MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL (1975) FIRST TIME WATCHING - MOVIE REACTION! LEGENDARY!
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- Welcome to our first time watching Monty Python And The Holy Grail (1975).
Two generations watching this for the first time and we see if the humour still stands up to today! And it does! We loved this and the jokes come plenty and fast. It's weird and wacky. Written and starring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, and directed by Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones.
Great scenes and now we know the context of so many quotable lines. We loved the Black Knight, the Witch Trial, the Knights Who Say Ni, the Rabbit of Caerbannog, the Holy Hand Grenade and many more. Superb, sublime and mind opening !
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We hope you enjoy this Reaction Video. Thank you for watching Titanic, and we felt we needed a comedy after that! So a bit of Monty Python, right? This is the first time the son has seen anything of Monty Python so it's interesting to see whether the humour works on the new generation. Dad loves Monty Python but this film was shadowed by Life Of Brian growing up so he missed it. Hope you like seeing what works and doesn't after all this time - which is nearly 50 years! Let us know below if you think 50 year-old British humour still stands up in today's world. We make our conclusion at the end of the video. Thank you for all the support so far and the comments, we enjoy reading them, even if we are not able to respond to them all. Enjoy!
Great reaction! Do also Monthy Python-Life of Brian.
On your second viewing, I suggest that you have the subtitles on. Some of the lines can be difficult to understand due to the accents.
Great reaction ❤️
Hey guys thanks for the video, I have never actually watched those movies. I got to agree with the sons reaction different I did not understand some parts or where it was going next. Good to see you both all cheered up for this video.
😎👍 The next two Python films were financed entirely by George Harrison. A movie I think your son will really enjoy is "Time Bandits" (1981) which is like half a Monty Python movie. It has John Cleese and Michael Palin in it, and it was directed by Terry Gilliam. If memory serves, the lead protagonist is approximately his age. 😜
I would say about half the jokes most young people would laugh at, your son was a bit bored until the black knight scene. The witch scene, about the scales, back then the Lords would pay the peasants for their grain, by weight. The grain was put where the "witch" sat, and then the weights were added to the other side.
They couldn't afford to rent, or feed horses so they went with the coconut gag.
A cautionary tale on the subject of; "What is Oral S*x Dad?"...
Over 30 years ago we attended a Dinner Party with 6 couples. At least one of each pair we had known for years. As the evening progressed we somehow ended up on the subject of 'How did you meet and when did you officially become a couple?' One couple gave their story; "We worked for the same company. After a work's party we went back (To the boy's) home. We were having Oral S*x on the bed when (The boy's) mum came in with a tray of tea and biscuits. Mum sat on the foot of the bed and chatted away, until we had finished"
Everyone fell silent. The party died on its feet, we all went home.
It wasn't until weeks later, while talking with the lad's parents that the truth came out: The mother thought Oral S*x meant "Kissing" and had raised her children with this same misunderstanding.
Avoid making the same mistake.
Oh dear God.......😂
When I was in college one of the desks had “Help! Help! I’m being repressed!” carved into the back of its chair. It made me smile every time I sat there.
Well, now he's seen the violence inherent in the system.
"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!"
Fun Fact: The famous depiction of galloping horses by using coconut shells (a traditional radio-show sound effect) came about from the purely practical reason that the production simply could not afford real horses.
Metal Funding Fact: Funds earned by Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973) went towards funding this movie. The band were such fans of the show, they would halt recording sessions just to watch Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969). Led Zeppelin and Genesis contributed to this movie's budget as well.
Swallow This Fact: The airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow is roughly eleven meters per second, or twenty-four miles per hour, beating its wings seven to nine times per second rather than forty-three. It's true: A five-ounce bird cannot carry a one pound coconut, but furthermore, no swallow weighs five ounces. The English barn swallow weighs only twenty grams (two-thirds of an ounce).
