Are you going to watch “The Lost City”, starring Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum?

OMG, OP! What are you wearing when you go! Should we do our hair different or coordinate outfits!

This. Looks. Awful.

Is this based on an older movie by a similar title?

I feel like Sandra Bullock's control freak career woman shtick is wearing a bit thin.

Looks to me like it's based on Romancing the Stone.

Is Sandra going to go on TV and bitch about how unfair Hollywood is to her?

Why would she? She’s one of the highest paid women in Hollywood

It looks cute. Hollywood used to make lots of fun, star-driven action movies.

They offered this to me.

First time I’ve seen Brad in this type of rom com movie must be desperate for money with all these lawsuits and child custody drama.

Not every star takes things because they need money.

They probably paid him $5 million for 2 weeks of filming. What's there to say no to?

[quote] "Looks to me like it's based on Romancing the Stone."

With a little "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", and "Stand By Me" leeches thrown in. It sounds as if the "Raiders" bit with the snakes may be a direct reference.

Anyway, Radcliffe looks hot as fuck with the beard and three piece suit. And Tatum looks like Tatum. I want to pat him on the head. I'd love to see Radcliffe shirtless in this, but I don't see it happening, ultimately.

I love Channing Tatum. One of my favorite Tauruses.

R13 you think Stand By Me created leeches?

OP works as a flack for the studio releasting this turd.

[quote] releasting

Oh, DEAR…

All of her movies are dumbed down for the masses. She will be forgotten.

R17 You never heard of "releasting?" I guess you're not in the industry.

No, r19. I’m not. I thought that you were trying to type “releasing”. Sorry.

What does it mean r19? Because I don’t see the word definition anywhere….

Their faces look like they've had more fillers than Madonna, or the CGI is working overtime.

I will watch anything with Channing Tatum.

Interesting that Sandra is almost 60 and she is playing the very physical role 30-year-old Kathleen Turner played.

Who says progress isn't being made?

I admit Brad's hair looks good.

How is it progress for a 60 year old woman to pretend she is 30?

[quote] How is it progress for a 60 year old woman to pretend she is 30?

Yet on DL that is the norm for gay men.

R20, e's 'avin' you on, chuck.

Smells like a box office bomb

I’ll add it to my watchlist and watch it eventually, best I can do.

I think it looks funny. Like 1995 funny. But funny. I'll read the reviews and determine my opinion based on other people's opinions, who watched the movie, because this is 2022, and no one's opinion really matters!

Feels very stupid fun 90s.

I'll probably hate watch it some boring Saturday afternoon.

Total frau-fest. Will this bitch ever stop playing rolls she is 20 years too old for?

This looks like it would have been a huge hit in about 1998.

I hope it's not woke. But I know I'll be disappointed.

R35 what’s “woke”?

[quote][R35] what’s “woke”?

Shit.

R37 again, what is it?

R1 The Op of course is the Brooklyn Seacow Ewwdwin MonTONazz jr… we all hate it!

R39 that has nothing to do with anything. Now answer the question

It looks laughably, horrible! Can't to see it!

Sandra looks too old and botoxed now.,Ditto for JLo in her rom com. Time for more age appropriate parts.

No wonder there was a large tremor in Brooklyn on Thursday. Ewwdwin the Seacow fell over.

[quote][R37] again, what is it?

Crap.

R44 again, WHAT IS “WOKE”? You can’t even describe it.

Sandra Bullock’s “The Heat” (2013) with Melissa McCarthy is a guilty pleasure of mine. And Netflix’s “The Unforgivables” (2021) wasn’t. She plays a darker persona and it wasn’t bad.

^^^ meant wasn’t bad.^^^

An old leading lady with a male stripper love interest is progress because it flips Hollywood's eternal paradigm of old leading men such as Harrison Ford and homely Michael Douglas romancing and preposterously being stalked by 25 year-olds.

I'm OK with it.

But I do think Bullock and JLo take it a bit far.

I remember when Gravity came out and it was hailed as a brilliant movie that accurately depicted space travel conditions, etc. All I remember is 50-year-old Sandra Bullock floating around in her bra and panties for 10 minutes and then crashing to Earth and washing up on a beach safely. It was a stupid movie and it totally objectified her surgically preserved body. Why couldn't she just have been an astronaut in a space suit?

“Will this bitch ever stop playing rolls she is 20 years too old for?”

As soon as Clint Eastwood stops playing roles he is 35 years too old for.

Good Lord, this looks like crap!

[quote][R44] again, WHAT IS “WOKE”? You can’t even describe it.

Manure.

Can’t wait to watch this

Sandy and Potato Head? NO

I don't think so.

Wow, I can't believe someone defied the media industrial complex's current mandate of casting an interracial lead couple. You mean white people aren't totally cancelled? Cue the meltdown queens who don't feel REPRESENTTEEDDDDDDDDDDDD

BOOOOHOOOOOOO hope you survive World War III, you reverse racist airheads who think humanity doesn't transcend skin color -- and conflate race with class.

Idiots.

Hey, r55, way to read those imaginary people for trash!

looks like lots of fun. Additional premiere/sneak preview screenings happening. Its a sign the studio WANTS people to see the movie and tell their friends it was great.

I miss sneak previews, if only because it was a guarantee the movie was good, the studio was confident people would like it, and they wanted to get the word out.

It would have to get really, really, really good reviews for me to see Channing Tatum in anything.

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I love Sandy. And I really want to like a new version of a Romancing the Stone style film. But this looks...not so great.

I'll see what you bitches say first.

[quote] You mean white people aren't totally cancelled?

Is Brad Pitt literally white?

