Hey gang, sorry this video was so late to post. I've been having some super fun issues with my eyes and editing has been a real doozy! lol Regardless, hope you all enjoy this video and if you'd like to see the full length reaction check out our Patreon: www.patreon.com/posts/monty-pythons-of-53784311? Important questions: What are your favorite parts of the movie? What would your rate it? How does it rank against the other Monty Python films? How badly do you want a Full Frontal "Noodle-dy" shirt? lol! Cheers and much love, Emily

@donkfail1

3 жыл бұрын

Favorite part must be the whole chase scene after the hiding scene, where a new religion is created and splinters off into a few different ones. One detail that got stuck from the first watching was the man lingering at the place where the great gourd/shoe debate took place, then aimlessly wandering off. Years later I found out that was the great (now late) Spike Milligan. It kind of gets overshadowed by the full frontal noodlety soon after. RIP Graham Chapman and his noodle. Never forget.

@timhonigs6859

3 жыл бұрын

Heh heh Noodle-dies!! (BTW, did notice that while you gasped and were in shock, your eyes were laser focused!!!)

@bluebird3281

3 жыл бұрын

You should put your D&D games on youtube.

@pete_lind

3 жыл бұрын

One movie that made Church really angry , even its not even Jesus they are making fun of and Not the Nine O'Clock News made a sketch about that upset . Can be found with this ... Not the Nine O'Clock News - Monty Pythons worshipers ... 3 min 25 sec , Rowan Atkinson , Pamela Stephenson , Mel Smith .

@moustafacei5357

3 жыл бұрын

please react to (ROBIN HOOD: MEN IN TIGHTS)😊

The actress who played Judith (Sue Jones-Davies) is from Aberystwyth in Wales. A town that actually banned the film when it was released because of her nude scene. She later became mayor of Aberystwyth and overturned the ban and held a charity screening of the film.

@1nelsondj

3 жыл бұрын

Great story. Success is the best revenge.

@Seereene1

3 жыл бұрын

If only there was an "O" wow emoji available! Now that's some great trivia right there!

@phillyman2837

3 жыл бұрын

@@Seereene1 😮

@MrUndersolo

3 жыл бұрын

When I read that, I realized that there was some justice in the universe.

@Seereene1

3 жыл бұрын

@@phillyman2837 hehehehe!

They re-released this just when Mel Gibson brought out his Passion of the Christ film; one of the Pythons was asked what he thought of Gibson's film and he said, "He should have ended with a song!"

@RideAcrossTheRiver

3 жыл бұрын

"Let's Take Mel to A Delicatessen" has a nice ring

@IggyStardust1967

3 жыл бұрын

ALWAYS look on the bright side of life..... I swear, I used to play this song over my boom box to start off a work shift on days I knew were going to be brutal. My coworkers hadn't even finished drinking their coffee yet, and this song was blasting at top volume from my "DeWalt Worksite Radio"(via my iPod). Drove them absolutely NUTS! (that last part wasn't intended... but was, in fact, an added bonus! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣) (And yes, I'm THAT kind of an asshole!)

Not included in the preview, but in British culture: "He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy." is one of the most famous quotes in movie history.

@donsample1002

2 жыл бұрын

"Not the Messiah: He's a Very Naughty Boy" is also a brilliant oratorio based on _The Life of Brian_ If you haven't seen it, check out the Royal Albert Hall performance of it for the 40th anniversary of Monty Python with the BBC orchestra and choir, and most of the surviving Pythons (John Cleese had a booking conflict and couldn't make it.)

"You're all different!" "Yes we are all different!" "I'm not!"

@StuTheMoose

3 жыл бұрын

That whole speech is one of the greatest moments in film :) Pity the reactors didn't include it.

@StevenFox80

3 жыл бұрын

One of the peak moments of comedy! It almost killed me the first time I watched the movie!

My very British father says the "Romans go home" scene gives him flashbacks of Latin class

@soho2409

3 жыл бұрын

No wonder, John Cleese used to be a Latin teacher.

@ash1851

3 жыл бұрын

John Cleese was a Latin tutor while at Cambridge, that's him in teaching mode.

@r.awilliams9815

3 жыл бұрын

@@ash1851 You have to admit that a sword to the throat is a very effective teaching tactic, you'll not soon forget that particular lesson.

@jonanderson559

3 жыл бұрын

Latin class was *exactly* like that, except for the sword to the throat.

