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Summary: Buy this DVD...with a herring!
Review: Being a teenager, I was very unsure when my dad suggestedf comedy that was supposedly tame enough for PBS. I rented this movie just to cover up that I had also rented American Pie 2, but this was the better of the two. I can't stop myself from quoting it anymore. By the way, I need a shrubbery, so give me one or I shall say "Ni!"
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Summary: Better than ever !
Review: There's no need to comment on the content of the film itself. Over 25 years after Holy Grail's release, you're either on the bus or you're not. However, the content of the DVD IS worth covering. The picture quality is excellent, much better than the VHS tape in terms of brightness and clarity and the widescreen version makes sure you don't miss a trick. The Dolby 5.1 also is very good, way better than the old mono, but the mono is there on a seperate audio track if you insist. The added bonuses are fantastic, finally giving Python fans what they deserve. Michael Palin & Terry Jones revisiting the filming locations 25 years later is both funny and interesting. They're like 2 kids in a candy store. The hilarious Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles, the "How To Use Coconuts" instructional video, the movie in "Lego" blocks, and well over 10 other great features make this the definitive Holy Grail. If you've been waiting for the ultimate release of "Monty Python and The Holy Grail", take it from a long time Python fan, this is it!
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Summary: A must-own for all Monty Python fans
Review: The DVD has great picture and sound quality, plus tons of bonus features that Monty Python fans will enjoy. It's a good value!
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Summary: JUST FABULOUS
Review: The best reason to go out and by a DVD player is Monty Python's special Edition Grail. I spent a delicious Sunday afternoon watching both disc's of this great "new" release. You just have to try it in every variation of subtitle and commentator.
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Summary: HILARIOUS
Review: This is the funniest film that I have ever seen. The viewer must be in the right type of mindset when watching this film, or they will not get many of the subtle jokes hidden in the script. Also, I recommend watching this at least several times to really pay attention to the details of the movie.
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Summary: Top ten funniest... it may lead the list!
Review: Monty Python -- what we laughed at B.D.(Before Dilbert). The Far Side of British humor. Monty Python and the Holy Grail -- their first feature film -- it's a good romp. I wondered before I bought the DVD if in this fast food, fast paced, "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" times if it would still be as funny. The duel with the Black Knight would stand up.... but what about the Killer Rabbit? The banquet scene a la songfest... "Whot? THE CURTAINS?" The French guard... "Run away!" "Run away!" "Help! Help! I am being oppressed!" Yes, no, not even the Killer Rabbit paled with age. Someone get me a tissue -- I laughed until I cried. The DVD quality is astonishingly good for an (originally) low budget flick. You are offered the options of 5.1 Dolby, Dolby Digital or good old mono. Like everything Python, even the number of commentary and subtitle options are beyond the beyond. I particularly enjoyed the cast bitching. Excellent. Just excellent. The bonus materials add an exorbitant amount of value. The Monks sing-a-long segment is extremely well done. I was able to figure out the difficult hand movements immediately. "THWACK" There is a lovely travelogue. Michael Palin and an old guy go wandering around some Scottish castles and glens. You get to see the inside of the castle on the island in the middle of the lake. "Do they host B&B guests?" was my only question. Legos. The singing knights recreated in plastic animation. Near 'bout priceless. But, even with all the extras: moaning and groaning, dancing Legos and at least, every bit of 10 minutes of additional animations -- not to mention the incredibly useful short about coconuts -- I think it is worth buying just for the film. Just to have it in your possession. So at anytime, you are a mere flick of the remote away from "Ni!! Ni!!" And I would positively say this, even if they had left out the additional 24 seconds: it's worth it. It is cheaper than a single hour with a mental health professional, even after you have met your deductible.
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Summary: Pure Python
Review: Monty Python and the Holy Grail is best represented on this DVD. With superb sound and picture not to mention the awesome comedic talents Terry Gilliam, John Cleese, and Eric Idle.
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Summary: the trial and tribulations of King Arthur
Review: Accurate account of the trial and tribulations of Arthur, King of the Britons. With comic touches and occasional display of Anti French sentiments. Somewhat fictional
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Summary: A commonly shared culture (at last!)
Review: A number of film critics have been rendered red-faced by this movie, practically forced into issuing revisionist statements to their reviews published at the time of the film's release. Whether the change of heart is due to improved understanding of the text or to the pressures of popular canonization, this Holy Grail has proven one of the most commonly shared quests of followers separated by as much as 3 generations. Film teachers are often disappointed to discover that young viewers no longer respond with interest let alone animation to Chaplin and Keaton, Laurel and Hardy, the Marx Brothers and W. C. Fields. The reasons are often attributed to the desensiticizing effects of fast-food modern culture, or to the postmodern amnesia that insures satire can not possibly work with an audience unfamiliar with the original objects of satire. All interesting, if not compelling, theories--until you come to this film. For a singular 90 minutes, the generations unite, erasing the boundaries of high and low culture, the informed and the uninformed, the old and the young. There aren't many such grails left. Long may this one continue to reside in viewers' consciousness, inspiring us to our individual and collective pursuits.
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Summary: Several Special DVD Features are Worth Having
Review: I love Python and this movie. However, I already have the movie on VHS and I have seen it so many times that I was not confident that I should spend the money for the DVD. I think the DVD is worth it, for several reasons. Although many of the special features are only moderately interesting filler (follow the killer rabit simply links to receipts and storyboards; the hard of hearing audio is narrated by a Gumby), some of them are terrific. I especially like the Terry Jones/Terry Gilliam commentary. Jones is something of a medieval scholar (I seem to remember that he wrote a book about Chaucer's Knight's Tale called "The Joke") and is able to add greatly to historical enjoyment; Gilliam (who I often find hard to listen to in other contexts) is terrific in explaining the movie-making process. The other commentary (Palin, Idle and Cleese) is not as effective but it is still good to hear the boys together (if they were together). The video of Palin and Jones going back to the scenes of the movie is really slow but ultimately rewarding, especially when they happen along into the castle gift shop to purchase a screenplay and bang two coconut halves together. The Lego Knights short is Neil Innes's "Knights of the Round Table" song transposed scene for scene to a Lego set. There are sing-alongs with subtitles to that song, "Ballad of Sir Robin" ("Sir Robin ran away, bravely ran away away . . . ") and the Monk's song. There is a lot of extra Gilliam art and some funny menu animations. I especially enjoyed listening to the directors' commentary AND having the runnning screenplay, another option, while I watched the movie. That way I could follow both the audio (commentary) and the video (screenplay and picture). The sound and video are excellent. So, if you are at all interested in the movie, I think the DVD is worth the money. The extra 24 seconds are easily identifiable and interesting.
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