Am I the only one?
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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"
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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 .
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goele-stammen — 14 years ago(August 31, 2011 01:20 PM)
I don't agree with the 'americans are stupid' thing, but your point isn't really valid either. Rowan Atkinson always said that Mr Bean was very popular abroad, but not well received in the UK. Whereas Blackadder it was the reverse.
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He-Who-Must-Still-Be-Named — 15 years ago(March 25, 2011 09:51 PM)
Let's not generalize here. I'm American, and I first watched this in third grade. Admittedly some jokes must have gone over my head, but I still recall that it was one of my first true favorite movies. I probably watched it four or five times that year alone, and I've watched it many times since. I think it was the first movie I bought on DVD, and I'd say that there are few if any movies I've seen more times in my life than Holy Grail. The only ones that come close are mostly British movies too, oddly enough
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hawktalisman — 15 years ago(December 15, 2010 11:12 PM)
Threads like this serve brilliantly to remind the current generation why so many countries go to such lengths to seperate themselves from their british heritage.
"If our own government was responsible would you realy want to know?" -
Punctuality — 15 years ago(February 01, 2011 11:03 AM)
When I was younger, I would've agreed with you, but now that I'm older I think the movie's quite funny. I don't know why. Maybe you'll change your mind, maybe you won't. Loads of people loved English Patient, but I despised every second of it. Not everyone's going to agree with everyone else.
Spare me your space-age technobabble, Attila the Hun!