Historical Fact: The French tactic of pelting Arthur (Graham Chapman) and his knights with livestock echoes the relatively modern legend of a medieval siege of the fortified southern French town of Carcassonne. Said to have been near starvation, the townspeople used the last of their food to pelt the besieging army to convince them, suffering likewise, that the town was well stocked with food and that the siege was hopeless. The tactic was successful, and the siege was lifted.
Except for the one horse used in the scene for the death of the "famous historian".
Ive never clicked on an upload so fast. LOL What a classic!
The ending is a literal "cop out"...
I very much appreciate your reaction. I thought your editing was overall very good, which points to the fact that you get it. So many reactors end up cutting out very integral bits of comedic dialogue because they simply don’t get it. Bravo! 👏
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Thank you. This film is sensitive to being striked and took a few uploads for youtube to accept it. This is why the clips are short. When you only have a few seconds to choose, those seconds have to be the best few seconds of that scene. We wish there could be more.
"The previous video to this was Titanic."
*From the Titanic to the Holy Grail is a bit of a jump.*
Yes it is! Although all comedy originally comes from tragedy !
We in America owe a debt of gratitude to the father or Luke and Owen Wilson for bringing Monty Python to our attention! The short version of the story is that Mr. Wilson was in London for business and saw Python's Flying Circus on TV. He was completely blown away and worked to get it to play here on PBS. 😊
I don't think he should watch it right now, but when your son is a few years older, I would love to see him react to Airplane!
Thank you, we have been considering Airplane for a while now, but I think it will be appreciated more after watching a few more films it references
I went to see a theatre showing of this followed by a Q&A with John Cleese and his daughter- I love him 😍 hes so charming and warm and absolutely funny 😄
Trolling people at the "end" for 49 years and counting!
The MOST important thing to remember when watching Monty Python is that many of the jokes are on the audience. Meaning the punchline is for the cast to laugh because they're confusing the viewer. Andy Kaufman was an absolute genius at this type of humor.
You got a nasty taunting this time! 😂😂😂❤
"And now for something completely different"
/whoosh, straight over his head.
Castle Aargh! was featured in the BBC TV series Grand Tour of Scottish Lochs (series 2 episode 3 'Point to Pap') where they interviewed the son of the (then) castle owner in the 1970's who ferried the Python film crew over to it. He ultimately got a tiny cameo in the film on the battlements, they re-create the scene in the documentary.
The credits used to always be in the beginning. Saw it 6 times when it came out including a matinee with just kids. They laughed their heads off.
We remembering after the recording that the people who make credits were sacked at the beginning of the film!
I think it was Star Wars that reversed the trend. It didn’t have any credits (besides the title) at the beginning, because George Lucas wanted it to have the feel of an old-time movie serial where they’d recap the story, then put you right into the action.
Although he was fined for it at the time, I’d say it led to the modern practice of giving credit to literally everybody and their newborn baby involved in a movie.
To clear up a couple of the mysteries that puzzled you, the "Bring out your dead" scene was a reference to the Black Plague of the Middle Ages, where they removed the corpses in order not to spread the disease. Secondly, from the moment in the film where the elderly reporter was killed by sword, the police were following the trail of King Arthur's group a la Scotland Yard until at the very end of the film, when they finally caught up to them and arrested them all. One of my favorite little golden touches is when one of the cops throws a blanket over King Arthur's head during his arrest. It's a little homage to the modern-day of hiding the culprit's identity from public view, and it works for several reasons. First, there wasn't any media in those days, so it was completely unnecessary. Secondly, they're trying to hide the identity of the King of England, and thirdly, if you don't know that as the viewer, it just looks like someone throwing a blanket over the King's head. Brilliant!
I always thought of it as one last "sacking".
Ahhh, confusion! The appropriate 1st reaction to viewing Monty Python...
