Nonsense Comedy

Rating: 6/10 (8 October 2014)

I have never been a huge fan of spoof comedies or just comedies in general. I'm much better served watching an intense drama thriller or kicking back with a summer blockbuster. So when I watch movies that tend to poke fun at other movies it doesn't seem to connect as well with me as it does with others. I didn't find Spaceballs to be that funny, and same with Monty Python. No with that being said there a few scenes in Holy Grail which are laugh out loud hysterical but as a whole it fell short.
Perhaps the build up of so many people telling me to check out Monty Python for years may have raised the stakes a bit too high. One of the first scenes in the forest when Arthur cuts off the limbs of a random knight was unbearably funny. I can see that it's the type of scene that I will go back and watch on YouTube for years to come. Besides that I didn't enjoy much else. The cartoons that weaved in and out of the film were cute at first but grew old after awhile. I found that once they broke off individually for there own adventure the film took a hit. Much of the characters are just stupid, not funny. But the bunny scene was so strange that I thought it worked.
With these type of comedies it's really you love or hate it, but I think I'm a bit in the middle. By no means do I hate this movie or what it's trying to do, but I don't know I will ever watch it all the way through again. Though the ending was basically perfect and worked as a way to show just how absurd this film actually is.
+It's a flesh wound scene!
+Ending
+When the group is all together
-Ridiculous characters (and I know that's the point)
-Built up too high
-Toilet humor doesn't work at times
6.0/10