I'm planning to see Indiana Jones this weekend, since I was traveling last one. I know I'll enjoy it anyway, but some friends (and also tv shows) have commented about the scene of (peruvian) Nasca lines and several absurd mistakes and incongruities they have showed:
When Indy arrives to (allegedly) Cusco, they play MEXICAN music, not peruvian. Maybe you don't know but it's veeeery different.
Besides they arrive to Cusco to look for the Nasca lines. Hey Nasca (or Nazca) is in ICA, not CUSCO. It's like confusing New York with Wyoming, or Sydney with Melbourne.
And they show kind of maya pyramids.. mayas are from Mexico, not Peru.
It's not the first big mistake about history or geography in Hollywood movies. The greatest mistake could be the title: "Krakatoa, east of Java", a movie from 1969, where (not?)everybody knows Krakatoa is WEST of Java and Sumatra.
And recently Mel Gibson showed APOCALPYTO, about mayas and violence. Well, mayas were not that violent in their sacrifices. Besides, at the end they saw the spaniards arriving, but spaniards arrived 300 years or more after mayas dissapeared.
It's not big deal since they are just fiction movies, for fun. But it hurts a bit, anyway. And any innocent american tourist could get hurted if they fly to Cusco to see the Nasca lines..
It would be funny if any foreign movie shows Liberty statue in Chicago near Sears tower, or Grand Canyon in Florida.. but even if they are fiction movies.. is a bit disrepectful and.. it shows how ignorants are the producers.. and director.