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Summary: The Great Monty Python Movie Debate!!!
Review: So...is it Meaning of Life - OR - Life of Brian? Just go ahead and try to choose. Most people I ask say MEANING. Ask why and they mention the "Sperm Song" (I think it was Terry Gilliam who once said that Meaning of Life will probably be the only movie in history to have a full production number about sperm). It really is so hilarous that you have to pause the movie after to catch your breath. Next they mention the scene with the grim reaper. "You didn't use CANNED sammon...did you?" And the topless roller derby girls chasing the man to his death. And don't forget "the machine that goes ping!"So...how can I argue the fact that I like Life of Brian so much its on my top 2 favorite comedy movie list. It ain't easy. I like BRIAN for the same reason I like the OTHER movie in my top 2 list. That other movie is the Inspector General. Graham Chapman's Brian character is much like Danny Kaye's Inspector character. They are each simple men who are thrown into roles of great stature. Danny Kaye always liked these kinds of roles and he did them well. Chapman was the perfect Python to play Brian. I'm exilarated each time I watch these. With BRIAN on my shelf...I'll wait for Inspector General widescreen DVD next. NOTE: This Criterion edition is not lacking. Read the listing and you'll see why the price is justified. My favorite extras are the deleted scenes and the Python documentary "The Pythons". Now I can watch this movie as many times as I want and never have to worry about it wearing out!!
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Summary: Great, but...
Review: Excellent movie, truly worthy of the Python name, but falls short of the Holy Grail. Can be rather slow at times, but mostly hilarious. If it wasn't for what I think of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I'd gladly give this movie five stars.
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Summary: A classic
Review: When the pythons were writing this classic, they wanted to run it 2 and a half hours long and have an intermission in the middle. Folks, this Criterion edition is as close as your getting to that. it has five additonal scenes such as the crack suicide squad and the three wise men around the fire talking about how they love sheep. ABsoutley hilaruos----- BUY IT!
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Summary: Satire Supreme!
Review: 'Life Of Brian' is one of those rare movies which will probably still be a classic in 100 years, shown, praised and criticized at festivals, analyzed in universities, etc. Of course it's about Christianity. And of course it is not blasphemic. In contrary, it is giving an interesting and very very relevant point of view of the historical, AND contemporary, aspects of religion, camouflated in satire. Therefore, it is not only an extremely funny but also a highly important movie which you simple have to have seen!
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Summary: It's a Python movie! Of course it's good!
Review: I'm not sure what to say about this movie. It's better than Monty Python and the Holy Grail for it's plot and structure, but not as good as it because it's not quite as funny (though the stoning sequence is one of the funniest things they've ever done). So, anyway, here's pretty much what happens...some dude born in bethlehem is mistaken as the messiah, and is pursued relentlessly by his followers, before being captured by the romans...a few of which who have hilariously unforgettable speech disorders. This is rated R for female pubic hair, some swearing, maybe some violence, and making fun of christianity (I think conservatives rate movies...). Anyway, like any Python film, this is not to be missed.
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Summary: You are the messiah I know I've followed a few
Review: One of Python's best efforts and their second best movie (first being Holy Grail) This is also one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. The dialog is great; the physical comedy is hilarious. I am a Christian and this movie is not in any way offensive unless you are a complete fool. This movie never makes fun of Jesus but at the silly people who fallow whatever leader comes along. It's a wonderful mockery of the Roman political system and is just plain silly, and intelligent at the same time. Again this isn't an offensive movie unless you're a stupid git like my college roommate who couldn't take it. Always Look On the Bright Side Of Life, has always been one of the funniest songs ever written just to listen to. Once you see it in its context you'll die of laughter. This also teaches you several things. When in Israel if you ever come across some terrorists called People's Front Of Judea runaway they'll leave you out to dry. Oh and avoid the Judean Peoples Front as well!
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Summary: Hilarious
Review: This movie is so hilarious, but it is also funny in a very subtle way, that really needs repeat viewings to catch. Even people who have seen this numerous times like myself, find something we missed the previous times. It's very clever in that way, that some of the funniest gags are the hardest to spot. It is also silly, that in real life the church (mainly the Catholic Church) condemned this movie as blasphemous. It reminds me of the Father Ted comedy, where the film "The Trials of St. Tibulous" was showing on Craggy Island, although it had been banned everywhere else, and the Pope and Bishop ordered Father Ted and Father Dougall to protest outside the cinema. Well, all the ensuing publicity and news stories caused it to become the hugest selling movie in Craggy Island history. As Bishop Brennan says "People came from as far away as Gdensk to see it." This movie was a bit like that. All the hue and cry from the Churches, just made this more popular and a huge box office hit. Kinda ironic and hilarious in its own right. This is a really funny movie, and not at all blasphemous, I think God and Christ would split their sides laughing .. after all, they do want mankind to be happy. I'm quite sure, too, that they have a great sense of humour, and would give this 5 stars as well.
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Summary: All the best of the Python tradition
Review: MONTY PYTHON'S LIFE OF BRIAN is my personal favorite among all the different movies, skits, and shows the Python boys did over the years. I can't think of another Python piece that combines their wonderfully wacky humor with their scathing attacks on the sacred cows of modern life. As a seminarian and a Classics major in college, I was especially tickled by the scene where Brian's graffiti is parsed and corrected by the Roman soldier. It was far too much like my Greek classes! I am a Christian, but I was not offended in the least by anything in this movie. One enjoys LIFE OF BRIAN best if one understands from the beginning that this is a farce, a satirical comment on our own predilections and prejudices, NOT a commentary on the life of Christ itself. We should take note that when Christ is present, he is never personally attacked: the Python boys use His appearance as a point of departure, nothing more. This is evident especially in the scene where Christ is giving the Sermon on the Mount and the crowd at the back thinks He says "Blessed are the Cheesemakers." (GET ON WITH IT!) Right. This is probably the most coherent of the Python movies. MEANING OF LIFE is fragmented and doesn't hold together as well, while THE QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL, a classic in its own right, suffers a bit from an ending that drags just a bit. Therefore LIFE OF BRIAN is, in my opinion, the best of the Python movies. and now for something completely different...
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Summary: Blessed are the Big Noses
Review: First things first, i'm a dirty liar, i'm actually reviewing the standard dvd, not the criterion addition. I was too stoopid to write this review on thr proper site tho, so here we are. Because of this problem i cannot comment on the quality of the video, audio or extras. I assume they are great b/c this is criterion, but i dunno. I will simply say that this movie is amazingly funny. Not a minute goes by that i'm not laffing out loud. Full of physical humor as well as sharp wit, this movie is one of the funniest of all time. However it could be viewed as very blasphemous, i suppose, so iif your easily offended in the ways of religion, run, run for your life. However if you can handle teh jabs at religion and you like monty python, or goofy British comedy in general, then this is your movie. If any of that applies to you you should have already purchased this movie, why haven't you? whats wrong with you? Get with the program. FAll to peer pressure, buy the thing why don't you.
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Summary: Great movie with grat extras
Review: This movie has been around for a while and it is still hilarious. The extras included on the criterion dvd are well worth the higher cost. Perhaps the modern day Christian pharisees wrapped in their smug self righteousness will find this movie offensive or sacreligous, but do these Holy rollers watch movies anyway? If you haven't seen it, you should. This movie and "The Holy Grail" are two of the comedy classics of the late 20th century. Too bad they cut out the scenes with Otto. The only part I don't care for is the spaceship. The Pythons are all in top form in this movie, especially John Cleese. Enough said!
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