❤BIBLE VERSES OF THE DAY❤ 1 TIMOTHY 2:1-5 2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people- 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people.
"Monty Python & the Holy Grail" doesn't land with everyone humorwise,, but you seem to have a good understanding of it, and I think, that it got you somewhat accustomed to the comedy troop's obsurdist style enough, where I think, you will thoroughly enjoy, Monty Python's masterpiece, "Life of Brian" which takes place in the time and place of Christ. At the time of it's release, it actually renewed interest in Christianity, even though it was a comedy. It follows the life of a contemporary of Jesus. Please check it out.
@@sparky6086 Only check out Life of Brian if you are comfortable with sacrilegious jokes. There are somethings I prefer not to be ridiculed, but not everyone agrees on this.
@@albertmeier2425 One thing many Christians share is a sense of humor. There's nothing to fear from "Life of Brian", unless someone is insecure about their faith. I'd say, that insecure faith isn't faith, so those.with insecure faith who watch "Life of Brian" would have nothing to jeopardize anyway. Those with faith, have nothing to fear and will get some great laughs!
@@sparky6086 Ah, yes. I am weak and fear it. Orrrr, I don't enjoy mocking some things. You call my momma a wh*** and I'll get mad. Not because I'm scared my momma's a wh*** but because she is my momma. Same here. My love for my Lord and Savior is such that I feel no joy at mockery or perversion of him and his message. I'm not demanding anything gets banned or saying you must do this or that, but felt it was fair to warn Miss CB about the type of humor she'd find in Life of Brian so she could make her own choice about.
@@albertmeier2425 Have you watched "Life of Brian"? If so, did you feel as though it insulted something or someone dear to you? If you haven't seen it, I encourage you to watch it and see, if you still feel the same way about it. Not everyone has a sense of humor. About 20% of people don't, so you may end up just enduring it, rather than enjoying it, and may rationalize not laughing, because you see "Life of Brian" as blasphemous, but it wouldn't matter, what the film was about, you still wouldn't "get it". Of course, there's a good chance, that you do have a sense of humor, or else you wouldn't be watching a reaction to "Monty Python & the Holy Grail" in the first place. At any rate, in my opinion, Californiablend should be encouraged to watch "Life of Brian", rather than discouraged. She might enjoy it, and it could bring a lot more views to her channel. There are plenty of other movies, which she could react to that have a slight chance of making her feel uncomfortable that wouldn't get many views.
@Andreas Andersson I do not believe that the Pythons dropped out of university. As far as I can tell, they all graduated. But I suppose that really wasn't your point.
@Darkstar I think it's because a lot of Americans are of UK ancestry so I think even though we're hundreds and hundreds of years apart there's still the expectation of understanding each other.
To me this movie is a masterpiece of British humor. But I get it's not for everyone. And I like when reactors are not afraid to admit they didn't enjoy a movie.
It's just a very silly movie, which was the point. The abrupt ending and lack of horses was due to running out of money. The Life of Brian is more coherent, funnier, and is their best, in my opinion.
5:03 The one who says "It's only a model" is Terry Gilliam, the only American member of Monty Python and the one who does all their animations. He's also become a highly acclaimed director with a large body of work including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
I enjoy hearing reviewers who have the nerve to say a movie didn't appeal to them, even if it may be some of their patron's favorite. You can expect some hate comments for saying the movie wasn't the best thing you've ever seen; but if you didn't like it, I'm glad you were honest!
I agree. Nobody is going to like everything. There's millions of movies and the majority of them aren't great to most people. Reactors who seem to like or loooove all the movies that get requested are most likely full of 💩.
Full marks for an honest review. I am a Monty Python fan. Too many reviewers just seem to say what they think fans want to hear. The world would be boring if we all agreed on everything.
This movie is completely nuts...everything by Monty Python is! Not everyone gets Python's humor. It can be quite philosophical one moment and then completely mental the next. I love Python and have since I was a kid...but I know people who think Python is just stupid. Eric Idle (Sir Robin) was the main "music" guy of Python, and in the early 2000s turned 'Holy Grail' into a musical called 'Spamalot ' that opened on Broadway in 2004 and it won a slew of top awards. It also included a song that was originally written for the ending of 'Monty Python's The Life of Brian'..."Always Look On The Bright Side of Life". If you ever watched 'Grey's Anatomy', Sara Ramirez (Dr. Callie Torres) won the Tony for her role as The Lady of the Lake in the Original Production. The guys of Python were not really actors when they made this. They were sketch writers and comedians, since then a few became quite good actors with the right material (Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and John Cleese), Terry Jones focused on writing and directing, and Terry Gilliam became a quite prominent director with an amazing body of work. Unfortunately, just as he was coming into his own as an actor, Graham Chapman passed away due to AIDS.
Python’s humor is absurdist and subversive satire, which I appreciate. But I’m of that generation that first saw Python in the early seventies. Our background and context is so different from people born in the late nineties onwards that it rarely elicits visceral laughter from that group, I’ve noticed. Even I don’t laugh at it as easily as I used to. I don’t think it’s “bad”, it’s just the context from the previous century (the very things it’s pointedly subverting) are missing from younger people, both for good and for ill. They’ve moved on. They do love the music from my generation, although some of that same context is missing, so the reasons _why_ they appreciate it might not fully match, but music ages better than almost anything. Feel free to disagree, it’s just my thoughts, and not fully put together.
