Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979)

Wikipedia:

Monty Python’s Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 British comedy film starring and written by the comedy group Monty Python (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and Michael Palin). It was also directed by Jones. The film tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Chapman), a young Jewish man who is born on the same day as—and next door to—Jesus Christ, and is subsequently mistaken for the Messiah.

Okay, I am not entirely at all sure of what it was I just watched. I know what its supposed to be, because of the wiki article, but that doesn’t do it justice. I am aware that this movie is a parody, it’s supposed to be ridiculous, and not at all serious, but there actually is a message here (its a movie about Jesus, so I suppose even if its meant to a parody you still need a message).

Don’t let anyone tell you what to do.

Which is interesting because he was telling people not to let anyone tell you what to do. Which made sense as this is supposed to be a comedy and basically no one really listened anyway.

Spoiler! Maybe. The “real” Messiah never makes an appearance, you just get the story of Brian. I wasn’t sure the ending was the ending, until it ended. The Holy Grail had an ending of sorts, this one just ended.

I’m still not sure what I watched, but don’t let anyone tell you what to do.

My Rating: ★★