dora and the lost city of gold

When you go to the theater and the trailers start, part of the game is trying to figure out which licensed property the current trailer is based on before the title comes up. In this day and age, no investor will finance any blockbuster film that isn’t based on a pre-existing IP, so if a trailer starts and a hippopotamus appears, you think “this must be a Hungry Hungry Hippos movie.” Or if a chef in a white hat appears, you think “this is a Chef Boyardee movie.” The moment this one starts, though, it’s a little hard to believe. You see a Latina girl standing in some ancient ruins, on the precipice of a cliff, about to take a flying leap. Then you look closer and you notice she’s wearing a pink shirt, red shorts and carrying a blue backpack, and you think……NO. No, this can’t be right! I’d believe a movie based on a board game or pasta soup, but…this CAN’T be what it looks like, can it?