Review of The Lost City of Z (2017) by Gr H — 26 Apr 2017

Very worth seeing. A true story about an explorer who ddint make it. This is what the lives of those on whom Raiders of the Lost Ark were really like. Months of tough boring sloggish through jungles, disease, fatigue, poor and boring diet, fungus, dangerous animals and unreliable, even hostile companions who can't stand the rigours.

And regularly risking death from hostile natives (the word for stranger and enemy is the same for many Amazonian tribes, one of which actually most likely did in the actual Fawett.. He was a little cracked but so were some successful explorers.

Excellent and involving cinematography placing you right in the jungle, inside the splendid buildings, and in England. Generally we acted. No it's not an action-apcked, thrill-a-minute shoot-em-up of the sort that has corrupted tastes of twoo many.

The film-makers included actual Amazonian natives in their cast. One quibble is that elaborate stone cities had been known in Peru (Incas) and Miexico (Aztec, Toltec, and Mayna) since the 16h century - the implication that no one suspected elaborate cities built by American natives is unjustified.

Fawcett and every geographer knew this. An elaborate city in a reguarly flooded jungle was justly a suspect concept. Other tiny quibbles are that Ednwardian men, and men and sons, did not hug. Twelve year old sons did not lecture their fathers for doing their duty.

But these are minor.