Monty Python: Meaning of Life vs Holy Grail vs Life of Brian

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Originally Posted by TTC1984

Holy Grail. It does for the medieval epic what Blazing Saddles did for the Western.

Life of Brian is a VERY close second though - it's the absolute best parody of biblical epics ever made.

Meaning of Life has its moments, but as a whole it just seems less entertaining. It's like they were trying to go back to their sketch comedy roots, but they don't quite hit the mark.

Meaning of life has lots of moments. The galaxy song, every ***** is sacred, the classroom, religious humor, the puking scenes, the organ exchange, and I liked the whole moving building subplot. To me, the Meaning of Life is like the 2001: Space Odyssey of comedy. It's divided up into acts, encourages lots of thought, and doesn't always make sense. It relies on shocking the audience, and that type of humor is way more funny than historical satire (Holy Grail) to me.

The entire scene where the protestants were talking about Catholics and birth control was extremely funny as well. It's all playful humor, and no one's toes gets stepped on, that's why it's so funny. Catholics probably watch it and likely laugh more than anyone else.

I really don't see how anyone could not like Meaning of Life. It's probably the safest Monty Python to watch first, as the other movies rely on knowing the background material such as Life of Brian (should know at least a little bit of christianity) and Holy Grail (should know a little bit about medieval history). With meaning of life, you can really go into it knowing what the average person knows, and you'll find everything funny in it, which is why I would recommend it over the others for first time viewers.

Originally Posted by Meeklo

The Mr. Creosote skit in Meaning of Life is disgustingly funny.

How are you doing sir?

Better...

Better?

Better get me a bucket, I'm going to throw up!

Still doesn't beat Holy Grail though.

I still think it does. All Holy Grail has to offer is childish historical satire humor. It's probably the funniest of it's kind, but it doesn't crack me up as much as it does other people. I don't know, maybe it's because I feel like I'm suppose to laugh? Don't get me wrong, I like Holy Grail (i've only watched it once), but it just didn't produce the same level of humor as The Meaning of Life. Plus with Meaning of Life, you get several songs stuck in your head that just won't leave. I just should not sing them out-loud, but it's kinda difficult.