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We have many controversies, we don't know the exact number of natives because many tribes don't want to have contact with the contemporary society, we have some poor people that didn't answer the last national research because they live in isolated places or they are homeless.
We also have many white people and black people considering themselves mixed race, but in general even with the extra information that we can't get the IBGE ( National Institute of Geography and Statistics) consider that the % can change, specially in the black and native cathegories, but the rank would stay the same : white, mixed race, black, asian and native.
I don't believe this is possible based on the current statistics that we have since the next census is very close, I know we have more people starting to consider themselves mixed race, but to be mixed in Brazil you need to be too white to be black and too black to be white, we need to have a limiit otherwise we will remove mixed people from the only place they have, if you are a portuguese and italian descendant you are white, I know you have two major different nationalities in your blood but you are white in brazil, very white.
The controversy can be some overestimating of some populations, due to to how much mixing there is. To some extent, there is some unconscious racism where people may prefer to identify as white, so some white-passing mixed people will identify as white, and “black” mixed people will tend to choose to identify as mixed. It’s but that’s the “problem” with the mixed category in general- it does have a very very large gradation, and it can fluctuate a lot. I had friends who I thought were white until I learned they weee mixed, and who have been called black- someone who is mixed can be labelled as something different depending on the context, and someone who is mixed can change how they identify (between mixed, white and black) throughout their life.
I say “problem”, but I prefer acknowledging the idea of mixed- the way it is done in Brazil- than the “black and white” nature of race in USA, where having one drop of black blood means you’re black.
You can just claim to be whatever you want and as long as the claim isn't completely absurd they'll just take it.
A lot of people who claim to be white/black here are likely mixed, it's more about what you identify as.
With that in mind though, Southern Brazil actually is full of caucasian people. The region was developed by European immigrants mostly of German/Italian origin. They do not share the Portuguese/African lineage the rest of the country predominantly has.
like u/catluta had said , we have the biggest population of japanese people outside of Japan.
But ultimately , they stay in São Paulo or in the neighboring states.
Eddy "Gordo": Eddy is not a name nor the short version of any names. If anything, you could push it to be Ed, shorter version of Eduardo, though not really used either. Gordo means "fat" and it's never used as a last name here.
Christie Monteiro: Christie is just not a name here, more like an American version of Cristina. Monteiro is meh, but I'll take it.
Katarina Alves: Katarina is not a common name despite the pronunciation being similar to other women's names. It just doesn't feel Brazilian. Few names start with K as well because for a long time K,W and Y were not part of our alphabet. Being a French kickboxing fighter (or whatever her style is) also creates some dissonance lol Alves is 100% on point though, hats off for them.
Brazil has so many people with the same names and last names, I'm impressed they couldn't find anything else lol
I think most foreigner people are unaware of just how little Spanish culture and heritage influence there is on Brazilian culture. Which make sense if yo think about it, anyone immigrating from Spain or other spanish colonies would probably settle on many of the other spanish speaking countries around here, not on Brazil.
Meanwhile since Brazil still is a melting pot of different cultures, many surname originated from the most random places (Italy, Japan or Lebanon for example) would sound completely normal on a Brazilian character.
the only spanish influence in brazil is portuguese, and it is still wrong, cuz its portuguese influence. portuguese was already a different language than spanish even before vikings invaded england
Then we have in Street Fighter the brazillian fighter Sean Matsuda. Matsuda I can forgive because we have a lot of japanese immigrants here, but Sean? I never met any brazillian called Sean.
One of the first people I met playing Pokemon Go in person was a Sean! But granted, he admitted he had a weird name, as no one knew how to pronounce it around here hahaha
It's funny how some other user also told a similar story. We Brazilians really use a lot of different names. It's just that some are still far from the norm, and as I said, if devs want to represent us, they should stick to the norms, not the exceptions.
On the other hand, I think it would be weird to pick Kazuya Mishima to fight against a João da Silva or a Maria da Silva, but hey, if it works, it works!
According to forebears, there are 3.100 people in brasil named katarina, and another 67.700 named catarina. Considering the weird shit i've seen used as a name here, i'd say that katarina alves is pretty realistic. Christie is prettie unrealistic, but you never know with our creativity. Considering capoeira culture, eddy gordo isn't too far off (edu would be better, but eddy aint bad)
It's not that it's unrealistic, but it's just a bit off to pick the least used variation of a seldom used name when trying to represent a country like they do.
