Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)

Wikipedia:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a 1975 British comedy film concerning the Arthurian legend, written and performed by the Monty Python comedy group of Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin, and directed by Gilliam and Jones. It was conceived during the hiatus between the third and fourth series of their BBC television series Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

A moose once bit my sister…

I have this movie on VHS, but as I don’t have means to watch it at the moment, so I found it on Netflix. As such, I’ve forgotten just how ridiculous this movie is! And because there are so many quotable quotes, I’ll be sprinkling them throughout this post.

Are you suggesting coconuts migrate?

Help, Help! I’m being repressed!

The basic story is as the title suggests, King Arthur goes in search of the Holy Grail, but in the process we hear all the wonderful backstory. We also get to see quite a bit of the countryside and some local customs.

Your Mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberrries!

what is the air speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

Okay, I’ve been watching this movie for several decades now, and it’s even a decade older than I am (am I showing my age?) so there really isn’t any way that this movie isn’t one of the classic parodies that sit alongside the likes of Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.

On second thought, let’s not go to Camelot. Its a silly place.

My Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★