Holy crap.

J-Mac scored us tickets to see the premier of Borat yesterday. I really thought it'd be played out by the time it hit the theaters, but seriously.. it was fresh and entertaining. Easily one of the funniest flicks I've seen in years.

Offensive and inappropriate most of the time, but the true genius of the film is how it highlights hypocrisy in our own culture here in the states. On one extreme, we've become so p.c. and accepting of different diversities, that we fail to see how out of touch we are. On the other, we're filled with prejudice, ignorance, and hate. Borat illustrates both in a brilliant display of comedy.

If you're not open minded, or easily grossed out by obese naked people, you may want to pass. If you're up for laughing not just at others, but yourself, then I highly recommend this very nice movie film. Just be careful eating candy while laughing, I had a sour patch kid induced asthma attack during the "fight" scene at the hotel. ;)

Opens tomorrow. :)

Kathryn's on the other side of the country for the summer and most of the folks I roll with here in DC are always in and out of town (as am I).. So the other night, I decided to take myself out to the movies. A self-date if you will (masterdating?).

I cruised down to E Street Cinema to take in Al Gore's new flick "An Inconvenient Truth," per the recent Ryan Block challenge. For those of you who don't know me all that well, I am a registered republican. I tend to be of the moderate variety. In my case, I tend to be against the government getting involved in social affairs (ala libertarian), and very much small government (or atleast, handle it at the state level before the federal level). Of the two mainstream parties, take your pick. Yeah I know, it's difficult these days.

Anyway, the point is that I'm not some gung-ho raging democrat. I tried to watch the movie as cynically as I possibly could, looking for, if nothing else, more ways to tease Al Gore. Which is cool, because he invented teasing, so he's okay with it (cheap, cheap humor..).

I was pleasantly surprised. The film is wonderful, and Al Gore came across as a very likable human being. He presents a strong argument with hefty amounts of supporting evidence. I haven't had much time to try to search out competing materials, but it's just one of those things where, you can't really deny the sheer amount of research that concludes our effect on global warming. Even if it turns out to not be so immediate, there's little harm in curbing our own personal decisions. Walk instead of drive, use less air conditioning, don't turn on all 5 computers at once. Things everyone of us can do now.

I encourage you to try and see this movie. It's not a partisan issue, it's not an economic issue, it's simply something that we need to be aware of and willing to act on. Al Gore's totally serial, and now so am I. So much so, that Ryan get's to keep the ticket price he offered to pay me for seeing it, and even a thank you for the recommendation.