First time watching MONTY PYTHON & THE HOLY GRAIL 

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Monty Python's humor is as much a vibe as anything. You either vibe with it or not. It's not for everyone. :)

So enjoyable watching Mary trying to make sense out of one of the most nonsensical movies ever.

Pure absurdist comedy. These guys are geniuses.

I'm amazed that so few people find the "message for you sir!" bit funny. Cracks me up every time!

The reason for the coconuts was simply because the budget couldn't afford to rent horses day after day

Knew this would be lost on you Mary. Been watchin this since I was 5 years old. Absolute classic.

The trick to REALLY enjoying this is to rewatch it with friends while not sober.

I love how Tim purely existed to show how they did indeed have a pyrotechnics budget

5.26 in and I've never seen anyone miss every single joke, every single attempt at irony, pathos, absurdity...

One of the most consistently hilarious comedies ever made. It's insane how almost supernaturally talented every member of Monty Python was and still is.

One does not simply expect Python movies to make sense and have a point.😂

4 minutes in and she still hasn't figured out that this is a comedy. I'm dying here 😃😱😛

I've seen plenty of millenials react to Monty Python and love it, so it's not a generational thing. Mary just doesn't get absurdist humour, it was painful watching her trying to reason why they didn't just ride a real horse, completely missing the joke. But it would be a boring planet if everyone liked the same things. So now she's seen it, she realizes that type of humour isn't for her, which is fine. Each to their own, variety is the spice of life, and other cliches.

I enjoyed that you commented on the accents of the French Guard and Tim, and I'm not sure you noticed that they were both the same actor. John Cleese is a comedic legend!

Monty Python doesn't seem to be your type of humor. That said, you had me laughing more than I usually do when watching this, with your deadpan reactions and by taking it more seriously than it should be taken. So thank you for that!

I didn't know it was possible to try and take Monty Python seriously, but here we are

"What floats in water?" "Very small rocks" 😂

Rule #1: Never take Monty Python seriously. Rule #2: When taking Monty Python seriously, see rule #1. Rule #3: Except on alternate Tuesdays, when the sun is shining and there is a killer rabbit in Hollywood.

Nah. It's a hit by new viewers as well. It's classic British humor that still lives on to this day.

can pretty much guarantee every comedic actor/actress/writer/director etc. that you enjoy are either massive fans and inspired by the Pythons or the people who they do were. the unpredictability and sophistication is what makes their movies, and sketch TV series, comedy pure genius.

lol No, this film isn't dated (i first watched it in the 90s, when it was 20 years old, and i still loved it)....Monty Python get funnier the more times you watch them (and embrace their silly comical style).

"...he is stuck in the 21st century..." - Considering the year this movie was made, it would be the 20th century.

British sarcasm at its finest ...not everyone outside of the uk gets it but i cry laughing every time i watch it ...

As a geriatric millennial everyone was still swapping quotes from this when I was at uni. It took me watching their TV series to really appreciate what they were doing in this film. Even then, it's a big ask to have people come to a film and already be primed for that exact style of humour. I think giving the The Meaning Of Life would be well worth it because it really gives you everything you need to enjoy the comedy. This one really needs you to be a fan to get all the wink-and-nudge stuff on a first viewing

No part of any Monty Python media should be taken seriously. All of it is just silliness and jokes. You wouldn't be into it if you have a serious or a literal personality

How do you watch a comedy, knowing it's a comedy, and still take most of it as if it was supposed to be serious and make sense?

Nothing sadder than seeing a real human being not laugh during the black knight scene 😂😂😂 I'm literally dying laughing just thinking about the scene and simultaneously crying on the inside for you

A legendary ridiculous comedy and Mary's trying to put common sense to it! LOL. Love your reactions!

This movie is super-meta. I remember watching it for the first time in high school. A short while after, I showed it to my sister and she cracked up as much as I did.

Did no one tell Mary that this was an absurdist comedy movie?

"I doubt this guy can fight" Never doubt the power of Excalibur. NEVER.

I think you’re the first person I’ve seen watch this movie with this level of seriousness 😂 Like I’ve never seen anyone show so much compassion for the deaths, any even! Except sometimes for the guy who was definitely dead and not fooling anyone. This definitely gets better with rewatches, especially keeping in mind it’s absurdist comedy. Some jokes I didn’t find that funny and also thought dragged when I first watched it are hilarious now.

