geographical inaccuracy


at the beginning when tim allen heads towards the jungle, he mentions something like "it took me X hours to get from NY to Caracas"!

Caracas is not in the jungle!!! Caracas is the capital of venezuela, it's a normal city... the movie implies that Caracas is the tiny little indian village!

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haha, i've never seen this movie, i kinda want to now, although not literally a jungle, Caracas is sometimes refered to as a jungle because of the violence, traffic jams and all the problems most latin american capitals have, it's a beautiful city nonetheless.

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I didn't think that where his ex-wife was staying was Caracas, but rather that was where the closest airport was located.

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He said that he traveled 3,000 miles to get there, not X hours. Whether this is true or not could be researched, but I'm too lazy.

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The village isn't supposed to be Caracas. That's just the closest airport in Venezuela. He arrived to the village by boat suggesting the tribe lived on an island off Venezuela. No matter what though, I don't think it's supposed to represent any real place or tribe. They just gave the made-up island a location for the sake of the movie.

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The movie does not imply that Caracas is the tiny 'indian' (I believe you mean native?) village...but rather that it took him a long time to get to Caracas, as that is where he arrived in Venezuela. It directly implies that he then had to take a boat from there to arrive at the village, which is called Lipo Lipo I believe.

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They also have a geographical inaccuracy whenever they advertise it on Disney Channel saying that it takes place in an African jungle.

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thats correct....im from caracas so i can say that the writes of this movie are f-stupid.....also when tim allen gets off the plane, some mariachis start singing some rancheras, that if u dont know, its mexican music, not venezuelan, we dont have any of that. The're probably more mistakes, but those are the ones i remember.

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I've got a better one for you: In one scene Allen says "When you go to Venezuela never get the chile del fuego." To my Venezuelan countryman, when was the last time you ate chile del fuego with your arepa? Stupid butthead writers who think that all Latin America stops at Mexico... Hollywood wake up! There are millions of other Latinos out there... AND WE CAN GET PISSED.

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Look out everyone! We got a Latino pissed because a low rated Disney movie starring Tim Allen had a line stating not to eat the chile del fuego in Venezuela. Why haven't there been riots and public outcry from the Latino community towards these "stupid butthead writers" in Hollywood?!?! Gosh, what is the world coming too? Venezuelan countrymen, stand up and be heard!!

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I hope you get hit by a bus.

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How about the fact that mimi-siku calls his dad "Baboon"... there aren't too many baboons in S America.

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