Dawn: "Horses..." Me: Nope.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Rar9866

3 жыл бұрын

i think when they were going to make the film they were going to be on horses but then found out that the cost eg training and insurance was going to be to much and one of them said why dont we just have a couple of guys bang coconuts

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rar9866 love it!

@robertgomez7414

3 жыл бұрын

One Horse, the Killer of the Historian was on horseback!

@lorriemiller6750

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertgomez7414 No he was not actually on horseback as he ran pat him when he cut him so he was on foot too actually. You should check out Life of Brian and not leave out the funnier bits like you did in this one

There's NO WAY they killed that historian. The guy that killed the historian had a real horse!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I didn’t even realise! I’ll have to watch it again see what I missed 😂

@orthochronicity6428

3 жыл бұрын

How have I never realized this...??

@simeonteitelbaum3673

3 жыл бұрын

@@orthochronicity6428 I'd seen it like 30 times before I noticed the knight that dispatched the Famous Historian was riding an actual horse lol

@ScreamingScallop

3 жыл бұрын

@@orthochronicity6428 Right?? I first watched this back in the '80s and so many times after that, including multiple reactions, and it only _just now_ struck me that the knight who kills Frank has a real horse.

@stefanschanzenbacher9513

3 жыл бұрын

WTF, you are right

It took me decades to realize that the Frenchman's taunt of the "English kin-niggits" was a non-English readers's attempt to sound out the word 'knights'.

@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll

3 жыл бұрын

It's referenced in Game of Thrones, when Ser Davos is learning to read. (At least I can't imagine that him tripping over the word "kuh-niggit" was anything but a deliberate, if very subtle, homage!)

@thomasharris4942

3 жыл бұрын

It's also pretty much how "knights" actually is pronounced in Middle English

@milo655321

3 жыл бұрын

@@TimpanistMoth_AyKayEll The rider in front of the Meereen gates also insults Daario Naharis before combat saying "Your mother is a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries" in Low Valyrian.

@senhowler

3 жыл бұрын

Oh thank god I wasn't the only one.

@michaelccozens

2 жыл бұрын

I've heard it said that English is less a coherent language than a collection of words and grammarical rules stolen from other languages after dragging them into an alley and beating them senseless.

The point of Castle Anthrax was that Sir Galahad was virginal and chaste and so was tempted by all these young, attractive women. You seemed to lose patience with a lot of the scenes but that’s their humor. It’s not all fast paced. They jokes are in the delivery and the absurd characters.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

The rest of the movie more than made up for the scenes that I lost patience with that’s for sure! 😁

@GallifreyeanTrailers

3 жыл бұрын

Doctor Piglet and Doctor Winston have a basic medical training 😂😂😂

@BobStein

3 жыл бұрын

It was definitely a guy-humor scene. A tragicomedy. A fantasy come true, but alas it's out of reach ah well.

@88wildcat

3 жыл бұрын

I can defeat them single handedly. There's only a hundred and fifty of them.

@cobbycaputo3332

3 жыл бұрын

@@88wildcat no, there was too much peril.

The reason for no horses is as simple as they didn't have the budget for them. So the coconut clopping was born and is an iconic bit of movie history now 🤣(edit: fun facts: The only horse in the movie is when the historian is killed, The French refer to them as 'Kuh-nigg-its" which is a phonetic pronunciation of KNIGHTS, and the end of the movie is literally a COP OUT.)

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Ah makes sense! Very clever of them 😁

@Mr.Ekshin

3 жыл бұрын

Thus proving them innocent in the slaying of that historian. The man that killed him had a real horse.

@ciaranconlon84

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX coconuts were often used in radio dramas, so they decided to make a joke of it and it was such a perfect python joke that if they found the money to use real horses they still would have used coconuts because it's so silly.

@mirozen_

3 жыл бұрын

And speaking of "cops" - did you ever notice that when they weigh the witch and she actually winds up weighing the same as the duck (their test to see if she's a witch) she actually says "It's a fair cop!"? 🤣 I know people who watched this movie several times yet missed this every time! It's hard to catch all the silly bits they threw into the mix! 😊

@sifumode9460

3 жыл бұрын

I've watched this movie too many times and never caught the meaning of kuh-nigg-its. Thanks.

"Why are they sticking the trumpets up their butts." Beyond the absurdity, that's actually a period art reference. When Monks had to hand write their own bibles they'd draw art called Marginalia which tended to be absurd or obscene - people shagging, knights fighting snails etc. One known such artwork is a herald blowing that trumpet with their butt.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that’s interesting! Thank you for sharing 😁

@Horus175

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX There's actually a theory involving the knights fighting snails artwork. Many monks of that era were also gardeners/subsistence farmers and snails/slugs would have been the bane of their existence so their artwork reflected their fantasies of destroying the evil monsters that were munching on their vegetables.

