Borat
 

Anyone?

I laughed a whole lot and had tears coming from my eyes twice during the first twenty minutes.

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magic. pure magic. also horror. purest horror that (a) many of these people exist in my country and (b) that many of the people laughing their ****** off at this movie may not realize that they themselves are this movie's targets. in my nightmares / daymares i picture all the golden soundbites of borat converted into themes for drunken fraternity weekends and silkscreened onto horrible t-shirts . yeesh!

that said: i have never in my life laughed so hard in a movie theater. nor have i heard an audience balls-out laugh constantly, from minute one to the end of credits for a movie until now. the closest i came was for a screening of a movie called "the footfist way" which i was shown a private screening of earlier this year but borat tops that by far!

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It was interesting to me how some people laughed at certain times and then would laugh at others... i speak specifically about the christian thing in the last part.

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the surprising part for me was how funny the "scripted" (meaning at least planned) stuff was. I thought most of the humor would come from him interacting with unknowing citizens (a la his tv show) but for me the other stuff was just as strong. His night in the bed and breakfast cracked me up.

yeah, really funny movie. can't wait for Bruno!

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WHY THE FUCK IS THIS ONLY PLAYING ONE FUCKING THEATRE IN VANCOUVER?! We went midafternoon yesterday to buy tickets and it was already sold out through Saturday. Boooo!

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i saw some clips online. it didn't seem that funny to me. it was just stupid.

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it's funny. trust... everyone :)

I'm NOT sure about "funniest movie ever made" or any of that uber-hype though...

and yeah, it REALLY sucks that Fox pulled back their release strategy. A lot of theaters here in texas had their bookings pulled and had to offer refunds to all those who pre-bought. I believe it's going to slowly open in more and more theaters but for some inane reason (probably just to boost the buzz even more by having tons and tons of sold-out audiences) they really scaled back the number of screens... which makes no sense because everyone's crazy to see this movie anyway. It's kind of like when a new console is released but only like 300 of them make it to your city on the release date so everyone's driving around at the crack of dawn looking for one.

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HILARIOUSLY funny film! I laughed so hard it hurt my face. It released #1 in America this weekend, so it must be doing well despite not opening in many theaters. ;)

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I guess i have to belive it soon then.. Have seen some clips and they were not really that funny, but i've always liked him, so i'm still looking forward to seeing the movie.

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I actually think that the bits of Borat's in Ali G's dvd are better than the whole movie.

However...the movie is crazy hilarious and damn freaky. The rodeo part is like "ok so you like to laugh about weird shit or you don't dudes??", as usual what Borat makes in comparison with reality seems much lighter, but i love how he set up the situation to trigger crazyness and take out of the closet the real american inside this kind of people.

Spoilers?? (maybe)

I found interesting how the people (next to me) that were laughing about the gay fight like crazy with his mate, didn't laugh about the gay dudes of the brotherhood in the truck...

Some people definetely got uneasy at some moments...i was more interested in catch the reaction of the audience at some parts.. Some people just laugh a bit with "an original chocolate face" and then laugh insanely with the bear (which wasn't that funny) so i wasn't sure why they didn't played the game all the time if Borat, literally set the rules in the very beggining with the Joke Institute Interview. I guess is hard to laugh of yourself when someone beats that hard...

good. good.
Is there's a Bruno coming up??

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deleted scenes! HIGH FIVE!

http://www.webgeordie.co.uk/borat/deletedscenes.htm

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high five! those are fun!

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what i found funny was Azamad. For those of you who may not know...Azamad was speaking Armenian throughout the entire film, and Borat would answer back in.....????? or gibberish - i couldn't tell. Another thing that I found hilarious is that what Azamad was saying didn't match the subtitles - making it even funnier (then maybe a bit annoying).

the funniest scene by far was the nekkid one. i don't think i've laughed that hard...

oh wait.

yes i have...

while watching Little Miss Sunshine. :D







seriously though...i can't WAIT for RENI 911: MIAMI! :)

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Did you see it at a theater where they showed a little promo for RENO 911 where they're trying to locate the screening room on the lot where the film is being screened and then get escorted away by studio security?

I know it's part of the promo thing at Regal theaters before the film starts. I've been looking for it online since seeing it with no luck.

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yeah, i was hurting from laughing all the way through. i don't really remember a part where it dragged.

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I thought it was okay. GoG was right, the show has better bits. A little cruder than I like; not because I'm uptight, but because I'm not, you know, 14.

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i'm 26 and laughed like i was 14.

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http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movi....ap/index.html

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

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I think that Mahir (remember that guy!) is suing SBC too, claiming that he took the idea from Borat from him.

Can't wait for the Reno:911 movie. I saw the trailer before Borat and it looks AWESOME.

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The lawsuits are getting a bit more serious on this now. I want to see the film because it looks hysterical, but now I'm not so sure after reading about the possible lawsuit being brought by the absolutely destitute villagers Cohen used to represent Kazakhs in the film. I'm all for catching people in their racist, sexist, inappropriate moments.....that's their own damn fault. But this appears to be some real, and sad, exploitation. Here's an excerpt from the article I linked:

"Mr Tudorache, a deeply religious grandfather who lost his arm in an accident, was one of those who feels most humiliated. For one scene, a rubber sex toy in the shape of a fist was attached to the stump of his missing arm - but he had no idea what it was.