@steeleye2112

3 жыл бұрын

@@jonanderson559 I went to a grammar school. Latin class was exactly like that. During a history lesson there were 2 kids talking at the back of the class and the teacher threw one of those big wooden board cleaners at them.

"May contain noodle-ty" should be an official censorship rating.

@tfodthogtmfof7644

3 жыл бұрын

“Full fwontal noodle-ty”

@gestaltdude

3 жыл бұрын

And to top it off, at least for Judith's part in the scene, is the copy of Snatch sitting on the shelf, just to the right of the "Just SUMM Groundhog" sign.

@DonDuracell

3 жыл бұрын

Or is it Nude(lti)?

@duckrutt

3 жыл бұрын

@@gestaltdude Listen, I know when people think of the 70's they think cheap wood veneer but wall to wall shag carpeting was in vogue

@gestaltdude

3 жыл бұрын

@@duckrutt I think I know what you mean, but will not elaborate in order to keep this at least PG-13. :D

Fun fact: we have George Harrison to thank for this movie. The Pythoners were not able to get financing to make this movie due to what was considered controversial content. George knew some of the members and loved the script, so he bankrolled the cost of making the movie because he wanted to see it. It pays to have a friend who is in the Beatles - LOL. Georgehas a cameo in the movie. I can't remember which scene, but I think he plays one of the members of Judean People's Front. Or maybe he was one of the People's Front of Judea ;). My ranking of Monty Python movies - 1. Holy Grail, 2. Life of Brian, 3. Meaning of Life.

@James_Loveless

3 жыл бұрын

George Harrison also bankrolled the 1981 Time Bandits film

@weirds0up

3 жыл бұрын

George's cameo is as the man who's letting them use the mount on Sunday ('ullo)

@chrisbiebel6205

3 жыл бұрын

And they had actually cast another famous rocker as the "mud prophet" (Gilliam covered in mud screaming and gyrating). Keith Moon, the drummer of The Who, was supposed to play that role, but died of a drug overdose soon after learning that they were giving him that role.

@jonisilk

3 жыл бұрын

Handmade Films produced some of the best British comedy movies of the 80's and 90's. Just another reason why George was my favourite Beatle

@tntkff9901

3 жыл бұрын

That had to be the most expensive movie ticket of all time.

During the Falklands War, a British ship got hit by a rocket and was sinking. The Sailors sang "Always look on the bright side of life" while waiting to be rescued.

@bobsapsford7526

3 жыл бұрын

I was in the Alps, high up at the end of a pass waiting for the ski bus to pick us up because the temperature was minus 30°. 100 people standing like penguins when a German guy shouted out "You must alvays look on ze brite side ov life" then we all started whistling a couple of bars before we all collapsed laughing.

As a Brit, I am so proud of Monty Python, and the comedy legacy they have left us. This was voted the greatest British comedy film of ALL time, and for me can only be matched by Jim Abrahams and the Zucker Bros' Airplane and first Naked Gun movie . Comedy legends all.

"They sing about the planets and how you're worthless." 🤣🤣🤣 That is surprisingly accurate. I do love Meaning Of Life.

@tntkff9901

3 жыл бұрын

Funny thing, there's a strange comfort in that...

@GirlofCulture

3 жыл бұрын

Meaning of Life is my favorite of all MP movies.

@spacedinosaur8733

3 жыл бұрын

I always loved the businessmen pirates.

I love the stoning scene, where it goes terribly wrong. "I'm warning you! If you say 'Jehovah' One more time...!" Someone throws a stone. "Right, who threw that?"

@GirlWithAnOpinion

3 жыл бұрын

"How could it possibly be worse???"

It's good to finally see reactors who get the jokes in this movie, seen a lot who don't.

@RideAcrossTheRiver

3 жыл бұрын

I am meeting people these days who have no sense of humour.

The alien spaceship bit was the "Terry Gilliam bit", usually the animated bit in the TV show and in Holey Grail. With the increased budget they let Gilliam do a more live filmed segment, still just as weird as his animated segments. And yes, THAT Terry Gilliam. "12 Monkeys", "Brazil", "Time Bandits", "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas", ect. 😲

3 жыл бұрын

The Holey Grail? Did it leak?

