Borat, FTW!

Last week I predicted Borat would take number one at the box office, in spite of tracking numbers and conventional wisdom, and was proven correct; it may be conventional wisdom now, but it will take #1 for the second week in a row.

I glad it took the top spot, because it was, to me, a classic case of how entertainment writers manage to fuck things up. Yes, by all means, a subversive mockumentary aimed at a very specific group of people should not take the top spot, but this was an exceptional movie. I remember seeing the full trailer for it before Snakes on a Plane. That was nearly three months before it came out, insanely early. And then they showed millions of test screenings for it, such that people had seen it and were raving about it months before it came out. Anticipation for it had built to a fever pitch; there was no way this movie wouldn't do something incredible.