Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Not quite the masterpiece I thought it was when I first saw it at Keith’s, but I still really enjoy it. Zero budget, a few castles, and a vision. It’s basically a bunch of British comedy skits loosely tied together with the plot of searching for the Holy Grail. It does not care about telling a good story in the slightest, it’s entirely focused on jokes. The jokes often have long build ups but they usually pay off. Even when a joke isn’t funny I can still appreciate it because of how silly and careless it feels. Nothing on screen looks convincing but that honestly enhances the comedy, it’s way funnier to have the Black Knight leak obviously fake blood as opposed to realistic blood. The shots in this movie look pretty good, nothing amazing but it shows an amount of care that many comedy movies lack. The music is also very good, which again just shows care put into this movie. The scene where the knights saves the prince is an all-timer.

Controversial, but I dont think The Holy Grail is actually that great as people say. There were some parts that actually made me laugh a little, but most of it I was like oh this is good but not funny. Hard to really put into words but yeah. I liked the story but not the ending. I wished they had actually finished instead of putting the joke of the cops arresting all of them. Yeah, honestly that's really all I have to say about. I don't think it's the best comedy classic out there but it's still good for the most part. At least it wasn't unbearable like Life of Brian.