Cyberclogs

Just back from a screening of Borat, which I found to be much funnier than I thought it might have been (since I wasn't such a big fan of Borat before). The pseudo documentary style follows Borat as he goes from his proud home in Kazakhstan to America to explore the American culture and hopefully pick up their customs and way of life, of course things don't go according to plan. Borat falls in love with Pamela Anderson (having watched her on cable tv in a episode of Baywatch) and plans to marry her.

I really enjoyed the movie although it frequently goes beyond the pale and breaks any taboos (if there are any these days in movies) as Borat innocently shocks the American people with his customs and manners ("I sleeps with my mother in law" "I want to take a shit!" "Can you install a pussy magnet in this car?" "My sister, 4th best prostitute in Kazahkstan" (after snogging her). I also noticed it was directed by Larry Charles who directed episodes for Curb your enthusiam and Seinfield, so it did kind of have that same kind of semi realistic docu feel to it, and in a way Borat was a foreign version of Larry David, as he wonders ineptly round from one situation to another (with totally bemused americans). There are some parts where you can see what's coming though and naturally what he did to Pamela Anderson was totally staged, but other than though Borat was a great laugh. Chenquieh, Borat!