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Nov. 18th, 2006 10:12 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
phamosHa ha ha haaaa! The Complete Goofy DVD sold for $71! I just made $50 without doing a damn thing! Thank you, Kim's video buyers, for being dumb as rocks!
I finally went to see Borat last night after work. It was hilarious, but not as earth-shatteringly amazing as some reviews (*coughjuddapatowcough*) made it out to be. I WAS amused that they showed a preview for the new Mel Gibson movie before a movie that's largely about people's hidden prejudices coming out when their guard is down.
I'd been laughing off Segev's claim that the movie was too mean-spirited, but there were parts where I thought he was pushing it. Mocking the people in the Pentecostal church -- sure, I strongly disagree with them on just about every possible social issue. But taking advantage of these people and then pretending that you're speaking in tongues? It seems cruel. And running out on that nice Jewish couple after they made you a sandwich? Funny, but poor old dears. (Throwing the money at the cockroaches was amusing, though.)
I found myself thinking pretty much the whole time about how much was staged and how much wasn't. I don't see how he could have shown up at half of these places with a camera crew and gotten away with stuff. "Yes, I've been abandoned in the middle of America and have no money -- can I have a ride? And can my production posse get a ride, too? And then can you sign these pre-prepared waivers? Thanks. Jagshemash!" That's why I have no pity for those frat boys. Dude, one of them was even talking shit before a SINGLE beer was drunk. He's just a turd, that's all. I hope the bit with the little kids running away from the bear wasn't staged, because that was awfully cute, but I have a feeling it was. The hooker was obviously an actress, though I was surprised to find out that the villagers weren't actually actors and are themselves planning to sue. And they've pretty much admitted that Pam Anderson was in on the whole putting-her-in-a-sack thing, though that didn't make the timing of it less funny.
And then...there was the nude scene. I don't have much to say about that, except that it was pretty amazing, and I'm glad I got my daily dose of ballsack yesterday. The fact that it was ballsack hitting giant Freddie Mercury mustache makes it all the better. And Azamat had nice tits. If they were less hairy, they would be very pretty.
All in all, I could have waited until it came out on DVD. But I am psyched for the DVD--do you realize how much deleted material there must be?
ETA: I'm reading reviews now and am shocked by how many people think that Kazakhstan is in Eastern Europe. Maybe this is just confusion based on the fact that the village was filmed in Romania, but my gods, they show maps IN THE MOVIE. Big huge country, definitely in Asia. Shares a border with China. No shit.
I finally went to see Borat last night after work. It was hilarious, but not as earth-shatteringly amazing as some reviews (*coughjuddapatowcough*) made it out to be. I WAS amused that they showed a preview for the new Mel Gibson movie before a movie that's largely about people's hidden prejudices coming out when their guard is down.
I'd been laughing off Segev's claim that the movie was too mean-spirited, but there were parts where I thought he was pushing it. Mocking the people in the Pentecostal church -- sure, I strongly disagree with them on just about every possible social issue. But taking advantage of these people and then pretending that you're speaking in tongues? It seems cruel. And running out on that nice Jewish couple after they made you a sandwich? Funny, but poor old dears. (Throwing the money at the cockroaches was amusing, though.)
I found myself thinking pretty much the whole time about how much was staged and how much wasn't. I don't see how he could have shown up at half of these places with a camera crew and gotten away with stuff. "Yes, I've been abandoned in the middle of America and have no money -- can I have a ride? And can my production posse get a ride, too? And then can you sign these pre-prepared waivers? Thanks. Jagshemash!" That's why I have no pity for those frat boys. Dude, one of them was even talking shit before a SINGLE beer was drunk. He's just a turd, that's all. I hope the bit with the little kids running away from the bear wasn't staged, because that was awfully cute, but I have a feeling it was. The hooker was obviously an actress, though I was surprised to find out that the villagers weren't actually actors and are themselves planning to sue. And they've pretty much admitted that Pam Anderson was in on the whole putting-her-in-a-sack thing, though that didn't make the timing of it less funny.
And then...there was the nude scene. I don't have much to say about that, except that it was pretty amazing, and I'm glad I got my daily dose of ballsack yesterday. The fact that it was ballsack hitting giant Freddie Mercury mustache makes it all the better. And Azamat had nice tits. If they were less hairy, they would be very pretty.
All in all, I could have waited until it came out on DVD. But I am psyched for the DVD--do you realize how much deleted material there must be?
ETA: I'm reading reviews now and am shocked by how many people think that Kazakhstan is in Eastern Europe. Maybe this is just confusion based on the fact that the village was filmed in Romania, but my gods, they show maps IN THE MOVIE. Big huge country, definitely in Asia. Shares a border with China. No shit.