Saw this movie in a theater with friends, when it first was released. We laughed uproariously, especially at the verbal humor. We were regular watchers of the TV show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, so we knew that *nothing* should be taken seriously in this movie. I later became a university professor, and I had a lot of students who could quote passages from the film.
"Holy Grail" was the Python troupe's first movie after a TV run of four series from 1969-74. Their impact, at least in Britain, was such that many people in the business declared that nothing and no one could follow them, and comedy was, in effect, over as a source of TV shows. All that having been said, I admire your honesty and reasoning in explaining why it's not for you.
The way this movie ended was because they had a lack of money, but you'll notice when the knight killed the historian, that that knight just so happened to be riding a horse. This causes an investigation throughout the rest of the movie, which is why they all get arrested in the end. However, it couldn't have been any of them that murdered the historian because none of them were riding horses, as you made note of.
There's a heck of a lot to unpack in this movie, as every scene and joke has a meaning behind it, all the flaws with movies, the problems with making movies, even the cinema viewing experince itself are put on full blast! Even the trailer for this movie does the same thing in regards to movie trailers.
I don’t know if it’s bc I was a kid, or bc comedy has changed over time (see early SNL), but in the 90s, this movie would be on tv once in a blue moon, and it was like a special occasion. I would laugh so hard it hurt.
Honey, you need to watch A Fish Called Wanda, starring John Cleese (Lancelot), Jaime Lee Curtis, Michael Palin (Galahad) and Kevin Kline. I haven't see one reactionist do that film on UA-cam and it's the funniest damn movie.
This film is more like a series of stitched together Python sketches that follow a ‘King Arthur’ theme and whilst it’s a good entry into Monty Python style of comedy, Life of Brian is a more coherent story and arguably their masterpiece. Even if you weren’t overly sold on this film, I heartily recommend watching Life of Brian.
You don't want to over think this film. Just let the silliness wash over you. I thought it was weird the first time too, but then I got into a different mindset and found it deliciously funny and I couldn't stop laughing.
"Monty Python & the Holy Grail" doesn't land with everyone humorwise,, but you seem to have a good understanding of it, and I think, that it got you somewhat accustomed to the comedy troop's obsurdist style enough, where I think, you will thoroughly enjoy, Monty Python's masterpiece, "Life of Brian" which takes place in the time and place of Christ. At the time of it's release, it actually renewed interest in Christianity, even though it was a comedy. It follows the life of a contemporary of Jesus. Please check it out.
Wow that's some claim! A film that shows the absurdity of religious beliefs and the nonsense that leads to the invention of religions somehow " renewed interest in Christianity"???
@@jerryhayes9497 Ironically, it did so. Perhaps it was because of "Just spell my name right publicity", or just that it rekindled interest in people brought up as Christians but had forsaken religion, because their lives were so busy but lately had become settled enough to have room for it again, so "Life of Brian" simply reminded them of Christianity at the right time in their lives.
The end of the movie was a “cop-out”. A classic bit used a lot from the Monty pythons group where the sketch ends with a cop storming in and arresting everyone for being to silly.
You are close on the Odyssey - Odissious does encounter the Sirens but remember he had his men tie him to the mast. He was waylayed by Clysto who kept him for almost 20 years and wanted to keep him with her an make him immortal.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (or just Monty Python for short) was a comedy sketch show on BBC eons ago. If you had watched that, you would be familiar with their style and this might have made more sense. You can find Monty Python episodes and skits on youtube. You can try some to see if it helps understand the context. Or don't. It's not the audience's responsibility to do homework to get a movie. In the show they often had no ending for a skit, so they would just hard cut to black or credits or another skit. Or have a character declare it wasn't funny any longer. Hence this movie's ending is very much their style. Also some skits would be one character reacting poorly to some word so the skit was about not saying it, or the effects of saying it. Zoot is Carol Cleveland who often worked with Monty Python while not actually a member. Terry Gilliam did the animations which are mostly just him moving around cut out pictures. Another movie is the Life of Brian. Some dislike it as a satire of Jesus. It's more a satire of Judean and Roman politics. This movie is a bit more coherent. And the Meaning of Life which has no through plot line but more a collections of skits like the telly show.
6:26 the 1999 DVD of this film's extras show the ledge they 'threw the animals off' was actually a mock up ,about 2 or 3 high. no animals got harmed in this film, don't worry. :D Also, Jones and Palin revisited many of the original locations where the movie was filmed at.
British comedy isn't everyone's cup of tea. Back in high school, me and my friends would have Holy Grail watch parties. We all had the entire movie memorized. We would all take roles to quote thru every scene.
Monty python is a very dry type of humor. I absolutely love their style, but I've come to learn people either love them or hate them. there's no in between. so, they're not your cup of tea. that's OK.
I think this is funnier if you're into absurd humor. Like Airplane or Mel Brooks type movies. Also, Life of Brian is better because there's only 1 insane moment. It's a Python movie with some odd moments, but it seems like a more complete story
8:15 - "We are but eight score young blondes and brunettes, all between 16 and 19 ½..." Carol Cleveland (Zoot / Dingo) was in fact 32 during filming. So when you say 30s, you are absolutely correct. (Also, keep in mind that at the time (1975) in Britain, 16 was the age of consent, not 18, so the age range was not legally inappropriate.) "8 score" is "8 times 20," or 160 total. When Lancelot "rescues" Galahad, Galahad says, "There's only 160 of them!"
