Am I the only one?
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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.
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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!
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UncleBuncle — 15 years ago(March 26, 2011 07:38 AM)
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.
What a patronising and ignorant thing to say. It's people like you who give the British a bad name, and you should've capitalised the word Americans.
Britain has just as many education problems as America, particularly in the working class society. Just listen in on a teenagers conversation on a bus or street corner to hear the monosyllabic and almost incomprehensible drivel that they often come out with. Taking into account the much smaller population we have, in terms of ratio, there's probably an equal amount of people in Britain who wouldn't find The Holy Grail funny as there are in America. It doesn't necessarily make you dumb if you hate the film or don't find it funny, it simply means you probably have different tastes.
To the OP, I love this film but thought The Hangover was atrocious, and Dodgeball unbearable, so it's no real surprise you didn't like Holy Grail. It's a polar opposite comedy to your favourites. When it comes to American comedy I'm more an Airplane!, Naked Gun, Blazing Saddles type of guy. -
gregm766-1 — 14 years ago(April 14, 2011 11:55 AM)
I liked (laughed at) every movie you mention but I admit Holy Grail is a completely different type of humor than Hangover or Dodgeball. I would say Holy Grail is more akin to the Marx Brothers (word play for humor) and Hangover/Dodgeball is more akin to the 3 Stooges (more slapstickish). I personally like both.
P.S. Like the word I made up (slapstickish).