@jvgreendarmok

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX There's an instagram account called "Medieval Marginalia" which collects a lot of those. :-)

@martinperry5072

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX Not the rudest one. The ones where the nuns are picking cocks off the penis tree are.

@Ambaryerno

2 жыл бұрын

@@radbarij I believe Terry Gilliam actually is a Medieval Historian, so he definitely would know about this (in fact, he knew that the early Middle Ages weren't a dirty, muddy cesspit like the movie depicts, but that's part of the joke).

Omg the first MPatHG reactor who took the time to read the opening credits thoroughly! 😂

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Haha surely not!

@GallifreyeanTrailers

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX It's true!

@GlamityJean

3 жыл бұрын

I think I saw one other reactor actually do that before but it is very rare yes

@1ListerofSmeg

3 жыл бұрын

A surprising number of viewers do not pay enough attention to the beginning of this or the very end of Airplane!.

@IvanToshkov

3 жыл бұрын

The closing credits are quite good too!

you're the only reviewer to catch that one guard at the wedding when the other guard gets run through: "...HEYY..." LOL everytime!!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Loved it! 😂

@jeffnorwood-brown8407

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX Yup - my favourite line in my favourite movie. Best movie review ever for spotting that :D. I also like "I'm not" in the Life Of Brian...see if you can spot that...I also like Lancelot attacking the French castle, pointlessly, with his sword.

@ciaranconlon84

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX also only the second to notice Sir Bedeviere trying to make a swallow carry a coconut.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffnorwood-brown8407 I’ll be keeping an eye out 😏

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@ciaranconlon84 it’s the little things like this that make the movie! 😁

The French Taunter, Tim the Enchanter and Sir Lancelot were all played by John Cleese. Aka Nearly Headless Nick. Look up “The Ministry of Silly Walks” and thank me later.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I’ll thank you now cause I just watched it 😂 oh Jesus imagine filming that 😂😂😂

@bugvswindshield

3 жыл бұрын

I believe the Black Knight as well.

@williamvesey3679

3 жыл бұрын

He's also brilliant in A Fish Called Wanda, with fellow Monty Python member Michael Palin costarring.

@mattiaswibom4788

3 жыл бұрын

@@bugvswindshield Yeah, the attack scream before the black knight loses his second arm gives Cleese away for me

@kellyfehr3719

3 жыл бұрын

The Sheep Airplane sketch is a must if you like John's "French".

"The animator suffered a fatal heart attack." Terry Gilliam's filmic highpoint, no matter how many movies he directs. Best. Leo.

@mid-ohioguardian6927

3 ай бұрын

phuckingthief... thumbs down stolen video !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@boarder6246

2 ай бұрын

I’ve argued it’s the best cameo

You seemed to miss the greatest line, ever: "Who's that then?" "Dunno, must be a king." "How do you know he's a king?" "Cos he ain't got shit all over him."

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I think there was just so much to take in! Apparently you see/hear something new every time you watch it 😁

@Mpshfromlowell64

Жыл бұрын

This is why movies like this have to be seen more than once….

@BintyMcFrazzles

Жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX Very true. x With this film, you're often laughing from the last gag and miss the next one. 🤣 (Sorry, I didn't get a notification of your reply, it's taken a year!)

I love all the moose credits when there's no moose on the whole movie.

@JuandeFucaU

3 жыл бұрын

obviously you didn't watch the movie on the same acid I did..... almost too many mooses for me.

@tric5122

3 жыл бұрын

No camels or llamas either

@BobStein

3 жыл бұрын

@@tric5122 nor swallows

@col4574

3 жыл бұрын

@@BobStein anyway the guy has a dove tied to a coconut ,not a swallow at all .....see the witch scene

@col4574

3 жыл бұрын

And Scientists still have no idea of the airspeed velocity of either sort of swallow carrying coconuts

The arrow sound effect followed by "Message for you, sir" has been my SMS tone for a long time. 'Nearly Headless Nick' is also the French taunter and Tim the Enchanter and a few others in the film. It 'almost' hurts that the role you know John Cleese for is his bit part in Harry Potter! The Knights of the Round Table didn't murder the historian, they were innocent (of that murder). The murderer had a real horse.

@Spencerinio5

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the idea

@lisat9707

Жыл бұрын

That is my text message notification too!

@AMortalDefiant

Жыл бұрын

Oh, that is genius. LOL. I though I had a good one. I use the sound from the Zelda games when you discover a secret.

@rahulshah1408

Жыл бұрын

Goodness, I can't say how many years that was mine too.