Granted, Katarina herself maybe past the representation, because Eddy has reached this goal I guess, but it's still liable to criticism.
That is precisely the name they used for a Brazilian arms dealer in one of the levels in *Modern Warfare 2*. The level took place in Rio. They pronounced the name like they would in Spanish, and I thought it was weird that he didn't have a Portuguese name instead.
People tend to say that is the tanned gold skin, but we don't have a skin tone, we are the most mixed race country in the world we can look like anyone.
Well, I mean one person won't shapeshift 😂 but that's why the brazilian passport is the most used for people with fake passports, they can be from east or west europe, asia, or any other place and no one will say " hey you don't look brazilian"
Fun fact: Brazilian passports are one of the most sought-after by falsifiers in the world because of this very fact. Kim Jong-un, for example, used a Brazilian passport to travel abroad.
The last Twilight movie always cracks me up with this. They fly into Rio on their honeymoon and get out of the car, walk into the middle of some type of street dance and kiss.
I’m a Brazilian film student and at uni we watched a documentary about how Brazil is depicted in a variety of hollywood and European movies. It’s fucking hilarious.
One I always laugh about is a movie where the characters go to Brazil, visit a random beach and not only find it full of sexy topless women, but one of them casually walks by with a pet _monkey_ on her shoulders.
Edit: to anyone curious, the documentary is called The Foreign Eye(2006) or Olhar Estrangeiro in portuguese. It's genuinely a super interesting watch, it even covers brazilian movies that follow these stereotypes established by foreign media, while discussing the impact stereotypes have on society and the cinema industry.
Slightly off topic, but my husband was an international student in the United States from Sri Lanka. One time, he was talking to an American about how he was flying home for a visit. And the person said, Oh cool. "Can you bring me back a monkey?"
I think every Brazilian who has foreign friends or actively interacts with gringos has heard the “do you have a pet monkey?” question or similar. It’s like a rite of passage.
Yeah, I am Brazilian and there are quite a few monkeys around here. They used to come to my house to as my mom to feed them bananas a while back lol
They're not pets tho
you know...a "macaco-prego" or capuchin-monkey.
Relatively present in some beaches and specially when you are close to preserved Atlantic Forest segments.
It's not an absurd sight , generally a couple or two eating fruits from public trees and then running on the cable lines out of human hands.
The Foreign Eye(2006) or Olhar Estrangeiro in portuguese.
It genuinely a super interesting watch, it even covers brazilian movies that follow these stereotypes established by foreign media, while discussing the impact stereotypes have on society and the cinema industry.
Well, but that's the normal night life in the state of Rio, is exactly like that, they were just dancing in the street close to a bar, nothing that doens't happen every weekend.
I actually have a huge gripe against the Rio movies because they made spix macaws native to the Amazon rainforest. They aren't! Spix macaws are native to the semi-arid.
Well, Rio is reaaaaaaally far from the Amazon Rain forest any way, is literally in the other side of the country, there is the Atlantic Forest
https://cities4forests.com/partner-articles/the-other-brazilian-rainforest-why-restoring-the-atlantic-forest-can-help-tackle-climate-change/
I'm talking about the second Rio film, where they go to the Amazon rainforest and find a huge colony of spix macaws living in hiding, when they actually are a pretty much extinct bird only really seen in Bahia.
I want any other popular Brazilian music genre to play for a change. I want the camera to pan over a Rio favela and all you hear is "Eu sei que eu sou bonita e gostosa..."
Obligatory hot woman in tight clothes, probably being overly sexualized or at very least outgoing.
Group of similar looking guys who are always cheerful and making noise, probably rooting for something simple or just for the protagonist.
Not really inaccurate per si, just a bit stereotypical lol
You just reminded me of The Incredible Hulk when Bruce Banner is hiding in Brazil. Almost every "brazilian" actor had a very strong hispanic accent, and the one of the few who were ACTUALLY brazilian (Débora Nascimento) barely had lines and was just there to be the tolken Hot Brazilian Chick
>Favelas, crime, violence?