"Bring out your dead"
The Black Plague
Worms... could you possibly be.... another Amiga fan... perhaps
(although that game series was on so many platforms in the end)
Anyway! Fantastic stuff guys, I had a school friend (this was eons ago) always banging on with these saying from Ni! to I Fart In Your General Direction. Decades later I saw this and understood lol Needless to say, I have now caught up (at the tender age of 48) with the complete TV series, the early TV shows (eg At Last The 1948 Show) the movies, and a even Jabberwocky etc. I can at last call myself a fan!
Thanks for this, and yes, some terrific Terry Gilliam movies to react to in the future! Glad you stated that!
Comic genius.
The Black Knight sounded like he was voiced by every Python member.
John Cleese all the way bro.
@@darrylguerrant5101 I'll concede that it wasn't "every" member, but "Had enough, eh?" clearly Eric Idle. "Just a flesh wound" Clearly Michael Palin
I love this movie. I base my friends on if they think this movie is funny. If they don't? Gone. Nobody needs that kind of negativity lol. It's just so silly! Lol
I can't be friends with someone who doesn't like MP 😂😂😂
Odd flex to reject people for *their* negativity. Irony truly is dead.
@@Hexon66 It's a joke. :-)
The kid is obviously completely captivated by Monty Python, he was working hard to keep a straight face.
The 1974 version of Where the Red Fern Grows is a classic I'd recommend. I was just a tad younger than your son when I watched it more than 2 decades ago, and it has stuck with me ever since. It's definitely worth a watch. It is based on the 1961 novel by the same name. Or perhaps a newer film, The Greatest Showman (2017). Both have good life lessons within them. Keep doing what you're doing, I love the reaction videos😊
George Harrison was a big reason why this film was made, also Time Bandits! ❤
I really enjoy your channel and educating your son on some great movies. The Holy Grail is one of the best films in any genre. Some adults do not get some references(Anthrax for example) and social, politcal and economic ones. Does your son have many questions? There are so many fantastic scenes but my favorite is the French Taunting. I believe The Flying Circus was first on US Public TV since 1974. I have been a fan since. Thank you.
Must see, " A Fish Called Wanda"..Python alumni, with Americans Jamie Lee Curtis, and Kevin Kline....a heist movie with great comedic timing!
Me playing War Thunder as my tank explodes into a fireball, “tis but a scratch”
I'll recommend TIME BANDITS (1981) - an adventure comedy featuring most of the Monty Python troupe and others. The plot and continuity are actually much better.
Please don't ignore the 7th Python, Neil Innes. Stig Nasty from The Ruttles "All You Need is Cash"
I've watched the full length well over 100 times and figured I'd like to get an idea what people, around the world think of it. Thanks for your take.
I'm impressed the host's son read Norwegian!
Silly ending but nice Rover P6 .
Hey guys another great reaction. I have a question for ya. Are you planning on taking requests eventually for movie reactions? I would love to see you guys react to 1989’s Field of Dreams staring Kevin Costner, Ray Liotta, and James Earl Jones. Not sure if you’ve ever heard of it but at first guess you’d think it was a movie about baseball. But that’s only a small part of the movie. The movie is actually about family. It’s an amazing feel good movie that I think would be great to share with your boy. Either way keep em coming. Really enjoying your channel.👍
Thank for this. Not seen it. Am aware of the famous line of course, but always assumed (as a Brit) that it relies on some baseball knowledge to enjoy properly. If you don’t think so, then maybe it’s a good idea
@@GenerationMediaReaction the story is amazing. No need to know baseball it’s just the vehicle to tell this heartwarming and funny story. I promise that both of you will love the movie. I know there are so many other movies you can chose from so just keep it in mind. Be well.
Another movie that's great for a father and son to watch together is "Frequency," a mystery/science fiction story from 2000.
the first time we watched this at my house we had to rewind 5 times because we were dying of laughter so much after the horse and the guy obsessing with the coconuts, that we couldnt hear what they kept on saying. I think it was the one and only time i cried of laughter so fast with a movie
also one theory for coconuts in america is they freaking floated from asia so...they technically did migrate🤣🤣🤣
how is she the same as the duck? cause she was indeed a witch!!! ahahahahahaahah
Now you know why the credits were at the start of the film!
