I can’t believe Sacha Baron Cohen isn’t dead
November 1, 2009 at 21:10 (Uncategorized) (baron, borat, bruno, cohen, movies, sacha)
I’ve appreciated Sacha Baron Cohen since Borat came out in 2006. So, not that long I guess. I’ve heard of him before, but then I just thought he’s another silly guy doing a white rapper character. When Ali G appeared on that Madonna video I didn’t quite get it. But then he became a world wide star with Borat, and just from his talk shows interviews I could tell the guy’s a genius. I really appreciate how he’s staying in character and can always think fast and say the right thing on the spot. He was extra funny to me since some of Borat’s characteristics were taken from an Israeli character from the 90s (“wa wa wee wa” for instance) which SBC can deny as much as he likes but it makes sense considering he visits his Israeli family every once in a while. He also spook the language when he was supposed to be speaking Kazakh, which made it hilarious since the sentences were irrelevant or relevant with funny cuss words and weird accent.
Borat of course was recently replaced with Bruno, a totally different character that yet again showed his devotion to one character and great improvisation skills. I knew this movie is going to be much more graphic than Borat, so I quickly realized it’s going to be somewhat uncomfortable to watch it in the cinema. The waiting was hard, and I finally got my hands on the dvd version. It surely is VERY graphic and VERY porn-like. And for that, it was much fun watching it by myself and laughing from the college-humor jokes. However. I was scared for Sacha’s life several times in the film and if you’re reading this and haven’t watched the movie yet.. *spoiler alert!*
Angry angry mobs everywhere. When I saw him in Meah Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem, I thought he’ll get himself beaten up. That’s where the extremely religious fanatics live, and they’re not at all nice to gays, arabs, women who show skin other than face, men who show too much skin, people with cameras and pretty much most people in general. I saw on some board someone who didn’t understand why they were chasing him. Well they’re just insane! And somehow he managed to escape! Good for him. Of course I feared for his life when he hanged out with our neighborly arabs. ‘Cuz really, how often do you hear about gay-friendly arabs? After the movie came out it was said that that guy he interviewed in Lebanon was threating him. Really not a good idea to make fun of a terrorist, Sacha. That was a scary scene to watch.
One of the scariest parts was with the haunting rednecks. Bruno was speaking about the stars and hot men, and then there was a long, looong silence. And he actually stayed and slept in a tent near them! They could have cut off his dick while he was sleeping or something!
The final Straight Dave sequence was so alarming! First, for the existence of such ignorant people. Second, for their violent behavior. Well yeah, him kissing that guy on the ring and stripping and all (LOL) was maybe too much for that kind of event, but how stupid do they need to be to not realize it’s a joke?! Why would they go on with it, if you’re throwing chairs at them. If the net wasn’t there, there had to be an ugly lynch.
In conclusion, along with the very funny parts, the very disgusting parts, the very mind blowing parts (that parent would let their kid dress up as a nazi and push a jewish kid towards the incinerator, really?!) some other parts of the movie just made me hold my breath and wish no one will break SBC’s body parts. He should be making many more ridiculous characters and act all method while building them up! But just, be careful Sacha.
