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Borat...anyone seen it, what you make of it?

jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
edited September 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
OK, I know it's a couple of years old but I saw it today...eventually. I'm interested to hear what people made of it, especially you Americans (from the U S and A....niice:D )
I mean, for all the slapstick, there was some pretty disturbing stuff along the way....those Christians for example :o
Anyone.......?
I came, I saw, I concurred.....
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    Borat: What kind of dog is this?
    Zookeeper: It's a tortoise.
    Borat: Is it a cat in a hat?
    Zookeeper: No... it's a tortoise in a shell.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    dunkman wrote:
    Borat: What kind of dog is this?
    Zookeeper: It's a tortoise.
    Borat: Is it a cat in a hat?
    Zookeeper: No... it's a tortoise in a shell.

    :D I liked that bit to :D


    And in the driving lesson, to the other motorist giving him the finger..."hey, go f**k my mother" !!!
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • NYbenbenNYbenben Posts: 1,020
    watch the out-takes... the best scene is in the supermarket...

    "...and what is this....it's rice?..."
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    and still jonesing for another show....
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  • NYbenbenNYbenben Posts: 1,020
    and if you really want to have some fun this Halloween.....

    http://www.buycostumes.com/Borat-Lycra-Mankini-Costume/32330/ProductDetail.aspx
    4/12/92, 8/11/92, 9/28/96, 9/11/98, 8/23/00, 8/24/00, 7/9/03, 4/30/03, 10/1/04, 10/3/05, 12/9/05, 5/12/06, 5/17/06, 5/28/06, 6/3/06, 12/9/06, EV LA 4/12-4/13/08, 6/12/08, 6,19,08, 6,20,08, 6/24/08, 6/25/08, 7/1/08

    and still jonesing for another show....
    "the waiting drove me mad..."
  • eyedclaareyedclaar Posts: 6,980
    I enjoyed it although I thought the humor would have even more of a political slant. I mean, some of the jokes had good political barbs but it was also a lot of dick jokes. Nothing wrong with a good dick joke or anything, I was just expecting something a little smarter.
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  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    you could view it as one of the lowest levels of humour.
    or you could view it as a very clever means to get the reactions he was after.
    but it was all worth it to see those asshole fratboys caught on camera & shown to millions of people worldwide :)
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    what a GREAT movie and i thougt it was absolutely hilarious! i was quoting it for days after i saw the movie! i still say 'very niiice' sometimes!
    NYbenben wrote:
    watch the out-takes... the best scene is in the supermarket...

    "...and what is this....it's rice?..."

    and in the extras...
    Borat: "you can make me look like this man"
    Plastic Surgeon: "yes, probably" (or something like that
    Borat: "make me look like this man"
    *hands picture to surgeon*
    Plastic surgeon: "sir, that's Barbara Bush"

    i nearly peed in my pants!!
  • fuckfuck Posts: 4,069
    Borat was funnier 4 years ago.
  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    NYbenben wrote:
    and if you really want to have some fun this Halloween.....

    http://www.buycostumes.com/Borat-Lycra-Mankini-Costume/32330/ProductDetail.aspx


    I know someone who was so desperate to got to the Reading Festival (big music festival here in the UK) and he was so poor, that he got people to 'sponsor' him to wear the mankini around Reading! His tackle was apparently flying all over the place in mosh-pits! Brave man!
  • NYbenbenNYbenben Posts: 1,020
    facepollution wrote:
    I know someone who was so desperate to got to the Reading Festival (big music festival here in the UK) and he was so poor, that he got people to 'sponsor' him to wear the mankini around Reading! His tackle was apparently flying all over the place in mosh-pits! Brave man!

    that there is a really brave soul...
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    and still jonesing for another show....
    "the waiting drove me mad..."
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    facepollution wrote:
    I know someone who was so desperate to got to the Reading Festival (big music festival here in the UK) and he was so poor, that he got people to 'sponsor' him to wear the mankini around Reading! His tackle was apparently flying all over the place in mosh-pits! Brave man!
    when the rugby sevens world circuit comes through wellington in feb of every year the city goes a bit nuts. it's more like a giant fancy dress party with 35,000 people and a bit of sport in the background. anyway, they had to ban people from wearing the mankini because of distressed children & families complaining
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    itsevobaby wrote:
    when the rugby sevens world circuit comes through wellington in feb of every year the city goes a bit nuts. it's more like a giant fancy dress party with 35,000 people and a bit of sport in the background. anyway, they had to ban people from wearing the mankini because of distressed children & families complaining



