Comments on: Sacha Baron Cohen’s Bruno: He’s No Borat

By: CK

CK — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:45:47 +0000

KP: I agree with you 100%! But let me ask a question to you or anyone out there who HAS seen this movie. It appeared during the video focus group scene that the first couple shots of Bruno’s penis were soft, but the final one that ends with his penis hole opening up, his penis is semi-hard. It seemed that way, but I couldn’t tell for sure.

I completely agree that an erect-or even semi erect penis is the equivalent of showing a woman’s vagina. And if they are going to only give such a movie an R rating, than it should be perfectly ok to show a woman’s vagina in an R rated movie. Plain and simple. Which leads me to may final question.

Did you (or anyone who HAS seen this movie) pay attention to the woman who tries to get bruno to have sex with her at the swingers party? It almost appeared that a couple times-if only for a brief moment, it showed the lips between her legs and perhaps even a bit more than that. Someone mentioned in this forum that in an R rated movie, it is only legal to show a womans pubic hair down there. People weigh in on this! I want your thoughts.

By: Romey

Romey — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:49:42 +0000

You people are real uptight. Pull the sticks out of your asses. This movie was funny–not as funny as Borat but still funny. Um, did you notice that everybody around you in the theatre was laughing ten times more than people laugh in any other movie except Borat?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:36:59 +0000

I’ve seen the film – it’s not the same as the one in this review. On that note, this is probably one of the most badly written reviews I’ve read in a long time – ‘Christian Toto’; that’s a name not to look out for.

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By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:52:42 +0000

I’m guessing the scenes where he makes a bunch of homophobic retarded hillbillies look like, well, homophobic retarded hillbillies hit too close to home for alot of conservatives. However he does convince the famously unintelligent Paula Abdul to sit on a Mexican beaner and goes to great lengths to show us just how stupid the mentally challenged, big-assed black women who sign up to be in Richard Bey’s talk show audience really are. He’s an equal opportunity offender that’s for sure.

By: Hughes in Kentucky

Hughes in Kentucky — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 12:57:09 +0000

Saw “Borat” when it was new; even at right under 90 minutes that movie felt long. Won’t get fooled again with this one: I hear that many people share this view this time around: “Bruno” is tanking nationwide. You want a movie that is actually worth the trouble of going to the cinema then see “Public Enemies.”

By: KP

KP — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 08:56:37 +0000

I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe in FAIR RATINGS STANDARDS. If penises can be shown now in R-rated movies, then vaginas must be allowed to be shown too! And how the hell can the MPAA allow an ERECT PENIS to be shown and NOT give it an NC-17 rating, but then automatically give a woman’s vagina an NC-17 rating on the few occasions filmakers tried to show it???!! Why can we see penises but not women’s vaginas? Now they can even show erect penises, but still no vagina? That is completely sexist, unfair, and illegal. Maybe its because a WOMAN is now head of the MPAA’s ratings dept?

If they will allow any kind of graphic male nudity to be shown, then they must also allow any kind of graphic female nudity to be shown! That means if a film decides to show a woman’s vagina, anus, or spread-vagina (all of which are graphic nudity and no more explicit than showing an erect penis) then the MPAA MUST also rate that “R”.

The only thing I can think of is that the MPAA has changed its standards on nudity and will, in the future, also allow any type of female nudity to be shown in an R-rated film. Otherwise, its time for a CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT AND SUE THE MPAA for having a sexually discriminatory ratings policy! There is no justification to allow unlimited genital nudity of one gender to be shown with an R-rating, while giving the genital nudity of the other gender an NC-17 rating!

By: Gary Ogletree

Gary Ogletree — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 02:24:38 +0000

I saw a little of Borat on the tube, saw he was just a punk goofing on his betters, changed channels.

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 01:19:26 +0000

I saw the movie. It was not only disgusting but embarrassing and shameful. Some parts were so distasteful they were not funny. I could only sit through about 20 minutes and asked for a refund.

By: JD

JD — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 11:28:17 +0000

Sasha Baron Cohen is an observant Jew. I wish he could use his substantial talent, study, commitment and intelligence to challenge our comfort zone for the positive instead of in the ways he’s chosen thus far. Providing a laugh is good, uplifting people in a deep and meaningful way is a gift.