The end is a "cop out" ... there were quite a few sketches in "Monty Python's Flying Circus" which were simply cut off by the actors breaking the fourth wall ... stating how silly the joke had become. One of the most memorable ones is "two mafioso try to blackmail the commander of an army base for protection money" ... "it would be a shame if something bad happened to those tanks of yours".
My very french self have seen this movie for the first time when I was 6 or 7 (I was born in the 90´s) and my parents had it in VHS, I fell in love with the humour and watched it numerous times while growing up, with new perspectives and a different comprehension each time, it's bloody brilliant and the script is 😙🤌 *chief kiss*.
"Not one of them has a horse." That actually shows the police are arresting the wrong people. The knight who killed the historian was the only person in the whole movie riding a horse.
Monty Python is a silly British troupe. “I’m A Lumberjack and I’m Okay” and “Ministry of Silly Walks” are some of their most popular comedy skits. It might help to watch other people reactions to The Holy Grail. The next movie, “The Life of Brian” is more coherent, but it mocks Christianity in some ways. It was banned in some countries because of it. But Monty Python likes to be silly and turn things on their head.
Watching this show all through my youth and young adulthood, I never connected the 'Airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow' back to the coconut discussion near the beginning. What other details will I clue in to in the future? Already found: #Scene24 #NotDeadYet #FiveNoThree
The Python's humor is absurdist/surreal, which is not to everyone's taste. Probably the best introduction to their particular brand of absurdist humor is their first film _And Now for Something Completely Different._ It is a re-filming of some of the funniest sketches from the first two seasons of their series _Monty Python's Flying Circus._ It was made specifically to introduce them to the US market and drum up American interest. It was well received, and the year after its release in the US PBS began showing _Flying Circus_ as a regular weekly program. Also, in _Holy Grail_ there are many literary and cinema references which will not land if you are unfamiliar with the source material. Just an example, the scene of monks banging themselves on the head while chanting is a parody of a procession of flagellant monks in Bergman's _The Seventh Seal._ As an introduction to absurdist theater I'd recommend Pirandello's _Six Characters in Search of an Author_ and Ionesco's _The Bald Soprano._
Nice to see an honest reaction I’m sure very few Americans understand why this makes sense , to be honest I’m sure a lot of younger British people won’t get it either now which is a shame
Just a little peril? King and his son and the guards....best scene of the movie. Let's not bicker and argue aboot hoo killed hoo. "Message for you, sir." used to be my email notification
All us Americans like our version of the Office vs the brit one. They got their own style of humor. I like this movie a lot though, and the Life of Brian, and Mr. Bean. Thats about it though. Oh and Black Adder!
Monty Python were a TV sketch troupe known for their mixing of the sublime with the ridiculous - and this was basically a set of skits. Life of Brian is a proper story.
So references to this movie are everywhere. For example, if you have access to Alexa, tell her "Alexa, I fart in your general direction" and listen to her answer.
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail": A ROTFLMAO movie about "riding a Coconut horse" through King Arthur's 10th century Britain.;) Coconuts (sorta) migrate as ripe nuts are carried in the outgoing tide across the Pacific. I suspect that a Swallow smuggler brought Coconuts to Mercia. Beware the insulting French knight.;) "Monty Python is not funny": The "Three Stooges" effect?
I love this movie but I completely understand people not finding the dry British humor entertaining. I think Monty Pythons the life of Brian might make more sense to you. The funniest thing to remember is that the 6 or so guys that make up this troupe are all highly educated (Oxford, Cambridge, etc) and there are SOOO many jokes and references to actual history, society/cultural and folklore. Even as a comedy it is extremely historically accurate. Soldiers use to throw dead animals over walls during war to spread disease among the enemy. The taunting between soldiers, the crusades. There's to many to count. The costumes are supposedly very accurate and the language jokes are some of my favorite things! During the French taunting he says your father smelled of elderberry. He's calling his dad a drunk.... but I digress, thank you for giving something so bizarre a chance!
Hi. Good the you give your honest opinion:) MP has a very absurdist humor. Maybe not for everyone. If youre still interested in giving the british a shot, try "a fish called Wanda." Or maybe Life of brian (if you are not offened by Religious jokes). That one is also very absurd, but it has a narrative through it while holy grail is more like a collection of Sketches.
I'm British and I have to say, Monty Python's style of comedy has never appealed to me either. I get that they were revolutionary and "surreal" but there's a lot I just don't find funny. As far as British comedy movies go that might appeal to you more, I recommend Shaun of the Dead (especially with Halloween coming up) and The Full Monty (which is completely unrelated to *this* "Monty").
The ending, my dear, was supposed to be Lancelot getting arrested for killing the historian earlier. Of course, he was actually innocent, since the guy who actually killed him was on horseback and Lancelot was on foot with coconuts.
If you want to see where this all came from, then I *highly* suggest you have a look at the British TV series that made this all possible, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969 - 1975).
I can understand if this wasn't that funny for you, a lot of people have trouble with this one. You might try The Life of Brian if you want to give them a second chance or check out some of their TV skits.
