"This is what people think South America is like" well, there are many places like that all over South America. And this was 40 years ago, so things have changed in many areas. Definitely have had similar bus rides, or seen markets and places like that, especially outside the main cities.
@@theendoftheworld9921 What a well developed hard hitting comment. The logical progression of your point would astound the most erudite of second graders.
I was in Bogota 40 years ago (including the airport), as well as other Colombian cities, and towns, and no, it wasn’t like this. There was an interstate system and every other road, even to small towns was paved. Read my post above for more detail, if you want. Just like in the US, imagine that! So now you know.
As a kid originally from the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago (which is literally just off the North coast of South America), I have traveled to various countries and various places within those countries in South America since I was a child. And yes, while there are many beautiful cities, restaurants, museums etc, there are also surburds, and there are also extremely rural places JUST like what was depicted in this movie. Think of it this way --- some Hollywood movies based in America, might depict some rural parts of the US similarly. There are movies here in the USA that are based in cities and urban areas, some movies are based in suburbia, and some movies are based in extremely rural areas with similar types as depicted in this movie. Anyway, while this movie was depicting Colombia, it was actually shot in Mexico. During the 1980s in Colombia, it was VERY dangerous to be there. !980s Colombia was the era of cocaine barons like Pablo Escobar, henchmen, and assassins, rampant gang warfare (even a presidential candidate was executed while giving a speech on stage), and lots of political instability. These were the facts about Colombia back when this movie was made. But if you're easily offended by everything, you probably should stop watching movies, reading novels, or traveling anywhere.
It seems like you kept expecting this movie to resemble 2024 Colombia but this was early 1980s, even most places in America didn’t look much better than that in the early 80s, that’s just how places looked before you were born. As far as the culture being wrong, this was well before the internet and all most people could learn about other countries came from whatever few books or encyclopedias people could get their hands on, so don’t judge that so harsh either. Now we all have instant communication with anyone in the world, but such a thing was very rare back then
The guy hit him in his "jewels" (didn't you hear the clank?) - he was likely keeping it hidden in his briefs, which is why it slid down. Where did you get the idea it was in his ass? And you're missing the point of this movie- it's a comedy-romance, not a crime documentary. The husband's mysterious and violent death was at the hands of Zolo and obviously over the map (as was mentioned) - it wasn't meant to be anything other than a plot device. And as to the depiction of Colombia and Colombians - I can only say that you will find some villages and more rural areas that look and operate a lot like that - at least according to the pictures and descriptions I got from an uncle who worked there on some projects about twenty or so years ago.
Supposedly, the movie was originally planned to be filmed in Colombia, where it is set, however, the insecurity in the country related to the narcos and the news of American kidnappings brought the production to Mexico. The Mexican government would give permission to film as long as they did not switch the story to a corrupt Mexican government official, and just stick with the Colombian story line.
This was the first successful movie that Robert Zemeckis directed, and that success was the reason that he was able to direct Back to the Future the following year. By the way, there was one sequel to this movie, called Jewel of the Nile.
Many parts of Mexico were exactly that way shortly before that time. Yeah, the story wasn't supposed to be set in Mexico, but they worked with what they had. Anyway, it's a fictional story. Just enjoy the ride.
This film could not be filmed in Colombia in the early 80's for various reasons (too dangerous and too expensive). They filmed in Mexico and various Mexican towns filled in for Colombian villages, and as others have said... the times were different back then. Plus... it's a romantic action/adventure, not a documentary. 😉 😁
... and some Vietnam movies were filmed in Central America, "The Last of Us" was filmed in Canada, and "Friends" (supposed to be in NYC) was filmed in Los Angeles. The list goes on. There are many reasons for this, security, getting permits for filming sites, convenience for the crew, and above all: cost.
1) I've never been to Colombia, or Latin America in general (except Cancun in 2019 and Acapulco once when I was a teen in the '80s, neither of which are South America), but I've been in lots of places that were as rural and undeveloped 40 years ago here in the *US* as that bus station Joan was at, and are now completely modernized today. Likewise there're lotsa places in Asia and even lots of Europe that looked as dramatically different in 1984. 2) Jack had the stone in his groin. And it being on his person makes sense since he had nowhere else he would have trusted it to be safe.
Sorry, but this is EXACTLY what South America was like 40 years ago (more than a decade before you were born, I'd guess), as much as it is what North America was like 40 years ago. Every inch of it, no - of course not - but a LOT of it was. Also, fwiw, stereotypes come from somewhere. Everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion and I very much respect your desire to remain honest in your reactions and reviews - let's just make sure that we're not making the mistake of evaluating films from previous generations by the dubious standards of the modern day. This was a delightful movie and a fun, unexpected romp at the theaters. I'm glad it's experiencing a small resurgence in notoriety.
This Screenplay was written in the late 1970s way before RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and then it was filmed in 1984. The fact that Columbia was exactly like this Movie 40 years ago is the Reason it was filmed in Mexico.
She wasnt suppose to be at Bogota's airport, El Dorado. And she wasnt in a city. She was suppose to be in a small rural area in the rain forrest at a bus station. And much of Columbia does look like that. It's the rain forrest. Just because you've only been to the more modern city parts doesnt mean there isn't rain forrest there. South America has some of the largest and dense jungle terrain on the planet. Also things looked quite a bit different in the 80's.
Yes, less of the jungle had been cut down and destroyed back then. We are now past the tipping point of having the rain forests, the lungs of the world, decimated.
I was thinking the same thing. Most movies aren't very accurate about the supposed location/people/culture they're supposed to be depicting. Just kind of goes with the industry. It's make believe on a budget.
1. "War of the Roses" with Kathleen, Danny, and Michael is an awesome film, but it's much darker. 2. Alligators are fresh water and have square shaped snouts while crocodiles are salt water and have round snouts. 3. My favorite character is Juan the bellmaker. 4. Snake doesn't really have a taste so to speak, it tastes mostly what you put on it. 5. Nothing wrong with enjoying a fun movie.
For more of the actor who played Juan the bellmaker, check out a comedy called The Three Amigos, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Chevy Chase. He plays the bad guy in that one, but he is really an underrated actor, I think he was great in that one also.
Alfonso Arau (aka El Guapo - "Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has NO IDEA what it means to have a plethora.") He also directed Like Water for Chocolate / A Walk in the Clouds / Picking Up the Pieces, and voiced Papa Julio in Coco!
I've been in places like in this movie, in Mexico a couple of times. The people were very kind. I loved it. I remember being so hungry. I finally found a guy selling some tacos. I ate and ate and ate. But, the bus ride back to the US Border was brutal. That bus had no shocks. I had a bruise on my forehead from the bumpy roads. I couldn't stay awake any more and my head hit the window pretty hard several times. It got even worse when we got to America though. LA was trash, even back then. My friend, who was kind of a druggie, smoked crack with a whore in the bathroom on the bus. I don't want to know what else he did. I will say that the next day was one of the best days of my life. I've never had a shower that great. I've never had a meal so satisfying. And, I never slept so well. It was like magic.
