Best Monty Python Movie
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Topic: Best Monty Python Movie
Posted By: Arrrghus
Subject: Best Monty Python Movie
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 18:54
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My fav is the Holy Grail. I think Life of Brian is very funny (and so is the Meaning of Life), but TMOL is too... good looking. The special effects and filmography is great, but that takes away the charm of the Monty Python aura. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:04
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Life of Brian is so funny, smart and just flawless. Love all three immensly. Could have voted for The Meaning of Life too. Its just a bit less perfect. I think its look and scenography is phenomenal. The opening scenes are one of my esthetic favorites. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:08
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All of them are my favourite but i prefer "Holy Grail" for the crazy cutout animation by Terry Gilliam |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:28
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how about "Jabberwocky"?
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:30
Its just not considered a Monthy Python movie. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
BaldJean wrote:Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:51
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Life Of Brian closely followed by Holy Grail.
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:53
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:58
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I haven't seen them all unfortunately. -------------  
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Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 19:58
n00b  -------------
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Posted By: KoS
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 20:00
| Holy Grail followed by Lif of Brian, then Meaning of Life. |
Posted By: yesfan88
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 20:41
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Holy Grail. ------------- "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"- Evelyn Beatrice Hall |
Posted By: video vertigo
Date Posted: September 20 2006 at 23:20
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Meaning of Life takes it for me, mainly because of the scene where Death comes to a dinner party and blames them dying on the food and the hostess is so embarrased because she had americans over. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 00:28
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I’m going for the Holy Grail. Although, Life of Brian does have Always Look on the Bright Side of Life… ------------- 
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Posted By: Logos
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 00:43
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Life of Brian definitely. Best comedy ever. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 04:41
| The Holy Grail. Life of Brian is also quite good, but I don't like The Meaning of Life at all. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 07:34
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Life of Brian - funniest film ever.
"Who threw that rock?"
"She did, she did" (high pitched voices)
"He did, he did" (low pitched voices)
Otters nose, anyone?
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Posted By: Bob Greece
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 07:41
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Life of Brian is very funny and very clever too. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/BobGreece/?chartstyle=basicrt10">  |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 08:58
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Holy Grail. BTW: Jabberwocky is not only not a MP movie, but also less good than the 3 real MP movies IMO. But isn't there *one* other MP movie, which is basically a sequence of MPFC sketches and a few new ones? ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 09:05
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Holy Grail, followed closely by Life of Brian
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Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 09:16
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i haven't seen Holy Grail yet.. i love "Life Of Brian" and only the first half of "Meaning Of Life"... ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 09:37
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I'm a huge Monty Python fan from way, way back. I remember seeing both Holy Grail and Brian in the theaters and I laughed more at the Holy Grail. It might be that the uproar with the Catholic church over The Life of Brian tempered the comedy a bit.
But to me The Holy Grail was more like the TV series, in that it is a series of distinct sketches but unlike the TV show it's all linked together with a common theme.
"c'est une cadeau"
"tis but a scratch"
"can't I have a little peril?"
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Posted By: N Ellingworth
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:52
Yep it's called And Now For Something Completely Different, ok it is just a load of strung together sketches but it's pretty good.  |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:55
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The Holy Grail! |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 15:08
It's certainly much better than The Meaning of Life. By the way, is "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" considered a movie? |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 15:28
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The Holy Grail is among my favorite movies of all time. I think I may have seen it easily about 20 or more times.
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Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 13:32
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Ni !!! ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 14:01
Well, it's some sort of "live movie". Essentially it's a live stage performance with lengthy pre-recorded sketches thrown in. Some of them are quite good!------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 16:53
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Missing my favorite movie of all time : And Now For Something Completely Different
yes I know it's from the show, which I have every episode of
 Of the choices, Holy Grail even though Life Of Brian is genius -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 28 2006 at 22:44
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Monty Python is the second best english thing ever! The Meaning of Life for me. It's so bizarre and I find myself laughing all the way through. -------------  You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 09:14
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Posted By: Wilcey
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 09:22
| Life of Brian...............definitely! |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 13:10
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I've gone for life of Brian... I love Grail, but if you were brought up having to go to Sunday School, then LoB carries special resonance... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: September 29 2006 at 17:34
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The Holy Grail [geekmode] And I received the screenplay with the dvd so I can really connect to the actors and play the film myself!![/geekmode] ------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 15:44
Holy Grail!!  ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 06 2006 at 16:28
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I think the best is The Life of Brian, but my favourite is The Meaning of Life -- ridiculously insightful. And who says Philosophy isn't exciting? MRS. HENDY: Oh! I never knew Schopenhauer was a philosopher! MR. HENDY: Oh, yeah! He's the one that begins with an 'S'. MRS. HENDY: Oh. MR. HENDY: Umm, like, uh, 'Nietzsche'. MRS. HENDY: Does 'Nietzsche' begin with an 'S'? MR. HENDY: Uh, there's an 's' in 'Nietzsche'. MRS. HENDY: O , wow. Yes, there is. Do all philosophers have an 's' in them? MR. HENDY: Uh, yeah. I think most of 'em do. All three are great, however. I was actually one helluva baked couch potato when I first saw it -- never laughed so hard. |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 06:10
| Although it's great fun, I'm so tired of the Holy Grail. Everyone runs around calling it the best movie ever. I call it a hype. The Meaning of Life is my favourite, followed by Life of Brian. |
Posted By: kebjourman
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 09:45
| holy grail, then meaning of life |
Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 10:12
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I think Holy Grail is the most enjoyalble as a whole. The Meaning of Life has fantastic sketches, and I never laughed so loud as in the Latin lesson of "Life of Brian" (which reminded me of my own Latin classes). ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: ThirdEye
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 11:55
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Hmmm... I beleive that you 're all wrong... "The Meaning of Life" is an excellent movie, very clever and really funny ! So do the other 2 (which simply rock !) but I still believe that the third is just a masterpiece of the Pythons (as a swang song
 ...)By the way, I 'll choose the "holy Grail" instead, because I see that a lot of people like it ! So do I
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Posted By: Hacketeer
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 13:29
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Holy Grail just shades it from Brian ------------- "Just keep me nose clean, egg, chips & beans, I'm always full of steam" |