OOT POLE TIME: Borat vs. Anchorman

[samjjones]

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The 5 way radio station fight >>> naked hotel room.

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Perhaps on replay value. But I don't think I have ever laughed harder in a theater when seeing the latter for the first time.

[samjjones]

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That's my beef with Borat. I expected something pretty cerebral and instead it was really low-brow.

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Dids - I thought the bed and breakfast sequence was very layered.

[miajag]

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Borat hands down, what in Anchorman in funnier than the naked hotel room fight?

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Lots of things, if you're older than 12.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed Borat quite a bit, but as others have pointed out, it's just shock comedy that gets old after a while.

[Alobar]

Just like every other will ferrell movie ever made, anchor man sucked. So Borat in a landslide

[tuq]

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Anchorman >>> Borat

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You've lost your mind. Maybe you left it in the bathroom on your way to lunch.

[TheDudeAbides]

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That's my beef with Borat. I expected something pretty cerebral and instead it was really low-brow.

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I don't know about that. On the surface Borat seems like one long running gag, but I think it's more than that. The movie (and the show) really draws on people's ignorance and makes quite a statement about the American people in general (see: scene in RV with college kids, conversation with rodeo boss, etc).

[Aloysius]

I think there should be an "Anchorman on 1st viewing" and "Anchorman on 2nd viewing" option (it was maybe 10x funnier when I caught it again on HBO).

Still, I'm surprised by the poll results so far (30-21). I just assumed Borat in a landslide.

-Al

[Dids]

Al,

Yeah, I was lukewarm on Anchorman after the first, but on the second, it was just amazing and I've since watched it like another 10 times or something sick.

[miajag]

Yeah, I think a lot of people were so shocked and taken aback by the level of pure absurdity and silliness in Anchorman that they missed a lot of stuff on the first viewing. It definitely grew on me more over time, but the post-fight scene where they're sitting around the office discussing what happened is still the hardest I've ever laughed in a theater.

[siccjay]

For some reason Anchorman does get better and better, but I would have to watch it a billion times for it to catch Borat.

Borat is very cerebral. Much, much more than Will Ferrell.