I would guess a basic gravity trebuchet would have been used. It would be udderly insane to try to balance a cow🐄 or a Trojan rabbit 🐇on the arm of a mangonel and have it be that accurate. But the spring sound effects wouldn't go as well with my theory. I'm still wondering if the large wooden badger🦡 would have been more effective.
I wish reactors would watch some of the show, or at least a best of compilation or 2 before jumping into the movies like this. I've seen some who do and they get a lot more out of it.
6:15 "What is up with the torturing of animals?" Answer: in the dark ages sometimes animals would be used as ammo during sieges, they were usually either extremely sick or rotting, this was done because either it took manpower to clean up or if left alone could become an extremely virulent disease vector. It was one of the oldest types of biological warfare, despite the actual science of diseases being almost completely unknown at the time. One of the earlier examples that, at the time of the movie's production, was known about was the battle of Thun L'Eveque, which ended in a truce because the defenders literally couldn't breath due to the smell, where was this battle? France. Granted now days we know that the practice was generalized closer to the 14th and 15th century, so it doesn't make as much sense when you look at the joke in-context as occurring in the 10th century. Also, Monty Python is English, it's always in style for them to mock the French. 20:30, the movie ends in a literal 'cop out'. This movie will always hold a special place in my heart, it was the first movie I saw with my father that I can actually remember.
1. What about the moose? 2. Paying attention to the opening credits makes it better for everyone, including you. 3. The first time I saw this was in the back of a pickup at a drive-in (it's still here) with my siblings and a couple of friends. 4. Perfect Monty Python where you can just get sucked into something where you don't have to think about anything and just let yourself go. 5. "What ya gonna do? Bleed on me." 🤣"we'll call it a draw" 🤣 6. Quick bit: "Blow it out your ass"! 7. The ultimate cock block 😭 8. Robin's shield is a chicken. 9.The only horse in the film is ridden by the guy that killed the historian. 10.The ending sucked. It was a cop out. They ran out of 🤑🤑
Don't worry if you don't like it right away; I didn't laugh the first time I watched it either, because it was just soooo weird and different to anything I had seen before. As days passed though and I thought about it, it slowly started to click into place. Today I love all things Python. Give it another chance after awhile and see if it works for you. Thanks for the video!
Interesting...I would have sworn you were enjoying yourself as you were watching the movie...but at the end you say you didn't find it funny and had a hard time sitting through it. Oh well! On to the next one, I guess!
Monty Python is the comedy group making this movie. I think it's hilarious but I understand if that type of hunor isn't for everyone. You should try their Life Of Brian though. It has more of a proper story and I think it's alot better. Give them another chance 🥰
❤BIBLE VERSES OF THE DAY❤
1 TIMOTHY 2:1-5
2 I urge, then, first of all, that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people- 2 for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. 3 This is good, and pleases God our Savior, 4 who wants all people to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus, 6 who gave himself as a ransom for all people.
"Monty Python & the Holy Grail" doesn't land with everyone humorwise,, but you seem to have a good understanding of it, and I think, that it got you somewhat accustomed to the comedy troop's obsurdist style enough, where I think, you will thoroughly enjoy, Monty Python's masterpiece, "Life of Brian" which takes place in the time and place of Christ. At the time of it's release, it actually renewed interest in Christianity, even though it was a comedy. It follows the life of a contemporary of Jesus. Please check it out.
@@sparky6086 Only check out Life of Brian if you are comfortable with sacrilegious jokes. There are somethings I prefer not to be ridiculed, but not everyone agrees on this.
@@albertmeier2425 One thing many Christians share is a sense of humor. There's nothing to fear from "Life of Brian", unless someone is insecure about their faith. I'd say, that insecure faith isn't faith, so those.with insecure faith who watch "Life of Brian" would have nothing to jeopardize anyway. Those with faith, have nothing to fear and will get some great laughs!
@@sparky6086 Ah, yes. I am weak and fear it. Orrrr, I don't enjoy mocking some things. You call my momma a wh*** and I'll get mad. Not because I'm scared my momma's a wh*** but because she is my momma. Same here. My love for my Lord and Savior is such that I feel no joy at mockery or perversion of him and his message. I'm not demanding anything gets banned or saying you must do this or that, but felt it was fair to warn Miss CB about the type of humor she'd find in Life of Brian so she could make her own choice about.
@@albertmeier2425 Have you watched "Life of Brian"? If so, did you feel as though it insulted something or someone dear to you? If you haven't seen it, I encourage you to watch it and see, if you still feel the same way about it. Not everyone has a sense of humor. About 20% of people don't, so you may end up just enduring it, rather than enjoying it, and may rationalize not laughing, because you see "Life of Brian" as blasphemous, but it wouldn't matter, what the film was about, you still wouldn't "get it".
Of course, there's a good chance, that you do have a sense of humor, or else you wouldn't be watching a reaction to "Monty Python & the Holy Grail" in the first place. At any rate, in my opinion, Californiablend should be encouraged to watch "Life of Brian", rather than discouraged. She might enjoy it, and it could bring a lot more views to her channel. There are plenty of other movies, which she could react to that have a slight chance of making her feel uncomfortable that wouldn't get many views.
British humor is different from American humor and it usually goes that way that Americans either love it or miss it completely.
@Darkstar I think one particularity is that both British and American humor are in English.
I would agree that animal house is very different. Also thank you for including the information about the knights that say Ni that was interesting.
