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I found this movie unrealistic

posted 9 years ago by Hopstimop
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Even if it's intense and acting and directing good in general, I just find it unrealistic.

First of all Thailand is not a country I would expect something like this. I don't think Thailand is a dangerous country at all and picturing it this way is just plain wrong. But I have to admit, I was never there, I just have friends who spend 3-6 months every year there. (EDIT: okay, I read now that it should be a fictional south asian country. None the less I immediately knew that it's Thailand, so I took it for granted)

2. The "revolution" was pictured pretty cheap. I don't think, 50 extras can portray a rebellion accurately.

3. Where the heck did those people get tanks and helicopters?

If this should have been a full scale revolution, then:

4. Where was the police, the military and the government in general?

5. Where were the journalists and all the stuff that must be around when rebels/terrorists start shooting people in the head in a big city of any country?

For me it looked like a criminal gang trying to have a nice weekend, which could have been stopped within a few hours.

Even if it wasn't the scope of the movie to show the national and international reaction, they could have used a little more extras in the background to look more professional and suggest a big scale rebellion.

[–] lalo_greiner 9 years ago

I agree the whole thing (script included) looked a bit thin. Realism wasn't the greatest concern of the producers/director.

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[–] tiboine 9 years ago

From what dimension are you from where Thailand borders to Vietnam? ?

[–] Blubonnet_Spearman 9 years ago

It's not a true story. It's just a movie. It's fantasy land

[–] Lumduan 9 years ago

1. They went to some effort to make it a mishmash of South-East Asian countries. Filmed in Thailand, yes, but a lot of non-Thai stuff around.

3 and 4. At the start we saw soldiers wearing the rebel scarves - the army was at least partially supporting the rebels and therefore they would've had access to all the gear. And as they had sympathisers guarding the PM, then they probably had them in place throughout the government. The officers in the first street battle were in a different uniforms so I'd say they were police getting their arses kicked.

5. It was the very start of the revolution, all communications were cut off, the news hadn't got out yet.

[–] Steamboy 9 years ago

The directing wasn't so good at all, "shake, shake, shake señora, shake your camera, shake, shake, shake, shake it all the time."

1. Yeah, it did look an awful lot like Thailand (where it was shot). Hard to mistaken it for something else. The filmmakers must have thought all SE Asian countries look the same to the eyes of the uninitiated.

2. Well, they seemed to be everywhere at the same time and always where the family was, that's what bothered me most.

3. And they were able to pilot them.

4. Good question.

I agree the whole movie feels unrealistic. Oh, and even if it's a movie, it needs to be believable, it's actually of key importance. Good quote from director Terence Fisher, who mostly made films from fantasy topics: "I think an audience has to find what it sees in the cinema absolutely convincing for the ninety minutes of the film. I don't really care what they think when they get out of the cinema, but unless they have believed in your film, you have not achieved your purpose."

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[–] zxdragon-flyzx 9 years ago

It's Cambodia. Those rebels are Khmer Rouge.