@mifdsam

Жыл бұрын

Apparently, one of the reasons the aliens were in the movie is because the pythons had written Brian being in that tower, but couldn't think of a way to get him out of the tower without a deus ex machina

I never tire of watching Emily laugh,. and Mathew trying desperately to hold things back. :)

@JeffKelly03

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. They’re so delightful to watch, and Emily has one of the most infectious laughs I’ve heard.

".....She has a wife, you know..." LMAO! The guard closing his eyes like "Please god, no." They actually couldn't afford to hire and fly in a doctor for the production, so Graham Chapman(who had studied to be one and had a veritable pharmacy in his suitcase)acted as the first aid person on set.

@peterdemkiw3280

2 жыл бұрын

The "please god no" guard was played by Bernard McKenna, an icon within British television comedy. He played 4, different roles in the Life of Brian. Brilliant scene.

Incontinetia Buttocks gets me every effing time.

@juliodavila424

3 жыл бұрын

For me it's the faces. They're all just trying so hard not to laugh, and it cracks me up because it reminds me of every time I've tried not to laugh at a wildly innapropriate moment.

@xColinMalarkeyx

3 жыл бұрын

This is one of my favorite comedy scenes. It kills me no matter how many times I’ve watched it

@nowthatsjustducky

3 жыл бұрын

@@juliodavila424 Legend has it that the actors were told they would not be getting paid if they laughed. Granted, they still would have, but it worked.

@juliodavila424

3 жыл бұрын

@@nowthatsjustducky I've heard similar stories before, though the consensus seems to be that they are urban legends. It'd be pretty funny if they were true.

That biggus Dickus scene everytime almost makes me throw up from laughter and the joy I’ve seen from many reactions is the part Michael Palin looks at the guard and says, “he has a wife you know?” And everyone reactions is, “oh god” in such preparation for what’s to come of the joke. I love it

"He's not the messiah, he's a very naughty boy."

@brianwilliams9605

3 жыл бұрын

My name is Brian and I was born on Christmas day. On my birthday I don't get happy birthday but Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. My favorite movie and worth all the quotes of lines I get.

@teedawg11

2 жыл бұрын

You should look up " He's Not The Messiah, He's A Very Naughty Boy " . It's a live performance featuring the surviving Python members.Found it on DVD by accident , love it.

The spaceship scene that seems so incongruous is incongruous, but it's also a nod toward the huge late-70s popularity of movies like "Star Wars" and "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and stuff like that, sort of Terry Gilliam's acknowledgment of that film trend.

I have a t-shirt with the “Romans Go Home” Latin lesson on it. I think only two people have so far recognized it. 😅

11:58 When Emily went into that combination laugh and seal-bark, I thought I'd pass out laughing. Aaaaaand then she mentioned the "full frontal noodle-ty." I'm dead.

This movie is an endless source of meme-level quotes. I can pretty much guarantee that if you randomly shout out "He's not the messiah..." in any public space in England, you will get several replies as others rush to end the quote.

For me, Life of Brian is the best Python film, followed by Holy Grail and then Meaning of Life. The stoning scene, the Biggus Dickus scene and the Fwee Bwian scenes still crack me up.

I have never seen Mathew struggle so hard to hold it together throughout the whole movie. Great reaction video. You both get so many of the jokes I love it!

Eric Idle sang that song at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics

@amandacogger3075

3 жыл бұрын

It should be our unofficial national song

@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t

3 жыл бұрын

@@amandacogger3075 It kind of is. During the Falklands war, the crew of HMS Coventry sang it in their lifeboats while waiting to be picked up.

@amandacogger3075

3 жыл бұрын

@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t wow I didn't know that, thank you

@denewst01

3 жыл бұрын

@@f0rth3l0v30fchr15t worse things happen at sea, you know!

Spike Milligans cameo role is probably the best 30 seconds of film ever.

Ah, the good old days where you could show noodles and muffins without getting an R-Rating ^^ - My favourite gag is when the two guards with their speech impediment try to explain where the prisoners are, and as soon as the royal guards leave... they talk as if they were perfectly fine :D Great stuff ^^

@RideAcrossTheRiver

3 жыл бұрын

"So, anyways, I says to the guy, I says ...'

