Boring Borat

I seldom post movie reviews because I seldom go to movies these days and, even when I do, what do I know about films? But anyway.

We have our own peculiar rating system in this house. The best rating a movie can get is 0 z's, meaning TFL never dozed off at all. The worst rating is 4 z's, meaning he dropped off immediately and never watched another moment.

Borat: about 3 z's. There are moments of supreme humor, yes. Some brilliantly funny scenes -- I especially enjoyed the elevator portion of the chase scene -- are interspersed with a certain amount of repetitious ho-hum. This movie is definitely not grandparent safe. Borat is an equal-opportunity bigot and slammed pretty much everyone I can think of, directly or indirectly.

I'll grant that I wasn't particularly in the mood for it. I'll also grant that I got increasingly grouchy as I had to keep poking TFL so he would quit snoring. Normally I adore irreverent and off-the-wall humor, but this movie lacks the flashes of whip-smart humor in Monty Python or Mel Brooks's slyness.

I only went because of power outage and logistics issues.

Comments

[ckm]

Thanks for the review. We had been wondering, but now that you indicate "not grandparent safe" we will eschew. Thanks.

[Girlchild]

hm... the Nightmare Before Christmas in 3D was awsome. You guys should have seen that instead. And its grandparents safe! :P

[Lindsey]

yeah, definitely did not feel very inclined to see it before your review. The last movie I saw was "Flushed Away" extremely funny and way Grandparent safe, if they can handle a moderate amount of potty humor (they're in a sewer...go figure). I also enjoyed "The Prestige" even though it creeped me out to no end.

Might go see James Bond this weekend, but I generally don't really like his movies, not since Sean Connery. The new guy's hot though...

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