@BintyMcFrazzles

Жыл бұрын

Me, too!

It is from an actual hymn: "Pie Iesu Domine. Dona eis requiem". "Holy Lord, Jesus. Grant them rest." or perhaps in this context "Holy Jesus! Give them a break!"

@Rasputin443556

3 жыл бұрын

The original poem (edit: Dies Irae, or Day of Wrath) in Latin is real fire-and-brimstone, a listing of all the sinners in Hell, and that’s the climactic end: Pie Iesu Domine, dona eis requiem. Finally reading it after tittering at that for twenty years made it funnier with the juxtaposition of the damnation and the monks hitting their heads with the books.

Monty Python The Life of Brian is the must see.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I’m on it! 😁

@peterleswell6621

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX especially the stoning!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@peterleswell6621 haha don’t give too much away! I’ll be watching it tomorrow and after everyone’s comments I have high expectations 😁

@kevinthetruckdriver353

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX - there's more jokes in Life of Brain. A complete story with an ending you'll be singing about. Oh!! *NO MOOSE or subtitles to read in the credits.*

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@kevinthetruckdriver353 you guys!! I’ll know the whole movie before I’ve even watched it 😂

Monty Python just made the word “Silly” into an art form

The main joke with the Castle Anthrax is that Galahad introduces himself as "Galahad the Chaste." So his great peril that he had to overcome was the danger of being seduced. The whole sequence is meant to poke fun at the "virtue" of chastity

@vaughngrimes4374

Жыл бұрын

yea ! The "Green Knight"

@mikecronis

Жыл бұрын

Also, the true Quest of the Holy Grail is only to be found by someone who is without sin whatsoever, completely pure or they would be unworthy. Terry Gilliam makes fun of every possible thing involving King Arthur and everything surrounding the UK mythos of it. There is a lot of accuracy to the witch trials, government, filth, pseudo-science, and other things as well.

@isaackellogg3493

11 ай бұрын

@@mikecronisto be fair, she not only weighed the same as a duck, but she turned John Cleese into a newt. It’s not as though a more modern court wouldn’t also have suspected her of being a witch. It may not be a capital crime today, but Polyjuicing your neighbors has got to at least count as assault and battery.

@martinhafner2201

11 ай бұрын

And then she replies that her name is "Zoot, just Zoot". As in "I am NOT chaste. Hi, there soldier.".

@SamuelBlack84

10 ай бұрын

Chastity yields absolutely no reward

When the witch gets convicted of weighing the same as a duck, she mutters "It's a fair cop", which is an almost untranslatable meme, meaning "You got me, and I can't even be mad about it", which is a reference to the kind of 'gentleman detective' crime mysteries for which England is still so well known. Oftentimes, when the culprit was exposed, he took it in surprisingly good stride, uttering something akin to "It's a fair cop.", meaning he bore no ill will towards the detective who just sealed his fate.

@danielsmith5088

3 жыл бұрын

If you ever watch the tv show, which I highly recommend, you'll hear that phrase a lot.

@wadesworld6250

3 жыл бұрын

Pretty sure she mutters "this is a fair court" sarcastically.

@TheRaiden316

2 жыл бұрын

After the crowd carries her off, you can see that the scales weren't balanced at all.

@347Jimmy

2 ай бұрын

@@danielsmith5088 the show often used the extended version of the quote, "It's a fair cop, but society's to blame."

"It's a person or a group." Partly correct in both. The team named themselves 'Monty Python's Flying Circus'. A flying circus is a rotating ensemble of performers whilst Monty Python was the dodgiest name they could think of to give this fictional talent manager. The group are now known as Monty Python.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Oh thank you! That’s interesting to know 😁

@philsurtees

2 жыл бұрын

Nope. A flying circus is NOT a rotating ensemble of performers. Not sure what cavity you pulled that from, but I can guess...

@witchking8497

2 жыл бұрын

Monty Python was a couple of Uni Comedy/Acting groups...they consolidated and got a show at the height of BBC TV officiousness and proceeded to give the 'highers' fits. All the movies are good but the show was best. I am a proud owner of the 16 ton DVD collection.

@5wm562

2 жыл бұрын

'Monty' is the name of a fellow known by members of the troupe who was a local pub cut-up.

@asterix7842

2 жыл бұрын

Monty Python is the name of the group. Monty Python’s Flying Circus was their tv show in the 70s.

The fact that the actors portrayed more than one role in the film, that's one of the best things about the whole movie! Also, I remember hearing that they only were able to afford one horse for the movie, so they came up with the idea of using the coconuts instead!

@triple7marc

6 ай бұрын

That’s because they’re not *really* actors… they’re Monty Python. Members of the comedy group.

