Monty Python and The Holy Grail - REACTION & COMMENTARY * Millennial Movie Monday 

"When the actors got this script..." The actors WROTE this script.

When she asked “is this going to get weirder” who else nodded their head saying yes

The best part "Why didn't they take their horses? Oh, they left them on the other mountain, that's why." You have completely bought into the absurdity of the film at this point.

It's funny how many people actually care about the "story" and get annoyed by the ending.

The ending is LITERALLY a Cop Out. That's the joke.

"Why do I feel like I just got Rickrolled?" Because you did. That's exactly what happened.

Monty Python crew did this for years on their Flying Circus TV show, they don't give AF about looking stupid.

Graham Chapman yelling "Jesus Christ!" as Arthur will never get old.

No horses in this movie, they couldn't afford them.

"This is the stupidest shit I've ever seen!" Me: Yeah, great isnt it!

Life lesson: Never take Monty Python seriously.

The African or European swallow joke is one of the most exquisitely executed setup and payoffs to a joke ever. It's brought up in the opening scene, referenced twice to remind you it happened, then pays off in the Bridgekeeper scene. It's fantastic.

Imagine being in a large theater and being screwed with like this. The intermission was a total mind shift, movies at this time had 5 minute intermissions where you could get a drink or use the bathroom. In this case it lasted 10 seconds. People got up and were heading out when the movie just restarted .... At the end of the movie, we all just sat there in the dark listening to that bad music, people slowly got up and left... it was crazy.

"I don't know who Monty Python is." My gawd, she actually said that. It's like saying I didn't know England had a queen.

The "bring out your dead" scene is actually something that took place during the black plague and throughout the medieval period. People would die and there were undertakers, people who buried the dead, would go through towns with a push cart asking villagers and towns people to bring out their dead.

"I fart in your general direction". I remember sitting around in college, in the 1970s, laughing our asses off recalling this film and all it's crazy funny one liners. "Strange women, lying around in ponds, handing out swords is no basis for a form of government"! It's funnier talking about it, than actually watching it. So Great!

They couldn’t afford horses so they came up with the coconut bit. Turned out to be one of the most memorable things in the movie.

"I don't know who Monty Python is..." Oh god... my heart.. I can't take that sentence... 😨

"Is this one of those that's just gonna get weirder and weirder... and weirder?!" Madam, you just summarized Monty Python in a single sentence. Great reaction 🤣

"On camera, for free? I raised you better'n that. That was half a beer out my nose.

If you're interested in sci-fi: Monty Python and the Life of Brian has aliens

"It is the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen" -- That was the point. The film makes fun of itself.

Every BAFFLED face you makes is like food for those of us who LOVE this movie. We had the damn thing memorized in high school. The holy hand grenade monologue was my favorite.

“Who’s that?” Me: “There are some who call him.... Tim”

That moment when you realize it's not actually a medieval period piece, but a mystery about a historian from the point of view of some llamas making an underbudget period film.

6:15 The reason the actors went ahead with it after seeing the script, is because they were also the writers.

Trying to find logic in that movie is like trying to find a witch who weights more than a duck.

I love that none of them could have killed the historian, because the one who killed him was the only one in the entire movie who had a real horse. The ending was a literal cop out, it's just so brilliant

Being a 56yr old Brit I was definitely “pissing myself laughing” at your hilarious & brilliantly honest, perplexed reaction to this iconic movie. I only laughed more at the movie itself😂😂 P.S. I think Monty Python are actually bigger in the US in my age group than they are in the UK. You should see Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl😉😁

I had a teacher in High School that used to quote this movie all the time. On our final exam, he made the last question “What is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?” and marked it as 50% of the final grade for the class.

"Monty Python" is a British sketch comedy group. This was their first movie, and they wrote the script for themselves. That's why the movie probably seems "fragmented" into "bits" of comedy. It was made on a shoestring budget, which is probably why they couldn't afford actual horses, lol. It's a lot of gags and jokes (very British humor - surreal, absurdist humor), but they had no idea it was going to be a cult classic and a very influential movie in its own weird little way. Apparently, they literally ran out of money while shooting, so they just had to stop filming, hence the lack of closure. You don't have to like the movie, but I'm glad you found it amusing...once. You'll like Goonies more. It has closure. Hahaha

You nailed the motto of Python right out of the gate with your "What the F am I watching?!"

