Narratively,The Lost Citymatches up with the El Dorado legend beat for beat.
No actual city could ever have lived up to the legends of El Dorado.
So, even ifThe Lost Cityisn’t about El Dorado, it is still an El Dorado story.
A scout at the start of the movie even claims the lost city is covered in gold.
But the thing that really solidifiesPaddington in Peruin the long tradition of movies about El Dorado is its ending.