When the black screen and 'slushy organ music' played in the theaters, the theater house lights came up. It was obviously the ending.
We need a sequel!!!
Daddy Daddy how did the Polar Bears miss you ?
I could see the look of concern on your face during the Castle Anthrax bit. He'll appreciate this movie more when he's older.
When I saw the movie for the first time I think I was the same age! Just always nice and crazy! Also very good from Montey Python is "The Life of Brian" and the TV Series "Monty Python’s Flying Circus"!
All in all, Monty Python and the Meaning of Life isn't as good as the other movies, and yet it's still got some very good stuff in it.
Tis but a flesh wound.
No one expects the spanish inquisition!!
Have really enjoyed your reactions. Wonderful to see a dad properly introducing his son to past and present pop culture. Would love to see you add song reactions as well at some point like other reactors; music he's never heard before and help broaden his mental horizons. Best of luck on your channel!
Thank you very much Eric. We appreciate the support. It might be something we look into with music. At the moment, we are doing movies for the first six months and then we will see where we are at. If you have any suggestions for further movies, please let us know.
@@GenerationMediaReaction Glad to support. You deserve it. If your views aren't where you want them after six months don't give up. Some reactors have had to go one or two years before they build large audiences. It just takes persistence. There are lots of movies I'd love to see you guys check out. Your son appears to be about 12 so in keeping his age in mind my suggestions would be Honey I Shrunk the Kids from 1989, or The NeverEnding Story from 1984.
The black knight truely was invincible but Excalibur is the magic aword all other magic swords want to be
Maybe a little young for this one, but he should definitely rewatch it later in life
I don’t know… Obviously he wouldn’t get some of the more adult jokes yet, hopefully, but he can get the gist of what was going on without knowing exactly, plus most of it is pretty universal…
He might get more out of it later, but it’s still fine for now… Now life of Brian, that might be best kept for later lol.
I was eight when I first saw this, and there was no harm done. The really adult stuff went over my head. I got the purely silly jokes.
@@jtoland2333 I agree that it can't hurt to watch it at any age, and he will get the rest later as you say :)
@@KitsyX lol true true :)
Good but a bit of a mad film . I tried getting in the cinema for this but they wouldn't let me in at the time i was too young. I miss those tuxedo 's of yours !
The Swedish subtitles to the otherwise stark and dramatic titles were intended to suggest and spoof an Ingmar Bergman film like The Seventh Seal.
The best ending ever.
Always keep your audience in the dark.
Absurdist humor the best humor.
By the way:
According to some studies, the airspeed velocity of an unladen European swallow is estimated to be around 11-16 meters per second (24-35 miles per hour) or 20.1-29.5 feet per second. However, other sources suggest that African swallows may be able to achieve speeds of up to 46 miles per hour (74 kilometers per hour).
You're welcome.
And this is how 6 guys trolled the entire world for an hour n half
the phython team released some comedy records with sketches and silliness for a whole album... but they used a trick to make that mind bending too. they had the record cut at the factory with multiple spirals instead of just one. they recorded different versions of things and mixed them up and added those to the other record grooves... without telling anyone. the listener would get very confused when playing the record each time as the content was all messed up and you didnt know what was happening
this will be interesting.
I remember watching this movie when I was that little boy’s age and I thought it was hilarious. This is way back in the 80s. My kids thought it was kind of funny but they didn’t get hardly any of the jokes and I think that’s because a lot of the stuff in this movieis really set in the 70s the late 70s early 80s and 3040 years later. I don’t think it has the same relevance as it did back then plus I don’t think that many people know the stories of King Arthur anymore. I think a lot of that stuff is disappeared overtime.