@Andreas Andersson I do not believe that the Pythons dropped out of university. As far as I can tell, they all graduated. But I suppose that really wasn't your point.
@Darkstar I think it's because a lot of Americans are of UK ancestry so I think even though we're hundreds and hundreds of years apart there's still the expectation of understanding each other.
@@esmeltorlath Two nations separated by a common language
To me this movie is a masterpiece of British humor. But I get it's not for everyone. And I like when reactors are not afraid to admit they didn't enjoy a movie.
"Tracts o' land" became a code among us guys back in high scbool in the 80s.
It's just a very silly movie, which was the point. The abrupt ending and lack of horses was due to running out of money. The Life of Brian is more coherent, funnier, and is their best, in my opinion.
5:03 The one who says "It's only a model" is Terry Gilliam, the only American member of Monty Python and the one who does all their animations. He's also become a highly acclaimed director with a large body of work including Time Bandits (1981), Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991), 12 Monkeys (1995) and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998).
Didn’t he direct this, too?
@@mattslupek7988 co direct
Gilliam also played the bridgekeeper.
I enjoy hearing reviewers who have the nerve to say a movie didn't appeal to them, even if it may be some of their patron's favorite. You can expect some hate comments for saying the movie wasn't the best thing you've ever seen; but if you didn't like it, I'm glad you were honest!
I agree. Nobody is going to like everything. There's millions of movies and the majority of them aren't great to most people. Reactors who seem to like or loooove all the movies that get requested are most likely full of 💩.
Sir, what a boring life you have.
@@orvoloco8261 how does this dude's comment signify he has a boring life
Full marks for an honest review. I am a Monty Python fan. Too many reviewers just seem to say what they think fans want to hear. The world would be boring if we all agreed on everything.
This movie is completely nuts...everything by Monty Python is! Not everyone gets Python's humor. It can be quite philosophical one moment and then completely mental the next. I love Python and have since I was a kid...but I know people who think Python is just stupid.
Eric Idle (Sir Robin) was the main "music" guy of Python, and in the early 2000s turned 'Holy Grail' into a musical called 'Spamalot ' that opened on Broadway in 2004 and it won a slew of top awards. It also included a song that was originally written for the ending of 'Monty Python's The Life of Brian'..."Always Look On The Bright Side of Life". If you ever watched 'Grey's Anatomy', Sara Ramirez (Dr. Callie Torres) won the Tony for her role as The Lady of the Lake in the Original Production.
The guys of Python were not really actors when they made this. They were sketch writers and comedians, since then a few became quite good actors with the right material (Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and John Cleese), Terry Jones focused on writing and directing, and Terry Gilliam became a quite prominent director with an amazing body of work. Unfortunately, just as he was coming into his own as an actor, Graham Chapman passed away due to AIDS.
Python’s humor is absurdist and subversive satire, which I appreciate. But I’m of that generation that first saw Python in the early seventies. Our background and context is so different from people born in the late nineties onwards that it rarely elicits visceral laughter from that group, I’ve noticed. Even I don’t laugh at it as easily as I used to. I don’t think it’s “bad”, it’s just the context from the previous century (the very things it’s pointedly subverting) are missing from younger people, both for good and for ill. They’ve moved on. They do love the music from my generation, although some of that same context is missing, so the reasons _why_ they appreciate it might not fully match, but music ages better than almost anything. Feel free to disagree, it’s just my thoughts, and not fully put together.
Saw this movie in a theater with friends, when it first was released. We laughed uproariously, especially at the verbal humor. We were regular watchers of the TV show, Monty Python's Flying Circus, so we knew that *nothing* should be taken seriously in this movie. I later became a university professor, and I had a lot of students who could quote passages from the film.
"Holy Grail" was the Python troupe's first movie after a TV run of four series from 1969-74. Their impact, at least in Britain, was such that many people in the business declared that nothing and no one could follow them, and comedy was, in effect, over as a source of TV shows. All that having been said, I admire your honesty and reasoning in explaining why it's not for you.
The way this movie ended was because they had a lack of money, but you'll notice when the knight killed the historian, that that knight just so happened to be riding a horse. This causes an investigation throughout the rest of the movie, which is why they all get arrested in the end. However, it couldn't have been any of them that murdered the historian because none of them were riding horses, as you made note of.
monty python is not for everyone. But it is hilarious :)
I’m sorry it wasn’t your type of humor, but I’m glad you watched it to the end and didn’t give up on it.
There's a heck of a lot to unpack in this movie, as every scene and joke has a meaning behind it, all the flaws with movies, the problems with making movies, even the cinema viewing experince itself are put on full blast! Even the trailer for this movie does the same thing in regards to movie trailers.
There are like 500+ jokes. SO much to unpack. After 20 years of watching it I'm still learning new jokes from it, or understanding different things.
I don’t know if it’s bc I was a kid, or bc comedy has changed over time (see early SNL), but in the 90s, this movie would be on tv once in a blue moon, and it was like a special occasion. I would laugh so hard it hurt.
Honey, you need to watch A Fish Called Wanda, starring John Cleese (Lancelot), Jaime Lee Curtis, Michael Palin (Galahad) and Kevin Kline. I haven't see one reactionist do that film on UA-cam and it's the funniest damn movie.
"It was a TIE!"
@@dr.burtgummerfan439 I'm telling you baby, they kicked your little ass there! Boy, they whooped your hide real good!
such an outrageous movie, I love every second of it!!
