The Lost City returns Sandra Bullock to the rom-com genre, and perfectly flips a previous movie scene she had with Ryan Reynolds in The Proposal.
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Sandra Bullock’s latest romantic comedy The lost City It perfectly changes a scene he had with Ryan Reynolds in a previous rom-com. The lost CityThe cast of Bullock and his new screen partner, Channing Tatum, star as the duo who embark on an unexpected journey to find treasure and love. The lost City plays on many tropes of the genre that Sandra Bullock is all too familiar with after starring in several rom-com hits during the 1990s and 2000s. shared with his former co-star.
In 2009, Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds starred together The proposal. The film features a similar trope of opposites attracting, broadly speaking, as The lost City, as the two main characters unexpectedly fall in love over the course of the film. Time The proposal is set primarily in Alaska and The lost CityThe end of takes place on a mysterious island, the different setting and the reason for Sandra Bullock’s visit do not prevent some similarities from emerging. In fact, the new movie does a perfect job of flipping a memorable scene between Bullock and Reynolds.
After Channing Tatum and Brad Pitt’s characters save Sandra Bullock in The lost City, Tatum and Bullock must try to survive alone in the jungle environment. As they try to run from the bad guys, Bullock’s character, Loretta Sage, walks into a river so they can’t be tracked. She trips as she enters the river, causing Tatum’s Alan to run into the river to save her. This is when Loretta asks her what she’s doing, saying that she doesn’t need to be saved from her because she knows how to swim. It is through this moment that The lost City turn around for a moment The proposal. In that movie, Sandra Bullock’s character can’t swim and she needs to save herself from Ryan Reynolds after he falls out of a boat.
Sandra Bullock’s swimming ability reversal from The proposal for The lost City is a small but fun nod to his work in the genre and his incredible track record. It’s not even the only role change between Loretta Sage and Margaret Tate. While Sandra Bullock played a successful book editor in The proposalhis role in The lost City finds her playing the book writer. Both characters may still have to spend time in a new location with an unexpected love interest, but The lost City it gives Bullock the opportunity to play someone who is a little more capable of surviving in this environment, which includes allowing him to swim.
It is unknown if The lost City‘s river scene was intended as a direct reference to The proposal, but Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds’ movie scene changing ability is still well done. Hopefully, it was an intentional move on the part of the filmmakers once Bullock became involved with the project. The proposal is one of his most popular movies and the last romantic comedy after all, so it would make sense to include a funny wink in The lost City.
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