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This Is Not Istanbul!

posted 11 years ago by BesiktasFan
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Well, I don't really understand why the director wanted to show Istanbul That bad. Black Ninja Women all over, 95% Of The Street Population is Male, The Police Cars are out of The Current Century. Everyone except Sellers are carrying Trashes, Dirty Streets and such...

That is really unacceptable, Because that is not TRUE. I am living in Istanbul and Yes we do have black ninja women, but they are very very few like 1% of the total women. You can always find a lot of girls with jeans with high heels or with mini skirts in the Istanbul streets. Our Police cars are Mini cooper and Nissan Juke; Those cars in Movie are not even used by anyone anymore, They are from about 40 years ago.

I went to see this movie to see my country from An American Angle Of View, and I just got dissappointed. The director created something like India-Iran Mixed Country and has put Our Name On it. That is sad. He should have chosen Iran or Syria If he wanted his film looking Horror.
Just My 2 Cents.

[–] 11 years ago

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[–] actionmanrandell 10 years ago

well being that the movie is actually filmed in istanbul your points are stupid

[–] j_w_pepper 10 years ago

I just watched TAKEN 2 last night after having read most of the complaints on this board, including yours, and therefore looking for the issues you have. I cannot share them. I noticed exactly 1 (one) "black ninja woman", and as you say, there is "like 1 %" of women running around like that. Chances are those are most abundant in poorer quarters of Istanbul, which is where much of the movie seems to take place.

OK, I can see those Fiat 131 police cars are a bit obsolete by now. But why not use them if you have crash scenes. The Nissan Juke looks as if it had crashed already when it's new, so no one would have noticed.

Ultimately, I think Istanbul as a whole comes over as the marvelous, beautiful city overall that it is. So there is no reason to complain just because some of it works as a dreary background for a crime story. So did Paris in TAKEN 1.

Marlowe had said 15 years ago: Dead men don't wear plaid. I still don't know what it means.

[–] DBLurker 10 years ago

The director created something like India-Iran Mixed Country and has put Our Name On it.

Ahh the irony. This tard is complaining about portrayal of his country and then talking about India, which is a Hindu country, without knowing *beep* about it.

[–] playbillhound 10 years ago

My thoughts exactly.

[–] minumero (1) 7 years ago

Hey what up racist Delhi dwelling slum rat who has no idea how the world works. Sorry you're so butt hurt about being from a 3rd world hell hole. At least you know English so you can make a living by reading predetermined replies from a computer screen to someone in a real country :]

PS - I don't spew hate. This is some of your blind hate bouncing off me back to you :]

[–] imdb-3754 10 years ago

I went to see this movie to see my country from An American Angle Of View

Eh, it's more like the Hollywood point of view. Don't assume that just because a movie comes from America that it is a reflection on how Americans think. I doubt many Americans (including myself) have any clue about what Istanbul is really like. Why? Because it's not our business to know. People from all over the world seem to think Americans should be knowledgeable about what goes on in their country, as if it were really relevant to our lives. Unless we plan to travel there, have friends/family there, or need to know about it because of our jobs, most of us simply don't care about what goes on in other parts of the world.

[–] skyx26 8 years ago

"most of us simply don't care about what goes on in other parts of the world."

God bless america...

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[–] MightierInk 10 years ago

Umm...Hindu country? How many r there, exactly?

N since wen is showing skin a merit for... Well anything for that matter???

[–] eomahir 9 years ago

Well, being in both Delhi and İstanbul, I can say that Istanbul is more modern and beautiful.

Real Istanbul has nothing to do with what is shown in Taken 2.

But, this does not mean that we can insult India or China. We can not use the phrase "C'mon, this is Europe, not India" to praise a city.

Because I believe that cities like Delhi or Shangai are the future of the World, and they will be more important than New York, or Paris in the very near future.

And you made a mistake too: "Islamic craphole like Istanbul or Pakistan". Please do not respond a mistake by copying the same method of that mistake.

[–] actionmanrandell 9 years ago

taken is not an american movie

it is a french movie

[–] R_Kane (15828) 6 years ago

Thank you!!

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