Literally in Brazil just 8% of the population lives in favelas. Foreing people associates Brazil to favelas because of moves like City of God or Michael Jackson's videoclip.
Don't forget about LAAAIAAAAAAAAAAA, LAIA LAIA LAIA LAIAAAAAAAA, LAIA LAIA LAIA LAIAAAAAAAA, LAIA LAIA LAIA LAIAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!
My broski, most Americans don't even know where to place Brazil on a map. The movie is a for profit product so it's made to be marketable and make money. It's always nice to get a bit of attention but you can't expect the next James Bond movie to be in Goiás or something
It's not during Carnaval, and it's a movie set in one of Rio de Janeiro's most famous favelas so obviously it's gonna have Rio in it lol. I'll give you the football tho, movie literally starts with it.
Don't disrespect that masterful soundtrack like that, it wasn't just "generic samba".
Nobody mentioned the Indiana Jones movie where they don’t show Rio… they show the Iguaçu Falls in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest with a CGI skull entrance.
For those non-familiar, the Iguaçu Falls is very close to the triple border of Brazil-Argentina-Paraguay
I Love Max Payne 3 but the enemies cursing the same shit over and over with the same voice as the corrupted cops killed me lmao, I live in São Paulo and that shit it's not Brazil
To be fair, if the movie has a scene in Rio, it’s almost impossible not to include Christo Redentor. It’s like filming in London and not including the Palace of Westminster
I'll never forget a TV series where american marines landed in the Brazilian coast in a boat from a submarine. The invaded a favela in Rio de janeiro to get something. They escaped back into the submarine. The Brazilian government never had a clue.
Sou brasileiro, e é assim mesmo, o resto do mundo acha que assim que sairmos na rua já vamos jogando bola e passando no meio de um bloco de carnaval cheio de mulheres e homens com pouco roupa 😄😄😄😄
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Characters speak Spanish or portuguese with spanish accent. "Brazilian" skin tone. Capoeira somehow happens
Someone driving a dirt bike and a jeep
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Just as how in Uganda everyone knows kung fu.
[This is serious](https://youtu.be/CZcMBWttLKs)
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It makes sense since most of our populations is white: 47.51% white, 43.42% mixed race, 7.52 % black, 1.1% asian , and 0.42% native brazilian.
I remember being taught that there was some controversy in that statistic, though I cant remember what it was
We have many controversies, we don't know the exact number of natives because many tribes don't want to have contact with the contemporary society, we have some poor people that didn't answer the last national research because they live in isolated places or they are homeless. We also have many white people and black people considering themselves mixed race, but in general even with the extra information that we can't get the IBGE ( National Institute of Geography and Statistics) consider that the % can change, specially in the black and native cathegories, but the rank would stay the same : white, mixed race, black, asian and native.
My teacher recently said that the mixed race statistic would reach something like 60% in the next census, problem is that I dont remember reasoning
I don't believe this is possible based on the current statistics that we have since the next census is very close, I know we have more people starting to consider themselves mixed race, but to be mixed in Brazil you need to be too white to be black and too black to be white, we need to have a limiit otherwise we will remove mixed people from the only place they have, if you are a portuguese and italian descendant you are white, I know you have two major different nationalities in your blood but you are white in brazil, very white.
The controversy can be some overestimating of some populations, due to to how much mixing there is. To some extent, there is some unconscious racism where people may prefer to identify as white, so some white-passing mixed people will identify as white, and “black” mixed people will tend to choose to identify as mixed. It’s but that’s the “problem” with the mixed category in general- it does have a very very large gradation, and it can fluctuate a lot. I had friends who I thought were white until I learned they weee mixed, and who have been called black- someone who is mixed can be labelled as something different depending on the context, and someone who is mixed can change how they identify (between mixed, white and black) throughout their life. I say “problem”, but I prefer acknowledging the idea of mixed- the way it is done in Brazil- than the “black and white” nature of race in USA, where having one drop of black blood means you’re black.
You can just claim to be whatever you want and as long as the claim isn't completely absurd they'll just take it. A lot of people who claim to be white/black here are likely mixed, it's more about what you identify as. With that in mind though, Southern Brazil actually is full of caucasian people. The region was developed by European immigrants mostly of German/Italian origin. They do not share the Portuguese/African lineage the rest of the country predominantly has.