@Hawkskull

3 жыл бұрын

I use the "we've got lumps of it 'round the back" on an occasionaly basis (when someone asks a very stupid question usually) and nobody has ever clocked on to where the quote is from

The Alien scene.. There's several theories about why that is in the movie.. One theory is simply that they needed some way to explain how Brian survived the fall from the tower and decided to go wild with it. Another is that its another stab at the religious aspect. Brian is saved by celestial beings, taken to "heaven"(space) and returned to Earth. There's also the fact that this movie came a few years after Star Wars, and several movies tried to ride the coattails of their success. Python could have done it just to say "we got some space stuff too." Basically there's several theories about the aliens. It's worth remembering that the Pythons are very intelligent, so it could be anything from just something they did because it seemed funny to them at the time to something they added to have a deeper hidden meaning.

@delwynklassen3644

3 жыл бұрын

I just thought it was the best inclusion of Deus Ex Machina possible.

@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626

3 жыл бұрын

Could have been their version of resurrection, he fell to his death from a tower, then emerged unscathed from a crashed Alien Spaceship. Just a thought !!

@monsterlair

3 жыл бұрын

Also, absurdity.

@freewheelinfranklin6201

3 жыл бұрын

Possibly a reference to Ezekiel who was taken and returned.

@omerozel4716

2 жыл бұрын

A german youtuber once explained that alien scene in a video containing the 5 movies he likes and 5 he hates. So he explained that in promotional materials where it gives a little info about what the movie is about it was stated that the movie is about an alien named Brian who crashlanded with his buddy on earth and tries zo go back home. So when people came into the theater they expected something different than what they got. And than during the movie this scene saying. Well here is a scene from that movie you came for but who cares back to the human brian movie.

Finally! This is perfect time to help me take my mind off of my granny sleeping away peacefully this morning at the age of 92. Always look on the bright side of life… My favourite scene was the grammar lesson xD This one does usually get a lot better on the consequtive watches

Could not click on this fast enough, a legit personal Top 10 movie; the wise men coming back for their gifts, the gladiator driven to a heart attack chasing the prisoner, the guards falling out in laughter scene, the Latin lesson, the Hide and Go Seek, Brian goes to space, the crucifixion maitre'd - absolutely timeless brilliance.

"Full-Frontal Noodledy" should be on a t-shirt 🤣

That's not just a good joke. We now NEED "Full Frontal Noodlety" Mugs and T-shirts.

My college roommate introduced me to this movie. His favorite quote which he would recite on any occasion with impeccable accent was the bystander's response to Brian's miraculous survival by spaceship from a fall off the tower: "Ooh, you lucky bastard!"

Graham Chapman was an AMAZING lead. King Aurthur; Brian; and Yellowbeard!!

@Songfugel

3 жыл бұрын

However, he was also extremely problematic lead due to his personal issues like alcoholism

@ididthisonpulpous6526

3 жыл бұрын

Graham actually sobered up for both of his lead roles. He struggled with alcoholism in general, but he apparently went out of his way to stay on the wagon during the two Python films.

@steeleye2112

3 жыл бұрын

Nice to hear some love for Yellowbeard. I don't get the apathy towards it, one of my favourite films. The whole film is worth it just for the cute earring gag.

@Songfugel

3 жыл бұрын

@@steeleye2112 I didn't even notice the Yellowbeard in the original comment before you mentioned it >_

@teedawg11

2 жыл бұрын

Love Yellowbeard !

I think the aliens ship was a referance to "Deus Ex Machina" - the God from the machine. Not the video game series but the trick they used to use in classical greek and roman plays. They would literally have a golden chariot decend from the heavens (on ropes) and pluck the hero out of a situation where he was about to be killed. It represented the favour of the Gods. Theres probably a page on it on Wikipedia.

Love this film. Grew up with it. This is my father's favourite comedy, he even has the stanza of Always Look on the Bright Side of Life tattooed on him.

20:58 Star Wars came out two years before; Alien and Star Trek in the same year. Space movies were big.

@Rocket1377

2 жыл бұрын

1979s Moonraker is probably the best example. Sci-fi nonsense inserted into a story where it doesn't belong. That's what Monty Python were parodying.

I'm pretty sure George Harrison mortgaged his house to help them finish the movie after funding dried up halfway through. As to the full frontal noodlety, I think Emily went past flustered straight into flabbergasted at roughly the speed of light.

@eddiewinehosen6665

3 жыл бұрын

It didn't dry up, they couldn't get anyone to fund it but Palin or Idle was a good friend of George Harrison and had given him the script to read and when he found out they couldn't get any money for it he funded it with the motivation when asked why "I want to see this movie" :D

@ChirumboloFilm

3 жыл бұрын

She was flustergasted by the noodlety.

