Mark Walberg and Leonardo DiCaprio To Ship Cocaine To Miami: The Movie

Simon says on Jul 26, 2008, 09:09:

Great, another shitty Hollywood movie that will only help to reinforce negative stereotypes about Colombia!

"Just an honest, decent Colombian trying to do the right thing."--Simon

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BillBigD says on Jul 26, 2008, 11:32:

Mark Wahlberg and Leonardo DiCaprio-I think both actors are good. Hopefully the movie will be also

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Cheers Terry says on Jul 26, 2008, 11:40:

This project has been kicking around for quite some time. I'm glad to see Wright has been hired, and it appears it's finally going forward. Unfortunately there's no plans at this time to do any shooting in Colombia.

Cheers,
Terry

Simon, since when are cold hard facts a, "negative stereotype" that should be ignored?

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Simon says on Jul 26, 2008, 13:49:

So why don't they make movie after movie about all the junkies who consume illegal drugs in the US and Europe? Those are "cold hard facts" too, right?

"Just an honest, decent Colombian trying to do the right thing."--Simon

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Cheers Terry says on Jul 26, 2008, 14:46:

"... So why don't they make movie after movie about all the junkies who consume illegal drugs in the US and Europe?..."

Are you serious? There have been COUNTLESS movies and television shows produced in North America and Europe that centre around illegal drugs. It's a more popular subject now than it ever was! Turn on your television or wander through a video rental store...

Some Colombians have to stop being so defensive about drugs and their place in Colombia's history and present day reality. Cocaine gave Colombia a rightfully deserved reputation and some of the richest, most powerful criminals of the 20th century. Attempts to ignore this fact and begging people to forget about it is ridiculous. It's the real world. Get over it...

Cheers,
Terry

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Lisa Zee says on Jul 26, 2008, 15:30:

We grow it, you smoke it.

Vive la vida y deja vivir!.

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de pronto says on Jul 26, 2008, 15:32:

But drugs is not solely a present day reality in Colombia.

the point is that people already know a lot about this subject and I guess Colombians would like to show the rest of the people that Colombia is not only about drugs.

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tejasmarcos says on Jul 26, 2008, 15:42:

El Cartel de Los Sapos (a novela about the cocaine cartels in Colombia) is currently the #1 program here. The locals seem to enjoy it....

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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Medellin Traveler says on Jul 26, 2008, 16:58:

tejasmarcos,
YOU ARE RIGHT......... the Colombians love that show! I believe the series started in the US a few weeks ago as well.

Simon says, "So why don't they make movie after movie about all the junkies who consume illegal drugs in the US and Europe? Those are "cold hard facts" too, right?"

I thought you were a film junkie?

JUST to name a few....

Spun
The Rules of Attraction
Trainspotting
Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels
Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
Requiem For A Dream
Narc
Cocaine Angel
21 Grams
Mr Untouchable

AND...
almost any blaxplotation film ever made............

Lisa Zee says, "We grow it, you smoke it."

Rule #1. NEVER get high on your own supply.

But as they say, "rules are meant to be broken."

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billyb says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:09:

I like Wahlberg's stuff, maybe the movie will be good.

"All I want to know is where I'm going to die, so I never go there" Unkown (at least to me) wise man.

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de pronto says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:19:

does 21 gramms deal with drugs??? I don't remember that... I must've been slept....

=)

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de pronto says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:21:

I like Del Toro though

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billyb says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:23:

Was it just me, or did Del Toro sound like a Paisa in Traffic?

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de pronto says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:27:

I don't know if he sounded like a Paisa, the fact is that I think he has something... he is hot... despite he is not cute

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de pronto says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:28:

but I would really love to hear him speak with hot colombian accent
that will make him even hotter!

jajajaja

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Medellin Traveler says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:28:

21 Grams, not a heavy drug movie, but...

The complex interconnected story of how the lives of a former "drug addict" and single mother, Christine (Naomi Watts), a terminally ill mathematics professor, Paul (Sean Penn), and a spiritual ex-convict, Jack (Benicio Del Toro), intersect after a car accident. Clea Duvall co-stars in this gritty drama that's ultimately about hope and redemption.

Benicio Del Toro is KING!

He was born to play Pablo Escobar!

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billyb says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:29:

He was excellent in that role (traffic)> He would make a good Pablo also.

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de pronto says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:38:

you're right Medellin Traveler I remember now.
So is he going to play Pablo Escobar? I wanna see that!,

With paisa accent?

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tejasmarcos says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:55:

first time walburg and decaprio have done something together since basketball diaries. looking forwrd to it.

trying to walk a straight line on sour mash and cheap wine...

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Medellin Traveler says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:56:

As of now, Javier Bardem has been approached to play Escobar. I think Benecio Del Toro will be a better choice for Killing Pablo.

Joe Carnahan has the greenlight to make Killing Pablo but believe he is shooting another picture beforehand, but I suggest he reconsider because of the other Pablo Escobar movie being produced by Oliver Stone.

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billyb says on Jul 26, 2008, 17:58:

Weren't they together in The Departed? Or was that prior?

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Medellin Traveler says on Jul 26, 2008, 18:00:

tejasmarcos says, "first time walburg and decaprio have done something together since basketball diaries. looking forwrd to it."

What about Martin Scorsese's Oscar Winning "The Departed?"

How Marty won an Oscar for The Departed I will never know.

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billyb says on Jul 26, 2008, 18:02:

He should have won it for Goodfellas. It was more a lifetime achievment award for being overlooked so often. BTW, I agree, Del Toro would be a better choice for Pablo than Bardem.

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tejasmarcos says on Jul 26, 2008, 18:03:

never seen "the departed". good movie?

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billyb says on Jul 26, 2008, 18:04:

Yes Tejas, excellent movie.

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de pronto says on Jul 26, 2008, 18:05:

no me gusta el acento de los espa;oles hablando ingles

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tejasmarcos says on Jul 26, 2008, 18:05:

what happened to the mutt, billyb? time for a change?

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Medellin Traveler says on Jul 26, 2008, 18:06:

Marty should have taken the Oscar home for Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, or Goodfellas, even Casino and/or Mean Streets, but NOT for The Departed a remake of the BEST MOVIE of 2002, "Infernal Affairs" from Hong Kong.

He won an oscar for a remake that was very much the same movie only in English.

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billyb says on Jul 26, 2008, 18:06:

jaja, yeah, had to put old jack out to pasture for a while.

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SUERTE GRINGO says on Jul 27, 2008, 10:11:

This sounds like a good movie idea especially since it's based on a true story which usually makes it that much more interesting to me. I look forward to its release.

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Robert Jorge says on Jul 29, 2008, 21:37:

Simon - "they" do make movies about junkies in the US. I would say there is no shortage of drug references and themes in US produced movies.

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