It's... Monty Python and the Holy Grail

Rating: 10/10 (26 April 2010)

It's... Monty Python and the Holy Grail
The movie starts out with the intro of the movie Dentist on the Job (1961) And now for something completely different, the plot of the movie. Arthur, Son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons. Sovereign of all England! (Graham Chapman) And Patsy (Terry Gilliam) is looking for some knights to join him at his court at Camelot. The wise Sir Bedevere (Terry Jones) was the first to join, but other were soon to follow. Sir Lancelot the Brave (John Cleese), Sir Galahad the Pure (Michael Palin), Sir Robin the Not-quite-so-brave-as-Sir-Lancelot who had nearly fought the Dragon of Angnor, who nearly stood up to the vicious Chicken of Bristol and who had personally wet himself at the battle of Badon Hill (Eric Idle) and Sir Not-appearing-in-this-film (William Palin). Together they formed a band whose names and deeds were to be retold throughout the centuries. The Knights of the Round Table. But when they finely get to Camelot (it's only a model!) they find out that "it's a busy life in Camelot" so they decide that they do not want to go there "it is a silly place". While walking away, God (Graham Chapman) come to them from a cloud and tells them to find the Holy Grail in order to "make them an example in these dark times". While they search for the Grail, Arthur, having consulted his closest knights decided that they should separate, and search for the Grail individually. Throughout their search they meet interesting people and knights along the way. Most of the characters die; some through a killer rabbit (which they defeat with the holy hand grenade of Antioch), some from answering a question wrong at the bridge of Death, or die some other ridiculous way. In the end, King Arthur and Sir Bedevere are left and find the Castle Arrrghhh where the Holy Grail is. They are met by some French soldiers who taunted them earlier in the film, so they decided to attack with their full force but the police stop the knights before they could do any damaged to the castle of Guy de Loimbard. And now, number 1. The large, the large, and now number 1. Why did I like this film?
I don't know what it is with this movie that makes it one of the best movies in the world. Maybe it is this good because it is British, or maybe it is because of the way they made it. I do not have the answers right now; all I know is that it's... Monty Python.