AT lost city Adam and Aaron Nee has at least two scenes in which the film satirizes the romantic comedy genre. In both, the plot is filled with good intentions, as well as a self-conscious sense of the absurd. The script knows it’s not telling a new story, but he dares to laugh at his little oddities and antics. He also finds a way to celebrate a long tradition in which he brings a modern take on love.
But he does this not out of intellectual superiority or neglecting his stereotypes. On the contrary, he uses them with such skill and good taste that he creates an updated image of the familiar cinematic love story. But besides this, lost city also does something else. This makes it clear that the old mechanism of love in cinema is developing, but does not lose the sensitive and naive core that supports it. And it actually becomes more satirical by finding a way to reconstruct a concept as old as the history of cinema.
With a bold and festive pulse, the film celebrates a long legacy of such stories with a vivid ability to surprise. lost city He does not want to surprise and does not try. What he really wants to demonstrate is why an extravagant romance full of more or less predictable but well-constructed twists is always a good formula. He achieves this by believing that laughter – or at least the combination of laughter and the chemistry of his cast – is an unmistakable combination.
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In fact, one of the most lofty and interesting aspects of the film is the script’s ability to sustain itself even in its most bizarre moments. There is much to thank for the performance of Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum, turned into an unlikely couple due to tongue-in-cheek complicity. A film that contains a large part of the plot that has already become a classic behind the green heart (1984) Robert Zemeckis restructures the premise with great freshness. The famous version of love in the middle of a disaster has shifted its parts to allow for a few new proposals. Especially when the script emphasizes the idea that the whole idea of a shared romance has a specific purpose. The one that is directly related to the ability lost city to show their intentions from the first scenes.
lost city does not hide that this is an easy film without big ambitions
If something is valued lost city he doesn’t try to hide that it’s an easy film with no big ambitions. But from there, he manages to turn the story into a rich variety of nuances that are remarkably cohesive. yes in Marry me, Kat Coiro, a romantic comedy twist based on surprise, in lost city It is based on partnership. In fact, both of them are aware that they are following in the footsteps of the bitter and existential comedies of the beginning of the millennium. The result is a new kind of cinematic romance, candid and witty, innocent enough to move.
lost citybesides, he allows himself the luxury of giving the gorgeous Sandra Bullock enough space to show off his talent for making people laugh.. His Loretta Sage is an ambiguous character, curiously kind, but at the same time a new generation of conventional romantic heroine. If earlier Bullock embodied the characters of similar plots from a certain secret, then this time he does it out of honesty. Loretta is devastated, tired and hurt. And he also needs to hold on to what little is left of his life as he knew it. But he can’t do it. Her career as a writer of romantic comedies is on the decline, and this is the essence of her work.
And that’s when Channing Tatum shines with the unexpected generosity of the usual “beautiful but stupid” boy immortalized in the genre. But the actor manages to impress his character with a special humanity that brings him closer. lost city carefully reflects on how the romantic comedy has evolved, from its worst and best moments. And it’s not from a long journey of bittersweet, frustration or sarcasm. lost city he is so sincere that he evokes sympathy, and this is his highest point.
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lost city he is more interested in making people laugh than in creating a feeling of love for new generations. This completely distinguishes it from a whole series of films of this genre, which tried to deepen and change the scope of love. Instead, the film celebrates and highlights the perception of love as an accident. Weird, without nuances, and good enough to be accepted without nuances. Sandra Bullock knows how to convey the delicacy of such a concept without a hint of cynicism.. Just like Tatum, with an absolute frankness that shatters any preconceptions about his curious sense of humor. Together they give the film a unique personality.
For his final scenes, lost city surprised by his good work in restoring the long road to the long-awaited happy ending. Do it with known enemies and the usual obstacle course on the way to love as an emblem. But also remember that romantic comedy is more than a genre. This is a sublimated and innocent version of the love of cinema. The idea that the film plays with is fun, tasteful.
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