OHH YES. I COULD QUOTE THIS FILM BACKWARDS. BRILLIANT. WELL, ITS NOT FOR EVERYONE. I LOVE IT.

“I hate it” - people who have watched it once “It’s the funniest movie ever” - people who have the number of watches being three or more.

The actors WROTE the script.

"A bunny!" ... (Me smiling my ass off waiting for it to happen)

She's continually bursting out laughing, and then she said she hates the movie.

When she said "Not the poor bunny" I busted out laughing. I'm thinking the bunny will be just fine!

You should try Monty Python's Life of Brian. It has a bigger budget and does have a proper ending...so no problems with closure. It's very funny and while still not your typical movie it's much less 'weird' than Holy Grail.

She gets bonus points for coining the term "cow-a pulting". :)

You sure laughed a lot for someone who says she didn’t like it.

The Monty Python films basically troll the audience. That's part of the joke.

"all this time and no gratification? Nothing?" The most millennial comment possible.

“Bring out your dead" is what they used to say during the time of the Black Plague, when dead bodies had to be disposed of quickly and there was no time for funeral arrangements.

I can't be friends with anyone who dislikes this movie. I can try, but in the end there will be no connection.

They couldn’t afford horses, so they came up with a brilliant alternative. Welcome to British humor!

After 3 scenes I just thought "She's gonna HATE the ending!" Also I did laugh my ass off at your frustration! If others haven't explained the horse thing, they didn't have the budget for real horses and radio dramas use coconuts to make horse trotting noises. The silliness of using them like this plays perfectly into the Python sense of humour too. Like, if they could afford horses but thought of doing this instead they would have.

You know, I can't help but think that you might owe yourself a re-watch of this movie. You've been exposed to so much since this was done.

I enjoy that you believe they hired actors for this film.

"Why are they dead?" Did your educational institution not teach you about the Black Death?

"No closure?" with Monty Python, it's about the the journey, not the destination.

Disclaimer: No coconuts were harmed in the making of this movie

My husband told our son "If you find a woman who loves Monty Python, marry her"! Monty Python is hilarious.

I suppose I should mention that the “bring out your dead!” Bit is a commentary on how NON-romantic and squalid the Middle Ages actually was (also referencing the Black Plague) and how it ridiculously contrasts with the tales of Knights and Kings etc. punctuated at the end when the guy comments on Arthur riding by by saying, “Oi, must be a king.” “How can y’ tell?” “Cause he doesn’t ‘ave shit all over’im!” 🤣

There's even a longer joke in this that a lot of people miss. Remember when they first started looking for the Holy Grail and the Frenchman told them, "we've already got one?" When they finally found the grail, it was at the French castle. They already had it. Just like they said. LOL

“Not the poor rabbit” 🥺 *2 seconds later: 😱

this is one of the funniest movies ever made. everyone of these actors is a comedic genius apart, never mind when they get together.

"Pythonesque" is a word added to dictionaries to describe: "denoting a kind of humour that is absurd and unpredictable; zany; surreal" Its been NAMED adter Monty Python, thats how impactful they've been. Also, the abrupt ending is pretty much standard procedure if you've seen Monty Pythons old TV show. Often the sketches would be cut off mid point by having a british army officer (played by Graham Chapman, King arthur in this movie) suddenly appearing and stating that "Stop this, this is getting silly" or Cleese appearig as a newscaster saying: "and now.. for something completely different"

"A bunny!" "Oh, you sweet, niave fool..."

My husband watched this in the theaters when he was very little, and when the ending (or lack thereof) happened, him and his brother were crying, because of the battle that was being built up not happening, and their dad was cackling about the way the movie ended. I personally love this movie.

In fifty years you'll still be remembering scenes from this movie.

whoever told you this was like Princess Bride was trolling more than anything in this movie.

"Monty Python is probably a guy..." Well, she's off to a bad start.