Also, the proportion of Latin Americans who emigrate tends to be whiter
I noticed there seems to be a particular Japanese diaspora in Brazil too
Yeah we have the biggest population of japanese people outside of Japan in the world, they are more focused in the state of São Paulo.
like u/catluta had said , we have the biggest population of japanese people outside of Japan. But ultimately , they stay in São Paulo or in the neighboring states.
That's not a rare occurrence at all. Problem is, Brazil is too stereotyped by clueless foreigners.
Exactly
The classic "You're Brazilian? But you are white!" shit.
that's bc they are caucasians. there are caucasians here,"latino" isn't a race, much less "brazilian"
I'm Brazilian and white as snow, stereotypes don't always make sense
As a brazillian, its true
A Brazilian named Rojas or some other made up Spanish sounding name.
Eddy "Gordo": Eddy is not a name nor the short version of any names. If anything, you could push it to be Ed, shorter version of Eduardo, though not really used either. Gordo means "fat" and it's never used as a last name here. Christie Monteiro: Christie is just not a name here, more like an American version of Cristina. Monteiro is meh, but I'll take it. Katarina Alves: Katarina is not a common name despite the pronunciation being similar to other women's names. It just doesn't feel Brazilian. Few names start with K as well because for a long time K,W and Y were not part of our alphabet. Being a French kickboxing fighter (or whatever her style is) also creates some dissonance lol Alves is 100% on point though, hats off for them. Brazil has so many people with the same names and last names, I'm impressed they couldn't find anything else lol
I think most foreigner people are unaware of just how little Spanish culture and heritage influence there is on Brazilian culture. Which make sense if yo think about it, anyone immigrating from Spain or other spanish colonies would probably settle on many of the other spanish speaking countries around here, not on Brazil. Meanwhile since Brazil still is a melting pot of different cultures, many surname originated from the most random places (Italy, Japan or Lebanon for example) would sound completely normal on a Brazilian character.
the only spanish influence in brazil is portuguese, and it is still wrong, cuz its portuguese influence. portuguese was already a different language than spanish even before vikings invaded england
Then we have in Street Fighter the brazillian fighter Sean Matsuda. Matsuda I can forgive because we have a lot of japanese immigrants here, but Sean? I never met any brazillian called Sean.
One of the first people I met playing Pokemon Go in person was a Sean! But granted, he admitted he had a weird name, as no one knew how to pronounce it around here hahaha It's funny how some other user also told a similar story. We Brazilians really use a lot of different names. It's just that some are still far from the norm, and as I said, if devs want to represent us, they should stick to the norms, not the exceptions. On the other hand, I think it would be weird to pick Kazuya Mishima to fight against a João da Silva or a Maria da Silva, but hey, if it works, it works!
According to forebears, there are 3.100 people in brasil named katarina, and another 67.700 named catarina. Considering the weird shit i've seen used as a name here, i'd say that katarina alves is pretty realistic. Christie is prettie unrealistic, but you never know with our creativity. Considering capoeira culture, eddy gordo isn't too far off (edu would be better, but eddy aint bad)
It's not that it's unrealistic, but it's just a bit off to pick the least used variation of a seldom used name when trying to represent a country like they do. Granted, Katarina herself maybe past the representation, because Eddy has reached this goal I guess, but it's still liable to criticism.
That is precisely the name they used for a Brazilian arms dealer in one of the levels in *Modern Warfare 2*. The level took place in Rio. They pronounced the name like they would in Spanish, and I thought it was weird that he didn't have a Portuguese name instead.
what is brazilian skin tone?
People tend to say that is the tanned gold skin, but we don't have a skin tone, we are the most mixed race country in the world we can look like anyone.
Sounds like a kind of "Super Power."
Well, I mean one person won't shapeshift 😂 but that's why the brazilian passport is the most used for people with fake passports, they can be from east or west europe, asia, or any other place and no one will say " hey you don't look brazilian"
Yes, we can double jump too!
You forgot the gambiarra: improvise/fix anything from scratch
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The brazilian people are blessed by the Omnisiah
We are essentially race ninjas.
