‘Bruno’ Movie Review
The middle of the summer is upon us. You’ve sat through countless other films during the first half, and now it’s time to sit through more. To date, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is the highest grossing film this summer, and rightfully so. It’s managed to rack in an impressive 322 million since it’s release on June 24th.
Although no other movie has come close to making that much yet, I’d like to think another one will in the near future. Please, hold your votes for Aliens in the Attic. This weekend, the choice was down to two new films. I Love You, Hayden Panettiere Beth Cooper, or Bruno. Gawking at Hayden for two hours, or seeing Sacha Baron Cohen fight off a dildo attack? Yep, due to the massive amounts of coverage, I decided to see Bruno.
Bruno is about a gay Austrian fashion reporter who is on a mission. Having already conquered the fashion world with his talk show in Germany, he is now reaching for bigger success. Leaving his homeland, he ventures to Los Angeles to become the biggest gay star ever. So, Ist bruno Wert Ihre Zeit (Free Translation FTW)? Continue reading to find out.
Spoiler Free for your viewing pleasure.
Sacha Baron Cohen is a very unique individual. Probably the only man who is able to make you laugh when you’re watching two people have sex on screen. All three of his characters (Ali G, Borat & Bruno) have positives and negatives that come out on screen. Looking to duplicate the success of Borat, I don’t think he really got all he wanted out of this character.
Cohen did an interview on the Late Show with David Letterman, and kept pumping up a scene in the movie where he met a terrorist. Watching it, you get a few chuckles, but the thing was, it wasn’t even a minute long. All that hype for something where the terrorist said maybe two sentences. That’s one big downside about the film. The scenes you want to last longer don’t, and the ones you want to end drag on.
You can tell why this film originally received an NC-17 rating for the scenes with his “boyfriend”. I’m not sure, but they did have to do some editing to receive an R rating. In that, they probably left out a scene, because the plot completely vanishes towards the middle.
Everyone is gonna compare this to Borat, which I find funny, since no one compared Borat to Ali G Indahouse. But, you can’t really fight it. Sure, it’s not Borat, however the poster for the movie already makes you want to match the two side-by-side. I saw Borat opening weekend in a packed theater nearly an hour from my house, but didn’t think it “pushed boundaries” like people said it did. The jokes didn’t really sink in until people kept asking me how funny it was. Today, I don’t think it was that bad of a movie, but I wouldn’t see it again.
The hardest part for this project was actually pulling it off. When Borat came out, everyone wanted to see it, but had no idea who Cohen really was. Now that everyone does, it’s near impossible to break away from that character. Borat left you with quotes like “High Five” and “Niiice”. Bruno leaves you with pretty much nothing, unless you count his laugh. My advice, wait to rent this on DVD. It’s worth seeing once, and chances our there will be a “too hot for theaters” extended edition.
Justin “The Pepsi Plunge” Verterano
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Interesting. I really wanted to like this movie.
Pepsi’s review is spot-on. I laughed a lot in it, but uncomfortable laughs (much like Borat) because it’s just an awkward movie. Glad I saw it, but I don’t need to see it again. The credits are amazing though.
Common Pepsi, everyone is already quoting the movie…Ex. ” I gave him a traditional African name- Oj” lol or “”It’s D&G.” “D&G? What is D and G??” “Docle and Gabbana HALLO!!” Movie was good, but I was expecting more.