This is one of my favorite movies; like "Working Girl", the female protagonist goes through the "Hero's Journey". Joan started out a mouse, and came out the end a lioness. I love this so much more than "strong women" movies. (and I feel the same about male protagonist movies, too). Her character arc is so subtle. There's no one moment where she goes from being the mouse to become the lioness; it's a series of events, much more like real life.
The discussion about $325 in traveller's cheques was meant as a joke. Michael Douglas's character made sure they were American Express. The joke is that Michael Douglas was doing commercials for American Express at the time.
@ronfehr7899 - I chuckled too; however, I don't recall Michael Douglas doing the Amex commercials, but I do recall his co-star from The Streets of San Francisco, Karl Malden, doing them.
I have traveled in South America and I have seen rural places very similar to the places shown. On the other hand I have been in cities where they are highly developed and the locals were cosmopolitan and made me feel a rube. I’d cut the filmmakers a little slack. 😂 I loved the fact that you kept asking “Does he really care for her;” that says something nice about you.
My enjoyment of this film has absolutely nothing to do with how accurately I belive it depicts South America. It's just a fun film. There is a sequel, "The Jewel of the Nile", and again, I don't care how accurately it depicts the peoples in that one, it is also a fun film.
"Romancing the Stone" was a big hit back when, successfully merging the Rom-Com with the Indiana Jones style jungle adventure. Michael Douglas is the elder son of legendary Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas. He rose to prominence on his own as the producer of the 1972 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which won multiple Oscars including for Best Picture. His fame in the US increased when his 1979 film, The China Syndrome, a disaster thriller about safety coverups at a nuclear power plant, dropped twelve days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania. He's been married to Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000.
Michael Douglas had done a tv series "The Streets of San Francisco" with actor Karl Malden Karl Malden became known for his series of "American Express" commercials. So the question, "American Express? You got a deal" was an easter egg for Michael Douglas fans.
My mother loved this movie and I grew up watching it with her regularly throughout the late '80s (that and CROCODILE DUNDEE). It took decades for the soundtrack to get released on CD and I finally managed to buy a copy about 4 years ago so it was nice to hear it without the sound effects on it.
I never saw this film as offensive, mean or judgemental (my words) about any people. Maybe you are a little sensitive to a 40yr old film with some inaccurate locations and casting due to filming circumstances.
I also believe that there is a special someone out there for everyone. Someone who will change your life, deepening your enjoyment of life, and changing your whole perspective. That someone is the like button. Push it and let the magic overtake you.
I was a kid when this movie came out, and it was pretty common for some movies back then to portray anywhere that wasn’t New York City as some backward hole in the wall. Even lots of places in the US, all the cars are old and beat up, everyone’s cloths are dirty looking and unkempt, and most characters are slow and dimwitted. I always found it annoying too.
There's a lot of questionable stereotypes in this film. As far as the level of technology shown missing from Columbia's culture is concerned, remember, this film is 40 years old and times have changed dramatically everywhere since then.
"The portrayal of Colombia was completely wrong" How about when all his exotic birds got away? "Half a year's work just flew south for the winter, all right?" Yep, they flew from 10 degrees N latitude right on down to the equator.
I think it's certainly a fantastical movie in general. It's funny how we don't think much about inaccuracies in films until it lands on something near to our own life experience. I watched a channel the other day reacting to something and the host was continual baffled by how the stars hair was always straight. The movie had ray guns and flying people, but the hair was a bridge to far. I certainly think maintaining a certain amount of "reality" is useful in a story, but is often secondary to the type of story being told. If you watch stuff like James Bond where he jet sets to "exotic" places they are often caricatures of the real place. Like anytime something happens in Paris in a movie it's always going to have a shot of Eiffel Tower or Big Ben in London. It's not what those places are actually like, but it establishes a mood of "foreignness" for the sake of a largely American audience that doesn't travel overseas very much.
This one is curious, this movie was huge at the time, but soon was completely forgotten (at least it seems to me). I haven’t seen a single reference to it in decades. I watched it in theaters and remember nothing about it. Also Michael Douglas was just about the biggest thing in Hollywood in this era.
THE JEWEL OF THE NILE really sank it's longevity when it bombed. They really should've just left it here considering that audiences really wanted a good movie with these 3 actors more than anything else (THE WAR OF THE ROSES proved that).
Sweetie, this was 40 years ago, and it really doesn't matter if it looked like that or not ... they were trying to make a point. She was going to a place NOT like where she was comfortable ... that made her FEEL like she was going to a dirty, rundown, dangerous location, which SOME of Columbia most certainly was. I didn't see any signs saying that that station was the one you showed or that it hasn't been cleaned up now and then. All movies that exaggerate locations for effect, including ones right here in America, make it look more sketch than reality ... so you can feel her anxiety in having to go there. Anytime you leave the comfort of your own environment, especially for a traumatic reason, you're gonna feel like it's a LOT worse than it is. Also, of course people who make movies check out the locations they are portraying, but often have to live with what they have to work with. For instance, when they do science fiction movies about landing on other planets, they don't actually go there. They'll take a location somewhere on THIS planet and pretend. In other words, you need to stop getting/being offended over the portrayal of the location ... IT'S A MOVIE !!! You're way too invested in the location and not the story. Now, the joke about American Express is that Michael Douglas was the commercial spokesperson of American Express at the time 😊👍. No, he didn't put the stone "in his ass" before going showing up at the fort. He had it in front, which is why, when the soldier hit him in the crotch with the butt of his gun, you heard it hit something ... it was the stone. Up his ass would've been really hard to get out without some physical help, but in his underwear, it'd be a lot easier.
@@detritus8095I appreciate you taking the time to respond, but nothing I said was meant to be offensive in any way. It was explaining things ... i.e. reality to someone who was being judgmental about not only a different time, but also about something done in a movie, which, even if done here in American, they'd still exaggerate to make it an interesting story. You can walk down any street here and see a bright sunny day, but go down the next street or alley and see a crime. I think you just read it with a condescending idea in your head, and thrust it on my post. I'm not offended, BTWQ, because I KNOW it's a typical problem with writing. There's no "inflection in your voice" to help you understand what the person (i.e. me) meant, so you SHOULD'VE assumed the best. Instead, you were LOOKING for someone to get upset with, and found me. I meant what I said, and said what I meant, so I won't be apologizing today. Thanx for playin' 😊
The snake wasn't real. They never harm animals in Hollywood movies. They went as far to make an animatronic maggot for The Shawshank Redemption, so it didn't appear a real one was fed to a bird.
