11-05-2006, 02:45 AM
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#61
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wins 10 internets
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: slightly to the left
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Borat on The Daily Show
i was in the middle of eating while watching this episode and i literally almost choked on my food and died during that interview. now i deffinetly need to see this movie
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11-05-2006, 11:06 AM
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#62
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Went to try and see Borat last night. Got to Chinook at 8:45 and the 9:45 and 10:15 both sold out....But went and saw The Departed instead which was amazing. So I wasn't disapointed.
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11-05-2006, 12:26 PM
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#63
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Scoring Winger
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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
How many moments of cringing are there? Like awkward embarrasing cringing like him singing the horrible anthem at the rodeo where everybody was ready to pull their shotguns on him? I generally like to watch those sorts of awkward social things at home where I can cringe in private.
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Theres a really bad hotel scene where he wrestles naked with another guy. In my theatre there were littl 5 year old kids, and their parents were covering their eyes. Pretty dumb parents if you try to sneak your kid into a movie like this. 
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11-05-2006, 12:39 PM
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#64
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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Man, Eau Claire needs to hook us up with Borat. Chinook is a zoo, hate going over there.
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11-05-2006, 01:39 PM
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#65
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Redundant Minister of Redundancy
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Montreal
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Saw it this afternoon, pure gold. I loved the part where he gets the guy to eat the cheese his wife made....
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11-05-2006, 02:53 PM
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#66
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Sector 7-G
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Originally Posted by Kryzsky
Man, Eau Claire needs to hook us up with Borat. Chinook is a zoo, hate going over there.
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One thing I love about Eau Claire, its almost empty for any movie and you dont get the jackasses who have their cellphones on during the movie.
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11-05-2006, 03:10 PM
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#67
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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Originally Posted by Otto-matic
One thing I love about Eau Claire, its almost empty for any movie and you dont get the jackasses who have their cellphones on during the movie.
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Have they remodeled/upgraded Eau Claire in the last few years?
The last time I was there was to see U-571. I'm 6'2" , so I had no legroom and the seats weren't very comfortable. I bought a pop and returned it because I couldn't taste what flavour it was. The replacement was just as bad, and they told me that was just the way it was. So I have never been back.
Have they corrected any of those issues?
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11-05-2006, 03:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Memento Mori
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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Have they remodeled/upgraded Eau Claire in the last few years?
The last time I was there was to see U-571. I'm 6'2" , so I had no legroom and the seats weren't very comfortable. I bought a pop and returned it because I couldn't taste what flavour it was. The replacement was just as bad, and they told me that was just the way it was. So I have never been back.
Have they corrected any of those issues?
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Yup. They now have a bar that says "You must be this short to watch this movie", and all pop flavours are now labeled as "downtown brown".
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11-05-2006, 03:44 PM
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#69
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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One thing I love about Eau Claire, its almost empty for any movie and you dont get the jackasses who have their cellphones on during the movie.
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Yep, much less kids at Eau Claire, that's the main draw for me. I don't buy $5 cokes at the theater, so I can't comment on that.
Can't think of the last time I went to see a movie that wasn't at Eau Claire, The Globe or the Uptown.
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11-05-2006, 07:24 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Vancouver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranchlander
Theres a really bad hotel scene where he wrestles naked with another guy. In my theatre there were littl 5 year old kids, and their parents were covering their eyes. Pretty dumb parents if you try to sneak your kid into a movie like this. |
I saw some people actually leave the theatre because they were so offended. Are people living under a freakin rock or something?? What did they expect? Family fun time with Borat?
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11-05-2006, 08:11 PM
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#71
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Originally Posted by Igottago
I saw some people actually leave the theatre because they were so offended. Are people living under a freakin rock or something?? What did they expect? Family fun time with Borat?
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What do you think the chances are that they were American?
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11-05-2006, 10:52 PM
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#72
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell
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Originally Posted by Eddie Bronze
What do you think the chances are that they were American?
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Pretty slim. Most of us have pretty thick skins. Although I would not be surpirsed to find they didn't *get* the satire.
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11-05-2006, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by notoepik
Pretty slim. Most of us have pretty thick skins. Although I would not be surpirsed to find they didn't *get* the satire.
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Maybe they were from Kazakhstan then! 
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11-06-2006, 03:53 AM
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Has lived the dream!
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Where I lay my head is home...
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranchlander
Theres a really bad hotel scene where he wrestles naked with another guy. In my theatre there were littl 5 year old kids, and their parents were covering their eyes. Pretty dumb parents if you try to sneak your kid into a movie like this. |
Caught this movie 3 weeks ago or so at a special advance screening. A friend from HMV brought me. I was wondering if this scene would make the final cut. I guess it did or already was.
As for the kid. Yeah I really hate that. Parents to stupid to *get* it or too obnoxious and ignoring their responsibilities. Then the crusaders on Fox News and parliment hill go nuts cause a couple people don't understand what it is to be a responsible person/parent and need everything spelled out for them in bold red letters three times a day. Ran into the same problem first screening of the South Park movie years ago.
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11-06-2006, 08:47 AM
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Crowsnest Pass
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Borat is #1:
http://jam.canoe.ca/Movies/BoxOffice...105973-ap.html
Sacha Baron Cohen's Kazakh alter-ego Borat made glorious returns at the box office, surprising Hollywood with a No. 1 debut.
"Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," 20th Century Fox's big-screen incarnation of Cohen's Kazakh journalist from "Da Ali G Show," took in US$26.4 million during its opening weekend, according to studio estimates Sunday.
"This picture was playing to full houses," said Bruce Snyder, head of distribution at 20th Century Fox. "The planets aligned, the moons aligned, the stars aligned, and everything came together perfectly for us on this weekend."
Last edited by troutman; 11-06-2006 at 08:52 AM.
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11-06-2006, 08:55 AM
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I'm sure it could have done even better if there was enough theatres playing it, so people actually could have watched it.
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11-06-2006, 09:59 AM
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#77
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Calgary, AB
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The number of screens was scaled back a few weeks ago before opening night because the movie was "testing" or "tracking" very poor outside of LA and NY. Basically, people in the Midwest States didn't get it.
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11-06-2006, 10:34 AM
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#78
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Kalispell
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Originally Posted by Kryzsky
Basically, people in the Midwest States didn't get it.
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I bet most of them had never heard of Borat.
They will now.
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11-06-2006, 11:45 AM
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#79
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: (780)
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I think it's only playing in 6 theatres in Alberta. A guy can't see it outside of Calgary or Edmonton. Hopefully that will change.
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11-06-2006, 04:26 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The C-spot
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kryzsky
The number of screens was scaled back a few weeks ago before opening night because the movie was "testing" or "tracking" very poor outside of LA and NY. Basically, people in the Midwest States didn't get it.
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It's tougher to see the humor when the joke is on you.
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