@orarinnsnorrason4614

2 жыл бұрын

That was for The Holy Grail, not Life of Brian, because Grail was their first movie project after Flying Circus.

@hansvandermeulen5515

2 жыл бұрын

@@orarinnsnorrason4614 the Holy Grail was financed by Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin. Beatle George financed this movie, remortgaging his house without telling his wife.

@orarinnsnorrason4614

2 жыл бұрын

@@hansvandermeulen5515 Yes. True.

You guys cracking yourselves up over the noodle-ty was the best.

Video posted 6 minutes ago, and I already can't wait until she hits the crucifixion scene! "Life's a piece of shit, when you look at it..!" ... It's like the beans scene in Blazing Saddles! :D

" 'Alf a dinarii for me bloody life's story?!!" LMAO! Only Michael Palin can summon that kind of indignation. "Tho! Your fathew wasth a Woman ..."

Not expecting the Spaceship arriving, is also what they said about Nobody Expects The Spanish Inquisition

@parissimons6385

3 жыл бұрын

And this was two years after the release of Star Wars: A New Hope. Everything, plus the kitchen sink...

@ronweber1402

3 жыл бұрын

It's a classic Deux ex Machina. Originally a device of Greek theatre it gives a character a completely unexpected out from a seemingly unsermountable situation.

I thought I was done after Matthew laughed at "Incontinentia Buttocks," and then y'all hit me with "full-frontal noodlety" and "dangle ol' wangle," and now I'm dead from laughter.

I like the bit where they're coming up throught the floor, out of the fig-leaf tile picture -- the one place every onlookers eyes would automatically be drawn.

Fun fact is that George Harrison from the Beatles financed the movie. And even has a part as an extra.

Best film about religion . Relevant more than ever.

@eddiewinehosen6665

3 жыл бұрын

It will always be relevant as long as religious superstition is allowed to affect our world and the decisions people make.

I think Michael Palin absolutely smashes it in this film, every character he plays is comedy gold.

@peterdemkiw3280

2 жыл бұрын

I believe he played 11 different roles in the film.

The Biggus Dickus scene. The guards didn't know what Michael Palin was gonna say and the reactions are genuine. Even Michael had problems keeping straight face at times :)

Full frontal noodlety earned a like from me. Love this movie. Great reaction.

With Monty Python, always expect the unexpected... then expect them to go further!!

Now I want to see a British Jesus whapping unsuspecting people on the noggin and declaring "You're cured, mate!" A bit of fun about Sue Jones-Davies, the actress who played Judith: She was mayor of Aberystwyth (I can't even) from June 2008 to May 2009, and sponsored a charity screening of _Life of Brian._ She was informed that the town banned the film because of her nude scene. She reversed the thirty-year-old ban. Also, Judith's full name is Judith Iscariot, as in "Judas Iscariot." That _kills_ me.

Is this the first movie where "HE HE, TIDDIES!" isn't said? I'm surprised Emily didn't say something else in place of it at the noodle-ty scene. 😄

@vikramkrishnan6414

3 жыл бұрын

Though there is one scene where "He, he tiddies" is the most appropriate response

The Monty Python gang was a hoot. My first exposure to British humor. Fast paced. Silly at times. Lady your snort when you laugh is killing me. Funny!!! They make fun of everything... Shocked? What do you think? Good, yes it is. Laugh until you cry... ood stuff.

What about Jabberwocky? Not a "Python" film but might as well be.....

@ronweber1402

3 жыл бұрын

Along with Time Bandits and Brazil.

@Chicklo11

3 жыл бұрын

The adventures of Baron Munchausen is my personal favourite

Suggested name for Matthew: Matinee Maestro

Love this movie! I strongly suggest react to "This is Spinal Tap" a great rock comedy 🔥🔥

@sophiamarchildon3998

3 жыл бұрын

*spoilers* You won't get 10 reply, but 11. Because it's better

@Madbandit77

3 жыл бұрын

"This Is Spinal Tap" is the best Monty Python film made by Americans.

@hairywelder5188

3 жыл бұрын

Always helps if you've listened to metal . Stonehenge is better than most serious rock songs .

@SoupDragonish

3 жыл бұрын

@@bhurzumii4315 D minor is the sadest key.

