Saw Borat today. We made an unsuccessful attempt last Friday when we got to the theater only to find out 3 shows were house-full and the only the midnight show was available. Sucked. Today being Election Day, we got off and went to see Borat. The theater wasn’t full but there was still a sizable crowd. The movie made an astounding $26.5 million from it’s opening weekend - from just 837 screens! That’s a per theater average of over $31.6k. Unbelievable.

When you do see the movie, you’ll see why so many people are going to watch this movie. It is simply THE BEST COMEDY of the year, and one of the best ever, I think. For those who’ve been living under a rock for the past few weeks, Borat follows a reporter from Kazakhstan, named Borat Sagdiyev. The Kazakh government sends him to US and A to learn more about the culture and return with advice to improve Kazakhstan. He leaves his town of Kursek for New York City. While here, he watches an episode of Baywatch and falls in love with Pamela Anderson. From here on, his single mission is to meet Pamela, marry her, and take away her virginity. Since she lives in California, him and his producer Azamat, undertake a long road trip from NYC to California. The movie documents his several adventures and “cultural learnings” along the way, culminating in an outrageous scene where he tries to marry Pamela Anderson. The movie involves some profanity and nudity but is incredibly funny. During some parts, I couldn’t stop laughing and had to tear my eyes from the screen because I couldn’t take all the humor.

Borat is an Anti-Semite, homophobic, against women’s rights, and innocently hilarious. Along the way, he takes a stab at everything from cowboys/rodeos to fine dining. It’s hard to explain how good this movie really is - you HAVE to see it to believe it. The movie will most likely offend a lot of people, but I say it’s deliberately offensive so as to be funny. It’s funny because of how far Borat pushes the envelope for the sake of comedy. I won’t say that if you don’t like it, then you have no sense of humor. Nor will I say that those who like it had “bad upbringing” or anything retarded like that. Just watch it. Remember that it’s only comedy. It wouldn’t be funny if Borat actually meant anything he does or says.