THIS IS RIDICULOUS! *Monty Python And The Holy Grail* Movie Reaction

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[@LadyIarConnacht]

There was a time, before the internet, when a true nerd could be discerned by three things - 1. How many times he read the LOTR trilogy, 2. Whether or not he played or owned AD&D, and 3. How easily he could quote The Holy Grail. This movie was very much directed towards their fans, who by the time of its release were well acquainted with their silly style, their non-sequiturs and their ways of dealing with running out of time and/or money. There are some strangely accurate historical facts woven in amongst the madness and the Arthurian legends. Now for something completely different.

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Makes sense

[@chimpinaneckbrace]

The first person I ever talked to on the internet launched into the entire ‘Knights Who Say Ni’ bit. He was also the first person on the internet to annoy the hell out of me.

[@sourisvoleur4854]

Before AD&D we had D&D

[@WithTwoFlakes]

I love that the Art Department put a big chicken on "brave" Sir Robin's shield...

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lol same

[@Raven5150]

Everyone questions Tim, the reason he didn't blast the bunny was he was on the same side as the bunny, tim brings people to the bunny

[@larryk731]

They couldn't afford horses - hence the running coconut gag

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Ahhhhhh 😂

[@stevedavis5704]

John Cleese also said in an interview one time that no one knew how to ride a horse and they lacked the time and money to get lessons.

[@drewe4127]

And they were innocent. None of them had horses. The knight who killed the historian was mounted.

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Oooooh yeah

[@arwelp]

Of course they didn’t find the Grail - nobody ever has!

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Makes sense 😂

[@willcool713]

I have one, you silly person.

[@RicktheCrofter]

SPOILER ALERT. Indiana Jones found it.

[@brucewilliams4152]

All of the pythons,are graduated of Oxford or Cambridge. Terry Jones (ma oxon), sir bedivere, was in medieval litterature.

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I didn’t know that

[@Wishbone1977]

"How could he not know his own favorite color?" It's funny, I have seen _so_ many reactors ask this question. Of course he knows his favorite color, it's just that he's under considerable pressure and he's nervous, so when he gets asked the same question that Lancelot did, he instinctively blurts out the answer that got Lancelot through, only to realize (too late) that the answer was personal. He does give the correct answer after a second, once his brain has caught up, but by then it's too late.

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😂

[@keeperofthecheese]

I first saw this mad film over 30 years ago and John Cleese repeatedly running towards the camera will never fail to make me laugh. The creators of the Simpsons, South Park and Family guy all quote Monty Python films as being part of their influence, and the Knights of Ni even show up in the Simpsons. Theres a Family guy Sketch with Python Characters too.

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😆

[@Tomp4ul]

Coconuts do, in some roundabout way, migrate! They're very buoyant and float in the sea to seed different islands with populations of coconuts -- and they do wash up on beaches around the UK from time to time! (Albeit quite rarely)

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lol 😂

[@williamjones6031]

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. Literally They ran out of 🤑🤑

[@ozkaz13]

You can see the two Terrys style.One serious and grotty and the other three headed giants and rockery’s .

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lol yeah

[@johnniekight1879]

All movies had the credits in the beginning "way back when"

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lol I didn’t know that

[@IncandescentFlame]

I recommend following this film with Monty Python's The Life of Brian. Holy Grail was the group's best work with a small budget, whereas Life of Brian is their best work with a massive budget.

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Ill have to check it out

[@randyhochstein8455]

The ultimate “cop out” ending. 🤣✌🏼😎🇺🇸

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lol yes

[@willcool713]

Back in superstitious times, they used the reasoning that if you threw a woman in water and she floated (swam), then she was a witch. But if she drowned, then she was innocent. But they could administer Last Rites and she would go to heaven, so it was okay if she died.

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Wow 😯

[@willcool713]

Yeah, that scene was a spoof on that "alchemical"-style, pre-Enlightennent thinking.

[@glen6945]

oooooohhhhhyes

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Yippee!

[@aliceharper707]

I saw this first run in the theater when it first came out, and it was the silliest thing I think I'd ever seen. And then the ending, we all sat in silence for a couple of seconds the before one person would laugh and then another and another until we were all laughing because we realized the movie was over! It was hilarious.

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That sounds amazing

[@GKinslayer]

I love how you question the logic of how they defeated the rabbit, in a film with all horse being guys clapping coconut together. Also as you can see with the Pythons - not all British humor is dry. There are other Python films and they had a TV series - Monty Python's Flying Cirus. You will also dig the UK shows - The Young Ones, Bottom, Red Dwarf and Black Adder.

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It was definitely not dry

[@Gwydda]

Films used to always hace the credits at the beginning. You should be old enough to remember it 😅

[@Stuart_Cox1969]

You'll have to do "Life of Brian" after this.

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Yes

[@henrycole7015]

What the Beatles are to music, Monty Python is to comedy. George Harrison said that whatever spirit guided the Beatles was transfered to Monty Python. As The Beatles were disbanding in 69-70 the Python's were just starting their first BBC TV shows entitled Monty Python's Flying Circus. I recommend Monty Python's The Life of Brian next...George Harrison mortgaged his house to see it get made.

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Makes sense

[@evanwarped5870]

Nobody finishes this movie without either thinking or saying out loud wtf. 😂

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😂

[@Oddballkane]

The Daftest thing they were looking for a castle to film in for your mother smells like elderberries . Most castles said no, but one said yes, now fans flock to that castle, bringing in money.

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🪦

[@brucewilliams4152]

Handmade films, were financed by George Harrison,(Beatles).

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Interesting

[@brucewilliams4152]

You should go find other monty python, lots of skeches. The dead parrot and the lumberjack song are classics of comedy

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Looking forward to it

[@davidwebb4451]

Probably best to see Monty Python's Life of Brian next. It has more of a storyline and is generally rated as highly (or by some people more highly ) than Holy Grail. It was also highly controversial at the time being denounced as blasphemous by some religious groups and actually banned in some countries (generally by people who hadn't actually seen the film) - which was great publicity for it.

[@stevensprunger3422]

The point was not to actually find the grail, the point was the journey The journey is the point not the result, or the result is the journey?

[@larryk731]

Applying logic to this film is punished by -- the Spanish inquisition.

[@TK-Titanium]

I didn’t expect that!

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😂

[@triplebackspace3623]

The comedy starts with the credits at the beginning if you haven't taken the time to read them and the sub titles then you've missed something.

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Yes

[@charlietuba]

The reason it ended the way it did is because they ran out of money.

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lol wow

[@davidwebb4451]

The ending is also literally a cop out.

[@Oddballkane]

I believe it was this film they found in Elvis Presleys private collection of movies.

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Nice

[@Raven5150]

Mel Brooks comedy master peice blazzing saddle is the funniest movie ever made, by Mel an the pythons did communicate and exchange notes blazzing saddles came out in 75 holy grsil came out 75 so they were being worked on at the same time

[@RicktheCrofter]

Mel Brooks reuses a version of “They call me . . . Tim.” In Blazing Saddles.