"Why are they sticking trumpets up their butts?" She laughs. Question asked and answered. Best. Leo.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

You’re right! 😂

@futuramayeah

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX there's a band called Butt Trumpet and they have a song called 'you're ugly'

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@futuramayeah best name ever 😂

@speleokeir

3 жыл бұрын

Have you never heard of "Blowing the bowel bugle"? or a trump (short for trumpet)? Two alternative names for a fart.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@speleokeir I have heard a trump 😂 didn’t think of that

When it hits you that the ending is a literal 'cop out'

@jamesfield1674

3 жыл бұрын

best ending to a film ever

"I don't get it! I don't understand!" Then you understand Monty Python perfectly!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Ah! I see 😂

@myst0dreamer

3 жыл бұрын

You need to be fully immersed in the Monty Python universe to get the mindset of things they carry over from one skit to the next. They used those bits of artwork to transition from one scene to the next in the TV show. The presence of moose etc. is in the spirit of what they did before.

@orvoloco8261

3 жыл бұрын

not exactly. monty python are very understandable if you dont understand it its because you arent smart ebough to understand what they try to make understand you.

@chrispinvidic51

2 жыл бұрын

I think she had to be a guy to understand. Lol

The Witch is Connie Booth who was married to John Cleese for ten years. She co wrote and played `Polly` the maid in Fawlty Towers.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! 😁

This movie has been trolling everyone since 1975

Most of the film was shot in Scotland. They used two castles - Doune Castle (which doubled for Castle Anthrax and Swamp Castle in the film) and Castle Stalker (which was used as Castle Aaaghh). Glen Coe was also used as a location for the film particularly for the Bridge of Death sequence. During filming it was mostly cold and rained a lot.

And a shout out to late Beatles Legend, George Harrison for his Dark Horse Productions who bank rolled those crazy Monty Python kids.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Every day is a school day 🤓

@mike-xn1qj

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX He's in a crowd scene in "Life of Brian".

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@mike-xn1qj is he really!? That’s awesome

@benmarshall404

3 жыл бұрын

You’re half right...George set up Handmade films to bankroll Life Of Brian after the original production company pulled out due to the subject matter. This film was actually funded by bands like Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and a few record labels of the time.

@bugvswindshield

3 жыл бұрын

@@benmarshall404 ah thanks I only knew that from triva. Now i have a bit more knowledge :)

The guy who died under the Trojan Rabbit was also the monk singing "Iye, Iesu, domine" earlier, and he's Sir Robin's head minstrel as well. The scholar who gets slashed after the trojan rabbit scene is also the guy who was going to be stone dead in a moment and had to get whacked on the head to put him on the cart. The actors and settings all played multiple roles in this movie. That one castle appears three or four times as different castles.

The ending was literally a "cop-out", it took me ages to realise that. I saw it three times at the cinema when it first came out, and still didn't quite get everything. Watch Life Of Brian too.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Life of Brian coming soon! 😁

@TombstoneHeart

3 жыл бұрын

You pretty much have to watch the Python movies a couple of times to get all of it. In that I mean that while you're preoccupied with what's going on the foreground of a scene, sometimes there is something absolutely absurd going in the background. "The Life of Brian" is packed with silly background activity like that.

Hollywood swordfighting would get you killed so fast in a medieval duel. 😆

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@Ambaryerno

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the closest I've seen to what a REAL sword fight would look like in a major Hollywood production is the duel between Vader and Obi-Wan in the original Star Wars. LOTS of footwork, winding, and controlling the line and working for angles. It's actually beautiful. Of course, it helps that the Great Bob Anderson is in the Vader Suit.

You should do more movies. That was fun. Monty Python was a comedy troupe that had a TV show called "Monty Python's Flying Circus" in the late 60s and early 70s. After the show, they branched out into movies. The next movie to watch would probably be "The Life of Brian." After Monty Python, John Cleese, the guy who played Nearly Headless Nick in the "Harry Potter" films had an hilarious series called "Fawlty Towers" about an incompetent hotel in rural England.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! I have heard of faulty towers but never seen it 🤷🏼‍♀️

@OblivionGate

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX Then you need to watch Fawlty Towers ASAP!!

@Rasputin443556

3 жыл бұрын

If you watch Fawlty Towers, THE episode to watch is the Germans. Don’t mention the war.

@brandonflorida1092

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rasputin443556 You're right. It's hysterical.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@Rasputin443556 noted! Thank you 🥰

I remember rewatching this movie for the nth time (and that was 15+ years ago) with a bunch of guys and the one girl who hadn't seen it before. She was all like "why are you laughing?" when we started laughing _before_ the payoffs. Thanks for letting me relive that.