This film is more like a series of stitched together Python sketches that follow a ‘King Arthur’ theme and whilst it’s a good entry into Monty Python style of comedy, Life of Brian is a more coherent story and arguably their masterpiece. Even if you weren’t overly sold on this film, I heartily recommend watching Life of Brian.
You don't want to over think this film. Just let the silliness wash over you. I thought it was weird the first time too, but then I got into a different mindset and found it deliciously funny and I couldn't stop laughing.
The jokes per minute in monty python movies is ridiculously high
Considered by many to be the greatest comedy of all time ;)
Sheriff Bart: "I beg your pardon, worshipper of kings, queens and Hedley Lamarr.";)
I thought the greatest comedy movie of all time was A Clockwork Orange.
"Monty Python & the Holy Grail" doesn't land with everyone humorwise,, but you seem to have a good understanding of it, and I think, that it got you somewhat accustomed to the comedy troop's obsurdist style enough, where I think, you will thoroughly enjoy, Monty Python's masterpiece, "Life of Brian" which takes place in the time and place of Christ. At the time of it's release, it actually renewed interest in Christianity, even though it was a comedy. It follows the life of a contemporary of Jesus. Please check it out.
Wow that's some claim! A film that shows the absurdity of religious beliefs and the nonsense that leads to the invention of religions somehow " renewed interest in Christianity"???
@@jerryhayes9497 Ironically, it did so. Perhaps it was because of "Just spell my name right publicity", or just that it rekindled interest in people brought up as Christians but had forsaken religion, because their lives were so busy but lately had become settled enough to have room for it again, so "Life of Brian" simply reminded them of Christianity at the right time in their lives.
@@sparky6086 ok people are strange 🤣
It should have reminded people of what an absurd proposition Christianity is
@@jerryhayes9497 It's goal was to make people laugh, which it did by using both familiar religious and historical references.
I find this one of the funniest movies of all time but I can see how it's not for everyone.
No one can weather the severity of a French taunting.
But you were smiling all through the movie 😂😂
ikr. she seemed to enjoy it.
"I fart in your general direction" is the funniest insult I've heard in my life.
Monty Python humor is definitely not everyone's type of humor. And for some people, it's funny the first time, but never again after that.
Very dry, British-style humor, but it is timeless :) very glad you gave it a shot! Haha
17:01 In Minecraft, they used to have a white rabbit mob that could pretty much kill you in an instant, a homage to this part of the movie.
Ha watching your reaction was painful, but I really like your honesty :)
The end of the movie was a “cop-out”. A classic bit used a lot from the Monty pythons group where the sketch ends with a cop storming in and arresting everyone for being to silly.
You are close on the Odyssey - Odissious does encounter the Sirens but remember he had his men tie him to the mast. He was waylayed by Clysto who kept him for almost 20 years and wanted to keep him with her an make him immortal.
Monty Python's Flying Circus (or just Monty Python for short) was a comedy sketch show on BBC eons ago. If you had watched that, you would be familiar with their style and this might have made more sense.
You can find Monty Python episodes and skits on youtube. You can try some to see if it helps understand the context. Or don't. It's not the audience's responsibility to do homework to get a movie.
In the show they often had no ending for a skit, so they would just hard cut to black or credits or another skit. Or have a character declare it wasn't funny any longer. Hence this movie's ending is very much their style.
Also some skits would be one character reacting poorly to some word so the skit was about not saying it, or the effects of saying it.
Zoot is Carol Cleveland who often worked with Monty Python while not actually a member.
Terry Gilliam did the animations which are mostly just him moving around cut out pictures.
Another movie is the Life of Brian. Some dislike it as a satire of Jesus. It's more a satire of Judean and Roman politics. This movie is a bit more coherent.
And the Meaning of Life which has no through plot line but more a collections of skits like the telly show.
Just think. If Sir Robin had studied the Book of Jonah, he would have known the Capital of Assyria was Nineveh!
I'm with you Californiablend, I don't care for this type of humor, and I'm an old guy.
The end was literally a 'cop out'. They ran out of money; which explains only one horse in the film!
6:26 the 1999 DVD of this film's extras show the ledge they 'threw the animals off' was actually a mock up ,about 2 or 3 high. no animals got harmed in this film, don't worry. :D
Also, Jones and Palin revisited many of the original locations where the movie was filmed at.
British comedy isn't everyone's cup of tea. Back in high school, me and my friends would have Holy Grail watch parties. We all had the entire movie memorized. We would all take roles to quote thru every scene.
Monty python is a very dry type of humor. I absolutely love their style, but I've come to learn people either love them or hate them. there's no in between. so, they're not your cup of tea. that's OK.
I think this is funnier if you're into absurd humor. Like Airplane or Mel Brooks type movies. Also, Life of Brian is better because there's only 1 insane moment. It's a Python movie with some odd moments, but it seems like a more complete story
Do you know the Blues Brothers ? It's a great rock and soul movie.
No telegram. But God bless you.
8:15 - "We are but eight score young blondes and brunettes, all between 16 and 19 ½..." Carol Cleveland (Zoot / Dingo) was in fact 32 during filming. So when you say 30s, you are absolutely correct.
(Also, keep in mind that at the time (1975) in Britain, 16 was the age of consent, not 18, so the age range was not legally inappropriate.)
