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The Lost City (2022)

Light and fun--from a romance writer

[8/10 · 14 March 2023]

This was so fun and cute. It felt like some novels with the way it was written. Overly done in areas and not in others.

Whether that was on purpose or not, it had me grinning.

It was a very gentle piece of a gentle romance with don't of the language and sex you find in some.

The comedy was fun. The addition of the groan-worthy jokes. The inept hero(40 years ago it would have been heroine)where Tatum says, 'wait. I'm the damsel in distress?'

This is the type of movie where you can sit and moan over parts, laugh, and roll your eyes depending on the very predictable scenes.

Not depth. Just light and silly. The actors did a great job I don't know how they kept to the level of insane absurdity making it feel real. Think of slapstick romancing the stone.

The Newcomers (2000)

a simple movie to pass time...

[18 September 2011]

It's not a horrible movie. It's not a good movie. It's a nice, family friendly movie though. No cursing or such. Just a nice little movie about moving to a new neighborhood.

Overacting and underacting. Still, it was a nice to movie to watch on a Sunday afternoon while eating lunch.

A young kid doesn't fit in and the family moves to a small town. He still doesn't fit in...but by one heroic act he is finally accepted. Just a story about the struggle of a kid who wants to fit in...but it's nice.

I guess that's the one word I would use about the movie is "Nice".

Don't expect great acting, or great dialogue, or a fast moving movie. All they showed could have been condensed down into 30 minutes.

Give it a try if you have the time and like simple good feel movies.

Don't go out of your way to watch it if you have a bunch of others on the list.