A story about "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" — 1 year ago
We went to see this and while there were very funny parts, my immediate reaction was a sort of bad aftertaste. There were enough scenes that were offensive, distasteful, or simply over the top that I didn’t really enjoy it as an experience.
Later as we talked about the parts we liked I regained a sense of liking it, but I think it could have used a bunch of editting. Most of the scenes were over the top and didn’t quit soon enough.
As we left the room, we passed another theater and heard the kind of laughter I was expecting to have done while watching Borat. The movie was Little Miss Sunshine and at first I thought it was laughter on the movie track. It was THAT loud.
We went back the next night and saw that movie and liked it better than Borat.