Someone else once pointed out that at the end, the cops have the wrong people, because the knight that killed the historian actually had a real horse - the only one in the movie

Just laughing so hard at Mary NOT laughing at most of the jokes, reminds me of the Family Guy where Meg said "I'm a girl I dont even like the good Monty Python stuff'. She was so sure the witch wasnt going to weigh the same as a duck LOL

"Why does everyone have such an unbearable voice?" Because most of the characters are performed by Python Michael Palin who is very good at what he does. Best. Mike.

The reason for the coconuts was because several European swallows showed up on set carrying them on strings, due to their migration and the string held underneath their dorsal wings.

You see it all the time in the movies that when people are stabbed, they always remove the weapon, but ask any trauma doctor, and they'll tell you that anytime you are stabbed or impaled by an object or weapon, DO NOT REMOVE IT! It is providing pressure to the wound and preventing you from bleeding out. Wait until you are in the care of a trauma team.

The coconut thing is what was used in old films to make horse sounds, so they just spoofed it :)

Of course Arthur is the King. He's the only one that hasn't got shit all over him.

I wish people would tell her if it's a comedy or not lol. Mary takes things so serious until it's so in her face XD

You're thinking about it way too much, lol. The comedy is the absurdity of the scenes.

Life of Brian is lot more of a "regular" comedy, good balance between Monty Python and getting general audiences lots of LOLs.

Comic con 2017, two mates were dressed up as characters, one as sir Robin, the other as the lead minstrel Waiting in a line someone recognised the costumes and made a commotion about it, resulting in some calling “three cheers for sir Robin”, the cosplayer went into the historical painting “noble hero” pose, someone then called for cheers for sir robins minstrel…everything calmed down, only for me to then say loud and clear - “and there was much rejoicing” EVERYONE burst out laughing…ahh, fond memories

What’s funnier than a Monty Python movie? Watching a left-brained person watch a Monty Python movie.

Definitely not a movie to overthink. Best to just go with it. Such a classic!

"i don't think God wants you to hurt yourself". I see someone Has not heard of the medival flagellants

I highly recommend "Monty Python's Life of Brian".

4:18 It's called self-flagellation where monks would wander cities and villages, whipping their own backs bloody to appease God so he would take the Plague from them, so yes, they thought very much this was what God wanted from them. And since mixing open wounds with an airborn disease isn't very bright, Monty Python thought this was a more appropriate portrayal of that practice.

One of my top movies of all time because of the pure stupidity of the humor! No problem with you not liking it as much, you are a sweetheart. Cheers

I knew you'd feel this way, and this is why I tell the uninitiated to start with Life Of Brian (which is better), not "Holy Grail". Not that I expect you to watch it now! PS: It's not a "nostalgia" thing, it was a cult movie made for fans of the TV series (which was totally random and absurdist). The uneven pacing of the movie is not something that is a matter of aging poorly, it was always there. Some bits were great, some not, and most fans know that going in. "Life Of Brian" is a much more evolved work, has a great beginning, middle and end, brilliant satire on the history of religion (specifically Christianity)....and had a much bigger budget to include camels!

This is one of the most "dead from the neck up" reactions I think I've ever seen. It's actually incredible. But also pretty much what I expected from her tbh.

As an American, dry brit humor has always been my favorite. It just hits me a certain way. This movie especially. I grew up watching Absolutely Fabulous with my mum, and i was a HP fan, so that likely has something to do with it. 😂

You seemed to have taken it quite literal.

In my opinion, this is one of the greatest comedies in cinematic history. 🤣🤣🤣 But like my Grandpa always used to say: "Sonny, if everybody liked the same things, everybody'd be after yer Grandma".😉

The kind of jokes that “drag on” are actually meta in that they are playing with your patience and expectations. That is the point. It is like the DMV sloth scene in Zootopia.

As a french my english teatcher showed us this when i was 12, i was a fan of Monty python since the first 5 minutes 😘

It’s the kind of movie you have to encounter at the right time of your life, so I don’t blame any reactors for not always vibing with this one.

"You'd be a lot safer if you were on a horse..." Doubtful! Just look how scared poor Patsy is 😱 The servants/horses have some great little moments and reaction shots, likely because Terry Gilliam, co-director, plays Patsy (and the animator, and the old man from scene 24). For a Python adjacent movie directed by Terry Jones - Erik The Viking

It's so much better when you realize that the entire movie is basically a super massive, live action role play session.

