Bruno

[MidnightSensi]

I saw Bruno over the weekend. I've always been a fan of Da Ali G, I even watched it back when it was only on British television.

Of his three characters, I liked them in the order of Da Ali G (best), Bruno and then Borat.

But his format for the TV show, from its original British broadcasts to the partially transfer to HBO (a lot of the skits were redone in American context), was simply a lot funnier than the movies are. I think the main reason for this, is he can't fool people anymore because of his worldwide success.

On the TV show, he'd have people like Buzz Aldrin and Andy Rooney. It's obvious in the movie that he just can't fool too many people anymore, unless they are completely oblivious or in on it.

Because he couldn't rely on the humor of the fashion industry very much, he was then forced to make his own jokes and do more staging. This made for a few very funny scenes, but also a lot of awkward scenes. Where in the old Bruno bits, people were passionately speaking to him and were doing most of the work of setting themselves up for the joke.

These jokes, however, felt so staged and setup, with people in such bad positions.... like

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mothers almost in tears trying to get their kids into show business, confused Christians trying to convert gay people straight

, made parts make me feel sad. On one hand, these people were nuts, on the other hand, I felt they were exploited.

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Like while I do feel the idea of converting a gay guy into a straight guy is crazy, I do believe these Christian people honestly believed they were helping this guy. They felt they were doing /good/, if I believe they were or not... I have to give credit for good intentions. The guy wasn't sitting there saying that he was going to kill all the gays. He believes that through Jesus he can make a gay guy straight and that being straight is the correct way to be with his God. Okay, that isn't the way myself or my girlfriend view things, but, both of us were like 'well, the guy does believe he is trying to help, and, thats more than most people would do' Add a camera, and the guy thinks he is helping raise awareness probably, and on top of that has to deal with the fright of dealing with his own sexuality in front of a camera....

I wanted to laugh, but I couldn't help but just feel bad for some of these people.

That's not to say it was all bad. There were some very funny bits.

I'd say save it for a rental if you liked Borat. If you didn't like Borat, skip this.


Rating: 2/5

 

[jostenmeat]

Thanks, I'll think I will skip it. I saw the first two movies, and I agree they aren't as funny as his TV show. Ali G as talk show host was the best, or perhaps in interview.

I remember, without a hitch, Ali G referred to Buzz Aldrin in interview as Buzz Lightyear. I'm surprised Aldrin didn't KO him too. He probably just knew who he was.

 

[rmk]

Tolerating prejudice in whatever form is wrong and I have no problem exposing bigotry and or stupidity. Wrapping that prejudice in a religious context is no excuse. We all know what the road to hell is paved with … no?

Now, how about them Bears …

 

[MidnightSensi]

Tolerating prejudice in whatever form is wrong and I have no problem exposing bigotry and or stupidity. Wrapping that prejudice in a religious context is no excuse. We all know what the road to hell is paved with … no?

Now, how about them Bears …

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I agree, but its so obvious that the idea of coverting someone to being straight is ludacris, that beating up on a sheltered, sexually confused, religious nutjob is kind of like shooting a dead deer. I mean, yeah, its fun to shoot stuff, but, I think you already won.

The mother was almost in tears offering her baby to get liposuction so it could be in a photoshoot. On one hand I'm like "that's a horrible mother" ... and on the other hand I'm like "isn't that kind of exploiting her?" In her own, nutjob, head, she probably thought this could be her babies chance for a better life... or, maybe just enough money to buy some meth, who knows. Either way its kinda sad.

I never really decided either way, but, it at least crossed my mind. Something about the humor was a little darker than I wanted it to be.

 

[Buckeye_Nut]

Well, lets just say that both my wife and I made it through to the end of the movie. How we did it, I will never know. It felt sort of like rubber-necking as one slowly pass by a five car pileup with dead bodies laying all over the ground.

What really can be said for this type of movie?


I give it .25 stars

 

[Seth=L]

They should call it bruNO, because I will NOt be watching it.

 

[just-some-guy]

i have not seen it. but from the preveiws, it looks like one of the worst movies ever.

 

[Serj22]

IF you think gay and penis jokes are funny, and are the kind of person that thinks the word "fart" is funny, go watch it, otherwise, don't. I wasted so much money thinking it would be as funny as Ali G or Borat...

 

[jeffsg4mac]

I hate to break this to some of you, but there are christian groups that help people deal with being gay. There is a whole ministry of FORMER gays that have gone straight. I don't want to start some sort war, I am just saying that going from gay to straight is not ludicrous at all. I am surprised at some of you.

 

[deedubb]

I also used to watch his shows a love the Ali G character. I thought Bruno was terrible. That stuff is getting old and just not that funny anymore. I could probably go back and watch Borat again and LMAO though.

 

[Shock]

The meat spin at the beginning forced me to get my money back in the theatres.

From what I heard I didn't miss much.