Borat

Nekra · Post by **Nekra** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:23 pm

Sacha Baron Cohen, makes me laugh.

kaiju01 · Post by **kaiju01** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:24 pm

So does your use of comma. Wait, it probably didn't make you laugh.

On the movie, it had a good run-time to not overdo any of its particular brand of humor. I think any sequel would be doomed.

*unrelated attacking of cricket in the corner... or is it a cricket...*
*throws money at it*

Nekra · Post by **Nekra** » Tue Nov 07, 2006 11:50 pm

ahh the joys of post editing mistakes...

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:16 am

kaiju01, I think they may have been roaches.

LQDMTL · Post by **LQDMTL** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 2:41 am

They were typical cockroaches (in the movie). The jewish friend that went with me could barely catch his breath laughing at that scene.

mikehendo · Post by **mikehendo** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:21 am

[quote="StruckingFuggle";p="690150"]Best scene was the one with the kids running up to the ice cream truck, though...

[/quote]That one scene almost redemed the entire movie for me.. almost, but not quite..

kaiju01 · Post by **kaiju01** » Wed Nov 08, 2006 6:20 am

Oh, I knew they were roaches in the movie. I just wasn't sure what was in my lab. We've had roaches before, never crickets.

Jamie Bond · Post by **Jamie Bond** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 9:24 am

I just came to a realization: I have to see this movie again... It will be even funnier a 2nd time, I just know it.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Thu Nov 09, 2006 3:39 pm

Let us know how that works out for you.

Post by **Lizzegirle** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 12:56 am

Greg and I saw it on Tuesday and the theatre was even packed that night. ELECTION NIGHT ON A TUESDAY and the theatre was still packed. That's amazing.

Anyways... I loved it as well. It's not "the funniest movie ever" like some critics are claiming, but it was hilarious to say the least. I have to wonder though, how many of those scenes were set up and how many were just off-the-cuff? I mean, the Pamela Anderson scene seemed set up. So did the naked wrestling. The icecream truck really was... because you could see the kids smiling as they ran away. So they knew it was a joke.

Deacon · Post by **Deacon** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:00 am

Yeah, but those were obviously set up for the purpose of lightening things up a little, comedic relief, just a joke for the joke's sake that didn't involve making people look stupid, etc.

Post by **Lizzegirle** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 3:32 am

I was just wondering how many of them were set up? I don't think it makes anything less funny... I'm just curious.

Jamie Bond · Post by **Jamie Bond** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 11:09 am

I had been wondering the same thing, Liz

Springy · Post by **Springy** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 4:08 pm

I don't 'get' Borat. I saw him doing this concert like thing on tv and all he sang about was burning the Jews and stuff :S

StruckingFuggle · Post by **StruckingFuggle** » Fri Nov 10, 2006 6:45 pm

Right. The 'joke' isn't the songs themselves - the joke is about ten percent the character and how 'charmingly quaint' his folksy racism and sexism is, about ten percent how we can refer to someone like him as 'charming' or 'quaint' or 'folksy', and eighty percent how people respond to him.

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