... I'm a bad blogger...
And a bad reviewer. This thing sort of comes and goes in phases, phases in which I actually have the motivation to write. At this point in the semester, if I have the motivation to write, chances are it should probably be on schoolwork. Ah well. Here's one.
* * * (out of 5)
I had high hopes that they wouldn’t mess with the funniest part of the Borat character. Watching Sacha Baron Cohen go and prank unsuspecting people, drawing out buried prejudice and opinion with fantastically hilarious results. And then they went took all the funniest jokes and ran them into the ground. And they tried to give him a plot. Gosh durn you, Hollywood.
As most of the country already knows, Borat Sagdiyev is Cohen’s fictional reporter from Kazakhstan who originally appeared on Da Ali G Show on HBO. He has been dispatched to the United States in order to make a documentary about our culture, supposedly so he can return home and improve his already-glorious nation. Shortly after arriving in New York City, he catches a rerun of Baywatch on TV, and immediately falls in love with Pamela Anderson. He convinces his producer Azamat (Ken Davitian) that they should embark on a cross-country road trip to get the “real feel” of America, secretly wanting to get to L.A. so he can marry Anderson… by throwing a sack over her head.
The thing is, a good portion of this film is still pretty damn funny. The positive that will come from Borat is that Sacha Baron Cohen will be elevated to the level of bankable star. Which means, hopefully, that after the movie based on his Bruno character is made, we’ll get to see Cohen branch out into some stuff we haven’t seen (the confirmed spot in Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd is a promising start, I think). The best part about the Borat character is Cohen’s consistency. As we’ve seen from publicity stunts for the film, Cohen is ALWAYS in character. One scene at a bed and breakfast in Massachusetts proves this. The inn is owned by an elderly Jewish couple. And remember, Borat hates Jews.
Read the rest at HBS!
Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Seen way the hell back when it first came out at Regal Fenway 13* * * (out of 5)
I had high hopes that they wouldn’t mess with the funniest part of the Borat character. Watching Sacha Baron Cohen go and prank unsuspecting people, drawing out buried prejudice and opinion with fantastically hilarious results. And then they went took all the funniest jokes and ran them into the ground. And they tried to give him a plot. Gosh durn you, Hollywood.
As most of the country already knows, Borat Sagdiyev is Cohen’s fictional reporter from Kazakhstan who originally appeared on Da Ali G Show on HBO. He has been dispatched to the United States in order to make a documentary about our culture, supposedly so he can return home and improve his already-glorious nation. Shortly after arriving in New York City, he catches a rerun of Baywatch on TV, and immediately falls in love with Pamela Anderson. He convinces his producer Azamat (Ken Davitian) that they should embark on a cross-country road trip to get the “real feel” of America, secretly wanting to get to L.A. so he can marry Anderson… by throwing a sack over her head.
The thing is, a good portion of this film is still pretty damn funny. The positive that will come from Borat is that Sacha Baron Cohen will be elevated to the level of bankable star. Which means, hopefully, that after the movie based on his Bruno character is made, we’ll get to see Cohen branch out into some stuff we haven’t seen (the confirmed spot in Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd is a promising start, I think). The best part about the Borat character is Cohen’s consistency. As we’ve seen from publicity stunts for the film, Cohen is ALWAYS in character. One scene at a bed and breakfast in Massachusetts proves this. The inn is owned by an elderly Jewish couple. And remember, Borat hates Jews.
Read the rest at HBS!
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