In the 70's Michael Douglas was in a police detective show called "the Streets of San Francisco" with actor Karl Malden. American Express decided Karl Malden and his Stetson hat would be a great spokesman, doing ads about their traveler's checks being safe for traveling. That's what the joke is with him asking if it's an American Express check.
I think Vancouver is filmed as New York more than New York itself. I suspect Vancouver just might currently be the most filmed city. Since it has represented so many different places. Money and convenience are usually the deciding factor. I suspect, given the year that Romancing the Stone was filmed, safety was a concern, too.
There's a sequel to this that's also fun called "The Jewel Of the Nile". Also, I'm sure you're absolutely correct about the messed up American interpretation of South America, etc., but I don't know that you really can make that point with showing a video from today as a representation of what it was 40 years ago. I'm sure even then, it wasn't what they made it out to be, and it was a gross exaggeration, but my guess is that things today are a lot different than they were in the mid 80s, and they're just hamming it up to make it seem more exotic, or whatever.
You have a good point with the footage. The reason why i didn't look for footage from the 80's was because this misinterpretation is something that happens even to this day. It's a very persistent and common thing in Hollywood. What I wanted to get across was the contrast between Hollywood's fiction and reality.
Yes, I was going to make the same point. I'm not surprised to find out that the movie mixed different cultures and even I can tell that the guy with the 'little mule' was very Mexican, but you do have to remember that this movie was made 40 years ago and for the most part wasn't supposed to be taking place in the large cities of Columbia. I wouldn't be surprised if the airport wasn't all that close to accurate even for 40 years ago, but I have plenty of friends who rode in busses like that around that time all over South America. I haven't ridden in anything like that myself, but I saw plenty of them when I was in Thailand around that time. Even the city busses, which I did ride, were not that different other than being much more crowded and not including the livestock. (They did have nicer busses available which were pretty much up to US standards for the time and were even air conditioned, but they were much more expensive to ride and there weren't near as many of them, so you had to wait a lot longer to get one.) I suspect that if I ever make it back to Thailand I will find that the transportation options have changed a lot in the 40+ years since I left.
Colombia and South America doesn't have a lot of positive media when the people, the locations and the food are all amazing. So it's probably not just this particular movie but a collective resentment that is easily triggered by even a small incidence of misrepresentation. Completely understand her point of view and looking forward to better stories in the future.
@@amandamiquilena Word! I hear you, and I'm not mad at you, but from a story purpose, it does make it seem more dangerous, and ups the tension. Otherwise, when has Hollywood ever been particularly accurate? I get why it would bother you as a South American, and why you would want to point it out, and it is judgemental, racist, or whatever else on top of everything else, but people that think like that, always will. It just is. What can you do about it? As a filmmaker, it is an oppurtunity to exploit their prejudice for your own purpose.
@@amandamiquilena To be fair, Colombia at the time might have been considerably worse. It had been in a four-way civil war between the National Front government, some nationalist group (M-19) and two different Marxist groups (FARC and ELN) since the 1950's. It was only around the time the movie came out that martial law was lifted, but this period was also the beginning of the rise of the power of drug cartels, which didn't help the violence situation. Although martial law was lifted, the country was far from peaceful. Things only started to calm down in the 1990's. I wasn't there at the time, but I suspect that such a situation would make it difficult to film on location.
Robert Zemakis wanted to do Back to the Future but he was not known yet in Hollywood so when he did this one it got such a high response that the studio greenlighted him to do it. I know your deal about it being really in Columbia but they could not do it there due to the fact that it was too dangerous in that country. The only way they could do it in Mexico was to be that they still use the Columbian idea. The same kind of thing happened when they did the Lost Boys in Santa Cruz, California. In the beginning of that film they pass a sign in the beginning that had handwritten message on the back of it saying that Santa Cruz, Murder Capitol of the World. City counsel said they had to change the name because S.C. really DID have that reputation due to all of the murders in the mountains above the town
Go on the RUclips and look up the song "Romancing The Stone" by Eddie Grant. It is about being a tender and gentle lover with somebody whose heart has been hurt, and turned to stone. So Romancing the Stone means to soften somebody's hard heart with your own tender love. The song was originally supposed to be in the movie, but it just didn't fit. But it is a great song, you should listen to it.
The stone is not important. It is what Alfred Hitchcock called the “McGuffin“. The McGuffin is the valuable thing in the movie that everybody wants, and the movie is about the attempt to acquire the McGuffin. In the movie “the Maltese falcon the McGuffin the black bird. In “Casablanca” the McGuffin is the letters of transit. And so on. It is kind of like that all saying, “the journey is more important than the destination”.
Yeah, I flew into Bogota airport in the late 80’s and traveled throughout Colombia: Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena from the late 70’s to the 2000’s and of course this films’ portrayal is ridiculous. To clarify, there are dirt roads between some of the most remote towns, but not usually, the vast majority of the country is paved (like in the US). In the movie, they were traveling from Bogota to Cartagena, which is a major city north of Bogota. There is (and was) an interstate highway system, just like in the US (yes, even 40 years ago). The major airports have always been very nice too. I usually flew into, and out of, Barranquilla, a city of about a million people on the Gulf of Mexico, directly from Miami.
Fantastic. I love it when someone who knows something about the location can point things out. I knew a girl in college from Paraguay. I know nothing about South America.
Now there's a country with a strange and interesting history! My dad had a fascination for it (as well as the former unified Korea. ) but never got any oportunity to travel anywhere but England when he was 80. He told me a lot about Paraguay, but only from history and culture books.
Also, I agree with your premise. I really only watch movie reactions from people who's cultural perspectives are not my own. I'm old and my time is limited.
@@PolferiferusII I like watching reactions from lots of people. It reminds me of my first time. But seeing something from the perspective of someone from another culture is very special.
It’s the 80s, with a film made by semi-ignorant Americans. In Reagan’s America this was pretty rife interpretation. No excuse if you found offensive but I am jus putting in context. Also when you don’t particularly vibe with a film it’s great that you are upfront and honest about your thoughts. Some people won’t like it but it’s real and many will respect that. (Except Star Wars fans lol) There are a lot of people who do pretend. I remember really liking the movie when I first watched it even though it is clearly an Indiana Jones sequel knock off. And Kathleen Turner (also Jessica Rabbit) had a huge crush on. Finally this is the film that made Robert Zemeckis the director…before he went on to make Back to The Future. (He also made Who Framed Roger Rabbit). Fantastic reaction as always. Thank you
Thank you, I want to believe there's some value in being honest about the movies you react to. What's the point of liking everything all the time?. Anyways, I appreciate your comment and your Super Thanks, Marlon :)
Let's roll it! Yeah a fun movie but very valid criticisms - hollywood (and USA in general) definitely don't have the best record of caring to accurately portray other places/cultures. Lovely guest star performance too 🐈
It's like filmmakers who didn't care about the differences between Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Even when they have different cultures(often very diifferent even in the same country, Bavaria is very different from Berlin for example) they are portrayed as one wild mix of 'Germans'. I'm not mad about it, especially in older movies. But i get the 'eye rolling'.
