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pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
edited January 2013 in All Encompassing Trip
For me, Borat hands down.

While Bruno is still funny, I watched most of Borat last night, and man it is still so Hilarious. Just the little things like the clock radio King of the castle, this suit is NOT black,feeding the guy cheese from is wife''s breast milk and I could go on all day.

What do you prefer Borat or Bruno
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  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    Neither.
    :D
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    Lizard wrote:
    Neither.
    :D


    Ah an Ali G fan ;)
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  • musicismylife78musicismylife78 Posts: 6,116
    Both were great. I just saw Bruno the other day. It seems like Bruno was just so over the top. I mean unbelieveably. That can be a good thing too. I think what Sasha Baron Cohen is doing with Borat, Bruno and Ali G is maybe the new activism. I dont think protesting in the streets with signs does much anymore. Its so 1960's. What i do think people respond to is movies like Borat and Bruno which deal with important issues (gay rights, racism, how the media shapes our culture). Whats interesting is you dont see Cohen out there engaging in those issues. Like he wont be on the cover of Time saying "borat and Bruno are important tools people should use to fight issues like racism and to end homophobia", yet that is really what he is doing.

    I think, the danger with that, the same goes with Stephen Colbert or any other parody/satire/social critique is that it has the danger of being misunderstood. I remember talking to people after seeing Borat and several felt it was a racist/sexist/homphobic movie. Which is odd to say the least, because I think Sasha would say the movie was created to provoke discussion on all those issues.

    I mean, you cant get more out there than talking to and insulting a real terrorist, or making a move on Ron Paul.
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    Saw Bruno this past weekend.....some of it was funny, but I still like Borat better...he was more of a likeable character.
  • JOEJOEJOEJOEJOEJOE Posts: 10,483
    musicismylife78 wrote:
    Both were great. I just saw Bruno the other day. It seems like Bruno was just so over the top. I mean unbelieveably. That can be a good thing too. I think what Sasha Baron Cohen is doing with Borat, Bruno and Ali G is maybe the new activism. I dont think protesting in the streets with signs does much anymore. Its so 1960's. What i do think people respond to is movies like Borat and Bruno which deal with important issues (gay rights, racism, how the media shapes our culture). Whats interesting is you dont see Cohen out there engaging in those issues. Like he wont be on the cover of Time saying "borat and Bruno are important tools people should use to fight issues like racism and to end homophobia", yet that is really what he is doing.

    I think, the danger with that, the same goes with Stephen Colbert or any other parody/satire/social critique is that it has the danger of being misunderstood. I remember talking to people after seeing Borat and several felt it was a racist/sexist/homphobic movie. Which is odd to say the least, because I think Sasha would say the movie was created to provoke discussion on all those issues.

    I mean, you cant get more out there than talking to and insulting a real terrorist, or making a move on Ron Paul.

    Re: The activism observation

    Very well out!
  • jlew24asujlew24asu Posts: 10,118
    hate em both. not my slice of funny
  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,280
    I had a lot of people tell me how great Borat was and I think I laughed a few times.

    Just not my kind of funny I guess....


    And no, won't see Bruno.
  • SoonForgotten2SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    I loved Borat, but Bruno failed on a lot of different levels for me. I thought some of it was hilarious but too often it seemed like he was trying waaaaay too hard and I actually felt bad for a lot of the people he toyed with.
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  • inmytreeinmytree Posts: 4,741
    both....I saw bruno this weekend and laughed my ass off...I think bruno had more "uncomfortable" moments which may have turned some folks off...
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,822
    inmytree wrote:
    both....I saw bruno this weekend and laughed my ass off...I think bruno had more "uncomfortable" moments which may have turned some folks off...

    Yeah, I've heard there are quite a few dick shots in Bruno. Not exactly looking forward to that part, but I"ll see it eventually.
  • SoonForgotten2SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    Indifference71 wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    both....I saw bruno this weekend and laughed my ass off...I think bruno had more "uncomfortable" moments which may have turned some folks off...

    Yeah, I've heard there are quite a few dick shots in Bruno. Not exactly looking forward to that part, but I"ll see it eventually.

    To anyone guy who really has issue with the dick shots, are you telling me you've seriously never watched a porno? Guys have dicks, women have vaginas. Let's move on.
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Posts: 14,822
    SoonForgotten2 wrote:
    Indifference71 wrote:
    inmytree wrote:
    both....I saw bruno this weekend and laughed my ass off...I think bruno had more "uncomfortable" moments which may have turned some folks off...

    Yeah, I've heard there are quite a few dick shots in Bruno. Not exactly looking forward to that part, but I"ll see it eventually.

    To anyone guy who really has issue with the dick shots, are you telling me you've seriously never watched a porno? Guys have dicks, women have vaginas. Let's move on.

