Monty Python And The Holy Grail...

[Darren McLeod]

...is one of the more overrated comedies of all time.

I've watched it twice now with the intention of loving it as much as I'm told I should, but I really find it to be quite boring, the jokes to be (for the most part) not very clever, and the ones that are clever are quickly overkilled.

Comedies are my favorite genre, and I'm open to all sorts of humor, yet this movie still seems overrated to me, and simply not that funny.

[Andy]

Its an epic in comedy. Absolutely brilliant.

[Tristan Needler]

...is one of the more overrated comedies of all time.

I've watched it twice now with the intention of loving it as much as I'm told I should, but I really find it to be quite boring, the jokes to be (for the most part) not very clever, and the ones that are clever are quickly overkilled.

Comedies are my favorite genre, and I'm open to all sorts of humor, yet this movie still seems overrated to me, and simply not that funny.
that's what most people who don't like (understand?) british comedy say.

i think it's fantasitc.

[radiofriendly]

it's definitely not for every taste. that's really all you can say. if you want to say it isn't clever, whatev, but it certainly was original, especially considering the time it came around.

[Mercy Medical]

I love it

[Groogz]

This is definitely one of those movies I could watch over and over again and not get sick of it.

[Tristan Needler]

okay, i've had enough of this phony conversation bullshit, can we just start quoting the movie now? i know we all want to.

[Groogz]

okay, i've had enough of this phony conversation bullshit, can we just start quoting the movie now? i know we all want to.
Haha good point.

[alcoholandirony]

"Who's that then?"
"I don't know, must be a king."
"Why do you say that?"
"He hasn't got shit all over him."

[Tristan Needler]

s"ome watery tart distributin' swords ain't no basis for a system of government."

[aminorthreat55]

1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Who goes there?
King Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Pull the other one!
King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: What? Ridden on a horse?
King Arthur: Yes!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: You're using coconuts!
King Arthur: What?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.
King Arthur: So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercia, through...
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Where'd you get the coconuts?
King Arthur: We found them.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Found them? In Mercia? The coconut's tropical!
King Arthur: What do you mean?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Well, this is a temperate zone
King Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?
King Arthur: Not at all. They could be carried.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?
King Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.
King Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?
King Arthur: Please!
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: Am I right?

[Tristan Needler]

Galahad: (brightly) We have the Holy Hand Grenade, Sir!
Arthur: Of course! 'Tis one of the sacred relics that Brother Maynard carries with him! Brother Maynard! Bring out the Holy Hand Grenade!
Arthur: How does it....How does it work?
High Priest: I know not, my leige.
Arthur: Consult the book of Armaments!
High Priest: Armaments Chapter One, verses nine through twenty-seven:
Brother Maynard: And Saint Attila raised the Holy Hand Grenade up on high saying, "Oh Lord, Bless us this Holy Hand Grenade, and with it smash our enemies to tiny bits." And the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs, and stoats, and orangutans, and breakfast cereals, and lima bean-
High Priest: Skip a bit, brother.
Brother Maynard: And then the Lord spake, saying: "First, shalt thou take out the holy pin. Then shalt thou count to three. No more, no less. Three shall be the number of the counting, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, and neither count thou two, excepting that thou then goest on to three. Five is RIGHT OUT. Once the number three, being the third number be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it. Amen.
All: Amen.
Arthur: Right! (pulls pin) One! Two! Five!
Bedevere: Three, Sire!!
Arthur: Three!

[mouood]

"It's just a flesh wound!"

This movie is an absolute classic.

[Tristan Needler]

I like the little extra background things going on, like the person beating a cat against the wall during the "bring out your dead" part and the random guy with a shaving cream beard during the witch part.
hahaha yes. how about the random song in the middle?

"ah, there it is, camelot."
"its only a model."
"shut up"
*musical interlude*
"on second thought, let's not go to camelot, 'tis a silly place."

[Tristan Needler]

I can't tell if you're being serious. If so, you're going to have to use a little bit of description....
i changed my post, cause i thought that would be a bit too ambigous.

but, at the end, when they are going to cross "the bridge of eternal peril" arthur goes "its the old man from scene 24!" and its that gross creepy old guy that was in that hut, who randomly vanished into thin air after they spoke.

yeah, i also realized that it isn't really at all one of those moments you meant, but funny nonetheless.

yes, i also realize what i changed my post too isn't one of those moments either.

[Tristan Needler]

haha
oh, now i remember why i said that in the first place hahaha.

my friend has this version on dvd which had a couple scenes/parts of scenes that were cut out of the original, and part of it was during that scene with the old man, they took out these subtitles at the bottom (that they put back in in this version) and it kept talking about all the random bird sounds in the background and which birds they are and how they weren't native to the area, kinda similar to the african/european swallow scene. at least i think that's what it was, my memory is failing me a bit at the moment.

[radiofriendly]

She's got HUGE....tracks of land!!

[DroppedUrPocket]

Your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries!

[Darren McLeod]

that's what most people who don't like (understand?) british comedy say.

i think it's fantasitc.
I understand and like British comedy. I just don't like this particular movie.
it's definitely not for every taste. that's really all you can say. if you want to say it isn't clever, whatev, but it certainly was original, especially considering the time it came around.
Oh, it was definitely original, I would never say that it wasn't. The one redeeming quality I find in it is that its extremely original and creative. However, I just find the humor itself to be kind of repetitive and boring, and was the worst when it was nonsensical (which happens often). Example:
Your mother was a hampster and your father smelt of elderberries!
That isn't very funny (in my opinion). I thought the whole French character thing was pretty weak.

[DroppedUrPocket]

That isn't very funny (in my opinion). I thought the whole French character thing was pretty weak.
Is it because you are French Canadian? jaykay :X

Opinions are opinions.

[Tristan Needler]

I understand and like British comedy. I just don't like this particular movie.
meh, to each his own.

[mouood]

I fart in your general direction!

[wrppdarndyrfngr]

...is one of the more overrated comedies of all time.

I've watched it twice now with the intention of loving it as much as I'm told I should, but I really find it to be quite boring, the jokes to be (for the most part) not very clever, and the ones that are clever are quickly overkilled.

Comedies are my favorite genre, and I'm open to all sorts of humor, yet this movie still seems overrated to me, and simply not that funny.

i fart in your general direction!

[wrppdarndyrfngr]

I fart in your general direction!
damn i wasnt the first!

[sweetforever]

I'm with Darren on this one. My mother loves this movie. I gave it a shot and I love comedies as much as the next guy, but I just didnt find this movie funny. I got some chuckles here n there. But it was creative for being the time it was made it. Just didnt find it that funny

[Darren McLeod]

I'm with Darren on this one. My mother loves this movie. I gave it a shot and I love comedies as much as the next guy, but I just didnt find this movie funny. I got some chuckles here n there. But it was creative for being the time it was made it. Just didnt find it that funny
huzzzah!

[Stereo Mike]

One of the funniest things i've ever seen?

Fact.

[JunkBondTrader]

yes. its truly one of the greatest comedies of all time. i cry watching it.

"....but im not dead!"

[Andy]

I told them we've already got one!

[Andy]

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