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Directed by: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones Starring: Cleese, Idle, Chapman, Gilliam, Jones, Palin Even as a fan of Monty Python, I found most of their 'modern' comedy to be very hit-or-miss today, aside from timeless sketches like the dead parrot. Thus when they do a movie set in medieval England, the effects of time don't touch it. The movie is essentially a collection of sketches woven into the King Arthur plot. There are literally dozens of classics here, including the Knights of Ni, the rabbit of doom, the Black Knight, the Outrageous Frenchman, and so many more. Interspersed are various running gags (how they replace horses) and one-liners ("It's only a model") that are like a six inch layer of frosting on top of a cake. A cake which is also made of frosting. The frosting of comedy. Required viewing for all. RATING: 5.5 PROS: Easily the funniest absurd/parody type of comedy ever CONS: Really weak ending, but then the plot doesn't matter so who cares? ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071853/
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This is probably the most quotable movie I've ever seen. It is timeless, hilarious, and Python at it's best. Even people who hate Python sketches would probably love this movie. If you want a 'getting drunk' movie, or a movie to play a drinking game to, this is king. I laugh everytime I watch it.
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May 10, 2004 02:15
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Chalk another one up into the category of "MOST OVERHYPED PIECE OF poo poo EVER." Every person who has ever quoted the Knights Who Say Ni or talked about a swallow carrying poo poo in its beak have done a disservice to this film. I don't get British comedy, but since this is an internet message board, I'm sure you do. I may have chuckled twice during this film, and for that I'll give it a: 1/5
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May 10, 2004 07:50
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If my favorite movie of all-time isn't Clerks or A Clockwork Orange, it's this. 5.5/5
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May 10, 2004 08:03
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5/5 Two hundred thousand (not so)inside jokes all through high school.
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May 10, 2004 08:33
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I'm a huge elitest Monty Python nerd and I like the flying circus better. However, as the MP movies go, this one is the most well known- and for good reason. 4/5
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May 10, 2004 08:39
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2 years of my life have probably been spent quoting this movie/thinking of quotes from this movie. 5/5
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May 10, 2004 13:13
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This movie hasn't aged for me well. I really used to like it, but now, I think it's their worst work. It really suffers from having two directors and the sketchlike scenes does not tie together well. Granted, there are a few ingenious scenes, but as a whole, it just isn't very funny. Pros: some very fun scenes Cons: far too unstrucured I'll give this a 3.
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May 10, 2004 16:57
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I love this film. It's typical Monty Python; if you don't like them, you may not like this. But I enjoy it very much. 5/5
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May 10, 2004 19:55
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I loved (5) this movie when I was 14. Now that I'm 27, I don't find it funny at all (1). I'll split the difference and give it a 2.5/5.
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May 10, 2004 21:40
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One of the finest pieces of comedy of all time. British comedy rocks, and this is the epitome of British Comedy. Watch it now. 5/5
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May 10, 2004 22:08
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I took a class this past year in college called FORM AND STYLE IN THE ARTS. The teacher, a fellow named eric, once said that if you don't find this movie funny, then you are stupid. 5 / 5
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May 10, 2004 22:37
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Sure, it's really just a disjointed bunch of sketches, but it has more moments of pure comedy than any movie ever made. 5/5
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May 10, 2004 22:38
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I agree that this film hasn't aged well. It's also horribly overquoted and overrated, but I won't hold that against it. Still pretty funny. 4/5
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May 11, 2004 02:49
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gently caress Ya'll Still funniest movie ever. The pythons were so loving brilliant and ahead of their times, its ridculous. 5000/5
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May 11, 2004 02:58
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I've already bought this twice on DVD (original release, and then the 2 disc special edition), and am considering buying it a third time for the Collector's Box which includes a paperback of the script. 5/5
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May 11, 2004 04:24
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I love Terry Gilliam movies and I really like Monty Python, but I rate this film a 2/5. It is just not funny to me. Maybe if it was the first wacky humor I'd seen as a kid I would treasure it like everyone else seems to, but I just find it incredibly dull. For Monty Python movies, I'll take "The Meaning of Life" and for a 'medieval times' style Terry Gilliam film I'll take Jabberwocky.
