The Good Lei

Rahul's blog from Honolulu, Paradise, circa 2005-2007. Now from Manhattan.

Saturday, November 11, 2006

Borat (2006)

1/10. Utter bullshit, composed entirely of toilet humor. The few good things about this movie are the insights into middle-america bigotry against jews, homosexuals and foreigners, as found at rodeo shows and frat parties. Perhaps the weirdness of some christian sects too.

But poor Kazakhstan...they never did anything to deserve this. It is hard to understand why Cohen used the name of a real country if all he wanted to do was a critique of America. Most of the film is not a critique of America in fact, it is just mudslinging at a less-well-known nation for no reason at all.

I was just amazed at the stupidity on screen and the rest of the audience that was enjoying every minute of it. The Tomatometer is at 90% too...unbelievable.

3 Comments:

At November 26, 2006 2:11 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

is nice. high five.

The wrestling scene alone is worth the price of admission. A cinematic breakthrough. Hooray for Borat.

 
At January 03, 2007 6:45 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

what...."sexy time" isn't appealing to you? The people of Kazakstan surely don't mind the attention. Take it for the humor and admire it for its cinematic uniqueness.

 
At March 29, 2008 3:58 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

cinematic uniqueness...yeah right. like the uniqueness of me going to work with my dick hanging out.

 

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