    I don't have an issue with dick shots when there's a naked chick involved. I've just heard the ones in Bruno are a little much. Relax, dude.
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    I thought Bruno sucked. I laughed my ass off at Borat, and even saw it twice. I just spaced out during Bruno. Too over the top trying to be funny.
  • CServantCServant Posts: 1,182
    Borat Rules!
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    mca47 wrote:
    I had a lot of people tell me how great Borat was and I think I laughed a few times.

    Just not my kind of funny I guess....


    And no, won't see Bruno.

    This is spot on to my conclusion as well.

    There is no science to funny, it either strikes you as being funny or not.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    I only just got around to seeing Bruno. It's hilarious.

    The ending when he does the gay bit with his assistant at the cage fighting arena almost made me piss myself.
  • CommyCommy Posts: 4,984
    Byrnzie wrote:
    I only just got around to seeing Bruno. It's hilarious.

    The ending when he does the gay bit with his assistant at the cage fighting arena almost made me piss myself.
    feck. those parent she had trying to sign up their kids for a photo shoot?


    one mom was ok with her son psuing a wheelbarrow with a jewish kid, pushing him into a furnace..


    that's how fucking depreaved this has gotten.

    if you can get past the gayness of it all the rip on fashion and la culture is dead on.
  • craigbcraigb Posts: 806
    Easy. Borat.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    edited December 2009
    Commy wrote:
    feck. those parent she had trying to sign up their kids for a photo shoot?


    one mom was ok with her son psuing a wheelbarrow with a jewish kid, pushing him into a furnace..


    that's how fucking depreaved this has gotten.

    if you can get past the gayness of it all the rip on fashion and la culture is dead on.

    And that was the same mother that agreed to have her kid get liposuction if she couldn't make it lose 10 1b's in a week. :o

    I also thought the part where he was with the tarot reader/clairvoyant was hilarious.
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  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    Commy wrote:
    feck. those parent she had trying to sign up their kids for a photo shoot?
    with all the other outrageous stuff in the movie, those parents were the most disturbing thing of all.

    i loved both movies. and yeah the cage fight was awesome, how people were recoiling and crying :lol:
  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,272
    i havent seen bruno yet but i will say borat made me laugh so hard it hurt
  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    shiningstar wrote:
    i havent seen bruno yet but i will say borat made me laugh so hard it hurt

    I'd say Borat had more laughs but Bruno made me laugh harder. There's a few absolutely classic moments in Bruno. I was walking down the street today and I kept having to try not to laugh out loud after having just seen the film.
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    jlew24asu wrote:
    hate em both. not my slice of funny

    With the exception of a few parts in Borat, I'd say the same thing.
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  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    Bruno is funny but I relate more to Borat (I'm a 1st generation American Russian) Happy times!

    BTW, Bruno is being sued by the terrorist from the movie for 110m http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/413125_tvgif10.html
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    UnthoughtKnown wrote:
    Bruno is funny but I relate more to Borat (I'm a 1st generation American Russian) Happy times!

    BTW, Bruno is being sued by the terrorist from the movie for 110m http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/413125_tvgif10.html


    See, I relate more to Bruno since I'm a blatant homosexual stereotype! :lol:
  • eMMIeMMI Posts: 6,262
    if I have to choose - Borat.

    I can't remember much of it, but I do remember that I chuckled a few times. Bruno on the other hand.. a few small laugh-type things along the way. to be honest, I can't remember that many details anymore. (that's what I get for watching so many films. :lol: )
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I still have to see Bruno.. Borat was pretty funny. Not as funny as people made it to be, but I laughed my ass off. I can understand why some people might not think its funny. Its obnoxious humor.
  • davidtriosdavidtrios Posts: 9,732
    IMakeUSmile wrote:
    UnthoughtKnown wrote:
    Bruno is funny but I relate more to Borat (I'm a 1st generation American Russian) Happy times!

    BTW, Bruno is being sued by the terrorist from the movie for 110m http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/413125_tvgif10.html


    See, I relate more to Bruno since I'm a blatant homosexual stereotype! :lol:

    You're too funny, Kristy!
  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    I've watched Borat close to a dozen times maybe. It's a classsic in my book. You gotta go into the right frame of mind for it. In terms of crude humour, Bruno is 100 times worse. My Dad loved Borat, but I wouldn't ask him to watch Bruno with me cause it would totally change his opinion of Sacha.

    It's funny when my 60yr old dad walks around going 'my wife, she's dead' and my personal favourite from when he was retiring this year 'I am a retard'

    Borat easily sits in my list of favourite movies of all time. ALong with My cousin Vinny
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    borat any day!
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