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May 11, 2004 11:38
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Did not like this movie. It was a bunch of low-brow garbage mixed in with retarded English humor I frankly didn't care for. After not seeing it for years, I was finally convinced to watch the entire not too long ago and I was shocked that this was the movie everyone held in such high regard. I did not laugh at a single part of this movie. The ending was also the worst I've ever seen and whatever shred of respect I held for it was ruined when I saw this. This movie also spawned thousands of douche bags thinking yelling 'NI' at each other is some kind of hilarious inside joke. It's not, stop. .5/5, hated this movie.
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May 11, 2004 14:13
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If you like Python, you like Python and you'll like Holy Grail. If you haven't seen it and have had it overhyped via nerd-dom, you won't like it because it will inevitably disappoint. It's really pretty simple, in that Python is Python. 5/5, but 'tis only a flesh wound!
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May 12, 2004 03:18
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Ignoring all the obnoxious quotes that elitist hardcore MP geeks yell at each other, ignoring most other pitiful attempts at comedy by the British, and simply focusing on the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail all by itself... it is one of the funniest things I ever saw in my life. I loved the film, it was cheap and silly humor and I just adored it when I saw it. I'll give it a 4.5/5 since it does get old after a while. I can only watch it about once every few years.
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May 12, 2004 04:16
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It was silly, but fun. Not quite as good as Life of Brian, but better than a lot of the completely unstructured chaos of a lot of Flying Circus, which can simply get tiring. There are enough laughable moments in this movie for me to enjoy it, and I guess it's either something that's your kind of humor or isn't. 4/5
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May 13, 2004 16:59
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Four words: Bring out your Dead. 5/5
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May 14, 2004 06:26
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Great movie, but I find it a bit too hit and miss now. Half the scenes are boring fast forward material, the other half are ingenius rewind material. Nonetheless, still an excellent movie. 4.5/5
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May 14, 2004 08:19
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British comedy is odd, and although I can appreciate some of this movie's jokes overall it hasn't aged well. 2/5.
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May 15, 2004 11:52
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quote:orborborb came out of the closet to say: Jabberwocky was a hideous abomination of a film, especially in comparison to Grail.
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May 15, 2004 13:45
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail is like FYAD: You can never explain its humour, and there are people who "get" and people who don't "get" it. This film is still a lot funnier than most comedies you see today. 5/5
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May 16, 2004 17:38
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It's an awesome comedy. Classical moments. And good jokes.
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May 16, 2004 18:53
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"Help, help, I'm being oppressed!" Like many others I have fond memories of this movie from high school, and I'm sure that the nostalgia contributes to my continued love of this movie. That said, it's still an incredibly amusing movie after all these years. It's like watching an extended version of Flying Circus with a running theme... great stuff! 5 out of 5
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May 17, 2004 14:12
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Monty Python humour. You either love it or loathe it. Thus every rating in this thread has either been a 4 or 5, or a 0.5 or 1. There's NO real middle-ground of "meh, it's not bad". There's not much you can say about the movie that will endear it to anyone. The plot exists solely to push a bunch of silly characters through ridiculous situations where absurd things happen. The acting is pretty bad (often intentionally). The effects are terrible ("It's only a model"). The wardrobe is second-rate, the camerawork is shoddy, the lighting is horrendous, the film is a technical nightmare. Oh, and it also happens to be one of the 5 funniest movies ever made, in my opinion. Two men ignore the king of England to discuss how a coconut could have gotten to England (coconuts are non-migratory). A fearsome knight has both his arms chopped off, and refuses to realise that he's lost the fight, declaring "It's only a flesh wound." A brave knight valiantly battles his way through a castle to rescue a princess, killing all who stand in his path, which happens to consist of lots of old men and bridesmaids at a wedding. Upon being reprimanded by the castle owner, he offers "Oh... I'm terribly sorry." And that's without even getting into the immense quotability of the movie. There's probably not a single movie around which has been quoted more often than this one. The bottom line? If you like your humour exclusively "GBS-style", with lots of well-thought out, high-class, drawn-out wit and sophistication, move along. If you don't mind your humour being "FYAD-style", with off-the-wall sheer absurdness and the very definition of non-sequitor, go watch this movie. That said, most everyone on the planet has seen at least SOMETHING by Monty Python before, so you probably know exactly what to expect. 5.5/5, only "Airplane" stops it being my award for funniest movie ever. I already own 3 versions of it and a scriptbook, and by god, I love them all.