Just now stumbled across your channel, (popped up because of this movie undoubtedly), and so glad that I have. Find you two's banter charming and entertaining. Will be going back and view shows that I have missed. The thing I may find I will enjoy the most is having seen most of these movies on your list, I get the same type of enjoyment of seeing Emily's reactions to high points, scenes, etc., as Matt does. That now shared moment that you can relate with someone. One of the many upsides that movies allow all of us. Keep up the good work you two, and bring on the full frontal noodlety!!

"Noodelty"!!! Laughed my ass off when Emily called it that!! It will forever be etched in my mind. lol I'm with Matthew on rating the major Python movies. Holy Grail, Life of Brian then Meaning of Life. Followed by And Now for Something Completely Different. Awesome video as always guys. Looking forward to whatever you've got in store for us next. :-)

@maitaimik

2 жыл бұрын

Nothing touches Brian for depth, breadth or longevity, in humour, puns, piss takes or philosophical critique or sheer schoolboy silliness. The greatest work Python ever did, including the parrot sketch, the Spanish Inquisition or the Holy Grail. The colosseum scene of Loretta's right to have babies, that alone was decades ahead of its time.

_"She's called.... Incontinentia. Incontinentia Buttocks."_ If you don't laugh at that scene, you are literally a Samurai!

I went to Tunisia on honeymoon and ended up going round where some of this was filmed ( went to some star wars locations as well )

you missed out the most iconic line: BRIAN'S MUM: He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy

I have been waiting for SUMM reaction to this movie since quite some time and enjoyed it now a lot. The UFO-scene got completely lost in my sieve-themed brain, but seeing it brought back the amazement from watching it decades ago.

Loved the part when the spaceship turned up. The confusion in your eyes... Comedy gold! Thanks a lot for sharing!

That alien spaceship scene gives me total Douglas Adams vibes every time. 😂

MY favorite line: "... HOW should we fuck off, oh Lord?" Used that line myself many times.

I LOVE Em's Miss Minutes t-shirt!

@timhonigs6859

3 жыл бұрын

Me too!!

Something tells me the "full frontal noodle-ty" is going to a be a recurring thing from now on.

Check out the show 'Not the Nine O'clock news' sketch "Monty Python worshippers" spoofing the debate that ensued when the church opposed the release of 'Life of Brian'.

@thestarglider

3 жыл бұрын

@Gerald H Actually it was hosted by Tim Rice, not Harold Wilson.

@monsterlair

3 жыл бұрын

"Come now. The leading figure in this film... What is it? Jesus Christ. He's quite clearly a lampoon of the comic messiah himself - our lord, John Cleese. Even the initials, JC, are exactly the same." 😆

The bit where the Roman Centurion isn't offended by the message but the bad latin grammar and proceeds to give an impromptu lesson at sword point is quite possibly my favorite joke in anything.

Hahaaaa….SO fun watching someone who actually “gets it “ discover this one. Thanks for sharing the fun 🤣👍💕

It's so good to see some love for The Meaning of Life! It gets lost as 'the other Python movie' so often. And: Archmage of the silver screen

12.07 - "I've been so patiently waiting!" LOL!!

No one mentioned the cameo from the legend and major Python influence... Spike Milligan? He's the one who is left behind when they argued over which to follow, the shoe or gourd. Absolute comedy royalty there. They were filming in Tunisia and found out that Spike was on holiday, visiting WWII battlefields and immediately threw an invite his way. The result is that scene steal of a cameo.

@PRINCE23062003

3 жыл бұрын

I completely agree. Spike is an incredible comedian and sorely missed.

I love the alien scene. While it seems pretty inexplicable now, at the time it was a topical reference: Star Wars came out two years earlier.

@Rocket1377

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, everybody was jumping on the sci-fi bandwagon. The James Bond movie Moonraker featured laser guns and spaceships (which are not in the novel), and it was released the same year as Life of Brian.

@ravenmasters2467

2 жыл бұрын

I mean no disrespect but i think it was a referance to "Deus Ex Machina" - the God from the machine. Not the video game series but the trick they used to use in classical greek and roman plays. They would literally have a golden chariot decend from the heavens (on ropes) and pluck the hero out of a situation where he was about to be killed. It represented the favour of the Gods. Theres probably a page on it on Wikipedia.