Best first time reaction ever. What cruel people compared Holy Grail to Princess Bride?

"Life of Brian" is a lot more satisfying, but if you watch it, remember they're poking fun at religious hypocrisy, not religion itself. Not for the thin-skinned. A lot of good social commentary through the humor. This movie, they ran out of money, hence the ending. Pales in comparison - and this isn't the best movie to start with if you don't get Monty Python's absurdist humor to begin with. Should have primed yourself with some of their skis from their TV show. "Dead Parrot" is widely considered one of their best.

If you’re disappointed in this movie then you’ve failed to understand the point of it.

The part where they ask the wizard's name and he replies 'Tim', John Cleese actually forgot his lines and made it up on the spot

I can't understand why anyone would seriously recommend Monty Python because you liked the Princess Bride.

"When the actors got this script".... They literally were stopping people on the roads to ask them to be extras (who were paid in cups of tea since there was no budget), there wasn't so much a script as a set of skits that they wanted to film. Bearing in mind this film had a budget of a few hundred pounds (maybe a few thousand dollars now) and it's really rather amazing what they managed to produce!

The animator having a heart attack was one of my favorite jokes

"This movie is absolutely ridiculous." Exactly.

"And now for something completely different"

If you didn't get it before, the arrest at the end of the movie is literally a 'cop-out'.

"On camera? For free? I raised you better than that." Aaaaand subbed

Ashleigh, someone in chain mail MURDERED that poor historian. They arrested everyone matching the description. What kind of closure did you want???

The humour is very British and very relf referential. It's social commentary, scaracasm 4th wall breaks all in a film practically thrown together by the monty python crew. It's bloody hilarious. The ending is incredible aswell. Best moments are the catapult cow and killer bunny

“Was it a dream? Was it real?” Dear - in this movie it doesn’t bloody matter. Just go with it. 🤣

Now you need to watch the ‘Monty Pythons Life of Brian’ - you really do....

"When the actors got the script... " The actors wrote the script. This explains a lot about this movie. I mean, often that's not a good sign - e.g.anything by the Wayans, not in the case I think.

Fun fact: one year in high school (I believe senior year), for Spirit Week's "Famous Couples" day, 2 friends of mine dressed up as those knights, complete with coconuts. Without fail, whenever they walked, they clacked those nuts. As you can imagine, they won that day.

When the Python TV series was on, the cast explained that they were trying to get away from traditional sketch comedy shows where everything either has a beginning, middle and end, or one sketch leads into the next. Instead, they just decided to get whatever laughs they could out of a setup and then randomly have someone dressed as a knight come in and hit someone over the head with a rubber chicken. Which, if you've seen the show, they did *many* times. True personal story: when the website "Ask Jeeves" first came out, it was a big deal because you could ask actual questions instead of trying to come up with keyword search terms. I showed it to someone and as an example asked it "what is the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow?" Quick as a flash (making allowances for dialup internet) it responded "African swallow or European?"

A tip for you: Always look on the bright side of life.

What kind of delusional person recommended this by saying that Monty Python and the Holy Grail is along the lines of The Princess Bride? They are nothing alike...

OK, for reference, about 8 years before this movie came out (which probably was about 6 years before filming it), CAMELOT (a musical) came out, which is why the knights are singing and they refer to it as a silly place. This is also a reference later when the prince tries to go into song. "Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of Elderberries." Meaning that his mother was popping out tons of kids and his father was a drunk, but more importantly, that they were commoners and not nobility. The killer Rabbit is a reference to armed rabbits (sometimes killing people) in the edges of illuminated scrolls of the middle ages/renaissance. Intermissions were a thing of the past, when the movie reels had to be changed, and people flocked to the bathrooms and concessions. (Most often this was in Drive -ins, but originally, in theaters as well.) The lack of definitive closure was a thing about English Films (so much so it became a trope). The movie is good for its quotability in geek culture. It is a lot better when watched in a group of like-minded people. Just so you know, there are several other Monty Python Films, not to mention the show. Probably the one you'll find most palatable if you want to make sense of it is "Monty Python's Life of Brian".

