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[backflip10019]

Race scene was great. Other than that, it looks decent.

 

[Angry Fork]

lol I just got the joke due to this picture. Very subtle indeed.

 

[Heppell]

I thought he was going to stop these type of movies? as it was a mess to organize and such...

 

[megamerican]

I thought he was going to stop these type of movies? as it was a mess to organize and such...

This is pure fiction as opposed to Borat and Bruno which arguably had a lot of unscripted elements.

I think this looks great. But I am the one person who enjoyed Da Ali G Movie.

 

[U2NUMB]

I was very so so on this till the race scene.. then it became a must see.

 

[Grinchy]

I love this dude but that trailer was very far from funny. This could be his first dud. The Ali G movie may not have been amazing but at least it was based on a funny character. This trailer reminded me of The Love Guru or something.

 

[petethepanda]

Good god does that look terrible. The race bit was kinda funny, though.

 

[Esiquio]

I was very so so on this till the race scene.. then it became a must see.

That part looked hilarious. Carrying the gun hahahaha.

 

[Mr. B Natural]

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.

After watching this trailer, I think you're giving him too much credit.

 

[Roi]

Looks great, definitely a film to go see with your buddies while drunk!

 

[MWS Natural]

The race scene was neat

Yeah only time I really LOL'd.

 

[gutshot]

Yeah only time I really LOL'd.

I chuckled when he shot the other racer, then laughed out loud when he shot the line judge for no apparent reason.

 

[Shabadoo69]

Funny parts: Empire State Building, Olympic Race

Nailed it!!

 

[LyleLanley]

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

Yeah, this looks eerily like an Adam Sandler movie.

 

[Slurpy2k20]

Literally the only funny part of that was the last scene.

 

[Kinyou]

Was hoping for some mockumentary and not just a simple comedy.

 

[Dmncnby2k9]

Big fan of Cohen, so im down for this.

 

[demon]

Wow. That looks awful.

 

[-COOLIO-]

i laughed

 

[Pristine_Condition]

What? You guys never seen a SBC movie? You can't judge a SBC movie by an all-ages trailer.

Since graphic penis jokes are 92.8% of the man's material, I'm frankly surprised he was able to find three funny-ish gags to put in an all-ages trailer.

I'm not a huge fan, but even I know this.

 

[PhoenixDark]

That looks atrocious

 

[Atlagev]

Ben Kingsley looks so much like Hamid Karzai in this it's scary.

Other than that...yeah, I don't know. The voice sounds like Adam Sandler in "You Don't Mess with the Zohan," his beard looks totally fake (maybe it's supposed to, but that just takes me out of the movie. It looks like one of those fake Santa Claus beards), and the humor, other than the race scene, didn't seem too shocking or over the top, which is when Cohen is at his best, I think.

We'll see, but this doesn't make me want to go out and see it.

 

[Rad-]

The race scene was funny. Otherwise, pretty meh. Ali G and Borat were amazing, Bruno sucked ass. Hopefully this ends up at least somewhat funny...

 

[Messi]

Empire state joke got a big laugh from me, other than that it was meh. even the race thing was eh.

 

[cyberheater]

I'll give this a miss. I used to really like him but his movies cross the line into tasteless exploitive mockery. No thanks.

 

[MidnightCowboy]

The only funny part was the race bit at the end. Everything else looked horrible.

 

[XANDER CAGE]

I'm a huge fan of Cohen, but man that trailer got nothing out of me until the race scene.

 

[ThisWreckage]

It looks terrible. Not to mention that his shtick is getting old.

 

[sangreal]

Looks like a bad Sandler or Meyers movie.

 

[ManDudeChild]

Looks like a bad Sandler or Meyers movie.

Came here to post that. Almost as though Cohen is trying to do a bad impression of Sandler while trying too hard to be topical and controversial.

 

[Helmholtz]

Yikes...

 

[Neo C.]

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

That reminds me...what happened to Gaddafi's elite woman bodyguard squad? Something tells me that I don't really want to know it.

 

[OG Kush]

I find it crazy how Ali G and Borat were both smart shows. this just seems stupid, sort of like Bruno.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

the race was funny, e verything else sucked

also, he sorta looks like adam sandler with a beard

 

[Darth Pinche]

Yup looks like they are trying too hard.

BTW : Bruno sucks, but it is much, much better when you listen to the commentary track. They explain a lot about how they were almost killed, arrested, deported etc while filming. It really is fascinating.

 

[Makoto]

Movie doesn't look good.

Ben Kingsley! Why?

 

[Digishine]

Can't wait to see it.

 

[Salvor.Hardin]

This looks so bad. I trust Sacha's comedic sensibilities but nothing in that trailer looks salvageable.

 

[Lionel Mandrake]

Why the hell didn't they include "Based on the book by Saddam Hussein"? That's the funniest part of the whole thing.

 

[Shalashaska]

Basically like everyone else, the race scene was funny the rest not so much.

 

[shintoki]

Everything prior sucked, but I laughed at the race.

 

[Carbonox]

Love SBC. I thought this trailer was pretty funny, though I do prefer films along the Borat/Bruno path rather than actual films where he's concerned. Will still watch though.

 

[commedieu]

Could be a bad trailer.... I'm not sure if it makes sense, but it seems over the top. Even for sbc. Like a throwback to National Lampoon/Naked Gun/(The other one with charlie sheen, as topper? Oh yeah, HOT SHOTS) Type gaggetry one off humor?

The guy is definitely a comedic genius imo. But this isn't coming off as that. Even the costume is just really too much.

 

[speculawyer]

So . . . is it a rip off of
Woody Allen's Bananas?

Chaplan's The Great Dictator?; or

Sacha Baron Cohen's own King Julian in Madagascar?

 

[perfectchaos007]

I hope there's some candid human interaction, but it doesn't look like there will be in this film. that was the best part of borat and bruno

 

[leadbelly]

I've always thought he was a bit of a one trick pony to be honest. I thought it strange how when he took his act to the US everyone looked at it as something new and never been done before. It was never really that new in the UK though.

Making a whole movie in that style was new I guess.

 

[Hulud]

Didn't even crack a smile at the trailer. And I liked Borat and Ali G. :/

 

[sangreal]

I've always thought he was a bit of a one trick pony to be honest. I thought it strange how when he took his act to the US everyone looked at it as something new and never been done before. It was never really that new in the UK though.

Making a whole movie in that style was new I guess.

We also had Da Ali G show in the US long before Borat/Bruno it just wasn't so popular.

 

[Skilotonn]

I loved Da Ali G show back in the days, but I swear I'm not using hyperbole, or in the slightest bit being picky, but Bruno was the FIRST and only movie I have EVER begun to watch, and stopped out of boredom/disgust for the movie. Stopped about 20 minutes in I think it was.

But this one changed things - looks like he's back in form, offensive and not giving a damn while actually being funny again.

 

[GavinGT]

JB Smoove lands another movie role. So awesome.