Brits had so much talents ,the Pythons ,Benny hill ,so on ,i love british humour

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I only just watched the inbetweeners last year! I really need to catch up 😂

One of my favorite things about Python is that they weren’t afraid to go in a completely absurd conceptual direction, mostly because they also weren’t afraid to bail out of a bit they couldn’t find a punchline for. It’s something you’ll likely notice a lot as you progress through the series.

The ending was a literal cop out. I must say it is still jarring even when you know it's coming lol.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was going to end mid charge! I was just happy to see the french guy again 😂

@RIDOLF01

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX The french guy is Sir Lancelot and Tim the enchanter and Nearly headless Nick, also Q in some Bond Films and so many more... the one and only John Cleese

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@RIDOLF01 he’s 😍

The actors are, in fact, related. Just not to each other. Best. Leo.

It takes a special sense of humour to bring out the best of a Monty Python skit.

I had a 10th grade teacher named Gary Mabe in florida and I had him for world history and it was a known fact that once we got to this time period he showed this movie. I had never seen it before. And I waited until he showed it in class to see it and fell in love with it immediately. Sadly he just passed away a few weeks ago from a brain tumor. So to you Mr. Mabe I say, go away or I shall taunt you a second timeuh

One of the variations of the Galahad legend was that he was to remain a virgin.

@simeonteitelbaum3673

3 жыл бұрын

It was sending up Michael Palin's reputation at the time as being kind of the Paul McCartney of the group, though in actuality he was as out there as anyone in Python

How could a Scottish girl like you never seen this movie??!!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

My bad! 😂 I’m working on it though!

@Pixelologist

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX 🤣🤣🤣

@jonisilk

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX It was shot in Scotland. They could only get permission to film at one castle - Doune Castle, which doubles for every other castle you see in the film barring those that were cut-outs/models (like Camelot).

@nateculver7050

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonisilk I've been there. The gift shop is mostly stuff from this movie. I've got a picture of me dancing in the hall.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonisilk interesting! 😁

I love the fact that you see Arthur's knights hiding while they're still on the screen running away from the Trojan Rabbit.

"I should maybe be writing these down" Said by A) Dawn B) Literally everyone for the last forty-ish years C) A and B

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

Dawn, your reaction to this classic was a classic itself. You didn't have to worry about missing anyrhing. You caught every joke. Thank you!!

Great reaction. You're the first one that laughed as hard as me when he said he'll fart in your general direction! I suggest you watch Airplane! You'll laugh until your cheeks hurt.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

It’s on my list I’ve had so many comments saying to watch airplane! Thanks so much for watching 😁

@1ListerofSmeg

3 жыл бұрын

And Top Secret! Same writers and directors as airplane.

@forthrightnight

3 жыл бұрын

I've used that phrase, as my classic put down, since seeing that film when it came out. I'm 60. Glad you caught the humor of that bit.

I love how you paid attention to the opening credits, oh and a moose once bit my sister!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

They had me at the credits 😁

Definitely check out The Life of Brian. It's the perfect movie for Easter!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

It’s on the top of my list! 😁

@JohnWilliams-zu8wg

3 жыл бұрын

Romanes eunt domus?

6:40 Many "duel" situations often came down to grappling in the era of heavy armor. Wrestling and grappling was hugely important in the medieval period. For movies though, rolling around trying to find a weak point in the opponents armor with a dagger isn't very cinematic, and is too gruesome (and frankly brutal) for audiences.

Most of the castle scenes were filmed at Doune Castle in Stirling

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

And in game of thrones apparently 😬

@clangiuy

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX Yeah, the scene when Bran is pushed out the window was Doune Castle i think

@tomasjallen

3 жыл бұрын

We visited the castle some years ago and they were building sets for the Outlander tv-series. You can get a headset with Terry Jones from Monty Python guiding you and talking about filming the movie. The castle is used for almost every castle scene in the movie.

@dsorichetti154

3 жыл бұрын

The final castle is of course Castle Stalker.

@Steampunk-Cyclist

2 жыл бұрын

Last time I visited Doune Castle, you could buy two halves of coconut in the shop...!

