All this is like acting

Eliane 2021-10-13 13:05:41

The British are humorous, elegant and proud, with a bit of blackness. In this film, there seems to be nothing that cannot be ridiculed by the director, and it is also nonsensical and gentle. It is not as rude and uncultured like some American farce, the reason for this. It's because I just watched a so-called comedy called "The Stupid Funny Show" not long ago. I laughed, but it was really tiring.

This comedy ridiculed all the arrogances who thought they were trying to override people. From history to politics, from democracy to system, from religion to the relationship between Britain and France, even the great British hero King Arthur could not escape the teasing. This king has only An entourage, who didn't even have a horse, traveled all over the country, from the guards to the peasants who scoured him, and he didn't take him seriously. King Arthur was given the sacred mission to find the Holy Grail by a god like the old K. In the end, King Arthur led the entire army and finally launched a general offensive against the French. The Holy Grail is bound to be won. The police rushed into the camera, and a farce ended in a hurry, and these policemen were not farce. There is a scene in the film where a modern history expert in a suit and leather shoes suddenly appeared in a medieval scene, eloquently commenting on King Arthur, and being stabbed to death by a knight who suddenly rushed out. It really makes a political teacher dismissal. Pleasure.

Director Terry Gilliam is also the director of "12 Monkeys". He was surprised that the two films with different styles were produced by the same director. At the same time, he admired the artist's ease of artistic creation. Some people say that Woody Allen loosened the screws of the world gently, so among these wise men who are smiling and watching the world, there must be Terry Gilliam.

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  • Marcelina 2022-04-21 09:01:02

    Very funny, although it is a 75-year-old film, it is very avant-garde, HOHO

  • Turner 2022-04-20 09:01:01

    Damn, hahaha, it's even more epigastric than watching Wan Shi Mo Xing laughing

Monty Python and the Holy Grail quotes

  • [from trailer]

    American Narrator: [over a sweeping shot of mountains] Once in a lifetime, there comes a motion picture which changes the whole history of motion pictures. A picture so stunning in its effect, so vast in its impact that it profoundly affects the lives of all who see it.

    [dissolve to footage of King Arthur knighting Dennis]

    American Narrator: One such film is...

    Voice Director: [dismissively, trailer pauses] Very good, thank you. Yes, thank you. Next, please.

    [trailer rewinds]

    Slow-Witted Narrator: [trailer footage restarts] Once. In a. Life... time. There comes a... moh-tion pic-ture. Which... changes the 'hole... 'istory of moh... tion pictures. Eh...

    Voice Director: [trailer pauses] Yes, thank you. Next!

    [trailer rewinds]

    Gumby Narrator: [shouts as trailer footage restarts] ONCE! IN A! LIFETIME!

    Voice Director: [annoyed] Go away!

    Gumby Narrator: [shocked] What?

    Voice Director: Next!

    Gumby Narrator: What's wrong with my voice? My voice is alright, my brain is wrong...

    Asian Narrator: [trailer footage restarts, subtitled] Once in a lifetime there comes a motion picture which changes the whole history of motion pictures...

    Voice Director: [pleased] That's more like it!

    Asian Narrator: One such film is Kurosawa's "The Seven Samurai". Another was "Ivan the Terrible". Then there are more run-of-the-mill films like... "Herbie Rides Again", "La Notte", and "Monty Python and the Holy Grail".

    [the castle model behind Arthur and Dennis falls over. Arthur unexpectedly runs Dennis through with his sword]

  • King Arthur: [Repeated line] JESUS CHRIST!