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They sooooo didn't hide the "gay" element in the publicity -- they celebrated it! Weird, weird, weird.

 

I saw it at a midnight show on Thursday. It was packed. The audience seemed to like it, but I didn't get the sense they loved it (neither did I). Then again, that was a Seattle audience.

 

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I cringe to think of the fucktards that label this a "gay" movie.

So, what's your favorite gay movie? Brokeback? Edge of Seventeen? Beautiful Thing?

No...it's Bruno.

*cringe*

A talking penis made thousands of people world wide leave theaters? You knew Bruno would have nudity in it, if you didn't you were kidding yourself. I didn't notice anyone leave my theater ... and don't tell me the average person who watches movies in Astoria sees talking penises often.

To my mind it would be interesting to see where the people, who walked out, are located.

I personally watched the original dub in a German theater, and I didn't see anyone walking out. Neither did anyone seem extremely appalled by it, but instead, the audience seemed to have a blast. A lot of gay men came to see the movie, too. And everyone I talked to afterwards, while noting that some scenes had been a bit over the top, said that no one with a sane mind would ever not see the parody and extreme exaggeration on one gay man.

I have to admit, though, that some people made a couple of "That's so American!" jokes afterwards.

I have seen neither films (I have seen the show and know the characters), but I certainly know about the various things that occurred in each movie.  The naked wrestling scene in Borat was considered the ridiculous highlight of the film.  My very straight college roommate and his girlfriend could not stop talking about how funny the naked wrestling was, yet somehow it was not considered gay.

Now I know Bruno the character is very "gay", but in terms of actual guy-on-guy action did anything visually top the Borat guy-on-guy action?  I know there was some male kissing, but the wrestling sounded gayer and dirtier than kissing.

It is so typical for straight people to see some actions as heterosexual no matter how gay they are just because the people who are engaged in said action identify as straight.  Very strange breeder phenomenon.

EDIT:  Well, apparently the straight folks are freaking out at the Internet Movie Database as well.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0889583/board/nest/142494043

I didn't hate it, but I was uncomfortable at times and that's a good thing. I need to be out of my comfort zone at times. How are you going to grow when you are always doing the same thing? 

Anyway ... I walked out a couple of times, but I drank too much Aquafina. But no one else walked out and the crowd seemed to love it. Constant laughter through out the whole film. 

I did cringe a few times during the party he went to and the hunting, but all in all, it made me think and I have to say it was a damn good movie. Not as good as BORAT, but good nonetheless. 

Umm, I thought it was hilarious. Painflul to watch but if you expected otherwise you were in the wrong theatre. I laughed through the whole movie. Ending was a bit of a dud. I have to say having seen this I have such admiration for Sacha Baron Cohen. The things he did in this movie were not only extreme in a "I can't believe he just did that way," but some of them were also incredibly dangerous and life threatening. I think it's amazing how after the success of Borat and the hype behind this movie he was still able to fool so many people into taking him seriously. Really though if you liked Borat you should see this, yes it's cringe inducing that's the point. If people hadn't been walking out I think that would have been a bad sign. It still was extremely hilarious and while not as biting a satire an extremely admirable effort and by far one of the funniest movies I've seen in some time.