Run Away, Run Away!

Rating: 10/10 (20 June 2019)

Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a movie that I never get tired of watching. I've watched it over and over again, I don't know how many times, and it only gets funnier each time I watch it. It's one of those things that leaves you rolling on the floor with your sides splitting. It was made in the 1970s by the same group that made the Monty Python Flying Circus television series. The "King Arthur" plot isn't all that important, all things considered. It's mainly an excuse for a string of gags which seem to get more ridiculous as time passes on. The King and his Knights of the Round Table somehow can't get any horses, so they find some coconuts and clap them together to imitate the sound of trotting hooves as they skip along through the countryside. The group encounters many adventures and misadventures, including some oversexed ladies at Castle Anthrax, a Black Knight who won't admit defeat even when he's lost his arms and legs, a killer rabbit, a Frenchman who hurls insults at them (among other things), and the Knights Who Say Ni. I highly recommend this film for anyone who enjoys raucous, irreverent humor.