I was lucky enough to see these guys live (5 down 1 to go tour). Each are legends of comedy. If you want to fully understand their humour however you are best watching the original TV show Monty Python's Flying Circus.

a lot of the time with these guys, the testing of your patience *is* the joke

Things they couldn't afford when making this movie: Horses (hence the coconuts) An actual Camelot set piece (hence the model & why they didn't go to Camelot) Enough actors to play all the different roles (hence the outrageous accents) To film a huge ending battle (hence the literal cop out)

Am I to assume that no one told Mary that this is a goofy comedy movie? She's trying to apply logic to everything.

My wife and I took her father to this movie in 1976. He did not get it and sat saying, "What the he'll is this?" We saw the stage play and the black Knight did not fall after the legs were cut off.

This movie goes over many heads.

Us English and the French have had a long history of warring, and only became allies in 1904. Seriously, it was considered tradition for English Kings to war with France.

For 1975, this movie was groundbreaking. Add to that the fact that it is made by Brits and they make fun of their own lore. As a 12-year-old I found it absolutely hilarious.

She is going to see this again one day, and realise that she missed most of the jokes

Fair enough. This style of British humor isn’t for everyone. However this movie was popular enough to spawn a Broadway musical “Spamalot” that still touring. Saw it in Londons West End. They sold killer rabbit slippers during the intermission.

I knew around 2:20 mark when she said "That's cruel" when the "Bring out your dead" guy was going to kill that old man that Mary wasn't going to get this movie.

The other Monty Python films & their sketch show are also very good.

Mary’s the first of many many reactors I’ve seen who doesn’t get this humor. Mary is very literal and that’s why. For fun, Mary, watch one of the other reactions to this movie and see hysterical laughter.

I can't. I just can't.

Did you skip the opening credits? If you did, that could explain your initial confusion. The opening credits really set up the film nicely. If you skipped them, you should go back and watch! Loved the reaction, though. Keep up the good work!

This is considered by many to be one of the funniest movies ever made, so glad you're reacting to it. I grew up on the BBC show Monty Pythons Flying Circus here in the US So I was already familiar with the cast. Terry Gilliam also did all the animation in the movie and the TV show.

. . . Does she think this is a historical drama?

I think this film is best viewed as a series of arthurian-themed sketches rather than a contiguous story with continuity and narrative structure. I can see how this being your blind introduction to Python might mean you don't get the humour, especially if you weren't expecting it to be so absurd, but that absurdism is what Monty Python is all about.

Boy that ending was such a cop out.

I adore this movie, and everything that the Monty Pythion group produced. I'm always interested in how people react to Monty Python. For me, when you come to it cold, being unaware of the legacy of writers and performers, or having never seen their original television comedy sketch show, then the nature of the movies must seem very odd. Their television series completely turned the conventions of comedy upside down, doing away with the traditional punchline ending structure and format and instead connecting seemingly random comedy sketches via Terry Gilliam's extraordinary animations. When you're familiar with how they sought to play with the structure of a 30 min television show, then the way they attempted to play with the conventions of film comedy suddenly makes more sense. The subtitles in the opening credits is a prime example of that, but its surprising how many people just fast forward and miss it. At the end of the day. comedy is a personal thing. If you need for there to be common sense motivation for a group of grown men to be childishly silly, then Monty Python probably isn't for you. I would check out the Life of Brian, though, as I think its the best movie they made.

There are two types of people... Those who immediately accept the coconuts as horses, and those who never do.

Classic. Came out when I was born. I love Monty Python. Other films of theirs would be Meaning of Life and Life of Brian.

That ending was such a cop out, literally.

As a huge Monty Python fan, it is understandable that this films humor may not be your cup of tea, while i enjoy Holy Grail, I do see your points, but if you want a real laugh, I'd recommend "Monty Python Life of Brian"

Monty Python humor is on another level that is hard for many to attain. Satire, irony...those are the most difficult humor concepts to "understand" / interpret for laughs. Add in the absurdism, deep political & social commentary, ungodly creative animation and you might find your brain very taxed. The layers of Python humor take a long time to reveal themselves....just watch a season of the TV show. The visual comedy of the Pythons is actually their "lowest" form of comedy and they don't rely on gags with one-line humor payoffs much (many "reaction" viewers might find appeal in quick humor-sugar-buzz humor, but that isn't found here). Just take the scenes with the constitutional peasants as an example. You could spend days examining the depth of those hilarious conversations....and the least funny part is probably the visuals. It's cerebral humor, and that requires a good amount of cerebralism (new word, eh?) to digest. Once you have the acquired Python taste, nothing else will suit your pallet. They were a one of a kind group, the Beatles of comedy (George Harrison's words, as I recall). The Pythons broke the mold for comedy movies with MPATHG, and the 1980's generation was to benefit (absurdism comedies became very popular). The only thing bad about the movie is that I didn't win an Oscar for my performance. Get on with it! KA

My favorite part of the film is that EVERYONE eventually just accepts that they aren’t really riding horses. Think of the money that could have been saved on all the Westerns throughout film history. Thanks for reacting to this one, Mary.

