A flick to make you say "Ni!"

Rating: 10/10 (11 May 2004)

I've watched it about 10 million times since 1976 and I still love it. I can quote the dialogue verbatim. I really think it's the funniest film ever made, with the Mel Brooks flicks running a close second. It does a send-up of a lot of things -- academia, medieval legends, historical events. Amazing how those six guys do all those parts. The two best scenes were the fight between Arthur and the Black Knight ("You yellow b**tard! Come back here and get what's coming to you. I'll bite your legs off.") and the clash with the French ("I wave my private parts at your auntie, you cheesy-loving second hand electric donkey-bottom biters."). The other Python flicks (except for the abysmally awful "Jabberwocky") were good, but fell way short of "Holy Grail." Now I've just learned "Holy Grail" is being made into a musical. Oh, man. I'll be a basket case if I can't get to that.