40 years ago I don't think big-budget Hollywood was particularly interested in portraying other cultures accurately. It's a shame because these movies last for so long, so that ignorance is perpetuated. Personally I think this is one of the more overrated movies that still has some cachet. The best thing about it by FAR, if you like 80's music, is the song "Romancing The Stone" by Eddy Grant (the guy who did Electric Avenue): ruclips.net/video/dOsVohtbgxc/видео.html
( 7:24 ) If you want to see more Hollywood movies set in "Colombia", may i suggest 'The Sorcerer' (1977) By William Friedkin. Most of the movie happens in Colombia (But movie was actually shot in Dominican rebublic). The movie gets high praise from critics year after year, but it is mostly unknown for few reasons. 1. It came out week before original Star wars came out, and ate all the viewers. 🤑 2. The American movie has no english speaking for first 15 minutes, for lot of americans, this is a no-no apparantly. 🤔 3. The name made/makes people think it is somehow fantasy movie, it is not. It is one effin bleak thriller. 😈(Avoid spoilers!) 4. Due to Friedkins style of directing and the story, lot of the movie is not RUclips friendly. 👀
Sorry, I have to say it, but you have watched so many movies on your show till today. Only about 10% of these films are actually shot where the action is supposedly set. For example: “Predator 1” or “Rambo II” (Thailand instead of Vietnam), Rambo III (Morocco instead of Afghanistan), etc. But I never hear you comlain about all these "mistaken" locations. You enjoy these movies as well as everyone, just believing (in cause of not knowing) all the sets are the real ones. In the end this hardly plays a role in entertainment films, as they are not supposed to be documentaries. Last time I saw a movie from 2023, which pretends to be set in Berlin (Germany), where I live. After 2 minutes it was absolutely clear, that it wasn' shot in Berlin at all. So what? The Story was great and in the end the main thing is to have fun! Best wishes from Germany. Keep up the good work. God bless you!!!
The Emerald in the movie (if real) would probably be over 250 million US dollars. Emeralds are the most expensive gem stones, they're even more valuable than diamonds.
The most expensive single emerald was worth only 5.5 million although three large uncut emerald crystals found in a single stone in Brazil weighing over 750 lbs is valued at an estimated 400 million USD.
@Fred-vy1hm Well, I know emeralds are the most expensive gem stones. The value I gave for the emerald in the movie was what I found when asking Google what the value of the emerald in Romancing the Stone would be. If I was off, it's google's fault, lol. However, that stone was extremely well cut and had perfect color and clarity for an emerald, and it's obviously larger than the hope diamond. So I imagine it's worth at least 10 or 10's of millions. And if it's an acient artifact that would increase its value.
As a Russian when I watch Hollywood movies about Russia my ass has burned fire all times.😂 I dunno ever one correct American movie about former USSR or Russia. But sometimes it's funny
I didn't realize there was so much cultural inaccuracy in this film. Good to know. And Jack was hiding the Corazon in his crotch, not elsewhere as you assumed. Pun not intended.
Loves this movie as a kid in the 90's then rewatched it again in my mid 30's and hated it. Noy many movies do that to me. Typically i will still love them. The only other one i know for sure that also did this was the never ending story. Loved it now it is so crimge and weird i cannot even finish it. Not sure why since i like movies like that.
yeah this film was popular for about a week and then forgotten. It's a cheap comedy version of Indy. It's funny how big names can just disappear when trends change,
It turned out that Diane Thomas wrote the screenplay in 1979, so she could not have ripped off Indy because _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ did not come out until 1981. It just seems as if this film rips off _Raiders_ because her screenplay did not end up getting *produced* until 1984, five years after she wrote it.
You snorted your cat! 😆Btw, the Mexican guy with his "mule" was in a very funny movie "Three Amigos". He played the villain El Gupo. Most Hollywood movies are never filmed where they take place and rarely if ever attempt capture another culture accurately. Probably used Mexico because it was cheaper and more convenient. Just how show biz works.
"This is what people think South America is like" well, there are many places like that all over South America. And this was 40 years ago, so things have changed in many areas. Definitely have had similar bus rides, or seen markets and places like that, especially outside the main cities.
Betting it was exactly what it was like 40 years ago. She's probably not wanting to admit the truth and is in denial.
@unclebounce1495 you guys are delusional but especially you uncle
@@theendoftheworld9921 What a well developed hard hitting comment. The logical progression of your point would astound the most erudite of second graders.
@@unclebounce1495 Or she's just too young to have been there to see it.
I was in Bogota 40 years ago (including the airport), as well as other Colombian cities, and towns, and no, it wasn’t like this. There was an interstate system and every other road, even to small towns was paved. Read my post above for more detail, if you want. Just like in the US, imagine that! So now you know.
As a kid originally from the Caribbean country of Trinidad and Tobago (which is literally just off the North coast of South America), I have traveled to various countries and various places within those countries in South America since I was a child. And yes, while there are many beautiful cities, restaurants, museums etc, there are also surburds, and there are also extremely rural places JUST like what was depicted in this movie. Think of it this way --- some Hollywood movies based in America, might depict some rural parts of the US similarly. There are movies here in the USA that are based in cities and urban areas, some movies are based in suburbia, and some movies are based in extremely rural areas with similar types as depicted in this movie. Anyway, while this movie was depicting Colombia, it was actually shot in Mexico. During the 1980s in Colombia, it was VERY dangerous to be there. !980s Colombia was the era of cocaine barons like Pablo Escobar, henchmen, and assassins, rampant gang warfare (even a presidential candidate was executed while giving a speech on stage), and lots of political instability. These were the facts about Colombia back when this movie was made. But if you're easily offended by everything, you probably should stop watching movies, reading novels, or traveling anywhere.
It seems like you kept expecting this movie to resemble 2024 Colombia but this was early 1980s, even most places in America didn’t look much better than that in the early 80s, that’s just how places looked before you were born. As far as the culture being wrong, this was well before the internet and all most people could learn about other countries came from whatever few books or encyclopedias people could get their hands on, so don’t judge that so harsh either. Now we all have instant communication with anyone in the world, but such a thing was very rare back then
The guy hit him in his "jewels" (didn't you hear the clank?) - he was likely keeping it hidden in his briefs, which is why it slid down. Where did you get the idea it was in his ass? And you're missing the point of this movie- it's a comedy-romance, not a crime documentary. The husband's mysterious and violent death was at the hands of Zolo and obviously over the map (as was mentioned) - it wasn't meant to be anything other than a plot device. And as to the depiction of Colombia and Colombians - I can only say that you will find some villages and more rural areas that look and operate a lot like that - at least according to the pictures and descriptions I got from an uncle who worked there on some projects about twenty or so years ago.
