Am I the only one?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Monty Python and the Holy Grail
BamLikeaMo — 15 years ago(July 26, 2010 01:30 PM)
I did not think this movie was very funny at all. I like movies such as The Hangover and Dodgeball, but I think I might have laughed at one scene in the movie but overall it was not very funny at all.
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Martina_Helene — 15 years ago(July 27, 2010 12:20 PM)
ya know to tell you the truth if your favorites are dodgeball and hangover it's not surprising that you didn't love it. The humor in it isn't like the humor in those films. It's very deadpan-very english-smart-and totally absurd. American comedic films tend to be much more over the top/slapstick with not quite of a historical/political bend. (most definitely not all!)
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Ichawiduma — 10 years ago(December 20, 2015 01:44 PM)
if your favorites are dodgeball and hangover it's not surprising that you didn't love it. The humor in it isn't like the humor in those films.
This is pretty much it right here. It's all about an individual's particular taste and Monty Python and the Holy Grail just doesn't seem to fit yours.
Oh, and for clarification, I was talking to the author of this topic, not the person I quoted. -
Royalcourtier — 9 years ago(August 12, 2016 07:56 PM)
American humour tends to be vulgar and childish. Partly due to Hollywood being owned by Jews, and partly because Americans are bye-and-large childish and ignorant. Satire and more sophisticated comedy completely passes them by.
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Pythe — 15 years ago(December 02, 2010 05:01 PM)
If you took more than half a second to look over the other threads you would see you are not the only one by a long shot. Half the posts on here are from frustrated and defiant viewers such as yourself who are so damn angry that the entire population of the world does not conform to their narrow viewpoint that they immediately craft a smug, declarative, poorly worded diatribe in this gathering place of like-minded individuals and then sit back, self-satisfied and feeling accomplished, as if waiting for the entirety of God's creation to immediately bow down and praise their individualistic, iconoclastic, transcendental brilliance.
Well, so you didn't like this movie. How original and inspiring of you. Let me know when that awe-inspiring memoir of your struggle against the Leviathan forces of conformity and repression hit the bookshelves.
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Pythe — 14 years ago(September 23, 2011 12:46 AM)
I care not a whit if someone's opinion differs from minewhich you'd know if you actually read my post. I merely take objection to the
attitude
of posters like the OP. What am I supposed to do, praise him/her for not liking a popular movie, going to that movie's message board, and seeking empty affirmation for a contrarian viewpoint? Holding an uncommon opinion is not the same thing as having something interesting to say.
Also, one has a different opinion
than
someone else, not
of
someone else. In case you ever need to sound, you know, passably intelligent."It was dusk. I could tell because the sun was going down."
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Tales-from-the-Goondocks — 14 years ago(February 21, 2012 08:16 AM)
"Half the posts on here are from frustrated and defiant viewers such as yourself who are so damn angry that the entire population of the world does not conform to their narrow viewpoint bla bla bla"
I'd say you are talking about yourself in that post, not the OP. -
EmilioCacao — 13 years ago(March 06, 2013 11:23 PM)
Hangover? No way! It was just a pretty bad, SNL-like 2 hour sketch! No thank you! Dodgeball was slightly better but still we're talking about Monty Phython here, the greatest comedy team ever along with the Goon Show!
Javier H. Moreno
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savagesteve13 — 15 years ago(December 09, 2010 02:12 AM)
British comedy requires that you have a reasonable mastery of the English language, as well as knowledge of British slang words, and of course some knowledge of Arthurian history in this case.
Many americans can barely read much less have a good grip on the language. This is why the 3 stooges were invented, so dumb people can laugh too. -
katcurtis87 — 15 years ago(February 01, 2011 12:23 AM)
THIS British comedy. Not all British comedy.
And why, why, WHY do people like you have to turn everything into the U.K. vs the U.S.? Seriously, why? Yes, there are a lot of ignorant, illiterate people in the United States, but there are a lot of ignorant, illiterate people EVERYWHERE.
And you know what I find funny about your statement? The United States ranks higher on the HDI for literacy than the United Kingdom does. So if you want to pick on the U.S. you may want to find some other stereotype with which to do it. Like how we're all so fat and lazy and bigoted. eye roll -
Snickg78 — 14 years ago(January 18, 2012 10:25 AM)
And let's not forget the ignorant and illiterate people that drafted the Declaration of Independence, beat the greatest nation in the world (at the time), and then sent them back to Brittain. All that fancy book-learnin' helped so much when they were wearing red and standing in a line in the middle of a field. Nothing says superiority quite as well as dying like a gentleman .