A Piece From The Collection: Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975)

NOTE: This article was originally put up on November 30th 2013. I have been organizing the blog's archive and accidentally put this up here. I would take it down, but I cannot do that and also put it back into it's original place. I apologize for this error.




Alo Party Peoples.

I Decree This Shalt Be A Recurring Segment.

Some of you might remember that a month ago I reviewed Pleasantville, a film from my DVD collection. I've decided to do so again, a film from the collection that is, not Pleasantville again.

On the last day of each month I will review a film from my DVD collection. The chosen film for November 2013 is: Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Let's not waste text space and get to it.

Story: This spoof about the divine quest of Arthur, King of the Britons, to aquire the Holy Grail is hilarious. I can't explain why it is hilarious, as that would spoil the jokes, but I can say that much of the humor is quite wordy. It doesen't play out like one story as much as a collection of loosely connected skits, but a comedy doesen't have to make sense* so long as it is funny. I assure you that this film is very funny.

Visuals: Much of the humor is visual in nature, and the animated segments are uniqely bizzare, but much of it looks like it was done on the cheap. That isn't a critisim, just an observation, most comedies don't have very large budgets anyway, and the visual humor is quite funny.

Acting: I haven't seen the Monty Python comedy group in action before so I can't judge this in comparision to their other work, but the acting here is wonderfully tounge-in-cheek.

In conclusion, this film is great comedy, and it is a classic for a reason. Track it down.

Have a nice day.

Greg.B

*Though making sense is always a bonus.