Since Ocean's 8, I have adored Sandra Bullock. She's one damn gorgeous woman with a wide range of acting abilities and I found her to be charming as ever. Channing Tatum looks so young, he makes me feel old. He's 41-year-old for the love of God. When The Lost City poster and trailer were released, it only took these two world renowned actors to catch my attention and I was immediately sold.
The Lost City is marketed as an action rom-com with a bit of spoofy elements so it's inevitable for audience to go in expecting it to be a comedy film. Did the comedy work? Yes and no. Some of them were effectively done, it received lots of gags from everyone but others were okay at best, mostly because of 2 reasons; either the trailer has spoilt what could have exploded the hall with laughter or it's just not funny enough to warrant a giggling response from the audience.
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum have a great chemistry and they are just adorable together. Albeit Bullock is 16 years older than Tatum, she knew how to act younger despite her character who leads a simple, boring and uninspired life. Tatum portrays a capable-looking bloke only to realize that he's not as strong as how people see him. Throughout, it felt like their characters are almost caricature-like, which was what elevated the chemistry for me.
Daniel Radcliffe is mehhh, he played the exact similar to his previous blockbuster role, Now You See Me 2 but I guess that's what made it funny, the fact that this movie just straight out let him played a similar role again which was kinda spoofy. Brad Pitt is charismatic as always although I knew his character only serves a few purposes for the movie.
Is it filled with action-packed? No, not really. Here's the thing about The Lost City, it spends most of their running time talking and elaborating its comedic scenes which are a hit-or-miss, that they sometimes forget to include 'action' in it. And even when there's one, it's mostly consisted of chasing sequences that are okay at best, and there's barely any action going on expect when Brad Pitt's in it.
Ironically, The Lost City is... lost within its own world. It fails to set a tone that enriches the world, resulting in a blockbuster movie that feels cheap and half-cooked. It doesn't look appealing to the point that it takes away what could have potentially be an enjoyable experience like Jumanji or Indiana Jones. Even for a semi-spoof film, it's bad considering it took about $70 million budget to make this.
Verdict: The Lost City sends a pair of attractive leads capable enough of surviving to the jungle. However, the deeper the journey, the more they realize it has lost its charm, resulting in a mundane expedition.
The Lost City is marketed as an action rom-com with a bit of spoofy elements so it's inevitable for audience to go in expecting it to be a comedy film. Did the comedy work? Yes and no. Some of them were effectively done, it received lots of gags from everyone but others were okay at best, mostly because of 2 reasons; either the trailer has spoilt what could have exploded the hall with laughter or it's just not funny enough to warrant a giggling response from the audience.
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum have a great chemistry and they are just adorable together. Albeit Bullock is 16 years older than Tatum, she knew how to act younger despite her character who leads a simple, boring and uninspired life. Tatum portrays a capable-looking bloke only to realize that he's not as strong as how people see him. Throughout, it felt like their characters are almost caricature-like, which was what elevated the chemistry for me.
Daniel Radcliffe is mehhh, he played the exact similar to his previous blockbuster role, Now You See Me 2 but I guess that's what made it funny, the fact that this movie just straight out let him played a similar role again which was kinda spoofy. Brad Pitt is charismatic as always although I knew his character only serves a few purposes for the movie.
Is it filled with action-packed? No, not really. Here's the thing about The Lost City, it spends most of their running time talking and elaborating its comedic scenes which are a hit-or-miss, that they sometimes forget to include 'action' in it. And even when there's one, it's mostly consisted of chasing sequences that are okay at best, and there's barely any action going on expect when Brad Pitt's in it.
Ironically, The Lost City is... lost within its own world. It fails to set a tone that enriches the world, resulting in a blockbuster movie that feels cheap and half-cooked. It doesn't look appealing to the point that it takes away what could have potentially be an enjoyable experience like Jumanji or Indiana Jones. Even for a semi-spoof film, it's bad considering it took about $70 million budget to make this.
Verdict: The Lost City sends a pair of attractive leads capable enough of surviving to the jungle. However, the deeper the journey, the more they realize it has lost its charm, resulting in a mundane expedition.