Supposedly, the movie was originally planned to be filmed in Colombia, where it is set, however, the insecurity in the country related to the narcos and the news of American kidnappings brought the production to Mexico. The Mexican government would give permission to film as long as they did not switch the story to a corrupt Mexican government official, and just stick with the Colombian story line.
The stone was NOT up his a$$ LOL
This was the first successful movie that Robert Zemeckis directed, and that success was the reason that he was able to direct Back to the Future the following year.
By the way, there was one sequel to this movie, called Jewel of the Nile.
Although it was not a mega hit, you could not say that Used Cars was unsuccessful.
@nmt2k2 True, although not enough to be able to make Back to the Future I guess.
Many parts of Mexico were exactly that way shortly before that time. Yeah, the story wasn't supposed to be set in Mexico, but they worked with what they had. Anyway, it's a fictional story. Just enjoy the ride.
This film could not be filmed in Colombia in the early 80's for various reasons (too dangerous and too expensive). They filmed in Mexico and various Mexican towns filled in for Colombian villages, and as others have said... the times were different back then. Plus... it's a romantic action/adventure, not a documentary. 😉 😁
Sometimes they have to film in alternate countries. Air America was set in Laos mostly but filmed in Thailand.
@@kd5you1 Temple of Doom was shot in Shri Lanka, subbing for India.
... and some Vietnam movies were filmed in Central America, "The Last of Us" was filmed in Canada, and "Friends" (supposed to be in NYC) was filmed in Los Angeles. The list goes on. There are many reasons for this, security, getting permits for filming sites, convenience for the crew, and above all: cost.
1) I've never been to Colombia, or Latin America in general (except Cancun in 2019 and Acapulco once when I was a teen in the '80s, neither of which are South America), but I've been in lots of places that were as rural and undeveloped 40 years ago here in the *US* as that bus station Joan was at, and are now completely modernized today. Likewise there're lotsa places in Asia and even lots of Europe that looked as dramatically different in 1984.
2) Jack had the stone in his groin. And it being on his person makes sense since he had nowhere else he would have trusted it to be safe.
Sorry, but this is EXACTLY what South America was like 40 years ago (more than a decade before you were born, I'd guess), as much as it is what North America was like 40 years ago. Every inch of it, no - of course not - but a LOT of it was. Also, fwiw, stereotypes come from somewhere.
Everyone is certainly entitled to their opinion and I very much respect your desire to remain honest in your reactions and reviews - let's just make sure that we're not making the mistake of evaluating films from previous generations by the dubious standards of the modern day. This was a delightful movie and a fun, unexpected romp at the theaters. I'm glad it's experiencing a small resurgence in notoriety.
This Screenplay was written in the late 1970s way before RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK and then it was filmed in 1984. The fact that Columbia was exactly like this Movie 40 years ago is the Reason it was filmed in Mexico.
"Micheal Douglas is a producer?" He won an Academy Award for producing One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
She wasnt suppose to be at Bogota's airport, El Dorado. And she wasnt in a city. She was suppose to be in a small rural area in the rain forrest at a bus station. And much of Columbia does look like that. It's the rain forrest. Just because you've only been to the more modern city parts doesnt mean there isn't rain forrest there. South America has some of the largest and dense jungle terrain on the planet.
Also things looked quite a bit different in the 80's.
Yes, less of the jungle had been cut down and destroyed back then. We are now past the tipping point of having the rain forests, the lungs of the world, decimated.
I love that when the old woman gets attacked you were worried about the corn
To be fair Hollywood also depicts the US with inaccurate stereotypes.
I was thinking the same thing. Most movies aren't very accurate about the supposed location/people/culture they're supposed to be depicting. Just kind of goes with the industry. It's make believe on a budget.
Bullshit. Those American stereotypes are pretty dang true, more so with each passing year.
All stereotypes are based on reality.
This movie is not a lie about South America. It is as realistic as any romance novel. LOL !
1. "War of the Roses" with Kathleen, Danny, and Michael is an awesome film, but it's much darker.
2. Alligators are fresh water and have square shaped snouts while crocodiles are salt water and have round snouts.
3. My favorite character is Juan the bellmaker.
4. Snake doesn't really have a taste so to speak, it tastes mostly what you put on it.
5. Nothing wrong with enjoying a fun movie.
For more of the actor who played Juan the bellmaker, check out a comedy called The Three Amigos, starring Steve Martin, Martin Short and Chevy Chase.
He plays the bad guy in that one, but he is really an underrated actor, I think he was great in that one also.
Alfonso Arau (aka El Guapo - "Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has NO IDEA what it means to have a plethora.")
He also directed Like Water for Chocolate / A Walk in the Clouds / Picking Up the Pieces, and voiced Papa Julio in Coco!
He was also in the Wild Bunch
I've been in places like in this movie, in Mexico a couple of times.
The people were very kind. I loved it.
I remember being so hungry. I finally found a guy selling some tacos. I ate and ate and ate.
But, the bus ride back to the US Border was brutal. That bus had no shocks. I had a bruise on my forehead from the bumpy roads. I couldn't stay awake any more and my head hit the window pretty hard several times.
It got even worse when we got to America though. LA was trash, even back then.
My friend, who was kind of a druggie, smoked crack with a whore in the bathroom on the bus. I don't want to know what else he did.
I will say that the next day was one of the best days of my life.
I've never had a shower that great. I've never had a meal so satisfying. And, I never slept so well. It was like magic.
Nice reaction, to this classic but throw away TV type movie. Did you know 'Star War' was not actually filmed in space, but please don't quote me?
I watched this movie a lot with my relatives in Korea😃 Still missed my grandmother when she was still living
This is one of my favorite movies; like "Working Girl", the female protagonist goes through the "Hero's Journey".
Joan started out a mouse, and came out the end a lioness. I love this so much more than "strong women" movies.
(and I feel the same about male protagonist movies, too).
Her character arc is so subtle. There's no one moment where she goes from being the mouse to become the lioness; it's a series of events, much more like real life.
I wanted to like WORKING GIRL a lot more than I did. It's not bad, it's just underwhelming to me.
Was that bonjour at the beginning? I've forgotten the other cats name.😊
Yeees, it makes me happy when people remember her name. The other cat's name is Michi (he's the bigger one). Thank you so much for the Super Thanks :D
The discussion about $325 in traveller's cheques was meant as a joke. Michael Douglas's character made sure they were American Express. The joke is that Michael Douglas was doing commercials for American Express at the time.
@ronfehr7899 - I chuckled too; however, I don't recall Michael Douglas doing the Amex commercials, but I do recall his co-star from The Streets of San Francisco, Karl Malden, doing them.
I have traveled in South America and I have seen rural places very similar to the places shown. On the other hand I have been in cities where they are highly developed and the locals were cosmopolitan and made me feel a rube. I’d cut the filmmakers a little slack. 😂 I loved the fact that you kept asking “Does he really care for her;” that says something nice about you.
