Monty Python is the greatest!

Rating: 9/10 (1 October 2012)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is an exciting humorous tale that follows King Arthur as he and his Knights of the Round Table embark on a quest for the Holy Grail. What happens on their guest is way beyond what they expected. In the movie King Arthur means more than a king, he stands as a man for Britain, man of integrity, and bravery. This is all done when he is asked by God to search for the Holy Grail during this dark time in hope it can bring happiness to all the people of Britain. In the movie the forest plays a pivotal role because most of the scenes, especially the important scenes take place in the woods. What makes this different is that when most of the trouble happens dark in the woods there it is always foggy. The fog gives the movie the suspense, not knowing where someone or something is around a person when it could be very close.
When it comes to King Arthur and the writing of the film, I believe that it is good writing. This movie is supposed to be a comedy but for the role of King Arthur was played perfectly because he stood as a man of integrity, bravery and as a man for his people. He was doing the right things to acquire the Holy Grail, it just so happens they run into some shenanigans along the way. There are some things in the move than were similar and can be grouped together. There were parts in the movie that came in pairs or that can be grouped together. At the beginning King Arthur was trying to find knights to join his Round Table and they arrived at a castle. Later on there were two separate scenes with the French taunting. Also when King Arthur found his Knights of The Round Table they each so happened to get a servant to follow them around. When they all split up to look for the Holy Grail, along their ways each one of them encountered some kind of peril in a dense forest with a lot of fog, that add to the suspense with what was going on with each of them.
From watching medieval movies in the past I kind of knew what to expect, but when I watched this and realized it was a comedy it changed my mind. From watching movies and from classes I knew that King Arthur is really important back in the medieval era. I knew the bravery he had and how he wanted to make Britain a great place for him and his people. All medieval films are serious and comedic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is my MLK film, therefore it is comedic and serious.
From this movie there are new things that I learned. From the normal perspective I would have just seen the movie as entertainment, but this time I had to look at the movie from a different angle and think about it differently. I never knew how much fog was used as an element in this movie. It was used a lot in the movie but it was used for suspense and I didn't realize that before. When watching the movie previously I really just listened to the music and that drew me in. Also I never really knew the great lengths King Arthur and his men went to try to acquire the Holy Grail. From just trying to find men to help to battling monsters, King Arthur went to great lengths to do what god said he should do. From looking at this movie from a different angle I've noticed things I have never seen before.
This movie takes on a comedic tale of King Arthur and his men go on a quest for the Holy Grail. Battling mythological creatures, black knights, and bridge keepers along the way, King Arthur might bite off more than he can chew in this comedic adventure.