The Lost City of Z

A true-life drama, centering on British explorer Col. Percival Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a mysterious city in the Amazon in the 1920s.

Understand that you _have_ to be into biopics to really enjoy this movie. It also helps if you're into history...otherwise, you find yourself making comments such as _he accomplished nothing apart from abandoning his wife at every opportunity_ and revealing your ignorance. Someone with such a mentality probably went into this expecting a cheap ripoff of _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ and got their panties in a wad when it turned out to be less glamorous and had fewer tarantulas and lacked any evil spirits floating around melting faces. Whatever.

For those who enjoy movies based on actual historical events and real life, this was a fascinating and very well-made film based on the life of explorer Percy Fawcett. His obsession with the "Lost City" ultimately becomes his life's very drive and yes, he left his wife and children on numerous occasions, often for several years, in his pursuit to expand on the limited knowledge man had at that time of other civilizations. Beautifully filmed, with incredible set work, camera work, and based on actual events, _The Lost City of Z_ involves much more than just a "real life" Indiana Jones-like pursuit of archeology: it includes the horrors of war, the politics of men, the strain on family and friendships, along with the occasional trek through the jungle. (The movie is about so much more than just traipsing through the jungle, believe me.)

Again, it's not going to be for everyone but for those who truly enjoy history and biopics, this iis time well spent. The ending is certainly not what you're going to expect but the film is an outstanding piece of art. Glad I watched this and highly recommend it for those whose mentality is at least a couple of notches above _Blues Clues: The Movie_

A great movie,Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson are amazing actor's...I must say Charlie wife is really annoying,I'm sorry but back in the time it was set in,she would not be questioning about woman's rights,this is stupid PC coming through into movies now...

An excellent film that I cannot recommend due to the surprising amount of upper female nudity. I understand accuracy, but it seems quite silly to rate a movie PG-13 when it has multiple instances (with at least one being close-up) where topless women parade around on screen. It should have been rated R.

Very well paced and entertaining movie. There is a lot going on and James Gray never focuses one one thing for too long. I was never bored during the long run time of this movie. Some beautiful shots in the jungle. Charlie Hunnam is great in this, really does a good job showing a man who keeps chasing after his dreams. Robert Patterson was surprisingly good too, I still can't help but think of twilight whenever I see his name. Tom Holland was decent in the part of the movie he was in. [spoiler]Only nitpick with this movie is that it has a little unsatisfactory ending but that is what happened in real life. Nobody knows what happened to Percy. [/spoiler]

A very classy film. The music often reminded me of old Hollywood classics. Based on real life events, the story of Percy Fawcett is told very straight forward in this film and the end leaves you wondering if he ever found the lost city or not. But the movie was really beautifully shot and I thought Sienna Miller's performance was especially brilliant.

Don't expect an Indiana Jones-like adventure. This is much more grounded to reality and a character study at heart.
[spoiler]The social commentary on the toxicity of aristocracy, their sense of entitlement and grandiosity was done well.[/spoiler]
The only issues of the film were that there was too much plot to go through, which resulted in frequent time skips, while at the same time not spending enough screentime in each phase of Fawcett's life. I think it would've been better suited as a mini-series.

Not quite the journey I was expecting, this true life drama is sometimes as stuffy as the Amazon jungle it's mostly set in. Still, kudos to director Gray for getting out of the urban jungle that his films are usually made in. This isn't a bad film, just a little disappointing... unless you already know the account of the exploration, in which case you may have more respect for the film's portrayal of the story.

Very interesting movie. It's pretty well done and manages to keep you invested throughout. The ending leaves a lot to be desired though, and although I understand why they made it like that, it does make the movie seen kinda pointless.

The feminist parts was also very out of place here, and took away some of the realism.