This movie is literal violence!

The reviews make it sound completely average.

Why are you greyed out OP?

I can't stand Sandra as an actress. Everything I've heard about her is positive so I hate saying it but she just doesn't have much talent nor are her projects all that interesting

Taking a break.

R64 You need to ask around some more. Not everyone loves "Sandi."

The trailer looked truly awful and that god awful joe jonas song too. My god what happened to cinema!??

Everything about Sandra screams “love me love me” she’s like a slightly less obnoxious Anne Hathaway.

Is this the first time Brad is in this type of genre?

I like her, will probably see this at some point, but her hair in r65 is repulsive.

"Radcliffe looks hot as fuck with the beard..."

Yes, we know. Bullock is in it.

R58, 100% so far on RottenTomatoes.

[quote]100% so far on RottenTomatoes.

Everybody loves Sandy

Miserable. Bad. Awful. Even some Melissa McCarthy movies are better.

I shut it off after 30 minutes. It was awful.

I saw it in a theater the weekend it opened. I liked it a lot. It's a lot of fun. And Tatum is, as always, hot. Especially the scene where Sandy's character is pulling leeches off his bare butt.

That was a stunt double

r76 I hope they had some good trailers!

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r67 "My god what happened to cinema!??"

A lot! Its business model—as we knew it—is collapsing and the media conglomerates are now—more than ever—in charge...and they have a stranglehold on creativity...

Sadly, one would have thought that the surfeit of streaming services and abundance of working talent would have resulted in a long tail effect, i.e. "something for everyone." A genre for every demographic. Instead, Hollywood is being Hollywood: going after the lowest common denominator and looking for the one blockbuster that will impact their annual bottom line.

Before Covid-19, streaming (and bingeing) was already creating a relentless demand for new content. So quality was suffering. Anything with even a hint of brand recognition was—and still is—fodder for a reboot or remake.

Then, Covid-19 accelerated the long-dying theatre business. The impact of being unable to depend on those gigantic opening weekend box office numbers has been enormous.

"After" Covid / when production resumed, we had new costly budget line items (Covid protocols) as well as unexpected Covid-related shooting delays.

On the creative side, studios are more cautious than ever: "me too" and DEI initiatives have created a filter that goes over just about every production, to the detriment of story.

As far as the spectacle aspects of moviemaking...what used to separate it from network television, it will be more and more rare to have location shooting and large crowd scenes due to Covid concerns and budget concerns. CGI will replace some of that, but (excellent-looking) CGI is still costly.

Then, actors of all ages shapes and sizes want to work and the playpen is far too small and competitive....plus there are far too many of them so they do anything, regardless of its quality.

Also, the talent pool of auteur directors is aging out or dying. It takes a lot to stand up to all of the above and it used to be a strong director. The generation of directors now hitting their stride want to work so they bend to authority.

Finally: audiences are changing. Expectations of scripted entertainment are different among a younger audience than older. Expectations of situations, tone, pacing, dialogue, humor, effects...all changing. Dialogue some protagonists spoke merely 5 years ago would now be considered "mean" or "misogynistic" or "bullying" or "aggressive."

Even the definition of what a movie actually is is changing. Younger audiences may not recognize the difference between something they watch on their phones and something they watch on their televisions. If you take movie theaters out of their range of experience, then what? If you're producing a movie and you know your audience watches it on a tiny screen, why are you allowing the director to do a location shoot in Paris?

It's all very dreary but it is precisely where we were headed and where we are now. It's a business—a very conservative, cautious, and risk-averse business.

It was not funny (except for Brad Pitt). Sandra is trying to be young and perfect looking and Chatum is not that good of an actor.

I signed up for a week of free Paramount+ because I wanted to watch The Stand and The Offer but going to watch this tonight.

Don't bother with The Stand, it was a total POS.

Sandra looks great for an older woman, she got some good work done.

This movie had really long legs at the box office. It will get a lot of views when it hits streaming. It's somewhere between not all that funny and terrible.

Sandra Bullock's face no longer moves. She looks like herself until she starts speaking and then it gets sad. And Tatum's character has only one goal - to make her see him as an acceptable love interest. He's in love with her and she thinks of him as a himbo. She's about 15 years older than him in real life which i guess isnt a big deal but her character is a bitch and we see him naked so its kind of playing to her ego.

Daniel Radcliffe is the only funny character in the movie. great performance as the villain

Sandra never has sexual chemistry with her male costars. Hmmmmm

Yup Brad Pitt was the best part, it was not good.

Did Pitt at least look good in it?

Pitt looked rough but it fit the character

Sandra looked really odd lying flat on her back, don't want to spoil the scene but her face looked puffy and weird

I guess R80 still thinks this is 2021: "As far as the spectacle aspects of moviemaking...what used to separate it from network television, it will be more and more rare to have location shooting and large crowd scenes due to Covid concerns..."

Also, while it's true that there are some young(er) woke-ish types that are too triggered by any sort of joke or line that may suggest an insult, they're IN THE MINORITY BY FAR.

Just check the reviews on IMDB, or even HERE. Almost all the negatives for any film, are critical of Hwood being waaaaay too politically correct, and this film proves that some still just want to laugh.

[quote] With a little "Raiders Of The Lost Ark", and "Stand By Me" leeches thrown in.

I see the leeches scene as more *African Queen*. There are a lot of influences/allusions in this movie—rip-offs, if you must, but the movie doesn't really aim high enough for rip-offs.

Bad timing. He just arrived in Korea because he is contractually obliged by the studo to promote his flop movie. He doesn’t look worried but his eyebrows tell a different story.