They had the squires bang coconuts together to mimic horses because they didn't have enough money to have actual horses in the movie.

"When the actors got the script...." The actors WROTE the script.

I nearly choked to death on an almond, when she got to the ending. My favorite part of the film, when watching with people who haven't seen it yet. I've shown it to my nieces and nephews, they hated the ending too, but now that they've shown it to people, they laugh just as hard as I did. Ashleigh, you've been inducted, now you have to share it with loved ones, to get the same laugh.

In the interest of being completely fair and transparent, Monty Python learned how to make films by making this film, decided to have coconuts rather than horses because coconuts are cheaper, and ran out of money towards the end of the production.

Just clicked play...OMG you laughed THAT HARD at the "subtitle gag" (2:37)?? This is gonna be FUN! And then a few seconds later, "So...we're riding a horse..." and I'm screaming "Wait for it!" LOL.

When I first came here, this was all swamp. Everyone said I was daft to build a castle on a swamp, but I built in all the same, just to show them. It sank into the swamp. So I built a second one. That sank into the swamp. So I built a third. That burned down, fell over, then sank into the swamp. But the fourth one stayed up. And that's what you're going to get, Lad, the strongest castle in all of England.

"When the actors got the notes." The actors are Monty Python. The wrote this stuff. They were a British comedy group. Yes, and they did mostly weird stuff, weird and funny. And the coconuts for horse. The budget was $400,000 they had no money for horses. The budget is also the reason for some weird scenes, use of graphics and the ending. Monty Python is sometimes like a rollercoaster. They have very funny and good parts and some wierd and slly stuff and then things where the just put something in because of the budget. "The Meaning of Life" is another one that fells into this category. It has very funny parts and and good songs. "The Galaxy Song" by Eric Idle or "Every Sperm is scared" by Michael Palin and Terry Jones are problably the best songs by Monty Python in my opinion. But the whole movie is a series of sketches they put together for the movie. Some of them are pretty hillarious. If you want to watch a movie which is like a normal comedy movieyou should watch "Fierce Creatures". It is about a zoo and saving money and how the peolle in the zoo deal with it. It is not the whole Monty Python but by and with John Cleese and with Michael Palin and it has a proper ending. But maybe you should watch "A Fish Called Wanda" before it. Not story related but with nearly the same actors and there are some references when I remember right.

This movie was hilarious. There was a BBC Radio show called the Goon Show that ran from 1951 to 1960. It was the ancestor of the Monty Python's Flying Circus TV series on BBC 1969-1974. So this movie is not a " one off " but is part of an entire genre.

Monty Python gained popularity from their comedy show Monty Python's Flying Circus. Some of the most incredibly funny sketches of all time. The members are John Cleese, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, and Graham Chapman. All have done incredible work outside the troupe. Michael Palin's travel documentaries are incredible.

Fun fact: when John Cleese plays the part of the wizard Tim the character were supposed to be named something else. They were tight on budget and could not afford another take so the pause before he says the name is him trying to remember the real name. When he realises he can't he just says the name Tim and everybody else just rolls with it. Classic Python.

This films comedy let's you know who gets British humor and whose wrong

It's interesting. I've always been under the impression that Monty Python is just something everyone automatically knew about. Even if you didn't care and had never seen a single skit, it was inevitable that you'd at least be vaguely aware of the existence of that British comedy troupe through sheer cultural osmosis. Regardless of whether you liked or hated it, it seems physically impossible to me to imagine a life in which you somehow managed to not keep running into an endless sequence of awkward dorks who would quote entire Monty Python skits verbatim, no matter how much you wished they'd stop. The way she says "this Monty Python guy" at the start sounds as alien to me as someone saying "who's this Led Zeppelin person?"

"Who's that??" Me: That's Tim

Seriously, though, if you want Monty Python with a more conventional ending - The Life of Brian.

The first video of yours I saw, I just thought, "I really like this girl." Little did I know that what I really wanted to see was you getting trolled by Monty Python. P.S. This movie is genius.

I keep coming back to this reaction, your face 'this better not be the end of this fucking movie' is the best reaction you have ever had! lol BRILLIANT!