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Justin Irwin

This movie is a little absurd, but a classic none the less. My favorite scene is the brave knight who refuses to quit fighting, despite losing his arms and legs. This was a very different reaction than usual, but no matter what the reaction is, it's always enjoyable to see your perspectives on these films. We have a comedian in the US who made some classic comedies as well that you may enjoy, his name is Mel Brooks. Blazing Saddles and History of the World Part 1 are both hilarious films of his. He also made a Star Wars parody called Space Balls, which was also really good.

Charles W Jansen II

Mel Brooks is excellent at satire and Parody. Spaceballs is better if one as seen the original three Star Wars Movies Episode IV-VI: A New Hope, Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. Throw in watching Alien which is an excellent Sci-Fi horror film and the 1939 version of The Wizard of Oz. All these are great movies. Blazing Saddles and History of the World Part 1 probably don't require a lot of back ground to watch. Young Frankenstein is another Mel Brooks movie that is excellent. Watching the 1931 Frankenstein and 1935 Bride of Frankenstein help understand the humor.

Charles W Jansen II

Very nice to see you react to more comedy. Monty Python's Flying Circus was a sketch comedy TV show running on BBC (British Broadcasting Company) for four seasons. They are absurd, farce, parody, and satire which are common to TV and cinema in England and the United States. The Boys as they were referred to often ended sketches with either verbal or animated interruptions. For those who know TV show, the ending of this movie is quite funny. For people that have never seen the TV show it is normal for it to not make sense. I agree about the Witch and Knights Who Say 'Ni'. The wooden Rabbit is another favorite. That comes from The Trojan War between Greece and Troy. Greeks lay siege to Troy. To win the war the Greeks built a big wooden horse, hid soldiers inside and left it outside the gates of Troy. The Trojans took the Trojan Horse as a gift rolling it inside the city. When the Trojans were asleep the Trojans quietly disembarked from the Trojan Horse opening the gates of the walled city to the Greek army. This caused the fall of Troy.

Justin Irwin

Yes, 100% agree! I think they'd actually enjoy Blazing Saddles or History of the World Part 1 more than they did Monty Python and the Holy Grail. They're all ridiculous, but Mel Brooks has more logic in his humor than this movie did, they're all comedy masterpieces though.

Frozen Yak

I love that you three did this movie! Don't worry Chi, no one understands this movie. You're all the best, keep doing what you're doing, never change, and I know 2024 will be amazing for both you and us :D.

R.I.P. Lee Pitman (2001-2025)

Fantastic reaction, it brightened up my day. The team wanted to hire horses for the production but they had such a small monetary budget they could not afford the horses, so they just pretended to ride. The “bring out your dead” scene refers to a time when the plague swept through cities in Europe. The dead would be collected from each home and then taken to a funeral pyre to be burned to stop the plague from spreading. I love this movie but in my humble opinion the next movie, Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) is even funnier and not quite so “absurd”. If you want to know more about the legend of King Arthur I suggest the movie Excalibur (1981).

Tinker Greg

"Silly." "Stupid." "Ridiculous." Yes, you understand what this movie was meant to be. They had a ridiculously small budget (couldn't afford horses, so coconuts), but writers who were truly creatively mad. Yes, many many of the jokes can only be understood if you have knowledge of western history, myth, legends, and contemporary (at the time) British politics. So many Americans just didn't 'get it' either. For instance, the "Bring out your dead!" scene parodied the real horrors of diseases and living conditions of the time, where sometimes so many people were dying that their friends and family were unable to bury them. So as a service 'body collectors' would go around collecting the dead for group burial. Much like trash collection. This only happened occasionally in limited places when deaths were very frequent. That being said, much of the humor was slapstick and parody, which hopefully didn't require a PhD in history and politics. Since it would probably take years to completely understand all the background (I'm 68, saw it when it came out, and am still working out some of the jokes), I'm glad that you found some of it funny.

tommy23

Do you girls watch these movies with subtitles? Might make it easier. Keep on rockin

Kris Homeniuk

They had a very small budget, and decided the best way to end it was to have the king and remaining knights get arrested when they ran out of money so the could avoid shooting a big battle or having to pay all the extras for more than one days work

Jay Perry

intermission: A break they used to put in the middle of long movies so the audience could freshen up.

Jay Perry

I recommend you react to My Fair Lady. It has an intermission. And it's a fun movie.

Eddy

All good points. Life of Brian is my all-time favourite comic movie.

Eddy

I have to respectfully disagree with your comparison. To my mind, Monty Python always has far greater intelligence beneath its absurdity than Mel Brooks could ever manage. There's a reason they were Cambridge graduates.

Eddy

I loved watching Tien's reaction throughout, because she is such a natural comic herself. In this case, she seemed to wear a perpetual frown of confusion, which was both cute and hilarious.

md_squared121

Hey Munchies, I'd like to see Ivy, Katie, and Yuna (sp?) react to this movie

Eddy

The best thing about the intermission in those days was the ice cream lady who'd appear at the front of the cinema, although there wasn't one when I watched this on its release!

Eddy

Yes, Monty Python is smarter than it usually appears on the surface.