Where the heck is “Meaning of Liff”???
I strongly disagree.
As do I.
I meant to add the Meaning of Life, but forgot. You can choose “other” in the poll and specify it in the thread though.
On my bookshelf with my other Douglas Adams books.
Meaning of Life is a pretty glaring omission, mind you.
I vote Life of Brian. While Grail may be more quotable in a geeky way, it’s hit-and-miss and a bit scrappy - whereas (with the exception of the aliens) LoB is a proper movie, with a hilarious story arc, and at the time represented a revolutionary, ground-breaking heresy.
And I, although in the end I voted for “A Fish Called Wanda.”
Brazil is my choice since it’s the best movie of them all, but Holy Grail is the funniest.
Watch the opening sequence of the Meaning of Life. When the title comes up, it reads “THE MEANING OF LIFF”.
Can we get this poll edited to include it? It’d be my vote, though I voted Holy Grail based on what was available.
There should be separate polls for “Monty Python Movies” and “Python-related Movies.”
Joe
The Meaning of Life ,with the projectile vomiting Mr. Creosote, can not be overlooked.
Holy Grail is my favorite movie in general, although I very much like the whole “You’ve got to figure it out for yourselves” and “What have the Romans ever done for us?” scenes in Life of Brian.
Easiest choice of any of the polls: Life of Brian far and away, not even close. The skewering of religion at its finest.
“The Holy Gourd of Jerusalem!”
It’s better than goin’ around buggering people…
*Holy Grail *is perhaps the funniest movie ever made.
I think Holy Grail and Life of Brian are on par with each other comically (and miles above most other moves comically) but the “message” of Brian and its send-up of religion gives it an edge over Grail. It is just a great bit of writing and social commentary.
Meaning of Life and Wanda are third and fourth for me.
Weird poll. I voted 12 Monkeys since that’s my favorite of the bunch, but aside from being directed by Terry Gilliam, it has nothing to do with Monty Python.
FTR, my favorite Python film is Holy Grail.
The Brothers Grimm and Fierce Creatures are the only weak films on this list ( and even those have a couple of good moments ). But as huge a fan as I am of Terry Gilliam, I have to go with Life of Brian - as a Red Diaper Baby the endlessly schismatic revolutionaries in particular resonated strongly with my funny bone ;).
I voted for Holy Grail, because I like it best out of the three films on the list that I consider to actually be Python material. I like some of the other films listed a lot, but I don’t know why they’re in the poll.
I’ve only seen Life of Brian, Holy Grail and And Now For Something Completely Different. Life of Brian was the best of the three IMO. One of my favorite movies of all time. Completely Different was pretty sucky. The show is pretty bad, too, IMO.