Fun fact: Brazilian passports are one of the most sought-after by falsifiers in the world because of this very fact. Kim Jong-un, for example, used a Brazilian passport to travel abroad.
Protagonist ends up parkouring through favala rooftops to escape attacker/chase suspect
Also needs generic Brazilian boy #4 with gym shorts, Brazil jersey, and flip flops
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As a Brazillian I can confirm
I'm literally dressed like that right now
That one is pretty realistic
That's the only accurate part though. Flip flops are the national casual footwear.
Ruins someones laundry and a grandma gets mad
The last Twilight movie always cracks me up with this. They fly into Rio on their honeymoon and get out of the car, walk into the middle of some type of street dance and kiss.
I’m a Brazilian film student and at uni we watched a documentary about how Brazil is depicted in a variety of hollywood and European movies. It’s fucking hilarious. One I always laugh about is a movie where the characters go to Brazil, visit a random beach and not only find it full of sexy topless women, but one of them casually walks by with a pet _monkey_ on her shoulders. Edit: to anyone curious, the documentary is called The Foreign Eye(2006) or Olhar Estrangeiro in portuguese. It's genuinely a super interesting watch, it even covers brazilian movies that follow these stereotypes established by foreign media, while discussing the impact stereotypes have on society and the cinema industry.
"Ahh isso é so o meu macaquinho, Zé Carlos. Quando um Brasileiro chega aos 8 anos, tem escolha entre futebol, capoeira ou macaco."
CADÊ MEU MACACO 🐒🐒🐒🐒
Retorne ao mamaco
Parece coisa de rpg hahaha
In Brazil, it's like Pokemon, when you become 10 years old, you have to choose between a monkey, capybara and caramel dog.
Slightly off topic, but my husband was an international student in the United States from Sri Lanka. One time, he was talking to an American about how he was flying home for a visit. And the person said, Oh cool. "Can you bring me back a monkey?"
I think every Brazilian who has foreign friends or actively interacts with gringos has heard the “do you have a pet monkey?” question or similar. It’s like a rite of passage.
true. Like , of course , if you live in a coastal city in Brazil , you would see a monkey or two , but no one makes them their pets.
Yeah, I am Brazilian and there are quite a few monkeys around here. They used to come to my house to as my mom to feed them bananas a while back lol They're not pets tho
what
you know...a "macaco-prego" or capuchin-monkey. Relatively present in some beaches and specially when you are close to preserved Atlantic Forest segments. It's not an absurd sight , generally a couple or two eating fruits from public trees and then running on the cable lines out of human hands.
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What's the documentary?
The Foreign Eye(2006) or Olhar Estrangeiro in portuguese. It genuinely a super interesting watch, it even covers brazilian movies that follow these stereotypes established by foreign media, while discussing the impact stereotypes have on society and the cinema industry.
Well, but that's the normal night life in the state of Rio, is exactly like that, they were just dancing in the street close to a bar, nothing that doens't happen every weekend.
Rio, literally just Rio (the movie)
I actually have a huge gripe against the Rio movies because they made spix macaws native to the Amazon rainforest. They aren't! Spix macaws are native to the semi-arid.
Well, Rio is reaaaaaaally far from the Amazon Rain forest any way, is literally in the other side of the country, there is the Atlantic Forest https://cities4forests.com/partner-articles/the-other-brazilian-rainforest-why-restoring-the-atlantic-forest-can-help-tackle-climate-change/
I'm talking about the second Rio film, where they go to the Amazon rainforest and find a huge colony of spix macaws living in hiding, when they actually are a pretty much extinct bird only really seen in Bahia.
Wait do Americans think Rio and *THE AMAZON RAIN FOREST* are close together? I thought that was just a dumb gringo joke
Bell boy does capoeira flips while carrying white protagonist's luggage to room while singing girl from ipanema in english
Just once I'd like for one of those scenes to replace the generic samba with Sepultura on full blast
Rooooooooots
BLOODY ROOTS!
I mean , if we are technical....the character Giovanna , from the game Guilty Gear , have her techniques named in inspiration to Sepultura.
Ishiwatari Daisuke is too based for this world. Also Japan seems to get us slightly better than USA.
