Monty Python and the Holy Grail - Terry Jones & Terry Gilliam (1975)

Off the top, I love this movie. I've seen it a bunch of times and I laugh out loud every time I see it.

Sometimes older movies, and especially ones that were groundbreaking or the first of their kind lose their lustre with time. I don't think that this movie does. This is a silly, funny movie and it's nothing more than that. And it doesn't try to be.

I was trying to think of what has come since that is similar. And the only thing I can come up with are things like 'This is Spinal Tap' and the the other Christopher Guest movies ('A Mighty Wind', 'Best in Show'). But not even those are the same. And they don't detract from the originality of the Python stuff. At least I don't think so.

It's also possible that because it's part of my 'intellectual baggage' (as my old American Literature professor used to say) I am not objective.  I say, who cares.

My personal favourite line: 'Your mother was a hamster, and your father smells of elderberries.' Cracks me up every time.

I am sure there has been much written on the significance of the movie (or lack of). And I am not in a position to argue either. I just think this is a funny movie. And yes, it's one of the ones you should see before you die. If you haven't seen it. Go. Get it. Now.

One word to describe 'Monty Python and the Holy Grail': Hilarious.