More about Borat

Sacha Baron Cohen has done an interview with Rolling Stone...as himself! Cohen has done all of his other public interviews as Borat, the character from his movie "Borat!: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan". An article on Reuters.com talks about Cohen defending his character and the movie.

"I think part of the movie shows the absurdity of holding any form of racial prejudice, whether it's hatred of African-Americans or of Jews," said Baron Cohen, a devout Jew who keeps kosher and the Sabbath when he can."

"Cambridge-educated Baron Cohen said his parents "love" the Jewish humor in Borat and his 91-year-old maternal grandmother even went to a midnight screening in Israel then phoned to compliment him."

Cohen did not make a racist movie, he made a movie that makes fun of racism. Part of the controversy may just be arising because it is such a real and uncomfortable subject. Clearly his intentions are not heinous.

I fond it funny that the frat boys in the film are suing now. They waited for the film to be number one for 2 weeks before they filed suit. It made $26.5 Million dollars opening weekend. I doubt they would be suing if the movie flopped.

If you have seen Cohen's "Da Ali G Show" on HBO you probably knew about Borat before the movie. Due to the success of Borat, Cohen was able to sign a deal for a second movie. This movie would be about another character from the show, Bruno. Bruno is a gay Australian fasionista. The movie will probably be less offensive but still hilarious.

An Amazing Film

I saw Borat opening weekend, and frankly, I laughed my ass off. I appreciate a good, stupid comedy, and Borat was that. It was awesome, offensive, but funny as hell. While I love a good comedy from time to time, my true love, as movies goes, are of a different caliber. Last weekend I went to the theatre again, this time to see a movie that has slipped through the cracks a bit. While Borat has pulled in the #1 box office slot for the past few weeks, another movies has gone unnoticed. That Movie is Stranger Than Fiction.

Stranger Than Fiction is an amazing movie. It is the story of Harold Crick, an IRS auditor, who lives his life by numbers and calculation. One day he begins to hear a voice, a narration that he is the subject of. Harold Crick's life begins to change upon hearing that voice and he transforms from a man who did the same exact thing everyday, alone, to living. Here is the trailer.




It is a beautiful movie. It's comedy and drama all in one. Will Ferrell surprises with an amazing performance. He always seems like such a goofball actor but he takes on the role of Harold Crick and the result is amazing. The lovely Maggie Gyllenhaal, though a secondary character, shines as usual as Crick's love interest, Ana Pascal. Though a surprising pair, they somehow work beautifully together. It is perhaps in being complete opposites that they fit so beautifully together.

Stranger Than Fiction does not disappoint. It, in fact exceeded my expectations. It is a very well written, meaningful film and it is defiantly worth seeing.