One of the big influences on the Monty Python gang was the Goon Show, which was a radio show on the BBC in the 50's. You might want to watch next And Now For Something Completely Different, their first movie which was a collection of skits from the first two seasons of their TV show.
Hi guys
Show him This is Spinal Tap
26:02 I was waiting for the “Dad, what’s oral sex?” conversation. Obviously kids grow up quicker these days. 🤔
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Love you guys. Here are some recommendations providing you haven’t watched them.
My Girl
Big
Speed
Uncle Buck
Weekend at Bernie’s (were there scenes that were age inappropriate?)
Throw mama off the train
Tuck Everlasting
Elephant man
Princess bride
The dream team
Willow
Edward scissor hands
The book thief
Rear Window
The rat race
Patch Adam’s
Stardust
Flowers in the attic
Thank you for this.
"A Fish Called Wanda" is not, strictly-speaking, a Monty Python film, but with John Cleese and Michael Palin it does capture some of that style of humor (or "humour," if you will).
Well, A Fish Called Wanda has a more or less coherent storyline from the beginning to the end, so not quite Python. I think it would be easier for a kid to follow. Also, even with John Cleese and Michael Palin in it, some of the funniest bits come from Kevin Kline, who actually won an Oscar for it.
I'd really love to see a Lord of the Rings trilogy reaction from you guys. That would be epic and I think it would really put your channel on the map
Totally agree! Alas, we watched them before we set up the channel
In the fallout video game series there is actually a there’s an encounter where you come across the bridge of death with the old man guarding it and you have to answer the three questions and follow to which came out back in the late 90s
I'm sure you noticed...they were framed.. no-one was riding an actual horse..lol..only the culprit...
I do hope you encourage your son to read... it's very important to brain development...the mind creates the images enabling the youngster to think in linear and complex thought patterns...very important for critical rational... history..including fictional because facts are needed to form storylines..is a marvelous thing and the tales of King Arthur are among the best...
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The Sword in the Stone and Excalibur are two different swords. Arthur gets Excalibur later on from the Lady of the Lake.
ooops!
It depends on the retelling, really.
The application of logic to this film shall be punished by ---- The Spanish Inquisition!!
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition.
Thus actually takes place in the year 8647 A.D. if you square 93
Hmm I can imagine watching life of brian with my young son and trying to explain why king author here is clearly not jewish
the whole intro im thinking "Get On With It"
Well....that was ...uncomfortable. Yeah. That's what it was,,,,,,uncomfortable. How old is that kid??.
They used a real 1 legged man for the black knight then they only had to dig 1 hole for the final form
How can any British person of any age NOT be familiar with Monty Python? I'm in the US and 1st was introduced on PBS in the 80s.
...seriously?
@@malcolmdrake6137 About PBS? Yes, many of our generation in the United States were first exposed to Monty Python via PBS. That is true.
Sadly this film did not win any awards in moose choreography
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Hello, check out a movie called, 1492: Conquest of Paradise.
Adventure/Drama (1992). It stars Gérard Depardieu, Siqourney Weaver, Armante Assante. It portrays a version of the travels to the New World by the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and the effect this had on indigenous peoples.
Directed by Ridley Scott. Thank you, Chris.
I dig that flick, but I think that movie would bore that poor kid to death.
@@deraykrause4517 or maybe a movie called,
The Bad News Bears. (1976) Family/Comedy. It stars Walter Matthau, Jackie Earle Haley, Tatum O’Neal. A former minor-league pitcher and alcoholic who finds himself coaching a youth team of misfit baseball players. I think he might like that movie..
@@Chris55555. That's a great one! Probably considered "problematic" by today's standards, which makes it essential viewing IMO. 🤣
Don't torture your child like this
The nights back story is what make the subtle jokes so good, bevedere was the wisest of all the Knights and makes nothing but horrible decisions, galahad actually found the Holy grail and then immediately ascended, Lancelot is galahad father so he litterally cock blocked his son and Lancelot back story ain't important it has nothing do to with the plot
You didn't wait for the actual ending sequence?
