Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan

Monday, October 30, 2006 » movies thought

So I went to an early screening of the Borat movie last week (effectively thanks to Brian Azzarello and Eduardo Risso), and I left with three major impressions:

1. There was so much PLOT. There were so many scripted scenes of just Borat and his producer planning their documentary. I would rather they have devoted more time to doing more interviews. (Also, I wonder how much of the interviews were scripted this time around.)

2. In general, not as funny as the Borat segments on Da Ali G Show.

3. One of the explanations of the film's R rating is "graphic nudity." OH THEY WERE NOT KIDDING. SO unnecessary.

They did show the running of the Jew, though.