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Not from the "Holy Grail", but one of the great funny endings in a movie.......From the Life of Brian.

The crucifixion scene at the end. Just thinking about all of them whistling the refrain, puts a smile on my face.


"Always look on the Bright Side of Life"

Words and Music by Eric Idle

Some things in life are bad
They can really make you mad
Other things just make you swear and curse.
When you're chewing on life's gristle
Don't grumble, give a whistle
And this'll help things turn out for the best...

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

If life seems jolly rotten
There's something you've forgotten
And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing.
When you're feeling in the dumps
Don't be silly chumps
Just purse your lips and whistle - that's the thing.

And...always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the light side of life...

For life is quite absurd
And death's the final word
You must always face the curtain with a bow.
Forget about your sin - give the audience a grin
Enjoy it - it's your last chance anyhow.

So always look on the bright side of death
Just before you draw your terminal breath

Life's a piece of [censored]
When you look at it
Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true.
You'll see it's all a show
Keep 'em laughing as you go
Just remember that the last laugh is on you.

And always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the right side of life...
(Come on guys, cheer up!)
Always look on the bright side of life...
Always look on the bright side of life...
(Worse things happen at sea, you know.)
Always look on the bright side of life...
(I mean - what have you got to lose?)
(You know, you come from nothing - you're going back to nothing.
What have you lost? Nothing!)
Always look on the right side of life...

Re: Monty Python and the Holy Grail: Monthly Movie Marathon
 

What a wonderful movie. I just popped in the DVD.

Ever notice in the "bring out your dead" scene,
first you hear a hear the meows, then you see the woman on the stairs swinging the cat by the tail hitting it against the wall?

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The Castle Anthrax made my nether regions quiver with the realization I wanted to spank pretty girls.

This is easily in my top ten movies of all-time. I love the little absurdities, when Lancelot and his servant are crossing a stream and an arrow with a note attached flys into frame, striking the servant...

Servant: Message for you, Sir."

And he collapses.





Whaaaaat....is your favorite color?

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dom and everyone else

was the fact the pretty girls are English (rather than American/whatever) important?

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dom and everyone else

was the fact the pretty girls are English (rather than American/whatever) important?

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oh yeah, that English lilt gets me everytime: "Punish me, punish me!"

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I can't remember the last time I saw this, but that's because I basically memorized the movie at 12. It is simply brilliant. I'd knock it down a peg for the awful ending, but how can you possibly end a movie this great?

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What a wonderful movie. I just popped in the DVD.

Ever notice in the "bring out your dead" scene,
first you hear a hear the meows, then you see the woman on the stairs swinging the cat by the tail hitting it against the wall?

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There are actually a few of these random themes in the movie, like cat torture and Arthur's confusing the numbers 3 and 5

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dom and everyone else

was the fact the pretty girls are English (rather than American/whatever) important?

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god yes, i love the english accent on a girl, especially if they are good looking


what is there to say about this film other then it is probably the funniest film of all time for me. They celebrate the fact that they did this film on a shoestring budget and it works. Comedy writing is hard to begin with, and doing it well is even harder, well, they did it to perfection. RIght from the begining when they have the whole european/african swallow bit you just know that this film is great. I still laugh when I think of random lines in places. I don't thonk that you can ever see this enough times honestly

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Agree on the hotness of some English accents. Not all, though. Some are really odd or just not so great.

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Agree on the hotness of some English accents. Not all, though. Some are really odd or just not so great.

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the girls in Holy Grail had hot accents. The girls in any Mike Leigh film do not.