THE SAD THING ABOUT THIS MOVIE IS THAT THE WITCH PART IS THE ACTUAL THOUGHT PROCESS OF THE TIME!!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I thought this! I must have seen it somewhere else

@Ambaryerno

2 жыл бұрын

Not exactly. The people actually holding the trials DID know better (contrary to popular culture, learning and education didn't end with the collapse of the Roman Empire, even in the West). This was basically a way to get rid of troublemakers (mostly women who pissed off the church and local authorities by being too independent or smart, or perpetuating pre-Christian folk practices IE medicine which undermined religious and secular authority) under the illusion of a "fair trial," when really it was just a kangaroo court that manufactured evidence in such a way as no matter the outcome it would lead to a conviction. It's no accident that all of the actual tests would ultimately come out in favor of the accusers: Either the person who "passed" the test would die in the process, thus ridding them of the victim, or the victim would "fail," justifying their execution. Consider the practice of ducking: The "witch" was bound and thrown into water. If she floated, the "pure" water rejected her, proving she was a witch, and she would be convicted and executed. And since the human body is naturally buoyant, a "conviction" from this practice was virtually guaranteed. One the chance she DID sink she was innocent, but that was a small comfort considering she would be left to drown, anyway.

@88wildcat

2 жыл бұрын

The best part of that scene is when John Cleese takes an ultra long pause before saying the "because they're made out of wood" line. Watch closely and you can see Eric Idle bite his sword to keep from cracking up and breaking character.

This is one of those movies that you notice something new everytime you watch it.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I realised that! 😁

@michaelbrinton2688

3 жыл бұрын

I have watched it many times, i still don't have a count of the times cats are in the movie.

“Message for you, sir.”🤣😂🤣 Gets me every time.

I remember watching Monty Python back in the 60s. It was funny back then and I still find it funny today. Thank you for all the laughs. 😂

The people who were in charge of writing the credits were sacked before they could write the end ones

They could only use one abandoned castle so all of the castle scenes were filmed at the same castle from different sides.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I thought so! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

@Orlor

3 жыл бұрын

Except for the castle at the end. That was castle Stalker.

@daviddixon9991

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX Most of the movie was filmed in Scotland.

I love reactions like these! Laughing is contagious and it's as if I'm watching it for the first time again. Thanks for uploading~

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much! 🥰

i feel honoured to have witenessed this vid tbh

Regarding the "bring out your dead" scene, there was a serious plague going on during this time in our world history and people use to bring carts to collect people's dead so they can be buried in Mass Graves and bodies burned. This was a common practice in times of plague, especially among the commoners. It was very dark time.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I can imagine! Thank you so much for watching 🥰 and commenting

Something you missed, as I did the first several times I've enjoyed this movie over the ages, is every character is portrayed by one of 4 or 5 main Monty Python Characters. The Frenchmen you enjoyed is also Lancelot and also one of the Coconut Banger with a huge backpack. They swap roles and if as you get to know them you will see each with each skit. They were a great Bunch of Folks and I don't think there was an ego among them as they all shared in credit equally and supported each other fiercely. There are a group of men unlike no other with regards to fame of fortune...

The scene with the three score young virgins was hilarious

Loved that you watched all the way to the very end. Most reactors hit that last song and shut it off. You got a new subscriber!

I'm hoping you'll look at "Time Bandits"

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I’m loving these recommendations! I’ll be kept busy for a while 🥰

@1nelsondj

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX The 6 members of the group wrote, directed and starred in the film, each playing several roles. Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam shared directing duties, Gilliam is also the animator and the only American in the group. He's had a career of directing such films as "The Adventures of Baron Munchhausen" (watch this one), "Brazil" and "12 Monkeys".

@mvjonsson

3 жыл бұрын

You would probably enjoy Terry Gilliam's first solo film Jabberwocky (1977), which stars Michael Palin. It is also a funny medieval story. It has the same visual style (The same director of photography as The holy grail).

@jean-paulaudette9246

3 жыл бұрын

@@mvjonsson Thanks! I saw it recently.

The ending is a literal "cop out"

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I really didn’t mind! I thought it was going to end mid charge 😂

First time here and I LOVED your reaction 🤣 Such a classic, glad you enjoyed it and now to binge watch your other reactions.

“Lancelot is nearly headless nick from Harry Potter. That’s clever ! “.....no dear, that’s called acting ! 🤣😂🤣

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I was calling myself clever for noticing 😂

Airplane!, The Naked Gun, and Top Secret you need to react to and sure hope you do! Your sides will hurt from laughing so hard. Thank you for this Great reaction to this classic movie!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

All noted! Thank you so much 🥰

@ianloeb1672

3 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget Idiocracy

@robofwonder

2 жыл бұрын

I love Top Secret! I think it's very underrated within the genre.

Hey you know it kind of is a boy band actually, good instincts.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Well I am very intelligent 🤓

Dawn, Yes you are correct in that these men are extremely funny. I do not believe that you are not the only person not to see Monty. I hope you enjoy this masterpiece.

The castle of Ohhooooohhh. Haha I think that's Terry Jones and it reminds me of his "fishy fishy ooooh" bit. Such absurd acting

Love this movie and your video you should do "The Princess Bride" next, you'll absolutely love it.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m on it 🥰

@rollomaughfling380

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX Second that!