Plus, this was made 40 years ago. A lot of the cities were not as modernized back then.
My enjoyment of this film has absolutely nothing to do with how accurately I belive it depicts South America. It's just a fun film. There is a sequel, "The Jewel of the Nile", and again, I don't care how accurately it depicts the peoples in that one, it is also a fun film.
Happy 40th Anniversary Romancing the Stone!!!🎞🎞🎞
Good commentary, nicer outro.
"Romancing the Stone" was a big hit back when, successfully merging the Rom-Com with the Indiana Jones style jungle adventure. Michael Douglas is the elder son of legendary Hollywood actor Kirk Douglas. He rose to prominence on his own as the producer of the 1972 film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, which won multiple Oscars including for Best Picture. His fame in the US increased when his 1979 film, The China Syndrome, a disaster thriller about safety coverups at a nuclear power plant, dropped twelve days before the Three Mile Island nuclear accident in Pennsylvania. He's been married to Catherine Zeta-Jones since 2000.
CUCKOO'S NEST was 1975.
But typos are forever...
The movie was filmed in 1983. Why are you showing recent footage of the airport instead of what it was like 40 years ago?
Michael Douglas had done a tv series "The Streets of San Francisco" with actor Karl Malden
Karl Malden became known for his series of "American Express" commercials.
So the question, "American Express? You got a deal" was an easter egg for Michael Douglas fans.
My mother loved this movie and I grew up watching it with her regularly throughout the late '80s (that and CROCODILE DUNDEE). It took decades for the soundtrack to get released on CD and I finally managed to buy a copy about 4 years ago so it was nice to hear it without the sound effects on it.
IT'S A MOVIE, DON'T RUIN IT FOR EVERONE ELSE JUST BECAUSE YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN COLUMBIANS AND MEXICANS.
I never saw this film as offensive, mean or judgemental (my words) about any people. Maybe you are a little sensitive to a 40yr old film with some inaccurate locations and casting due to filming circumstances.
I also believe that there is a special someone out there for everyone. Someone who will change your life, deepening your enjoyment of life, and changing your whole perspective. That someone is the like button. Push it and let the magic overtake you.
Crocodile Dundee 1 & 2 are kinda comparable to this movie's genre. I recommend watching them too.
I'm no expert, but I feel like Colombia in 1984 was not a safe place to be.
This is actually a very underrated comedy, so I'm glad you reacted to it. Please make sure to react to its sequel, The Jewel Of The Nile, as well!
I was a kid when this movie came out, and it was pretty common for some movies back then to portray anywhere that wasn’t New York City as some backward hole in the wall. Even lots of places in the US, all the cars are old and beat up, everyone’s cloths are dirty looking and unkempt, and most characters are slow and dimwitted. I always found it annoying too.
There's a lot of questionable stereotypes in this film. As far as the level of technology shown missing from Columbia's culture is concerned, remember, this film is 40 years old and times have changed dramatically everywhere since then.
I was in Colombia 10 years ago. Madeline and Cartagena. Very nice country, nice people. Mentality similar as Russian. Stayed there for 6 month.
"The portrayal of Colombia was completely wrong" How about when all his exotic birds got away? "Half a year's work just flew south for the winter, all right?" Yep, they flew from 10 degrees N latitude right on down to the equator.
I think it's certainly a fantastical movie in general. It's funny how we don't think much about inaccuracies in films until it lands on something near to our own life experience. I watched a channel the other day reacting to something and the host was continual baffled by how the stars hair was always straight. The movie had ray guns and flying people, but the hair was a bridge to far. I certainly think maintaining a certain amount of "reality" is useful in a story, but is often secondary to the type of story being told. If you watch stuff like James Bond where he jet sets to "exotic" places they are often caricatures of the real place. Like anytime something happens in Paris in a movie it's always going to have a shot of Eiffel Tower or Big Ben in London. It's not what those places are actually like, but it establishes a mood of "foreignness" for the sake of a largely American audience that doesn't travel overseas very much.
Imagine living in the Bronx and watching Rumble in the Bronx.
Doing a line on the cat made me a subscriber.
This one is curious, this movie was huge at the time, but soon was completely forgotten (at least it seems to me). I haven’t seen a single reference to it in decades. I watched it in theaters and remember nothing about it. Also Michael Douglas was just about the biggest thing in Hollywood in this era.
THE JEWEL OF THE NILE really sank it's longevity when it bombed. They really should've just left it here considering that audiences really wanted a good movie with these 3 actors more than anything else (THE WAR OF THE ROSES proved that).
Sweetie, this was 40 years ago, and it really doesn't matter if it looked like that or not ... they were trying to make a point. She was going to a place NOT like where she was comfortable ... that made her FEEL like she was going to a dirty, rundown, dangerous location, which SOME of Columbia most certainly was. I didn't see any signs saying that that station was the one you showed or that it hasn't been cleaned up now and then. All movies that exaggerate locations for effect, including ones right here in America, make it look more sketch than reality ... so you can feel her anxiety in having to go there. Anytime you leave the comfort of your own environment, especially for a traumatic reason, you're gonna feel like it's a LOT worse than it is. Also, of course people who make movies check out the locations they are portraying, but often have to live with what they have to work with. For instance, when they do science fiction movies about landing on other planets, they don't actually go there. They'll take a location somewhere on THIS planet and pretend. In other words, you need to stop getting/being offended over the portrayal of the location ... IT'S A MOVIE !!! You're way too invested in the location and not the story.
Now, the joke about American Express is that Michael Douglas was the commercial spokesperson of American Express at the time 😊👍.
No, he didn't put the stone "in his ass" before going showing up at the fort. He had it in front, which is why, when the soldier hit him in the crotch with the butt of his gun, you heard it hit something ... it was the stone. Up his ass would've been really hard to get out without some physical help, but in his underwear, it'd be a lot easier.
Sweetie, you would get your point across much better if you weren't so condescending.
@@detritus8095I appreciate you taking the time to respond, but nothing I said was meant to be offensive in any way. It was explaining things ... i.e. reality to someone who was being judgmental about not only a different time, but also about something done in a movie, which, even if done here in American, they'd still exaggerate to make it an interesting story. You can walk down any street here and see a bright sunny day, but go down the next street or alley and see a crime.
I think you just read it with a condescending idea in your head, and thrust it on my post.
I'm not offended, BTWQ, because I KNOW it's a typical problem with writing. There's no "inflection in your voice" to help you understand what the person (i.e. me) meant, so you SHOULD'VE assumed the best.
Instead, you were LOOKING for someone to get upset with, and found me. I meant what I said, and said what I meant, so I won't be apologizing today. Thanx for playin' 😊
@@StevesFunhouse ok sweetie
Things were a bit different in the 80's
The snake wasn't real. They never harm animals in Hollywood movies. They went as far to make an animatronic maggot for The Shawshank Redemption, so it didn't appear a real one was fed to a bird.