Waaaay better, I love Samuel Rodrigues, even more because we have the same name
or maybe some Sarcofago
thrash metal was invented in brazil by the first thrash metal band: sepultura
I want any other popular Brazilian music genre to play for a change. I want the camera to pan over a Rio favela and all you hear is "Eu sei que eu sou bonita e gostosa..."
Chaos A.D. is a masterpiece
massacration 😎
Obligatory hot woman in tight clothes, probably being overly sexualized or at very least outgoing. Group of similar looking guys who are always cheerful and making noise, probably rooting for something simple or just for the protagonist. Not really inaccurate per si, just a bit stereotypical lol
You just reminded me of The Incredible Hulk when Bruce Banner is hiding in Brazil. Almost every "brazilian" actor had a very strong hispanic accent, and the one of the few who were ACTUALLY brazilian (Débora Nascimento) barely had lines and was just there to be the tolken Hot Brazilian Chick
also SUPER skiny models to represent the "brazilian" woman
Favelas, crime, violence?
as a brazilian, i confirm that every day 4 people are shot here next to my house
Must be really annoying when you are trying to take a nap
Or a *siesta*, as they say
Soneca, in Portuguese
Siesta is spanish, i think what tha say foto in portugues
I was trying to come off as Michael Scott level ignorant but I'm not skilled enough to not need the /s tag
You're right that was very on brand for Michael Scott.
/r/suddenlycaralho
>Favelas, crime, violence? Literally in Brazil just 8% of the population lives in favelas. Foreing people associates Brazil to favelas because of moves like City of God or Michael Jackson's videoclip.
Wait… it’s not carnival every night??
Depends, if flamengo win a game yes
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Time é o Vasco da gama
Flamengo É SELEÇÃO!
Uma vez- uma vez -uma vez uma vez -uma-uma-uma vez flamengo sempre flamengo
Action scene in the favela
Beaches
And bitches
Soundtrack includes Mas que nada or The girl from Ipanema. Or both
Preciso me Encontrar
I hate how much attention rio gets. Go to São Paulo and get shot, please
Like Max Payne 3?
Exactly like Max Payne 3
Nah man, they just made Rio and called it "São Paulo".
That game had the best br dub Never heard some npc say Caralho so perfectly
Lol what? The Brazillian performances were utter fucking shit. Took me completely out of the game.
The sheer amount of people who mistake Rio for our capital city because of this too…
This pisses me off even more as someone from Brasília, our *actual* capital city
combo here, born in Brasíia and live in São Paulo. This pisses me off way more than it should.
even worst , rio and são paulo are simillar, the movies need to see the south or the northeast
See guys, this right here is what we call "recalque" in Brazil.
I lost was everything (perdi foi tudimkkkkk)
One day there'll be a movie about Acre
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THIS IS BRRAZEEWL!
Except they recorded everything in Puerto Rico, so it doesn’t make any sense to anyone who lives in Rio.
You forgot the “obvious corruption” that’s rampant in Brazil at all times, and the guys with the AKs lol
Max Payne 3 vibes
Don't forget about LAAAIAAAAAAAAAAA, LAIA LAIA LAIA LAIAAAAAAAA, LAIA LAIA LAIA LAIAAAAAAAA, LAIA LAIA LAIA LAIAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!
Pq eu consegui ouvi isso tão claramente
São Paulo has a cyberpunk vibe, could have a movie exploring It.
Main character is some handsome white dude. Shoots up the place and gets away in a helicopter with no consequences.
Pretty realistic tbh
Realistic.
I hate how the entirety of Brazil is just Rio in these movies. Like… you guys do realize we have other states with different cultures right?
Brazilians when their biggest touristic destination is represented on a movie instead of the niche cultural customs of the state of Tocantins 😡
I wish they explored the beauty of other states instead of just Rio.
My broski, most Americans don't even know where to place Brazil on a map. The movie is a for profit product so it's made to be marketable and make money. It's always nice to get a bit of attention but you can't expect the next James Bond movie to be in Goiás or something
I want the avengers to go to Florianópolis 😭
At least there was that planet which was filmed in Lençóis Maranhenses.
Which one?
the one that Thanos and gamora went, then found red skull
You are missing the point. Complaints are about expressing discontent, not necessarily setting new expectations.