Fun fact: At the premier of this movie at select theatres, they gave away coconuts to the first however many people through the gate. Some people still have them to this day.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

That’s amazing 😁

@richardjones4662

2 жыл бұрын

I've cut a coconut in half. And they make exactly this noise.

So happy to see someone digging into those opening titles, it's one of me favorite bits of the movie and a lot of people miss those while they settle in. Great vid, gonna check out some more

They were trying to hit that brown note hahaha xD I love this movie, great reaction!

The Tale of Sir Galahad is just "sworn to chastity" Galahad being repeatedly tempted by beautiful maidens (with awful names). He's on the verge of falling--and having the greatest experience of his life--when Lancelot barges in and drags him away. Weirdly, when I first saw this on PBS in the '80s, the only part that WAS cut was the whole "Get on with it!" bit.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

It really didn’t put me off watching the rest but nobody would miss it if it was cut 😁

@dannyspelman1468

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX I would! That part floored me when I saw this first. I was 15 though.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@dannyspelman1468 😂😂😂

@MysterClark

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, to each their own, I suppose, but I thought it was hilarious how many things they could fit in there to tempt him and then he was fighting his fellow knights to "face the peril single-handed."

@ScreamingScallop

3 жыл бұрын

@@MysterClark "He'll beat us easily! We haven't a chance!"

The Monty Python film to watch first is ''And Now For Something Completely Different'' (1971)

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I will be checking it out! 😁

@Rasputin443556

3 жыл бұрын

It’s a redo of a number of sketches from the Flying Circus television program, which was originally unavailable in the US. If you watch the first two seasons of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, you see all of these, though with different transitions and other little changes.

Dawn this video was so amazing keep up the good work

Well done.. U randomly popped up in my recommendations & I love monty python so I watched a bit & subscribed at 8min. Your cool, natural & funny. I look forward to future content 😊

Monty Python were the 4Chan trolls of their time. If you love this movie, then "Yellowbeard" should be on your list (since everyone else is recommending other Monty Python movies). Not technically a Monty Python film, but it was a Graham Chapman (King Arthur) passion project and the humor is similar.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Noted! Thank you so much for watching 🥰

@kellyfehr3719

3 жыл бұрын

Also it includes Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Peter Cook, Cheech, Chong and Madeline Kahn.

Monty Python is the Gold Standard of surreal comedy. I'm a 35 year fan going back to my high school years 😁. If memory serves. This is beaten only by AIRPLANE! as the funniest movie of all time according to the AFI

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I will definitely have to check it out then 😁

The funny thing is when the group reunited in 2014, Graham Norton asked them the questions he usually asks reuniting boy bands.

Welcome to the family. I can recite this movie, word for word!!

Great movie. Other great Monty Python movies are The Life Of Brian, The Meaning Of Life, And Now for Something Completely Different and sort of Monty Python movie with some of the members is A fish called Wanda

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that! I’ll definitely give them a watch 😁

@keremmazman3761

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX you should watch Life of Brian next. My favorite Monty Python movie.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@keremmazman3761 this was the plan after Googling which one to watch next 😁 thank you so much for watching!

@keremmazman3761

3 жыл бұрын

@@DawnMarieX Are you going to keep making movie reactions after Monty Python movies?

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

@@keremmazman3761 maybe... 😏

And Now For Something Completely Different is an early intro movie made of several sketches

@darost

3 жыл бұрын

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The guys in Monty Python played several roles each … very inventive and so so funny! What a classic! :)

king arthur: it's a horse Some british guard: YoU'Ve gOt TwO cOcOnUtS

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

A great reaction and will definately look out for more from you. They couldn't afford horses hence the coconuts. The best of the 3 films imo is Life of Brian, but this one is a close second. The Meaning of Life is more hit and miss as it is basically a compilation of their series sketches but still watchable and has some of their most memorable sketches in it. Life of Brian is about a man who is mistaken for Jesus or a Jesus type of person and was quite controversial when it was made but is funny. A interesting fact if you do Life of Brian, George Harrison of The Beatles gave them the money to film it as no studios would give them the money and George said he wanted to see it after seeing the script. So he gave them the money.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching! 🥰 that’s so interesting too I’m loving everyone’s comments!

@crescentfreshbret

Жыл бұрын

The Meaning of Life is just plain insane! Be prepared if you decide to watch it- it’s full of graphic violence, gore, sex, nudity, copious vomit, and other sundry obscenties. It’s funny, but it’s definitely not a comfortable watch. They pushed things as far as they could in that one. The wonderful songs almost make up for it, though. I made the huge mistake of introducing a girl I was friends with to Monty Python by showing her that movie. Needless to say, it was just too much for her and didn’t exactly make her want to check out more of their stuff.

