fatvegan

Tom and I went to Borat tonight. Dendy put on side-by-side sessions because the demand was so enormous. We were both excited, and decided not to go to the rather classier Mexican film festival which was on tonight as well.

But I have to say I thought it was pretty disappointing. I haven't heard anyone really criticise it. All the reviewers think it's marvellous. Bits of it were very funny. But it was so nasty, and all I could really think about were all the people in it who thought the world was slightly worse for having met Borat. There were a lot of people who probably thought the world was better for having met him, but I'm sure they won't be thinking that anymore. The actor is an awful man. He's like an extreme Michael Moore but without the ambiguous redemption of Michael Moore's big picture idealism.

I would only recommend this film to people who think that humans they don't personally know count for less.