2006-11-06 06:10:05 · 8 answers · asked by James T 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
G'day RDJ,
Thank you for your question.
I have not seen Borat yet but would like too. I have long been a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen since Da Ali G Show. It has had the best opening of any film that opened with less than 1,000 cinemas so it has further potential. It has had good critical reviews and word of mouth is good too from what I can gather.
I have attached sources for your reference.
Regards
2006-11-06 06:34:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a bad movie. I mean seriously people.
Political satire? Incovering the "truth" of American culture? So he found like ten people who helped his project. He probably interviewed 100 other "everyday Americans" who didn't make it into the movie. I could go out with a camera and find a few people who are narrowminded, in any other country in the world -- what would that prove?
We get the whole thing about him trying to show the "real America." All the users screaming that us tight-lipped conservatives don't understand it, that's bunk. How about the people in the film who were nice, what was the "deeper message" there?
There's nothing wrong with satire, no matter how biting it can be. I actually enjoy that kind of humor. I like The Daily Show, I enjoyed some episodes of South Park, and I loved Fargo.
But this is not satirical comedy, because it simply isn't comedy. Baron-Cohen could have pulled the same jokes, with no "cultural message", and it would have sold just as much. Going to the bathroom in front of a Trump building (just because Donald Trump dissed Ali G) how is that funny? If you saw someone doing that in front of your house, I bet you wouldn't be laughing, no matter how cute his accent was.
Make Borat a Martian come to explore the earth, and the jokes would all be the same. Sex, poop, racial tension, and gay inuendo. That's all it comes down to. But throw in some interviews with perfectly calculated victims, make it a "social commentary" and suddenly he's a genuis.
I know I'm going to get booed for saying this, but there is something really wrong with people who think this is high comedy. I shudder to think how vulgar our media will be in another five years.
2006-11-06 15:10:44 · answer #2 · answered by cirque de lune 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pure comedy. I generally don't enjoy movies. This is the first one I enjoyed in a very long time.
2006-11-06 14:17:15 · answer #3 · answered by sovereign_carrie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw it yesterday and it was pretty good.
It was kinda gross and really offending but I liked it. The theater was so full , people sat on the floor. It was reallly funny though.
2006-11-06 16:34:46 · answer #4 · answered by A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i'm going to see it this weekend. i know it's going to be hilarious, i've seen Ali G In Da House and i love his characters.
2006-11-06 14:13:05 · answer #5 · answered by Jenna 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was pretty funny. It was really over the top.
2006-11-06 14:18:04 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
haven't seen it...
just seen clips... seems quite funny
2006-11-06 14:18:30 · answer #7 · answered by Manisha 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no desire to waste my money on pure garbage
2006-11-06 14:11:44 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