Cinemascope
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Did you ever watch The Fastest Gun Alive with Glenn Ford?
And be careful because a certain poster whose name ends in "001" likes to say filthy things to the women on the boards when he doesn't like them!
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I totally agree with you on the animal magnetism part.
Oh and btw the documentary is set to air at the beginning of May.
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It is interesting to note that prior to the theatrical release, some writers expressed concern that the movie might be edited to leave out some of the stuff that might get it in trouble with the MPAA. Fortunately, we know have the DVD and all the deleted scenes are there. They can be fun to watch on their own, but it's probably best that they were left out from the finished film, because the shorter edit made the comedy more enjoyable.
Borat is based on Da Ali G Show, (shown in the U.S. on HBO, and available on DVD) in which comedian Sacha Baron Cohen played three characters ? Ali G (a wannabe hipster/pimp), Borat (a na?ve foreigner), and Bruno the gay fashion expert. Now I have to admit that for a while I had heard about the show and didn?t have any great desire to catch it; it sounded really stupid. But this year I forced myself to watch some episodes and surprisingly liked it quite a bit. The series was a clever piece of work on stupidity, with each character never realizing how dumb they sound. And what made it most enjoyable is that the characters interacted with professional people ? even some of the biggest political figures, and were an absolute idiot in front of them.
Borat is a character that only had one bit on each episode, and his sketch was usually the highlight of each. Picture Roberto Benigni?s enthusiasm and just take away all common sense and any sense of reality and you?ve got what makes Borat one of the funniest personas ever created. After watching some of the show I figured there had to be an underground audience that loved this character and I could clearly see why a studio would grant him his own movie; his segment on each episode leaves you desiring more ? it was very effective. But of course the danger at stake in adapting sketch comedy into a feature-length movie is making sure it?s not just a one-joke concept, and making sure the jokes and gags are consistent. And Borat achieves that with great honor; it?s funnier than The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Bad Santa, and Old School. If you?re a fan of the show, Borat will deliver exactly what you want, and possibly more.
The movie is shot very much like Jackass and has a big cult feel to it; you can expect frat houses to have the DVD on repeat in the next few years. Borat (played by Cohen) lives in Kazakhstan as a TV reporter and decides to make a quest to the United States where he will set out to marry his lifelong infatuation, Pamela Andersn. Once in New York, he is one giant fish out of water, as he doesn?t know anything about the culture or the customs. He is only used to his homelands where it?s legal to sleep with his sister (which he has) and there?s practically no such thing as a taboo in his culture. Borat speaks his mind all the time (and focuses on women and sex most of the time), which is always humiliating for whomever he is talking to; he has no idea that what he?s saying is just downright ?wrong.?
Borat as a feature is mostly just gag after gag after gag, and it works damn well. I saw The 40-Year-Old Virgin many months early, as well as Starsky & Hutch, and I?ve never seen an early audience go as nuts over a movie as they did for Borat. Once the camera was on Sacha about a minute in, the audience burst into cheers and applause, and their enthusiasm continued throughout the movie. The film gets right to the point with offensive and vulgar comedy and doesn?t leave anyone from being in harm?s way (Cohen is Jewish himself and famously attacks the religion). Obviously this movie demands a certain sense of humor; if you?re easily offended, stay far, far away. The film is packed with nasty and gross-out humor, and there is one nude fight sequence (the clear audience favorite and a potential DVD deleted scenes segment) that is going to have an interesting time with the MPAA. In fact, I would not be surprised if some of the material is cut out before its theatrical release; I was amazed that some of it actually got through to us alone.
Because the movie is founded in foul comedy, it?s going to be very interesting to see how 20th Century Fox will market it. 40-Year-Old Virgin was hard enough for Universal to advertise sufficiently (on a PG-13 level) and this movie takes a lot more risks with raunchy content. Ultimately Fox?s goal should be to stem beyond the show?s cult audience; and even if you?re not accustomed to the character of Barat, you just need to like material that pushes the limits. If the studio plays their cards right, this could be a sleeper hit like Steve Carrell?s breakout comedy. It?s hard to imagine that this year will deliver a funnier, edgier comedy; nowadays, many comedies play it safe in fear of offending someone, and it?s nice to see one that doesn?t care. Borat is set to open on November 3, and I can?t wait to see it again just to watch it with another audience.
