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“Uh ... no.” - Michelle P., a friend, when I wanted a real kiss on New Year's Eve
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Caution: Men Working My dad and I just finished a garden retaining wall / walkway project we started a few months ago. We worked on it diligently every weekend it…
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It was the summer of '91 and the first time in my life since I'd began dating that I found myself alone. I just came off an engagement break-up and…
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Everyone remembers their first date. It's a special experience that you never forget. Like your first real kiss. Or your first car. Or your first computer.
My first date…
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My friend Jeff and I were heading out for burgers when he pulled the top of his boxers out of his pants and said, "You know how long I've had…
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Over Is Right, Under Is Wrong
Just the other day, I had to change toilet paper rolls in two of our three bathrooms. I didn't realize it at the…
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"Housesitter" ran on TBS this past weekend (written in mid-July). I kept the sound off while I tried to write about different things. I read through the paper where it…
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I've done it. I ordered the generic version of Rogaine. Minoxidil is the magic ingredient and it promises to restore my masculinity.
I know the negatives. It'll…
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I was young once, and with youth comes stupidity. Complete and utter stupidity, especially in your thoughts. I could usually hide this pretty well as long as I kept my…
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I admit it, I'm abnormal when it comes to safety. I don't know if it's because of nature or nurture, but for some reason, whenever there's a hint of danger,…
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Yesterday, I talked about how accident prone I've been in my life and I just thought I'd share a little of what I've been through. I think that once you…
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Written by Ross Cavins
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Monday, 13 August 2007 07:10 |
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I finally saw the Borat movie a few weeks ago and although I laughed pretty hard at parts of it, I must confess that it wasn't a great movie. I'm pretty much a movie snob, flicks like Fargo and The Fisher King and Memento are what turn me on. But occasionally, I love a good action flick or a miraculous sports movie or a stupid funny movie, some mindless drivel that plays with your emotions or makes you laugh for the sake of laughing.
 Borat, unabashed and unashamed.
Mockumentaries can be great. Look at Best In Show and Drop Dead Gorgeous, not to mention the classic This Is Spinal Tap. But this one didn't have that polished feel, which is actually what Cohen seemed to be going for. In my case, though, it just didn't work. Borat was almost a mockumentary with a Jackass kinda feel to it.
Where it did succeed was the cringe factor. I give it a ten here. The poop-in-a-bag presentation was jaw-dropping. The naked-balls-in-the-face scene made me pee my pants, literally. I had to stop the movie and change into some Depends. And even they weren't adequate enough.
Borat would've been great as a cable pay-TV special, Cohen is the king of his own brand of comedy. And there's no doubt he's developed a very loyal following. The man is funny. And he's good as what he does.
But he's not a movie writer, he's a skit writer. As long as you know what you're getting when you watch his stuff, there's no problem. When I sat down to watch Borat, I was expecting a movie and I didn't get one. I got a collection of skits cobbled together with the weak plot of Borat trying to meet Pamela Anderson so that he could marry her. In turn, that led to this poorly written blog review that wandered aimlessly, just like the movie. Made my point yet?
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