    Very niice...hiigh fiive :D
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
  • BlackCorduroyBlackCorduroy Posts: 1,374
    i thought it was really funny the first 2 times. now it's gotten a little old.
    i've always loved this scene that isn't in the movie-
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tw-BwOkHgkw
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    jamie uk wrote:
    Very niice...hiigh fiive :D
    haha i'm not so sure about that! :eek:
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/698040.jpg
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    itsevobaby wrote:
    haha i'm not so sure about that! :eek:
    http://www.stuff.co.nz/images/698040.jpg


    that guy has 5 women standing around gim... what's not to like :D
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • itsevobabyitsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    dunkman wrote:
    that guy has 5 women standing around gim... what's not to like :D
    Ahhh....the yellow taxi girls :D
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  • jamie ukjamie uk Posts: 3,812
    Come on folks, those Christians...is that a common thing there really? I found it very disturbing.

    I found the dinner party amusing...."In my country the men would go crazy for these two....not so much that one" :D
    I came, I saw, I concurred.....
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  • acoustic guyacoustic guy Posts: 3,770
    ;):):D
    Love Borat! My wife thinks its dumb as hell but I laugh everytime I watch it.
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  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    I mostly thought it was dumb... however, there were some parts that made me crack up. One being where they found out they are staying in some Jewish people's house and he says into the camera. "I am in nest of Jews!" Then they think the Jewish people transformed into rats and they start throwing money at them :D

    Also, the line at the rodeo... "May George Bush drink the blood of every man, woman and child in Iraq"

    !!!!

    Also, just him making terrible driving mistakes.
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  • smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
    I found the morning live television interview hilarious especially when the weather kid was cracking up

    "what are you pointing at"....wondering what the kid was pointing at standing in front of the green screen :D
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  • MookieBlaylock5v1MookieBlaylock5v1 Posts: 353
    It was pretty funny the first time...

    repeated viewings, not so much.
  • Sian-of-the-deadSian-of-the-dead Posts: 8,963
    I still haven't seen this movie :o
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  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    I thought it was hilarious. Watch some of his tv spots on you tube some are priceless. For me Borat was not just about what he did but how he made members of the public say or do things because they are totaly relaxed with this guy. E.G. the guy at that rodeo saying how we should hang gays ect. That is where his quality is.
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  • NYbenbenNYbenben Posts: 1,020
    sucks that there can never be a sequel...
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    and still jonesing for another show....
    "the waiting drove me mad..."
  • ReleaseMe...ReleaseMe... Posts: 494
    NYbenben wrote:
    and if you really want to have some fun this Halloween.....

    http://www.buycostumes.com/Borat-Lycra-Mankini-Costume/32330/ProductDetail.aspx
    out of stock!!! people are gonna try and pull this off????
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  • Shawn Smith CollectiveShawn Smith Collective Posts: 986
    Two of the guys in my office and I have been HUGE Ali G/Borat/Bruno fans since the HBO series started...of course that put us behind the times in terms of the UK series, but what can I do?

    Anyway, I mention this because to this day, we like to speak like Borat all day long in the office. Somehow for us it hasn't gotten old...BUT...for a few months after the movie was released, we couldn't stand hearing about it anymore since we were all so disappointed in it and didn't want to be associated with all the people who had just started talking like him, lol.

    There's some VERY funny stuff in the movie, but, it's not nearly as intelligent as the series was. It simply couldn't be since it had to appeal to a much wider audience, but that's why I feel it was a letdown. Even some of the more intelligent people I know that had never seen the series had trouble with this after the way critics hailed it as being so smart. Sorry critics, but the series was brilliant and the film was a heavily dumbed down version. Still somewhat smart and subversive, but not on the same level. Wow, I just wrote a lot without saying much, huh?
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  • bee_boybee_boy Posts: 384
    Borat: Are you my friend?
    Driving Instructor: You're a nice young man and I'm your friend, yes.
    Borat: Would you like to be my boyfriend?

    ...

    HAPPY TIMES
  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    ReleaseMe... wrote:
    out of stock!!! people are gonna try and pull this off????


    pull this off!!! i hope not... dangly bits everywhere then!


    ok i've ordered all 34 they had in stock.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • MattCameronKicksButtMattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Sian-of-the-dead wrote:
    I still haven't seen this movie :o

    You've got to watch it. It is so funny! I mean, don't even bother analyzing it, it's just funny.
    It's distorted my sense of humour though. Even the bit at the beginning where he says 'this is (so and so). He's the village rapist' makes me laugh and it's really not actually funny but... :D
    ...and then when they find out their tempory landlord is a Jew and start pushing money under the door to keep them away... I'm a bad person. :(

    Oh and the naked scene... with the dildo.

    :o (Sorry but I just saw this. :Dhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P842Tmi6lrc&feature=related )
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