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Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (Special Edition)

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Rating: 2 stars
Summary: WHAT'S WITH THE ENDING?
Review: I started out enjoying this movie, and thought it was clever (Knights of Ni, and the African swallow bit). But what gives at the end? I felt very cheated and actually returned it to Blockbuster for a free movie coupon (they have a guarantee). What happened with the Holy Grail, you know, the whole point of the film...?

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: monty python holy grain
Review: i loved the movie.... but i noticed that Amazon.com did notallow for my previous review to be listed in the "helpful or nothelpful" by you, the reader.......... if you want to see why i felt that you should not buy this dvd now please scroll back to 3/29/00..... P myers END

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: British Lunacy at it's Bets!
Review: Beware: this zany Arthurian adventure can drive you crazy, it has some brilliant hilarious moments, then it has some simply not funny scenes, but you just gotta laugh at how bad the jokes are and of the faces of the Python gang, they were just born funny. If you're a fan of the Monty Python gang you'll enjoy it more, also if you like Mel Brooks take a look at this. Great legendary comic squetches: from the nights who say 'NI' and killer rabbits to vulgar Frenchmen and 3-headed nights. My favorite and funniest scene is where King Arthur dismembers the black night, but he is so arrogant he doesn't accept he's loosing and finally calls it a draw. Very, very funny. From a scale of 1-10 I give this film a 9!

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Not even with an African swallow...
Review: This is one of the funniest movies ever committed to film, no doubt about it. Were I to judge this DVD on the film alone, I would have given it five stars. If you are one of the few who have never seen this picture, do yourself the favor of and buy a copy on VHS straight away.

Purchasing this title on DVD, however, I have to take marks away from an otherwise excellent comedy. There has been absolutely nothing done to enhance the quality of this 25 year old film, and a DVD system drives the visual and auditory pitfalls home with feeling. The picture is grainy and jittery in many places, and the audio is mudded and full of hiss. I confess, I was looking forward to a sharper, cleaner viewing of one of my all time favorite movies than I had ever had before. I was profoundly dissapointed.

It is an hysterical movie, but don't look for an experience above what is delivered on the average bargin basement SLP recorded VHS tape here. If you've never seen it, go run and rent a copy from the local video store, and wait for a remastered release.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Sort of a DVD review
Review: I think this is mostly a guy film. I don't know very many women who care for it. None-the-less, I don't know a single guy who can't quote at least one line from this film. I got the DVD because this is one of my all time favorites, however some bonus features would have been nice. Commentary on this film would have been excellent and outtakes were probably hilarious. If another version with these features came out, I'd definitely get it.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: If you haven't seen this movie, you'll be bound and flogged.
Review: No one movie on the history of man is this funny. Not even the great Mel Brooks can touch this masterpiece. This is the epitome of Python, the Mona Lisa of British comedy. The hilarious escapades of Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are simply the funniest skits you can find on VHS, DVD, whatever the heck you can find moving pictures on. Even if you don't find the movie funny, after you watch the movie you will at least understand what the hell the guy in the next cubicle is alluding to when you hear a spontaneous "NI!" ring out over the monotonous drone of a busy workplace.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Now We See the Violence Inherent in the System
Review: How could anyone not love this movie, even the slow parts and the self-indulgent Gilliam animation interludes (which at least give you time to rest your stomach muscles from the NON-STOP GUT BUSTING LAFFS of this most brilliant and timeless and generation-defining (if you came of age in the 70s)) film. If you didn't like this film, I say to you, You Make Me Sad.

Thank god it's on DVD now, as it's a movie meant to be watched a million times. It's one of those movies that gets better with each viewing because of all the goofy business going on in the background and some asides that will be lost on you if you don't pause and go back. I hadn't seen it in a few years and the cat-smasher just about made my week.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: WHERE IS THE GILLIAM COMMENTARY?
Review: I LOVED this movie BUT one of the things that's really neat about DVD is the secondary audio track(see GODZILLA or The Matrix)of director/editors comments... It is a must for those that love a movie.... Now Gillium and Jones did a running commentary on there masterpiece in about 1978(I beleive it appeared on the old 'laserdisk' system.).... SO WHERE IS IT? ...... SO>>>>> for that reason >>>I CANT RECCOMEND BUYING THIS DVD! why spend the extra money for this dvd ... (they made it on a shoestring so the audio and video are terrible) I'm waiting for the REAL DVD version that will incorporate this audio track.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: "None shall pass"
Review: None shall surpass this brilliant Arthurian romp. In my view the best of the Monty Python films. Too many good bits to single out, just watch it! "Run away! " is great line as well.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Funny-Stuff Online
Review: tremendiously funny! I couldnt stop laughing! Great quotes like "NI!" had me rolling on the floor, laughing!


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