Tell more
@@GenerationMediaReaction Trolling. j/k.
I noticed your son only laughs at the violent bits. Mmmmm
The most messed up and outrageous silliness was historically accurate, and the rest is just the cast being zany.
Proving once again that fact is stranger than fiction.
The mioses are in the extended special edition verson the mooses agent had too many demands
I think your son is a bit too young to appreciate all the humor of Monty Python, I was about 16 at the time and I still had a bit of trouble getting all of it until I watched it several more times to understand the British humor behind it.
I think there’s many layers. In Britain, the Monty Python influence is all around us in culture and advertising, but also is social situations and dialogue. But also in theme of history for this particular film with its castles, knights and stories of legend, plague witches etc. British people live and breathe this type of humour. He was already standing on a great platform to enjoy this film. I think may adults don’t understand it, especially if humour in their culture is different. This is what makes it interesting to see which jokes and which do not.
I dont think your son was that interested in the movie
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I look forward to every upload 🤗
Anyone enjoy Micheal palin travel programs like around the world in 80 days 🤩
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Yes I watched that all the time
1. What about the moose?
2. Paying attention to the opening credits makes it better for everyone, including you.
3. The first time I saw this was in the back of a pickup at a drive-in (it's still here) with my siblings and a couple of friends.
4. Perfect Monty Python where you can just get sucked into something where you don't have to think about anything and just let yourself go.
5. "What ya gonna do? Bleed on me." "we'll call it a draw"
6. Quick bit: "Blow it out your ass"!
7. The ultimate cock block 😭
8. Robin's shield is a chicken.
9.The only horse in the film is ridden by the guy that killed the historian.
10.The ending sucked. It was a cop out. Literally
They ran out of 🤑🤑
I do hope you'll include Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) among your reactions. It's less popular than Holy Grail or Life of Brian, but I find it most closely matches the format of their sketch comedy television series, Monty Python's Flying Circus, and it has some great quotable bits, including my favorite musical productions number.
I think we will add them to the list.
@@GenerationMediaReaction Ehhh.... the Meaning of Life isn't for kids. Either @tofersiefken has forgotten or they are trying to trick you into full nudity, graphic sex, and some pretty disturbing gross-out humor.
Life of Brian next?
When I moved my gf in, I have a crap ton of movies so I'm hmmm what character would you be. Ah ha! I'll tell ya after the scene Megan. It was the white rabbit because she's small, cute, fluffy and could bite my head off anytime. She agreed! Oh no!
Watch jurassic park next, start his obsession with dinosaurs
We've seen it already sadly. But we are considering a giant Monkey fighting dinosaurs
@@GenerationMediaReaction Which version? 😉
Their TV show, Flying Circus, is just as funny
Bicycle Repairman!
Can you the little mermaid
Hello,i am french please Can you react Brotherhood of the Wolf, this is a France dark true story ,"the beast of Gévaudan".This film was got a great succès in USA in 2000 . Please if you react watches the VO with subbtitle because the english version is horrible, thanks 👍
Your son looks a tad young for the language and innuendo in this movie!
With respect, I feel like most of the humor went completely over your son's head. A lot of Monty Python humor sits best with people who have a pretty good knowledge of history and literature because the Python's reference them satirically in almost every movie, skit, and program they had appeared in. Sometimes absurdist humor requires one to understand nuance and be open to goofiness, immaturity, and nonsense otherwise it could just seem to be 'dumb' or 'weird'. He might need a few more years of life experience to 'get' some of it.
Agreed, I also think that much of the humour goes over many adults’ heads as well. Hopefully it’s a film, like with Life of Brian, that has repeat viewing value where more things are picked up on.
I think your son is a little young for this type of humour.