"8 score" is "8 times 20," or 160 total. When Lancelot "rescues" Galahad, Galahad says, "There's only 160 of them!"
The end is a "cop out" ... there were quite a few sketches in "Monty Python's Flying Circus" which were simply cut off by the actors breaking the fourth wall ... stating how silly the joke had become. One of the most memorable ones is "two mafioso try to blackmail the commander of an army base for protection money" ... "it would be a shame if something bad happened to those tanks of yours".
This movie and Blazing Saddles are neck and neck for my choice of "Funniest Movie ever".
2:45 Those are 'Great Helms". They were primarily used while on horseback, i imagine it's even difficult to walk around in them.
They didn't have horses because they couldn't afford them. But they committed to the coconuts
Would love to see you react to the older classic: In the Heat of the Night, The Hustler, 12 Angry Men, Giant, Casablanca, North by Northwest....
I still have not seen this movie so this is a first for both of us.
My very french self have seen this movie for the first time when I was 6 or 7 (I was born in the 90´s) and my parents had it in VHS, I fell in love with the humour and watched it numerous times while growing up, with new perspectives and a different comprehension each time, it's bloody brilliant and the script is 😙🤌 *chief kiss*.
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2:45 This is probably how they actually fought in the dark ages, not all fancy and choreographed. :)
Thank you for the time and effort you put into your video, thumbs up.
"Not one of them has a horse."
That actually shows the police are arresting the wrong people. The knight who killed the historian was the only person in the whole movie riding a horse.
It wasn't stop motion-it was animtion. I'm not surprised you didn't get it.
This is my favorite monty python movie followed by life of Brian (1979) and meaning of life (1983)
It is the most British of British comedies. Very acquired taste.
Indian here, big fan of Python and Blackadder
Coconuts do sometimes wash up on English/UK coastlines, so they do migrate! Although not by swallow..
When they were producing the movie, they realized they couldn't afford horses.
Thus the horse joke was born.
Monty Python is a silly British troupe. “I’m A Lumberjack and I’m Okay” and “Ministry of Silly Walks” are some of their most popular comedy skits. It might help to watch other people reactions to The Holy Grail. The next movie, “The Life of Brian” is more coherent, but it mocks Christianity in some ways. It was banned in some countries because of it. But Monty Python likes to be silly and turn things on their head.
Don't forget "The Dead Parrot" sketch.
@@SPKdesign1 absolutely, that one always leaves me pining for the fjords!
"The Tailor Sir Pantsalot" has to be a thing.
Watching this show all through my youth and young adulthood, I never connected the 'Airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow' back to the coconut discussion near the beginning. What other details will I clue in to in the future? Already found: #Scene24 #NotDeadYet #FiveNoThree
The Python's humor is absurdist/surreal, which is not to everyone's taste. Probably the best introduction to their particular brand of absurdist humor is their first film _And Now for Something Completely Different._ It is a re-filming of some of the funniest sketches from the first two seasons of their series _Monty Python's Flying Circus._ It was made specifically to introduce them to the US market and drum up American interest. It was well received, and the year after its release in the US PBS began showing _Flying Circus_ as a regular weekly program.
Also, in _Holy Grail_ there are many literary and cinema references which will not land if you are unfamiliar with the source material. Just an example, the scene of monks banging themselves on the head while chanting is a parody of a procession of flagellant monks in Bergman's _The Seventh Seal._
As an introduction to absurdist theater I'd recommend Pirandello's _Six Characters in Search of an Author_ and Ionesco's _The Bald Soprano._
Monty Python's style of comedy is quite surreal and is not as conventional as the more brash American style.
Nice to see an honest reaction I’m sure very few Americans understand why this makes sense , to be honest I’m sure a lot of younger British people won’t get it either now which is a shame
Just a little peril?
King and his son and the guards....best scene of the movie. Let's not bicker and argue aboot hoo killed hoo.
"Message for you, sir." used to be my email notification
All us Americans like our version of the Office vs the brit one. They got their own style of humor. I like this movie a lot though, and the Life of Brian, and Mr. Bean. Thats about it though. Oh and Black Adder!
Monty Python were a TV sketch troupe known for their mixing of the sublime with the ridiculous - and this was basically a set of skits. Life of Brian is a proper story.
Just some things to consider
-They had no budget to rent horses, so they used the coconuts
-the ending is a COP OUT because they ran out of money
How? Excalibur is a Vorpal Blade, very good at slashing 🤓
i like it when the woman is banging a cat against the wall like she is getting the dust out of it
So references to this movie are everywhere. For example, if you have access to Alexa, tell her "Alexa, I fart in your general direction" and listen to her answer.
The ending was because the had no budget. Also the coconuts. They couldn't afford actual horses. Truly a masterpiece?
9:01 Odysseus is a Great! mention.-Ernie Moore Jr.
Love the movie. Love the hair.
"Monty Python and the Holy Grail": A ROTFLMAO movie about "riding a Coconut horse" through King Arthur's 10th century Britain.;) Coconuts (sorta) migrate as ripe nuts are carried in the outgoing tide across the Pacific. I suspect that a Swallow smuggler brought Coconuts to Mercia. Beware the insulting French knight.;) "Monty Python is not funny": The "Three Stooges" effect?
