Borat [8/10]

Look, of course I thought it was great. I laughed my ass off in the theatre and immediately wanted to watch it again. I just wish it wasnt so hyped (and deconstructed and overly intellectualised and held up to be something that it's not). It's essentially just an extended borat sketch from "Da Ali G Show, " and has a lot more in common with Jackass than it does with meaningful political satire like Team America. I know it's possible - in fact I'd bet money that someone has already done it - to write some masters thesis on how the depiction of "the body" in Jackass reflects upon contemporary society. Give some long-winded description of a guy lighting his cock on fire, throw in some Foucault, add a line or two of original thought and give yourself a big pat on the fucking back - congratulations, you just authored some horrible post modern bullshit! I feel the same way about all these movie critic douche bags who've endlessly pontificated about Borat. Sorry to interrupt the intellectual circle jerk, but I don't think shooting 400 hours of film - mostly in the south, mind you - and getting a handful of people to say stupid, ignorant and/or slightly awkward things makes for a meaningful social commentary on America.