Tuesday, May 24, 2011

the world's most hilariously inaccurate representation of bogotá

from "mr. and mrs. smith" (1:50-6:00)


there are so many problems with this scene. flying in on a military helicopter to an itty-bitty jungle village? (yes, the other 8 million residents and 600 square miles are just hiding under the trees) what's with all the tropicalness?  and prancing about in that little white sundress? she'd last about 5 minutes before she caught her death of cold and got drenched in rain 'til her dress was transparent. bogotá is always freezing, dark, and drowning in downpours.  but the biggest problem with the scene is the stuff exploding right and left, the constant machine gun fire, the absolute chaos.  yeah, bogotá was pretty dangerous then, and still is--but not like mogadishu during black hawk down or anything.  crikey.  honestly, though, i love this clip.  i think it's absolutely hilarious how clueless people can be about colombia sometimes.  and developing and war-affected countries in general, for that matter.

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