Worse Than a Bad Movie

Rating: 2/10 (19 July 2017)

This was a bad movie. It was boring, there was no connection to the out-of-the-box stereotype characters, no character development, no sense of the setting, no sense of the time, sacrifice, and suffering involved. The practicalities of the story didn't make sense (they floated down a river to find the source of it, etc.) The ending was bizarrely made up with no explanation of the legacy left behind or discoveries since made.
But it's worse than that.
The problem is that this movie will ruin every viewers' perception of an incredible and important true story. The book conveys not only the heroic exploration of the Amazon, but the details and context to truly show you what it was like. It explains the historical significance of the discoveries. It brings these amazing characters to life. The book is an astounding journey in time and place that is destroyed by this awful movie.