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The "mystery" aspect of him is a big part of his appeal, to me, and also being willing to take parts that allowed him to really shine, the movies of his that were coming out at the time were things like Last Tango in Paris and The Godfather.
Then he went and did a memorable cameo in Superman, giving very welcome gravitas to the tale of the Man of Steele... he was a great Jor-El! :x
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Well at least the live-action ones have probably been rather crappy.
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I detect inflammatory intent!
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Could you *possibly* get it through your head that nobody is following anybody? When a thread has new posts, any number of people may be interested in reading, and may not even look at the name of the last person who posted.
Your inflated sense of self-importance has deluded you into thinking that my interest could possibly be in a dirty old man, instead of on the film genres and other movie-related topics that get discussed in these boards.
And there is no need to create redundant duplicate threads just because you have personal vendettas against individuals.
If you want to control people, then create your own boards and supervise them yourself.
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I don't give a Hoot in Hell what the reason is...This kind of vile talk has no place on the Message Boards!
That's true, too!
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When did "Mad Movies" go on the air?
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Dewey, sorry to break this to you, but there are a lot of people on the boards who know a lot about movies and aren't rude to the women here. CineSage and Lzcutter both are extremely knowledgeable about movies, just as a brief example, and they aren't the only ones. That someone should know a lot about movies is not "threatening" in the least, I don't think a person's worth or self-worth should in any way be related to something as trivial as that -- it's trivial even though it can be a lot of fun for us film buffs.
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Yes, he did report you, you're the one that started the filthy misogynistic language.
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I could have sworn it had already been released on DVD.
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Yeah, after you called me the b-word I really had to question whether or not you use the same kind of words when you're looking at your precious Julie Andrews photos. And if you objectify women that way, then I wouldn't put it past you to spank the monkey while looking at such photos, that's what dirty men do!
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I guess it may have a bit to do with socioeconomic strata, but overall parents of any socioeconomic level can have a profound impact on how their children are brought up... well, either parents or guardians.
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First Western that comes to mind is Dances With Wolves. It was very refreshing (for me at that point of time, anyway) to see a movie that depicted Native Americans as good, friendly, peace-loving people while the majority of the Caucasians were the bad guys motivated by greed and intolerance.
I'm not even going to to into how historically accurate it may or may not have been, but as an exercise in cinema escapism it was a lovely 3 hours at the movies.
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Well, if it happened great, but unfortunately I see most filmmakers being concerned with fancy special effects, especially CGI or some such thing.
And if someone could really bring back 3-strip technicolor somehow, would modern audiences be able to truly appreciate it? We movie buffs would, but maybe other movie goers wouldn't notice it.
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what i do know is that was a disgusting insult and no human being should be so insulted you simply make your self worse than the person you are attacking,
And on that point, I would agree with you completely! That is what I love about Borat, he makes so many Americans look bad! :0
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Give it to you? the heart/kiss is meant for those two beautiful ladies....
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He is indeed, but that's not our problem
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Well I'd say it's pretty obvious that anyone who uses that kind of language wasn't taught by his parents not to speak with a filthy mouth!
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By the way, Ms. Scope, I saw an interview on TV with the little girl from "Whale Rider" (she was a bit older in this interview) -- have you seen it? I was a bit taken aback by her off-screen persona, which was pure self-absorbed, obnoxious Valley Girl. That was a surprise, because I liked the movie, and her performance, too.
I can only judge from what I saw in her performance, I've never seen her in anything else, that I remember.
As for "modern" I'd certainly think anything made in the last 2 decades or so would qualify...
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Aww I love both of them! :x
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The remake really wasn't very good... the original stars David Niven, Cantinflas, and Shirley MacLaine, but there are cameos by literally dozens of major movie stars.
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Next week looks even better -- with Singin' in the Rain, On the Town, It's Always Fair Weather, Cover Girl, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, Anchors Aweigh and a repeat of Private Screenings: Stanley Donen.
Three Comrades (1937)
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Glad to hear this movie helped you change your mind about MS.