, and remains entertaining through out. Evn Sandra’s bookwritng manager in The movie is very funny. Just a great clean flick. Worth a watch for sure.'}]