@crescentfreshbret

Жыл бұрын

I see now that you already reacted to it years ago. I’ll have to watch that tonight!

Great reaction. I do suggest you may want to partake of a little something before watching any Monty Python. They're the kings of non sequiturs and one scene may have nothing to do with the previous scene except a running joke like swallows and coconuts. The members of Monty Python are mostly well-educated and a lot of the scenes are based on reality rather than standard movie choreography and art. During the Black Plague, people were dying so fast that they did actually have people going through the streets with carts calling for people to bring out their dead and people in the countryside may not have known they had a king or who that king was. When you watch Life of Brian, it is actually true that there were a lot of "messiahs" and religious fervor during the period that Rome occupied the area. We're just more familiar with the religion that evolved into a religion going by the same name today.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comment 🥰

I love seeing you laugh Dawn…..

I know I'm only three years late to this party, but I did want to say that your reaction to this movie was almost as entertaining as the movie itself hehe. And its pretty much exactly what I experienced watching it. In fact I heard it before I saw it, as it was released on record as well, in abridged form. The vinyl record is actually rather special as it has a lot of features that aren't part of the movie. Definitely worth checking out. And you mentioned the sameness of the sword fights in these sorts of movies. I have to applaud you on your observant eye, and comment on the fact that the real fights may well have been much more 'messy' than depicted in movies. In fact, swords were used less than the pike, a long pole with a pointy end, and possibly a blade with which you would slice the vulnerable lower legs and feet of your opponent.

If you'd like to stray a little bit from the pure Python (cause it can be a bit much at times), may I suggest a film: A Fish Called Wanda. It has John Cleese in it (the Frenchman from this film). It also has Michael Palin (on of the other Monty Python comedy troop members). Alternatively, of the Python movies, Life of Brian is probably their best.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

So many comments suggesting A Fish called Wanda! It’s definitely on my list and Life of Brian is coming soon 😁

The next best comedy to watch is Team America: World Police. No one else has reacted to it. Its a real gem from the early 2000s. From the creators of southpark. Using puppets!

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

I did love South Park so I’ll have to look into it 😁

@justaguy6129

3 жыл бұрын

I second that! I was hurting all over after watching that the first time! I will sub right now just to get it on your list!

@jgreen2015

3 жыл бұрын

@@justaguy6129 shrooms were still legal when it came out in cinema... Kinda forgot they were puppets until the explicit and puke scenes 😂

When you went on about how much you liked the French guy and wanted to see more of him, I KNEW you would get a kick out of the end! Great reaction. I love seeing people enjoy this movie as much as I do.

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Haha I really did enjoy the french man! Thank you so much for watching 😁

The actress who played the witch was Connie Booth who, at the time, was married to John Cleese in real life. After this movie they went on to do "Fawlty Towers" together. It's a British sitcom.

Arthur: I'll have your leg! Black Knight: Chicken! Chicken! Arthur: Right! *proceeds to lop off the Black Knight's RIGHT leg* Such an undervalued joke. 😂

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Loved the whole scene 😂

Found myself more curious about your accent then the movie. I'm guessing Liverpool or Irish accent but i'm not really sure

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Scottish! But Irish is very close if you’re not familiar with the accents 😁

@danielmillward9947

3 жыл бұрын

Liverpool? 😂 Jesus man she sounds nothing like a dolphin

@louiegarcia2500

3 жыл бұрын

Dawn Marie Anderson, I think it’s hilarious that you found that slur against Scots (“You mankey Scotch gint!”) funny. 😆

"Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!" Boy, now. No one taunts like the French. 😆

Re-watched this after a year or so. Loved the movie for decades, enjoyed Dawn Marie as much the 2nd time as the 1st.

I know you skipped over it, but the killer rabbit is one of my favorite bits. Fun fact: the rabbit was actually a pet that they borrowed. The dye they used as blood was unable to be washed out, leaving the owner distraught when the rabbit was returned to him. Thankfully the dye was harmless, and the rabbit had that dye for the rest of its life.

@lewstone5430

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite part too, but she, or her editor, didn’t show it. I stopped watching at that point.

I love the way she talks

"As the horrendous black beast lunged forward, escape for Arthur, and his knights seemed hopeless, when suddenly, the animator suffered a fatal heart attack. The cartoon peril was no more..." SAVED BY THE FOURTH WALL!!!

It is a rare thing indeed to see someone lose their Monty Python virginity... You friggin nailed it! Thanks for some good laughs

@DawnMarieX

3 жыл бұрын

Haha thanks so much for watching! 😁