I am hoping that this movie gives adult adventure fans the fix we need: The Lost City of Z - Movie Trailers - iTunes I read the book several years ago. It is well written, but the conclusion is kind of a let down. But the story itself is a great, old fashion adventure yarn. I think Brad Pitt was once associated with the project, but no longer is.
I have and read the book, interesting to see what becomes of it. A get a Arthur Conan Doyle - Lost World kind of thing. That was a good book too.
Getting good reviews from critics and currently has an 88% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Opened in limited release last week and opens wide tomorrow. I'm going to see it when it comes to a theatre close by. Even though it is opening wide tomorrow, for some reason, my cinema complex isn't showing it starting tomorrow. There are only 2 theatres in Cincinnati showing it starting tomorrow and one in Northern Kentucky, which is about 10 miles away but one I rarely go to since I don't like it that much. I will wait a week to see if my cinema complex picks it up next week before making a trek elsewhere to see it.
My wife and I just got back from seeing this movie. She left earlier than I, and I left before the end (as well). Judging by the critics catalogued on RT, it is a "must see" in my favorite category (outdoor adventure type movies, but not about mythical giant apes), but all I can say is that a fascinating story does not necessarily make a good movie, at least not in the hands of this director (James Gray). Maybe he is a fine director, but I dare say he was off his game on this one. When such a tale becomes boring and interested, one truly is "lost." At RT, one of the audience reviewers summed it up this way: "James Grey makes a weak film that wants to be an exciting adventure (yet it does manage to be tense at times) but is mostly uninteresting and overlong, with not much to offer besides a lot of clichés, silly dialogue and poorly-developed motivations for its obsessed protagonist." I tend to agree. Your mileage may differ. It just didn't "float my boat."
Damn, sorry to hear that. I wonder how this thing managed to get a Rotten Tomatoes rating in the high 80s? Btw, when that one audience reviewer complains about the movie's "silly dialogue" -- is that dialogue that was added to the movie, or was it in the book too?
Bad reviews not withstanding I plan on seeing this. I loved the book and love the story. Count me in.
Saw it today and like most movies, it takes some liberties with the facts but whatever. I thought it was a well done movie that was fairly reverent to its source material. If you didn't like it, you probably don't like movies about exploration. I guess stick to Indiana Jones type stuff.
I did too. I liked the book, but thought it fizzled at the end. The great civilization that was "found" -- so to speak -- was anti-climatic (SPOILER: just some archeological imprints in the jungle).
The movie was a total downer. Also a huge bomb for Amazon -- it's made less than $10 million so far. My guess is it cost well north of $70M. I'll say this for the filmmakers: they stuck with the true story and did not embellish the fate of the main characters. So the real-life story was a downer, too, for more than 100 explorers who searched for this lost civilization.
I saw this today along with Guardians of the Galaxy. And while I liked Lost City, it's the kind of film I would hesitate recommending to friends and family. It is not a movie for the mass audience. I do think it would have been more effective with an actor like Joaquin Phoenix (director James Gray's frequent star) in the lead. And I can think of some other filmmakers who would/might have been more effective with this material. But it's a good movie. (The RT audience reviewer who complained about "silly dialogue""--that I don't get at all.)
Considering that Brad Pitt was originally attached to star in the movie but pulled out I thought Charlie Hunnam was a logical choice. There's nothing wrong with his performance in the least. In fact, there's nothing wrong with this movie at all. I enjoyed it (as I did the book) and would definitely recommend it to friends. Now, is it one of those movies you can watch over and over? No, it is not, but it's a good film and, in places, quite fascinating.