@jasonl7651

2 жыл бұрын

@@ravenmasters2467 That's an interesting take. Deus ex Machina is a well known trope in fiction, but in Monty Python it was clearly a movie reference. The whole point of the movie was movie parodies - bible epics, sword and sandal epics such as Spartacus and the like.

@jasonl7651

2 жыл бұрын

@@ravenmasters2467 there's also a Terry Gilliam quote from an interview: "Well, we didn't know what to do with Brian. He got himself to the top of the tower and we had to rescue him somehow, so I said, "OK, spaceship for that." That was purely it. It was funny, because this was at the time when Star Wars had just come out. I remember meeting George Lucas at the baggage roundabout in the San Francisco airport, and I said, “This was my chance to do a mini Star Wars episode.” ... so it's 100% confirmed now.

@ravenmasters2467

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasonl7651 You could well be right, Jason. But it still seems to point much more to Deus Ex Machima to me. Perhaps a mixture of both but then again, i concede i could be completely wrong. Thanks for the reply.

All I have to say around my family to get a laugh is "he has a wife you know?"

Did anyone else notice when Biggus Dickus finally shows up in the film, and he's lounging there on the fainting couch, he can't quite close his legs all the way?

I love the two of you. It so welcoming and nice when once a you come into my house and make me laugh each time (or cry my eyes out).

When you said Jesus's brother, I think you were thinking of Wholly Moses starring Dudley Moore as Moses brother who hated living in his shadow. It came out a year later and not as good but has some moments.

My brain tends to mush them together also. But I think my favourite is definitely The Meaning of Brian too.

The movie's Jesus (Ken Colley) was Admiral Piett in The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi.

Holy Grail 9/10 Brian 8/10 Meaning Of Life 7.5/10 Live At The Hollywood Bowl 8/10 Now For Something Completely Different 7/10

Now this was a birthday present for the history books! :) Awesome reaction, guys, and this was my first Python film (had seen some of the TV show before though). Still need to watch Holy Grail. Keep up the good work. :)

Always look on the bright side of life

Did you know that British metal band Iron Maiden use the song from this movie “Always Look on The Bright Side Of Life” as a song they use in the final outro of their concerts?

Excellent reaction - as always! Great fun to see you enjoying the best of Monty Python. I'd be very interested in seeing your reaction to 'The Adventures of Baron Munchausen' - epic storytelling from most of the Python boys, with Jonathan Pryce, Robin Williams & Uma Thurman. Not one of Terry Gilliam's favourites, but it is one of his most coherent and has gained quite a following. And if not, try 'Time Bandits' or 'Brazil'.

"Noodlety" to be the 2021 Oxford English Dictionary word of the year!

I can't help feeling that the final scene was swiped from the ending of "Oh What A Lovely War".

9:03 the only thing missing here was for the editors to pause the reaction recording, put the “rotating lines” loading symbol on your forehead and add in the dial up modem sound effect…

Saw this in 1980 in Perth, Western Australia. The US 5th Fleet was visiting so the audience was almost half full of Marines and Navy personnel enjoying their leave; the US was getting into Monty Python at the time. 'The Christmas Card' and 'Away From It All' were warmups so almost as soon as the film started we were all roaring with laughter. When the lights came up my ribs and face hurt from laughing so much. Bloody marvellous. Edit: suggest watching Terry Gilliam's films 'Brazil' and 'Jabberwocky'. Hilariously bizarre.

“Now…..FU$& OFF!!!” “How shall we fu$& off messiah?” Best line ever!😂😂😂

Fun video, your laughs are infectious!

11:55 I love that you covered it up, but didn't realise you've got a reflective mirror Skull to the back right of Emily that catches the TV, hahah :D

This is one of your better reactions! I was creasing myself, thanks

I love watching you two relive your teenage years. LOL

9:20 was my reaction to the space ship scene when I saw it for the first time too lol

Love seeing your reactions to one of my all time favorite movies Emily

An absolute monument of comedy, which I have seen too many times to count. Once, I literally had a stroke while watching Life of Brian, and they hadn't even gotten to Biggus Dickus yet. (I got better.)

The extras in the Biggus Dickus/Incontinetia Buttocks scene had not been in the rehearsals and were told not to laugh which, of course, made them more likely to crap up. So their reactions are totally genuine.

You can't forget the other Pythons projects. "Jabberwocky", "Erik the Viking" and "Yellowbeard".