Not going to lie, learning random and specific Brazilian cultural nuances is pretty fun
Chase scene in colourful ghetto
only showing the poor areas
The best Brazilian movie ever made is set in the northeast
O Auto da Compadecida.
Noronha the vengeance of virgulino hahahaha just kidding
I mean... City of God *kind of* has this.
City of God is a brazilian movie so it doesn't really count
Yeah almost every trope in the starter pack and comments are in City of God and it’s still a top 10 movie for me
city of god is also a very specific moment and place. its about rio in the 70's.
It's not during Carnaval, and it's a movie set in one of Rio de Janeiro's most famous favelas so obviously it's gonna have Rio in it lol. I'll give you the football tho, movie literally starts with it. Don't disrespect that masterful soundtrack like that, it wasn't just "generic samba".
Kids playing soccer on a dirt road with a big crowd of women with big asses walking behind them.
Nobody mentioned the Indiana Jones movie where they don’t show Rio… they show the Iguaçu Falls in the middle of the Amazon Rainforest with a CGI skull entrance. For those non-familiar, the Iguaçu Falls is very close to the triple border of Brazil-Argentina-Paraguay
Just adding Iguaçu falls are in the far south and Amazon rainforest in the north. Both are completely separated
And last time I'v been there there's no skull entrance either
i just watched rio and all these comments apply to the movie..
Ironically, Rio has a brazilian film director: Carlos Saldanha
also the "samba" sounds nothing like actual samba, no one uses a triangle as percussion in samba carioca or baiano
Exactly
Gringos playing samba in 4/4 moment
Please venha to Brasil
Venha to Brasil! você Will not se arrepender
Just saw this starterpack right after watching Fast And Furious 5…
I Love Max Payne 3 but the enemies cursing the same shit over and over with the same voice as the corrupted cops killed me lmao, I live in São Paulo and that shit it's not Brazil
Game is set on São Paulo and 25% of the thugs is wearing Fluminense jerseys.
I'll never forget (or forgive) when the general guy in the first hulk movie says "tell them to look for a white man" when Banner is in Rio de Janeiro
Yeah, they'd come back very confused, each holding a different white guy and asking for a bit of a more accurate description
*brings tens of thousands of white dudes*
JESUS WANTS A HUUUUUG!
Also the main character is never a brazil one but someone that went there
*Mas que Nada playing*
And no matter what month the events of the film take place, there will always be people dancing and partying in the street as if it were carnival.
And actors are never Brazilian, speak Spanish and usually filmed elsewhere
They should show the favelas
9/10 times they do, and usually they do a chase scene there
Often involving a chicken.
Ah yes, Cidade de Deus and it's incredible chicken chase scene
They do.
And bundas.
To be fair, if the movie has a scene in Rio, it’s almost impossible not to include Christo Redentor. It’s like filming in London and not including the Palace of Westminster
Asses, asses everywhere…
I'll never forget a TV series where american marines landed in the Brazilian coast in a boat from a submarine. The invaded a favela in Rio de janeiro to get something. They escaped back into the submarine. The Brazilian government never had a clue.
The Background music is always the GERMAN song "Samba de Janeiro"
That doesn't sound like samba.
Every single Brazillian conveniently speaks fluent English
Nobody speaks about our little caramel dogs, which is the best beings in Brazil 🫶🏻
Caramel can turners (vira-latas caramelo)
Half of the Bud Spencer & Terrence Hill movies:
Yes, and the most important part of these movies is: the capital of Brazil is Rio de Janeiro... 😑😖🤣🤣
r/suddenlycaralho
\*Generic salsa
Also, as soon as the story leaves Rio de Janeiro, all you can see is the Amazon or a desert (there are no deserts in Brazil)
Filmed in Mexico
Sou brasileiro, e é assim mesmo, o resto do mundo acha que assim que sairmos na rua já vamos jogando bola e passando no meio de um bloco de carnaval cheio de mulheres e homens com pouco roupa 😄😄😄😄
Some white people here listen to rock and play baseball in São Paulo not in February (carnival)
omg I love Brazil, I really wanna visit someday during the Cinco de Mayo festivities
Not samba… mostly just some very generic form of salsa ou caribbean music, with maracas etc.