I love this movie but I completely understand people not finding the dry British humor entertaining. I think Monty Pythons the life of Brian might make more sense to you. The funniest thing to remember is that the 6 or so guys that make up this troupe are all highly educated (Oxford, Cambridge, etc) and there are SOOO many jokes and references to actual history, society/cultural and folklore. Even as a comedy it is extremely historically accurate. Soldiers use to throw dead animals over walls during war to spread disease among the enemy. The taunting between soldiers, the crusades. There's to many to count. The costumes are supposedly very accurate and the language jokes are some of my favorite things! During the French taunting he says your father smelled of elderberry. He's calling his dad a drunk.... but I digress, thank you for giving something so bizarre a chance!
Definitely watch THE LIFE OF BRIAN
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The part where the guy says bring out your dead as if it’s garbage day it’s hilarious yet dark because it would be like that lol
This movie is how you properly subvert expectations.
I saw part of this a LONG time ago, and it wasn't my taste at all either. I'll give it another go someday.
Braids look AMAZING.
If you haven't seen their movie _Life of Bryan_ it would be worthwhile checking it out. Much more coherent, a real plot, and really funny.
Hi. Good the you give your honest opinion:)
MP has a very absurdist humor. Maybe not for everyone. If youre still interested in giving the british a shot, try "a fish called Wanda."
Or maybe Life of brian (if you are not offened by Religious jokes). That one is also very absurd, but it has a narrative through it while holy grail is more like a collection of Sketches.
I'm British and I have to say, Monty Python's style of comedy has never appealed to me either. I get that they were revolutionary and "surreal" but there's a lot I just don't find funny.
As far as British comedy movies go that might appeal to you more, I recommend Shaun of the Dead (especially with Halloween coming up) and The Full Monty (which is completely unrelated to *this* "Monty").
The ending, my dear, was supposed to be Lancelot getting arrested for killing the historian earlier. Of course, he was actually innocent, since the guy who actually killed him was on horseback and Lancelot was on foot with coconuts.
If you want to see where this all came from, then I *highly* suggest you have a look at the British TV series that made this all possible, "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969 - 1975).
I can understand if this wasn't that funny for you, a lot of people have trouble with this one. You might try The Life of Brian if you want to give them a second chance or check out some of their TV skits.
The catapult is probably a mangonel.
I would guess a basic gravity trebuchet would have been used. It would be udderly insane to try to balance a cow🐄 or a Trojan rabbit 🐇on the arm of a mangonel and have it be that accurate. But the spring sound effects wouldn't go as well with my theory.
I'm still wondering if the large wooden badger🦡 would have been more effective.
@@tonycardone990 the French fellows are clearly experts at defensive siege warfare.
The ending was literally a cop-out.
And figuratively.
I wish reactors would watch some of the show, or at least a best of compilation or 2 before jumping into the movies like this. I've seen some who do and they get a lot more out of it.
6:15 "What is up with the torturing of animals?" Answer: in the dark ages sometimes animals would be used as ammo during sieges, they were usually either extremely sick or rotting, this was done because either it took manpower to clean up or if left alone could become an extremely virulent disease vector.
It was one of the oldest types of biological warfare, despite the actual science of diseases being almost completely unknown at the time. One of the earlier examples that, at the time of the movie's production, was known about was the battle of Thun L'Eveque, which ended in a truce because the defenders literally couldn't breath due to the smell, where was this battle? France. Granted now days we know that the practice was generalized closer to the 14th and 15th century, so it doesn't make as much sense when you look at the joke in-context as occurring in the 10th century.
Also, Monty Python is English, it's always in style for them to mock the French.
20:30, the movie ends in a literal 'cop out'.
This movie will always hold a special place in my heart, it was the first movie I saw with my father that I can actually remember.
Great reaction. 🙂
Fair enough , I think its the Greatest comedy ever made , we are all different
The ending is literally a cop out.
1. What about the moose?
2. Paying attention to the opening credits makes it better for everyone, including you.
3. The first time I saw this was in the back of a pickup at a drive-in (it's still here) with my siblings and a couple of friends.
4. Perfect Monty Python where you can just get sucked into something where you don't have to think about anything and just let yourself go.
5. "What ya gonna do? Bleed on me." 🤣"we'll call it a draw" 🤣
6. Quick bit: "Blow it out your ass"!
7. The ultimate cock block 😭
8. Robin's shield is a chicken.
9.The only horse in the film is ridden by the guy that killed the historian.
10.The ending sucked. It was a cop out. They ran out of 🤑🤑
Don't worry if you don't like it right away; I didn't laugh the first time I watched it either, because it was just soooo weird and different to anything I had seen before. As days passed though and I thought about it, it slowly started to click into place. Today I love all things Python. Give it another chance after awhile and see if it works for you. Thanks for the video!
I like Life of Brian. People are either diehard fans of Monty Python or not at all.
Interesting...I would have sworn you were enjoying yourself as you were watching the movie...but at the end you say you didn't find it funny and had a hard time sitting through it. Oh well! On to the next one, I guess!
I've seen this with several reactors b with this movie. I think the sudden end leaves a bad taste in the mouth.
This reaction video is one of my favorite by FAR... I need to see the movie now! 🙂
Monty Python is the comedy group making this movie. I think it's hilarious but I understand if that type of hunor isn't for everyone. You should try their Life Of Brian though. It has more of a proper story and I think it's alot better. Give them another chance 🥰