Just a short comment about Borat: I'd rate the movie to about 7 or 8 out of 10. Quite funny, hilarious szenes, but not 80 minutes of constant laughing as the hype suggested. In my opinion it was a bit too much of sexism and antisemitism, a bit too much aimed at offending people rather than provoking them. And of course the mobvie could have been longer! :-)

This was actually my first time here in one of the big mainstream Multi,- Mega- or whatever-plex-Cinemas. (The previous two times I watched films of film festivals.) So I had my own personal experience of "Cultural Learnings of America"; a little trip into the western consumer society:

We had one ticket too much because one friend didn't show up so we were worried to find someone who would buy it from us otherwise we might have to pay that ticket. At the counter we were told that returning a ticket is no problem at all - until 30 minutes after the film has started! Doesn't that encourage buying? If you go to a movie and you figure out that you hate it, you can leave within the first half hour and get all your money back. Isn't that amazing? Imagine trying that in Austria! :-)

The second strategy: If you want something it's always the cheapest to take the biggest. The price of a popcorn and drink combo was actually quite high (8 bucks) but for only one little extra dollar you could "upgrade" both to large (or extra-large or whatever they call this size). So I ended up with about a litre of coke and a bag of popcorn a size I'd usually share with one or two friends! And then the nice guy at the counter informed us, that we can get free refills! Oh my! Where would I put a free refill? It's not surprising that this policy makes people fatter and fatter.

Buy! Buuuy! Munch! Muuunch!