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[Expendable.]

From the director of Bruno and Borat...

Trailer

Cast: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, Megan Fox, John C. Reilly and J.B. Smoove.

The Dictator hits theaters May 11th, 2012.

 

[Neuromancer]

I like him but I didn't think that was funny at all.

 

[strafer]

What the fuck did I just watch?

Also... Megan Fox... hnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng

 

[MMaRsu]

JB Smooth? Or is it Smoove?

EITHER WAY FUCK YES

 

[V_Ben]

I lost it at the empire state joke. Looks pretty entertaining and offensive.

 

[Invisible_Insane]

As long as it's not Neal McDonough.

 

[Stet]

Funny parts: Empire State Building, Olympic Race

 

[Beaulieu]

nice

 

[Cpt.Underpants]

Definitely gonna watch this

"America, The Birthplace of Aids"

 

[effzee]

I did some background work for this movie.

The parade scene they show in the trailer? Well I am one of the people booing!

Movie looks terrible. I'll watch to see if I can catch glimpses of me!

 

[PersonaX]

Looks pretty bad, i wasn't expecting this type of humor, quite different from Borat and Bruno, in a bad way. Olympic race was the only redeeming part, okay, the "birthplace of aids" was OK.

Not outrageous enough.

 

[Wes]

Ben Kingsley! Nice.

 

[Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew]

YouTube?

 

[rezuth]

The race scene was neat

 

[alr1ght]

lol, I love SBC. I predict this movie will piss alot of people off.

 

[lupinko]

This is based on that book that Saddam wrote (or had people write for him) right?

 

[Expendable.]

YouTube?

It just hit online, so nothing yet.

 

[Marleyman]

Fucking loved Da Ali G Show; Cohen is a genius. That Olympic scene was hilarious.

 

[spindashing]

Uh... Well...

I hardly smiled watching the trailer. Not so interesting so far.

 

[Hot Coldman]

The race was great, haha

 

[Buckethead]

Bruno was awful. So forced.

Loved the character on the Ali G show for the record

 

[Infinite_Daremo]

lol. Looks great. Bruno made me cringe too much but this looks on par with Borat.

 

[Smellycat]

He is no Charlie Chaplin that is for sure..

 

[Tucah]

The trailer was just okay, until the race which was hilarious. I'm in.

 

[Johnlenham]

ok i sniggered at the race scene. il give it that much.

 

[ArjanN]

Olympic race bit was pretty funny, kind of seems like the same thing as Borat and Bruno again though.

 

[Dysun]

I laughed, looks promising

 

[satriales]

Bruno was awful. So forced.

Loved the character on the Ali G show for the record

Same. I loved his characters on The Ali G show, but I did not like either of the movies. This one looks even worse.

 

[Fry]

Sacha and John C Reilly in the same comedy movie, day one for me

 

[Kayo-kun]

It looks really bad in my opinion. I found Borat and Ali G characters to be funny, but Cohen's last movies have been really lame and unfunny. This movie looks to continue that trend.

 

[spidye]

I liked the trailer. especially the WTF part.

 

[Angry Fork]

So is this like a ...real movie? Disappointing. I was expecting him to go around real places acting like a dictator and getting people's reactions like in Borat/Bruno.

Didn't like Bruno (too forced, jokes were eh) but Borat was fucking hilarious.

 

[gutshot]

The trailer was just okay, until the race which was hilarious. I'm in.

Pretty much this.

I really wish SBC would go back and make an Ali G movie in the same vein of Borat and Bruno. He's probably too popular now though. A shame as his Ali G character easily provided the funniest and best interviews in his show.

 

[Blader]

The race was funny, everything else looked like an Adam Sandler movie.

 

[sixteen-bit]

He is no Charlie Chaplin that is for sure..

goes without saying

 

[Mr. B Natural]

Nope and nope.

 

[Blue Ninja]

I might just watch this.

 

[Oppo]

You can tell he thought Gaddafi was pretty funny. He's even got the same elite woman bodyguard squad.

 

[Davidion]

Ugh, looks like a by-the-books standard pop comedy movie.

SBC always was at his best when he wrings subconscious reactions, especially discomfort and prejudice, out of unsuspecting people. This is just seems like a movie out of any standard comedian-that-needs-to-pad-the-bank-account catalog.

 

[Enco]

Not funny.

Might watch for John C Reilly though.

 

[zomaha]

goes without saying

 

[Barrett2]

Shooting the contestant in the race with the starter pistol was amazing. Looks fun, although it also doesn't look like anything too creative or out of the ordinary.

 

[vaelic]

looks terrible

 

[Dan]

The race was funny, everything else looked like an Adam Sandler movie.

That's exactly what I was going to say. It's so similar to a modern Adam Sandler movie, just with a dash of forced edginess. It's trying way too hard, and fails to be funny in the process.

 

[VGChampion]

I came in thinking he should stick to supporting characters like in Ricky Bobby but that trailer was actually pretty good. JCR and the race cracked me up.

 

[F#A#Oo]

I usually like his work but this looks pretty lame to me!

Fooling real people>>>this.

 

[The Omega Man]

Well I really laughed at the race scene, will watch

 

[Danielsan]

I love most of his work, but this looks terrible.

 

[kehs]

What

 

[JDSN]

OMG my conversative sensibilities are being offended by this blantant atempt at controversy!!
How insipid are this guy's movies, he is to films what Marilyn Manson is to music, just some guy trying to get people outraged.