Monty Python...good old Monty Python, I have been quiet a long time fan of Monty Python, but how I got introduced to is an interesting story, I never watched the show, I have not watched Holy Grail until afterwards. But what introduced me to Monty Python is actually a PC game called "Monty Python's Complete Waste of Time", it mostly made up on mini games and clips, but I enjoyed it, plus it introduced me to Terry Gilliams unique art style, I enjoyed it, I played it to death, and I love love the jokes, then my Uncle introduced me to Monty Python's Holy Grail and that became one of my all time favorite movies, and the rest is history.
Now, I have found myself a copy of this movie at a used bin, other than it cost like $10, it was the Criterion Collection version, for me, I am little bit of a collector of Criterion films, so without any doubt, I decided to buy it.
Since its an early DVD there are non of those BS unskipable previews so bonus points for that! The quality of the film they where using is quiet grainy but I find it rather charming since everything has to be clean these days.
Now you guys are thinking, is the movie any good? well, I like the movie, I have always like Monty Python's humor, although they basically just come up with something and hoping it would be funny and luckily most of the jokes are funny and well executed, but there is only one joke I don't like but I am just nitpicking, I don't like the "Dickus Biggus" joke, I just think the joke kind of gone on way too long. If you are expecting Oscar award worthy performance, just don't expect too much, its a bloody comedy! I mean its not like its bad, they are top notch performance, everybody has done there job, they all knew there shtick and they do it well. My favorite scene is when the whole movie completely derailed itself into a Si-Fi battle scene, if you seen the movie for the first time, you can't even see it coming, but at least ended and it was never mentioned again and it just go back to the chase scene, I thought it was complete genius.
Overall, I thought it was a great film, defiantly a good deal on getting it for $10. For the record, I have herd the movie has some controversy because of the theme of the movie, I mean yeah its a pie to the face to religion but for me I am not a religious person, but I thought the movie pretty spoke to me that how much people are easily manipulated by the little things of life, Brian is just an everyday person that is pretty much caught up in a knot and all he wants is just to be left alone, I considered it an everyday man story who is just caught up with unwanted glory, I am pretty sure we are all like that, I certainly don't want it myself. But we all got to look on the bright side of life.
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