6 Dec
Well, any horror movie that takes place in your country, you’ll probably not going to love. it’s just not good for tourism, you know? And Brazil feels that same way about the new horror film Turistas.
Brazil’s State Tourism applauded U.S. movie critics for bashing the film in which tourists to the country basically get slaughtered, I won’t ruin it for you too much. SPOILER ALERT! The John Stockwell-directed movie shows American backpackers attacked & mugged by locals which are taken with the beautiful bikini-lad ladies of the country, only to find themselves drugged with “caipirinha” cocktails. Once the drink begins to take effect, a crazed surgeon removes their internal organs for a trafficking ring the locals are running. Whew, that probably isn’t going to be good for tourism!
But there’s really nothing Brazil can do legally, since it is just a movie and not reality, right Brazil? You’re not really removing the internal organs of backpackers to your country to sell them on some local trafficking ring, are you? I’m just saying that was a mighty defensive response to Turistas if you ask me.
Tell me- What did you make of Turistas?
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2 Responses for: News: Brazil Agrees with Critics & Bashes ‘Turistas’ Movie
1 | Movie fan
December 6th, 2006 at 2:35 pmWhat a stupid story for a movie!!
That’s something you should not do to the image of other countries.
2 | Cachaca Dave
December 7th, 2006 at 10:59 amSome months ago I heard that someone was making a movie that featured caipirinhas and I’m saddened to find out that this must have been that movie.
I’m sure that lots of us in the cachaca business were hoping that the movie would do for the caipirinha what the movie Sideways did for Pinot Noir, but no such luck. I have yet to see it but I just might this weekend if only to see which brand of cachaca was used for the caipirinhas. As a horror movie I’m sure that the movie is just fine; a window into what a vacation to Brazil can be like, it is not.
Dave Catania
Cachaca Fazenda Mae De Ouro
http://www.caipirinha.us
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