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Funniest Movie of all Time!
I've watched this movie so many times I can say the lines almost verbatim while watching it.
The Monty Python troup scores in spades with this classic parody of every King Arthur movie. The one liners, and spoofs are so numerous that if I'd list them all you'd be scrolling for hours, so I'll just list what I think are the best scenes.
The movie, in this edition starts with Dreem toothpaste, and the title is "Dentist On The Job!". Then the operator, coughing, finds the regular film.
Then, when the regular film starts, you get Scandanavian written accross the bottom of the screen, and of course the obligatory Moose. Then they apologize and start over, and over, and over. finally it's a bright flashy runthrough with roughly 8000 Llamas.
The opening scene is one of the best in movie history. "Bring Out Your DEAD!"
The Constitutional Peasant who rants about being repressed when he says that the King isn't in power because "Power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony! You can't be King simply because some watery tart threw a sword at YOU!"
The Black Knight with the flesh wound. "Come back here and fight like a man!."
The monks banging their heads with wooden boards, representing their Bibles "Pies Lesu Domine, Donna eis Requiem".
The woman that weighs as much as a duck, which means that she's made of wood, therefore she floats on water which means that she's a WITCH "We found a witch, may we burn her?" We also find that somehow cider, gravy, and very small rocks also somehow may float.
The sacreficial shrubbery that must be given to the "Kights who say Ni!" Then the second shrubbery that must be given to the Knights who now say "Icky Icky Icky Icky Ptang Swoop nwanwanwanwa".
The perilous dangers of the Castle Anthrax.
The meat eating rabbit that eats five, no three, members of their crew. They get the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch. It needs to be thrown at the count of five, no three, towards thy foe.
The Bridge of Death where you must answer these questions five, no three, to pass, is equally classic.
The first DVD also features Shakespearean lines throughout the film in the place of the normal subtitles. This is just as funny as the main film and a total must see. The amazing part is that the lines, though from Shakespeare, follow the film quite successfully.
The second DVD has the Lego Knights, which is one of the funniest skits I've ever seen. The first time I saw it I fell on the floor I was laughing so hard. It also gives lessons on how to do the Monk skit. How to use your coconuts.
There's also a decent story on the castle that is used throughout the film. This castle actually sells books about the movie and has tours. The surviving members, at the time of filming, talk of where they did the scenes at that castle.
This movie is a totaly classic. Don't listen to the yahoos who give it one star. It's worth 10. Yeah, the bits of subtitle problems are a bit problematic. But, between the Shakeperean lines, the Lego Knights, the Sing-alongs, all make this well worth the money to buy it, even if you already own it.
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