duck_racer
Bluelighter
Given that this was SBC's only chance of using the Borat character in America to show just how backwards some peoples view are, the program failed spectacularly. Aside from the scenes in the rodeo (brilliant) I thought the film was pretty poor and all too often resorted back to 14 year old toilet humour for laughs. Don't get me wrong, I find this really funny, but watching a couple of thousand Americans whooping and hollering as Borat says he wants Bush to drink the blood of every Iraqi is utterly priceless. And so why, when you have the chance to make a genuinely interesting, funny film about some seriously backwards people in the US do you choose to shit in a bag at a dinnerparty? Weak.
The second thing that really bugged me was just how much of the film was staged. I hope the that the reason they felt the need to do this was because they hadn't got any material filming properly and it was a last resort. But again and again it just smacked of laziness. The supposed prostitute turning up at the dinnerparty after being called only to show up in the final scene?
Having watched the trailers I had high hopes but the film was a real let down for me. I think the success it has had in America demonstrates that SCB really sold out for the money instead of making a genuinely interesting 'mockumentary'. But then again how surprising would it have been to discover that a lot of rednecks are Christian, pro-Bush loonies? Not very..
I wanted a comedy about American society and all I got was Dude, Where's My Car with more Jew bashing and funny accents.
Weak.
The second thing that really bugged me was just how much of the film was staged. I hope the that the reason they felt the need to do this was because they hadn't got any material filming properly and it was a last resort. But again and again it just smacked of laziness. The supposed prostitute turning up at the dinnerparty after being called only to show up in the final scene?
Having watched the trailers I had high hopes but the film was a real let down for me. I think the success it has had in America demonstrates that SCB really sold out for the money instead of making a genuinely interesting 'mockumentary'. But then again how surprising would it have been to discover that a lot of rednecks are Christian, pro-Bush loonies? Not very..
I wanted a comedy about American society and all I got was Dude, Where's My Car with more Jew bashing and funny accents.
Weak.