{"id":1399,"date":"2011-09-26T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T19:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/?p=1399"},"modified":"2016-05-13T12:23:26","modified_gmt":"2016-05-13T17:23:26","slug":"hollywood-vs-colombia-colombiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/09\/hollywood-vs-colombia-colombiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Vs. Colombia IV: Colombiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a frequent reader of the <strong>Colombia Travel Blog <\/strong>you&#8217;ll have seen our series highlighting the crimes of Hollywood against Colombia. We&#8217;ve looked at the comical (<a title=\"Hollywood Vs. Colombia II: Romancing The Stone\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/07\/hollywood-vs-colombia-ii-romancing-the-stone\/\" target=\"_blank\">Romancing the Stone<\/a>), the absurd (<a title=\"Hollywood Vs. Colombia round 1: Mr. and Mrs. Smith in \u201cBogota\u201d\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/06\/hollywood-vs-colombia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mr. &amp; Mrs. Smith<\/a>), and the meta-fictional (<a title=\"Colombia Vs. Hollywood III: Medell\u00edn starring Vinnie Chase\" href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/2011\/09\/colombia-vs-hollywood-iii-medellin-starring-vinnie-chase\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entourage<\/a>). Today we&#8217;re looking at the latest edition in the canon of misrepresentation: Colombiana.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HCxPLlFWdFo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>From the get-go it&#8217;s obvious that Colombiana is going to be a film that&#8217;s likely to upset Colombians (and it has), since the story follows a Colombian girl that witnessed her parents murdered at birth and goes on to become a ruthless killer under the watchful guidance of her Colombian family in the States.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1400\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Colombiana-poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1400 \" title=\"Colombiana-poster\" src=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Colombiana-poster.jpg\" alt=\"Colombiana poster\" width=\"486\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Colombiana-poster.jpg 540w, https:\/\/seecolombia.travel\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Colombiana-poster-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 486px) 100vw, 486px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Poster for the film Colombiana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The obvious offence here is that the violence depicted in the film all seems a product of her having been born in Colombia. Indeed, all Colombian characters in the film are violent or at least permissive of violence. There could, I&#8217;m sure, be an interesting article written about the use of <a href=\"http:\/\/seecolombia.travel\" target=\"_blank\">Colombia<\/a> as a symbol of violence but, frankly, the film is so ridiculous (a 9 year old girl managing to escape an armed mob?) that you quickly forget the potential damage the connotations of violence could cause and begin focusing on how\u00a0implausible\u00a0everything is. Nonetheless, there&#8217;s a few things that should be pointed out:<\/p>\n<p>Bogot\u00e1 isn&#8217;t tropical. Far from it. Here we&#8217;re high up in the mountains, experience a fair bit of rain and generally enjoy temperatures of around 18 degrees. Bogot\u00e1 is also a city full of high-rise buildings and is, for the most part, flat until you get to the very outskirts. In other words, nothing like how it&#8217;s depicted in the film.<\/p>\n<p>Colombians don&#8217;t have Mexican accents, nor do they sound or act like Italians (we&#8217;re looking at you, Cliff Curtis). When will Hollywood realise this?<\/p>\n<p>The mistakes of the film could be easily overlooked as frivolities of Hollywood action films (this is, afterall, the work of a man who directed Transporter 3), but the fact that it&#8217;s actually called &#8216;Colombiana&#8217; suggests the protagonists identity is crucial to the film. And if it&#8217;s crucial, do a little research, please.<\/p>\n<p>Any more gross misrepresentations? Let us know please!<\/p>\n<p>Paul<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re a frequent reader of the Colombia Travel Blog you&#8217;ll have seen our series highlighting the crimes of Hollywood against Colombia. 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