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May 17, 2004 18:10
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Like Airplane! and Caddy Shack, another overhyped piece of poo poo. The "NI!" part and the random slaying of the professor and other such parts were definitely not "British" humor so much as they were 6 year old humor.
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May 17, 2004 22:42
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The worst thing about this movie is that its a victim of its own nerdy success. I used to like this movie, not really adore it, but respected it for what it was. Through high school, I heard people quote it again and again and again. After that, I tried to watch the movie, and I couldn't get over my irratation with it. However, to look at the movie objectively, its a series of relatively well written sketches following a plot and a general theme. At some points it becomes far too silly, but it is a strong comedy in its own right. The humor is an acquired taste, but if you pay attention to it well enough you should get all of it. The thing is, I don't really find the movie that wonderfully hilarous as so many people see it. I think its just okay, but because of its inventiveness and quotability its worth seeing. 4/5
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May 18, 2004 03:19
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This movie is absolutely brilliant. It is a comedy, mind, body, and soul. You don't respect it, or appreciate it, or disseminate it, or interpret it. You just laugh. If you don't get it, then obviously you are entirely not silly in any way at all, and only highbrow, masterpiece theatre humour will satisfy your well-brandied humor palate, you joyless sod. Seriously though, 5/5
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May 18, 2004 03:43
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5.5/5. Truly one of the greatest movies ever, but only if it's really late and you watch it with friends.
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May 18, 2004 09:01
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Set in the days when kings were kings, princes wanted to sing... This movie is comic brilliance. It has something for everyone. Witty humor, Dry humor, slapstick. You have probably heard it quoted 200 times in your lifetime. This is some of the best work ever released by the Monty Python gentlemen. Bought it on vhs, and dvd twice. 5/5
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May 18, 2004 17:56
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quote:blindside came out of the closet to say: I remember everybody I knew kept talking about this film and kept quoting the poo poo out of it, and basically ruining it for me. I guess that's why when I finally watched it, it didn't really seem all that great to me. It made me laugh, but I really wasn't satisfied by it. Would probably have been worth a rental, but I regret buying the special edition just because everyone told me it was the best movie ever. 3/5
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Jun 21, 2004 01:59
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I've seen this movie far more than I've seen the other MP movies, which is probably why I like it best. It's one of my favorite comedies, and I'm obesssive about MP to the point where I'll actually dislike someone if they don't like them/get them. My parents are the same way, so I learned it well. This movie works well for people who aren't big fans, however. I mean, come on; how can you NOT laugh at the loving rabbit? 5.5/5
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Jun 21, 2004 18:46
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ah, the greatest and most prolific comedy of all time. what could one say other than, if you haven't seen it, you are an idiot. i love this movie. john cleese equates with god (in latin i think, haha) 5/5
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Jun 21, 2004 21:13
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I reserve a special hatred for fags who quote this poo poo as some sort of replacement for being funny. I don't get as pissed off at things as most internet people do, but man, hearing people quote this movie has gotten very, very old. That said, it is a very funny movie that I saw when I was 10 and greatly enjoyed until about the millionth time I'd heard every good line quoted. It's really only good if you see it before you have to deal with all the stupid nerds ruining it by spouting out lines in their screechy voices and bad delivery. 3.5/5
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Jun 22, 2004 15:25
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I still find it as funny as I did the first time I saw it, even though fags on the internet have quoted it so incessantly that I'll probably never watch it again. It's not the same level of hilarity as the best Flying Circus sketches, but the best of the MP movies, and therefore one of the best comedies ever. 5.5/5
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No amount of overquoting can ruin this film for me. It's just too absurdly hilarious. 5.5
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