Its a fun movie, as is the sequel The Jewel of the Nile.
In the 70's Michael Douglas was in a police detective show called "the Streets of San Francisco" with actor Karl Malden. American Express decided Karl Malden and his Stetson hat would be a great spokesman, doing ads about their traveler's checks being safe for traveling. That's what the joke is with him asking if it's an American Express check.
😂 He hid the Stone in his underwear.
I never heard a Trunk Smuggling Theory before.
I think Vancouver is filmed as New York more than New York itself.
I suspect Vancouver just might currently be the most filmed city. Since it has represented so many different places.
Money and convenience are usually the deciding factor.
I suspect, given the year that Romancing the Stone was filmed, safety was a concern, too.
There's a sequel to this that's also fun called "The Jewel Of the Nile". Also, I'm sure you're absolutely correct about the messed up American interpretation of South America, etc., but I don't know that you really can make that point with showing a video from today as a representation of what it was 40 years ago. I'm sure even then, it wasn't what they made it out to be, and it was a gross exaggeration, but my guess is that things today are a lot different than they were in the mid 80s, and they're just hamming it up to make it seem more exotic, or whatever.
You have a good point with the footage. The reason why i didn't look for footage from the 80's was because this misinterpretation is something that happens even to this day. It's a very persistent and common thing in Hollywood. What I wanted to get across was the contrast between Hollywood's fiction and reality.
Yes, I was going to make the same point. I'm not surprised to find out that the movie mixed different cultures and even I can tell that the guy with the 'little mule' was very Mexican, but you do have to remember that this movie was made 40 years ago and for the most part wasn't supposed to be taking place in the large cities of Columbia. I wouldn't be surprised if the airport wasn't all that close to accurate even for 40 years ago, but I have plenty of friends who rode in busses like that around that time all over South America. I haven't ridden in anything like that myself, but I saw plenty of them when I was in Thailand around that time. Even the city busses, which I did ride, were not that different other than being much more crowded and not including the livestock. (They did have nicer busses available which were pretty much up to US standards for the time and were even air conditioned, but they were much more expensive to ride and there weren't near as many of them, so you had to wait a lot longer to get one.) I suspect that if I ever make it back to Thailand I will find that the transportation options have changed a lot in the 40+ years since I left.
Colombia and South America doesn't have a lot of positive media when the people, the locations and the food are all amazing. So it's probably not just this particular movie but a collective resentment that is easily triggered by even a small incidence of misrepresentation. Completely understand her point of view and looking forward to better stories in the future.
@@amandamiquilena Word! I hear you, and I'm not mad at you, but from a story purpose, it does make it seem more dangerous, and ups the tension. Otherwise, when has Hollywood ever been particularly accurate? I get why it would bother you as a South American, and why you would want to point it out, and it is judgemental, racist, or whatever else on top of everything else, but people that think like that, always will. It just is. What can you do about it? As a filmmaker, it is an oppurtunity to exploit their prejudice for your own purpose.
@@amandamiquilena To be fair, Colombia at the time might have been considerably worse. It had been in a four-way civil war between the National Front government, some nationalist group (M-19) and two different Marxist groups (FARC and ELN) since the 1950's. It was only around the time the movie came out that martial law was lifted, but this period was also the beginning of the rise of the power of drug cartels, which didn't help the violence situation. Although martial law was lifted, the country was far from peaceful. Things only started to calm down in the 1990's.
I wasn't there at the time, but I suspect that such a situation would make it difficult to film on location.
i love your reaction, keep it REAL 💯% !!! letting me KNOW
Robert Zemakis wanted to do Back to the Future but he was not known yet in Hollywood so when he did this one it got such a high response that the studio greenlighted him to do it. I know your deal about it being really in Columbia but they could not do it there due to the fact that it was too dangerous in that country. The only way they could do it in Mexico was to be that they still use the Columbian idea. The same kind of thing happened when they did the Lost Boys in Santa Cruz, California. In the beginning of that film they pass a sign in the beginning that had handwritten message on the back of it saying that Santa Cruz, Murder Capitol of the World. City counsel said they had to change the name because S.C. really DID have that reputation due to all of the murders in the mountains above the town
Go on the RUclips and look up the song "Romancing The Stone" by Eddie Grant. It is about being a tender and gentle lover with somebody whose heart has been hurt, and turned to stone. So Romancing the Stone means to soften somebody's hard heart with your own tender love. The song was originally supposed to be in the movie, but it just didn't fit. But it is a great song, you should listen to it.
How much would the emerald have been worth? Quick check puts the estimated value at $250 million (probably more)!
The stone is not important. It is what Alfred Hitchcock called the “McGuffin“. The McGuffin is the valuable thing in the movie that everybody wants, and the movie is about the attempt to acquire the McGuffin. In the movie “the Maltese falcon the McGuffin the black bird. In “Casablanca” the McGuffin is the letters of transit. And so on. It is kind of like that all saying, “the journey is more important than the destination”.
You're comparing Columbia today with 40 years ago. Even in the United States there's huge differences between today and the 80s
Yeah, and if my memory is correct, Columbia was just finishing up a long war.
Yeah, I flew into Bogota airport in the late 80’s and traveled throughout Colombia: Barranquilla, Santa Marta, Cartagena from the late 70’s to the 2000’s and of course this films’ portrayal is ridiculous. To clarify, there are dirt roads between some of the most remote towns, but not usually, the vast majority of the country is paved (like in the US). In the movie, they were traveling from Bogota to Cartagena, which is a major city north of Bogota. There is (and was) an interstate highway system, just like in the US (yes, even 40 years ago). The major airports have always been very nice too. I usually flew into, and out of, Barranquilla, a city of about a million people on the Gulf of Mexico, directly from Miami.
This is 40 years ago, missus
Isn't that Chandler Bing's Dad?
Action, adventure, romance, and comedy genre
You’re not the first to notice something bonkers in a movie, and you won’t be the last!
27:00 lol did you not hear the clink when the soldier bashed his testicles? Lol He had the stones "in the front seat, not the back"
I’m telling you this turned out to be one heck of a morning.
Fantastic. I love it when someone who knows something about the location can point things out. I knew a girl in college from Paraguay. I know nothing about South America.
Now there's a country with a strange and interesting history! My dad had a fascination for it (as well as the former unified Korea.
) but never got any oportunity to travel anywhere but England when he was 80. He told me a lot about Paraguay, but only from history and culture books.
Also, I agree with your premise. I really only watch movie reactions from people who's cultural perspectives are not my own. I'm old and my time is limited.
@@PolferiferusII I like watching reactions from lots of people. It reminds me of my first time. But seeing something from the perspective of someone from another culture is very special.
