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Yes, it's completely overrated. Life of Brian is far superior.
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Sunbaneglasses wrote:
Loremaster wrote:I am going to get crucified for these two comments:

Monty Python's Knights of the Holy Grail - silliness isn't funny, it's silly.

Soylent Green. The revelation of this movie doesn't make any sense; it seems the whole movie is set up for the revelation, including abandoning logic or realism for it.
GAH!Holy Grail is awesome!But I must admit I do prefer Life of Brian.
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Loremaster wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I don't find it funny. When people start quoting lines from it I just sit there confused. And the ending! Just weird.
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That's what happens to people who've never tried drugs :P :P :P (I'm totally joking Lore...)
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To be honest, I never really liked the ending of Holy Grail. It's patchy overall, but funny enough to get away with it. Brian is a far superior film.
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At the risk of losing my geek status (actually I may have already done that...): I cannot follow or even stand The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen, or however it's spelled. It's supposed to be a "cult" fav, but I just don't get it...
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danlo wrote:That's what happens to people who've never tried drugs :P :P :P (I'm totally joking Lore...)
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Danlo wrote:
At the risk of losing my geek status (actually I may have already done that...): I cannot follow or even stand The Adventures of Baron Von Munchausen, or however it's spelled. It's supposed to be a "cult" fav, but I just don't get it...
I heartily agree.
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Syl wrote:
Loremaster wrote:Maybe it's just me, but I don't find it funny. When people start quoting lines from it I just sit there confused. And the ending! Just weird.
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Grail is OK...nowhere near as good as most of the rest though. Danlo's right...it's better after a fat spliff. ;) :D

Life of Brian is my favourite Monty Python though.

As for von Munchausen...awful. Also historically the biggest movie flop ever (adjusted for inflation) IIRC.

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Holy Grail is the only Python I've enjoyed.
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Wayne's World. Trite.
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I thought Wayne's World 2 was funny....I could have been biased by the gremlin limo and the Aerosmith cameo though....
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Ok, so I'm banning Loremaster, Cail, dlbpharmd, Avatar, ... anyone else?

I don't know what you all are talking about. Holy Grail is my bible. I've literally seen that movie a hundred times, and laugh each time.

It was nice to know you all, but yes, I do have to ban you all now.-jay
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kevinswatch wrote:Ok, so I'm banning Loremaster, Cail, dlbpharmd, Avatar, ... anyone else?

I don't know what you all are talking about. Holy Grail is my bible. I've literally seen that movie a hundred times, and laugh each time.

It was nice to know you all, but yes, I do have to ban you all now.-jay
You can't ban me, Jay. I'll take my 'This Day all Cods Die' Pic with me if you do! :biggrin:
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kevinswatch wrote:Ok, so I'm banning Loremaster, Cail, dlbpharmd, Avatar, ... anyone else?

I don't know what you all are talking about. Holy Grail is my bible. I've literally seen that movie a hundred times, and laugh each time.

It was nice to know you all, but yes, I do have to ban you all now.-jay
Hey! I'm a Holy Grail fan! I'm one of the Knights who say "Ni!" :lol:
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You can't ban me, Jay. I'll take my 'This Day all Cods Die' Pic with me if you do!
Hahaha!

Goddammit, I laugh EVERY single time I look at that picture.

It must be because I think the original book title is the best title ever, so by the transitive property, a joke of that title would have to be the funniest joke ever.

Ok, you can stay...for now. :P

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You can't ban me, Jay. I'll take my 'This Day all Cods Die' Pic with me if you do!
Hahaha!

Goddammit, I laugh EVERY single time I look at that picture.

It must be because I think the original book title is the best title ever, so by the transitive property, a joke of that title would have to be the funniest joke ever.

Ok, you can stay...for now. :P
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Oh, and I didn't mean to take anything away from the joke at all. Even without it being a pun of the best book title ever, it's still a damn funny joke.

Hahaha! Bah, there I go again.

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kevinswatch wrote:Oh, and I didn't mean to take anything away from the joke at all. Even without it being a pun of the best book title ever, it's still a damn funny joke.

Hahaha! Bah, there I go again.

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