| Monty Python and the Holy Grail |
| A lot of times in a movie, it takes a lot to make me laugh out loud. Monty Python and the Holy Grail is one of those rare movies that achieved making me laugh out loud. It didn�t just achieve it once or a couple times, but many times. There is not even one gag in the entire film that is not just a little bit funny. No, it�s not an intellectually funny film, but it sure doesn�t make you feel extremely stupid, like Dumb and Dumber. Dumb and Dumber at some points was a very hilarious film, but the flatulence in it went overboard and ruined its flare and comedic atmosphere. Holy Grail knows exactly when to stop and when to start when it comes to flatulent jokes, and very unsophisticated humor. Holy Grail makes for one big, hilarious bash of one-liners, accents, a totally insane plot, and a song called Camelot. The movie is mostly for anyone�s sense of humor, unless that person only likes conventional comedies, and not spoofs. Me, I prefer spoofs to conventional comedies, so I absolutely love Holy Grail. I couldn�t really pick one part out in the film that was the funniest. Whether it is the famous bunny rabbit, or the �Just a minor flesh wound!� scene, or the coconuts, or the �I�m not dead yet!� scene, or the ending, I wouldn�t know. I just know that every single scene I mentioned is absolutely laugh-out-loud hilarious. And I only mentioned about 10 percent of everything that is funny in the film, so there�s much, much more to enjoy than what I mentioned. The Python group is probably the funniest British comedians ever to hit the big screen, let alone, the stage. Even Rowan Atkinson doesn�t come close to being as consistently humorous as the Python�s do. You can still laugh at them after seeing the film more than once. And sometimes, because of the thick accents (I am not saying that against the film, because you can understand 97% of what they say easily), you might miss something they said in your first viewing, and crack up at it in your second or third. The story is basically a clothesline, so it can hang some of the most wonderfully loony incidents in a movie ever. Not to say that the plot is stupid because it is not in any way. If it were any more complicated, it would take away from the gags and add more unneeded substance to the film. If you still are wondering what the story is about, then you will be contented to know it is about King Arthur, and his gang of followers trying to find the Holy Grail. Believe it or not, it�s not a linear story line, because it almost follows each of the members of the round table going their separate ways to find the same thing: The Grail. Some of the members end up at a castle called �Anthrax�, others end up meeting �The Knights who say-Kni!�. Whatever the characters� fate, it proves to make the viewer delighted with the inspired lunacy that the Pythons are known for. Before the end though, all the characters meet up and continue their quest together only for one of the most anticlimactic endings ever on film. The ending disappointed some people. I thought it went with the film perfectly and couldn�t have ended a sillier way (In this comedy, the anticlimactic ending isn�t necessarily a bad thing). That�s how the Python�s wanted it to end anyway: The silliest possible way they could think of. I won�t tell you the ending, because it would spoil it for you when you actually see it. Just know it probably won�t exactly end how you thought it would. The characters that appear within the medieval time period are interpreted delightfully, and twisted around just a little to have a bit comedic edge. You couldn�t imagine anyone else playing King Arthur other than the one and the only Graham Chapman himself. John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, and Michael Palin all play their parts to comedic perfection, and don�t overact as many actors do in their kind of part to receive a bigger laugh for their performance. (You won�t really �get� this paragraph at all if you haven�t seen the movie, but what the heck, read it anyway) The Holy Grail is simply one of the funniest comedies ever made, and will never be beaten in its genre of spoofing medieval lore. Come! No, don�t bring out your dead to watch The Holy Grail, but die by watching The Holy Grail instead. And then, while you are dying of laughter, you could dictate �Arrrggghhh!!!� and the moaning and groaning you are going through to your personal secretary (the one that has those really huge�Tracts of land) as she watches you die like someone being viciously attacked by a killer rabbit. |
| ****stars |
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| For those who have seen the film, what does this remind you of, eh? |
| Warning-This film review would be better appreciated by someone who has allready seen the film because there a lot of inside jokes written within it. |
| United Kingdom, 1975 MPAA Classification: PG (Mature themes, sexual innuendo, mild profanity) Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin Directors: Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones Producer: Mark Forstater Screnenplay: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones, Michael Palin Cinematography: Terry Bedford Music: DeWolfe, Neil Innes U.S. Distributor: Columbia Pictures |