It’s the 80s, with a film made by semi-ignorant Americans. In Reagan’s America this was pretty rife interpretation. No excuse if you found offensive but I am jus putting in context. Also when you don’t particularly vibe with a film it’s great that you are upfront and honest about your thoughts. Some people won’t like it but it’s real and many will respect that. (Except Star Wars fans lol) There are a lot of people who do pretend. I remember really liking the movie when I first watched it even though it is clearly an Indiana Jones sequel knock off. And Kathleen Turner (also Jessica Rabbit) had a huge crush on. Finally this is the film that made Robert Zemeckis the director…before he went on to make Back to The Future. (He also made Who Framed Roger Rabbit). Fantastic reaction as always. Thank you
Thank you, I want to believe there's some value in being honest about the movies you react to. What's the point of liking everything all the time?. Anyways, I appreciate your comment and your Super Thanks, Marlon :)
@@amandamiquilena There is lots of value💪
That is the lightest colored calico cat that I have ever seen.
This isn't too bad for guys to watch but the movie, "Overboard" with Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn was far more fun and interesting for a RomCom IMO.
Let's roll it!
Yeah a fun movie but very valid criticisms - hollywood (and USA in general) definitely don't have the best record of caring to accurately portray other places/cultures.
Lovely guest star performance too 🐈
Lol…40 yr old film
It's like filmmakers who didn't care about the differences between Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
Even when they have different cultures(often very diifferent even in the same country, Bavaria is very different from Berlin for example) they are portrayed as one wild mix of 'Germans'.
I'm not mad about it, especially in older movies. But i get the 'eye rolling'.
Early in his career Michael Douglas was more of a producer than an actor.
40 years ago I don't think big-budget Hollywood was particularly interested in portraying other cultures accurately. It's a shame because these movies last for so long, so that ignorance is perpetuated. Personally I think this is one of the more overrated movies that still has some cachet. The best thing about it by FAR, if you like 80's music, is the song "Romancing The Stone" by Eddy Grant (the guy who did Electric Avenue): ruclips.net/video/dOsVohtbgxc/видео.html
I have to pause and watch tomorrow because you are so beautiful it hurts my eyes. But also I do really have to go to work.
Hollywood has improved in some ways, but back before the 2,000s they didn't bother with details on anything in South or Central America.
I'll say that I've been in the airport in Bogata and it's a very nice airport.
No, it was Hollywood's idea of Colombia, just like
Grimm's Fairy Tales was Disneyized For Mass Consumption.
However, this was a very fun film.
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If you want to see more Hollywood movies set in "Colombia", may i suggest 'The Sorcerer' (1977) By William Friedkin. Most of the movie happens in Colombia
(But movie was actually shot in Dominican rebublic).
The movie gets high praise from critics year after year, but it is mostly unknown for few reasons.
1. It came out week before original Star wars came out, and ate all the viewers. 🤑
2. The American movie has no english speaking for first 15 minutes, for lot of americans, this is a no-no apparantly. 🤔
3. The name made/makes people think it is somehow fantasy movie, it is not. It is one effin bleak thriller. 😈(Avoid spoilers!)
4. Due to Friedkins style of directing and the story, lot of the movie is not RUclips friendly. 👀
Romancing the Stone was an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Indiana Jones movies.
What? A lie? I don't think so. I have watched a number of movies which take place South of the border and this is what is is like there.
That's Chandler's dad!
Sorry, I have to say it, but you have watched so many movies on your show till today. Only about 10% of these films are actually shot where the action is supposedly set. For example: “Predator 1” or “Rambo II” (Thailand instead of Vietnam), Rambo III (Morocco instead of Afghanistan), etc. But I never hear you comlain about all these "mistaken" locations. You enjoy these movies as well as everyone, just believing (in cause of not knowing) all the sets are the real ones. In the end this hardly plays a role in entertainment films, as they are not supposed to be documentaries. Last time I saw a movie from 2023, which pretends to be set in Berlin (Germany), where I live. After 2 minutes it was absolutely clear, that it wasn' shot in Berlin at all. So what? The Story was great and in the end the main thing is to have fun!
Best wishes from Germany. Keep up the good work. God bless you!!!
I will go to where you are and say, "Let's (click) roll it!" 👉👉
The original title was _Romancing the Pickle,_ but it tested very badly. So they reshot it and renamed it, and it took off.
Thanks. I learned a great dill from your comment.
The Emerald in the movie (if real) would probably be over 250 million US dollars. Emeralds are the most expensive gem stones, they're even more valuable than diamonds.
The most expensive single emerald was worth only 5.5 million although three large uncut emerald crystals found in a single stone in Brazil weighing over 750 lbs is valued at an estimated 400 million USD.
@Fred-vy1hm Well, I know emeralds are the most expensive gem stones. The value I gave for the emerald in the movie was what I found when asking Google what the value of the emerald in Romancing the Stone would be. If I was off, it's google's fault, lol. However, that stone was extremely well cut and had perfect color and clarity for an emerald, and it's obviously larger than the hope diamond. So I imagine it's worth at least 10 or 10's of millions. And if it's an acient artifact that would increase its value.
As a Russian when I watch Hollywood movies about Russia my ass has burned fire all times.😂 I dunno ever one correct American movie about former USSR or Russia. But sometimes it's funny
I didn't realize there was so much cultural inaccuracy in this film. Good to know. And Jack was hiding the Corazon in his crotch, not elsewhere as you assumed. Pun not intended.
You must be a lot of fun at parties. Certainly won't be wasting my time on your reactions in the future.
Loves this movie as a kid in the 90's then rewatched it again in my mid 30's and hated it. Noy many movies do that to me. Typically i will still love them. The only other one i know for sure that also did this was the never ending story. Loved it now it is so crimge and weird i cannot even finish it. Not sure why since i like movies like that.
Great movie 🎉
Did she recognize Joan Wilder is Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner)?
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yeah this film was popular for about a week and then forgotten. It's a cheap comedy version of Indy.
It's funny how big names can just disappear when trends change,
It turned out that Diane Thomas wrote the screenplay in 1979, so she could not have ripped off Indy because _Raiders of the Lost Ark_ did not come out until 1981. It just seems as if this film rips off _Raiders_ because her screenplay did not end up getting *produced* until 1984, five years after she wrote it.
@@Texy88 it doesnt matter when the script was written, they put this out as an Indy lite ripoff to make money
Such a cute studio guest ❤
Luv your cat and i miss mine .
You call it a lie....its called movie magic.....
he stole her bible?
There is a second movie jewel of the nile 1985 its a part 2 of this movie its a better movie
You snorted your cat! 😆Btw, the Mexican guy with his "mule" was in a very funny movie "Three Amigos". He played the villain El Gupo.
Most Hollywood movies are never filmed where they take place and rarely if ever attempt capture another culture accurately. Probably used Mexico because it was cheaper and more convenient. Just how show biz works.
That always gets their dander up (someone's nose).