Only when The Mail on Sunday visited him did he find out. He said he was ashamed, confessing that he only agreed to be filmed because he hoped to top up his £70-a-month salary - although in the end he was paid just £3.

He invited us into his humble home and brought out the best food and drink his family had. Visibly disturbed, he said shakily: 'Someone from the council said these Americans need a man with no arm for some scenes. I said yes but I never imagined the whole country, or even the whole world, will see me in the cinemas ridiculed in this way. This is disgusting.

'Our region is very poor, and everyone is trying hard to get out of this misery. It is outrageous to exploit people's misfortune like this to laugh at them.

'We are now coming together and will try to hire a lawyer and take legal action for being cheated and exploited. We are simple folk and don't know anything about these things, but I have faith in God and justice.'"

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Ugh, it is a joke. I have the feeling the reason for these lawsuits is '$$$' rather than hurt feelings.

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You don't feel like this is taking advantage of people in a desperate situation? I'm hoping to hear a good argument against feeling this way about it, because I'd like to see the movie, but don't feel comfortable about it when it's for laughs at the expense of people in such a difficult situation. From a new article about the same subject:


Residents and local officials in the hardscrabble hamlet 85 miles northwest of Bucharest said Tuesday they were horrified and humiliated to learn their abject poverty and simple ways were ridiculed for a movie now raking in millions at box offices worldwide.

"We thought they came here to help us _ not mock us," said Dana Luca, 40, sweeping a manure-stained street lined with shabby homes of crumbling brick and corrugated iron sheeting.

"We haven't got anything here. We haven't got running water. We can't even bathe," she said. "We are poor people, but we are still people."

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You guys are referring to different things, I think. The lawsuit is from a couple of frat boys who convey themselves like total assholes. You will feel no sympathy for them.

As for the other angle...I'm not really up for entering into that debat. Personally, I think by not seeing the movie, you're not missing much, Sean. The best skits are better, in my opinion.

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I think greenpea were taking about the guys of the movie, not the people from Bucharest. And regarding those assholes that are asking for money, he don't take advantage, they are completely retarded already, he just exhibit them...

About the people of the town... sometimes is pretty acted.. I mean did you saw the movie? A lot of people of that shanty town im sure are acting...
i dont think because they are poor thay have to be stupid and not ask for something back. (money or whatever)... Really, put a camera in any shanty town in the world and people will come running to be in TV or such.
Don't know if he is taking advantage of "desperate" people.

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Baron Cohen has dropped his alter ego for the first time since the Borat film was released, for an interview with Rolling Stone magazine...

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First of all I have not seen the movie because every time I've gone all the tickets are sold out, so I have not seen the scenes in question. My only point is this: every time people can get money out of something they will try to, if I have any problem is that maybe he did not pay them enough to show up on the film, but I dont have any problem on making fun of people even if it is in bad taste. I think the whole thing about being horrified and humilliated is over the top, and I think they probably want more money out this...and I don't blame them mind you.

And yes, I don't have a problem of making fun of them because I find it that it is so obviously fake and retarded that there is no way that any human being would take it seriously, kind of like the Khazak government complaining about the portrayal of the country, it is so obviously a fucking joke. And yeah I agree with what he said, the joke is on those that take it seriously.

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with reference to the first article Sean referred to, and i have yet to see the film myself, but its from the Daily Mail (which kinda says it all to me)

Now, if you like me, despise the Daily Mail and all it stands for then you will realise that it is quite possible that the Mail has set out to 'Do A Hatchet Job' on Cohen, because you see, the people that Cohen tends to take the piss out of and others like him (the Jackass crowd for example) tend to be not to disimilar to typical Daily Mail Readers...

now that is kind of a generalisation, but the Daily Mail / Mail On Sunday and its readers have no sense of humour at all and if there is any way that they can take something that people are enjoying and having fun with and turn upon it and campaign against it, they will...

I would not believe a word of any article printed by the Mail, and if they did indeed go to Kahzastan and interview this man, they had a reason themselves, to sell their newspaper with a sorded story, and in doing so have also humiliated this man, imho. (bet they paid him for it too...!)

anyway, from what i've heard its a very funny movie and anyone who seriously thinks anyone has been harmed in making it is seriously missing the point...

lets also not forget Cohen has left in all the bits that are funny and the bits where he was NOT discovered as an impersonator, but all of the parts where he was exposed - well they are not in the film, because they are not funny.... how many people actually turned round and said to him you can't do this and you can't say that - its probably been very heavily editted to show the buffoons and idiots - because that is the funny part

and i'm not sure but i thought that before you publically showed someone's image from secret filming you had to get their permission... and as such anyone who performed either with prior permission or agreed to the filming after the event unfortunately will not have a leg to stand on in court (correct me if i'm wrong on this)

still i can't wait to catch this movie...

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ha ha ha ha ha

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I love that he paid poor people to put livestock in their own houses. I think it's hilarious and a breakthrough in cinema as we know it.