"The Lost City"--Movie review--seen in theatre!

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'They' (senior citizens) always say 'They' (Hollywood) doesn't make them like used to--well, here is one like they used to! 3 big name stars (Sandra Bullock as a very successful novelist who has lost her desire to write romance novels where Channing Tatum has been the cover model, with flowing blond lock, and Daniel Radcliffe as the villain(!) plus let's throw in Brad Pitt in what would be called a cameo) are put in an action/comedy with lush scenery. Throw in a little PG sex--nudity---in the 'old days' they never showed it but indicated as they do here. It helps that Bullock is dressed in a tight sequined suit and Tatum is buff, and is in a left to the imagination nude scene, plus some of the scenic shots must be seen on the large movie screen, especially the spectacular mountains with several falls. Another plus she has a sidekick/manager, Patti Harrison, who provides a lot of laughs. The plot is simple---like in the 'good old days'--with Radcliffe's villain kidnapping Bullock because, of her novels, he thinks she has the key to a lost city and a buried treasure he wants. Channing wants to become her real life hero and rescue her so the story-line works to get him in following and meeting up with her. Don't ask me how Pitt gets involved because 1) I don't know and 2) if I didn't know he was in the movie I wouldn't have known it was him. After a certain point it falls apart but so did most of the Hollywood movies in the old days yet it holds your interest and fun mood up to the end and tries to have fun with the credits. It's not all positive such as Radcliffe starting off great but then the screen writer lets him down and he reverts to appearing as a young kid on an adventure or an actor miscast. I don't get the whole Brad Pitt casting except, maybe, to get his audience into the theatre because it is in most of the publicity releases and appearances. Oh, yes, they should have let the audience see what Bullock sees in the leech scene with Tatum! LOL Go to a theatre and spend two hours watching/enjoying a movie 'they' would have seen in the old Hollywood plus most theatres are not crowded and all are following COVID guidelines.