Breaking conventions, stereotypes, and expectations is where the humor came from. The humor comes from the often unexpected twists. The Python sketches were a well-known series and very unpredictable. It is certainly a product of the time, and if you don't have all those stereotypes in mind, or didn't grow up with all the things that we experienced, the humor doesn't have the same frame of reference to surprise you. Even for me who loved this as a kid, and I still remember Python fondly for the laughs it gave my friends and I, it doesn't have the same surprise to it as it did back then.

I rewatched this for the first time in probably 20 years and I laughed so hard

To answer your question: No, the film production could not afford horses. And no - horses weren't cheap, quite the opposite. On the extreme end, was the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth around the 17th century. It was not unheard of for a single horse (together with saddle, and bridle) to be sold in Poland for the same money that in France at the time would buy you a castle, and two villages. To put it in perspective a bit further: in 16th c. Poland, a thatcher, or a bricklayer would make 4-5 grams of silver per day. A hussar's horse (I'm talking about the Polish Winged Hussars, not the later light cavalry version from the time of the Napoleonic Wars) could cost as much as 30 kg of silver - the equivalent of 30 cannons, or 1000 matchlock muskets. And those horses had a casualty rate of approx. 30% per battle - the Polish Winged Hussars were literally throwing money at their enemies with reckless abandon. So yes - horses used to be very expensive.

I saw this film in the theater and loved it. I'm sorry that you didn't but that's how it goes. I would have recommended that you watch some of their television show (Monty Python's Flying Circus) from the early 1970s. You were right about the coconuts being a result of not being able to afford horses. The random ending was also a result of their using up their budget, so they settled for this way for it to end. BTW, the Arthurian legend also ends without them finding the Holy Grail.

There is a *LOT* of trivia about this movie. The portrayal of the times is more accurate than most other movies that set themselves in these times. The coconuts-for-horses was because they couldn't afford actual horses. Some legendary rock groups helped fund the movie. The monks beating their heads with the boards is historically accurate, too... they were called Flagellants. In various places throughout the movie, you'll see people with birds. You'll also see a number of people doing things with cats. You know the horseman who killed the historian is *not* one of Arthur's band because none of them have horses. "Tim" the enchanter was named that because Cleese forgot the name and just said "Tim" and the cast just went with it. There are lots of other trivia which can be found on the web. As far as culture... this movie was HUGE in nerd/geek circles in the 70s and 80s. Practically the whole movie is quotable and we used to go around quoting it all the time. It was practically a 'secret language' among us. ;)

The Pythons were basically the first modern comedy troupe to ditch the idea of the punch line. They felt it was a type of comedy that was played out, and so they would just write sketches that would go on for a bit and then end without a punchline. Saturday Night Live and other later comedy programs were massively influenced by them. Modern comedy in many ways wouldn’t exist without them (or at least it would be very different). The TV show is imo superior to the films as it’s the purest form of their comedy. I don’t think their comedy is dated, but it is one of those things that’s highly subjective. Some people don’t really enjoy them, and other people think they are the funniest thing they’ve ever seen. It’s basically always been like that, so I don’t think that has changed.

It says a lot about the commenters that she feels she has to apologize for not enjoying a movie... This is one of my favourite comedies, but I fully understand why people would not like it.

another title is mary not understanding comedy for 25 mins straight

Monty Python's Flying Circus was a British sketch comedy group that had their own tv show on the BBC. This movie was really just a collection of comedy skits rather than a serious plot

I definitely recommend watching the *Life of Brian*! I think it will nicely cover most of your gripes with this movie. The Holy Grail is much more a series of skits than a movie, whereas the Life of Brian has a much more continuous story and themes. I find the main character much more likeable as well.

"Can't they just get real horses." No they couldn't. This was Monty Python's first movie. They had a very limited budget, so they couldn't afford horses or riding lessons (none of them knew how to ride horses). So they just decided to write that limitation as a joke in the movie itself.

I remember watching this being the only kid with some French and I laughed when I heard “Fetchez la vache” and I laughed too early. Everyone else had to wait to see the flying cow to get it. 😂

I always read it as “England 93^2 AD” Also, the opening credits to this movie are legendary

Humor is totally lost on this generation.