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Life Of Brian
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I've just been re-watching this film, and wondered if anyone there agrees that it is one of the funniest films ever made.
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We are dealing, as usual, with subjective opinion here. If Atheist things it is one of the funniest films ever made, then in his opinion, that is what it is - to him, but not to myself, or others.
22:44 Wed 02nd Jan 2019
It wasn't that funny. Like others I as a young man found Monty Python patchy.
Life of Brian was funnyish with "naughty boy" etc, and very funny, but in an intentionally offensive way in the Calvary scene: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. Ho, ho.
Controversial at the time (the charge was not blasphemy, but deliberately setting out to upset Christians as I recall). Big discussion on a "serious" channel betwen Cleese and Palin on the one hand, and Muggeridge and Southwark (I think) on the other.
Out-bidding each other on sanctimonious pretensions. MP got the "thirty pieces of silver" crap from Stockwood and Cleese and Palin doing "artistic integrity" and "critical enquiry" (wot dat den?) defenses.
At the time I was a fan of the film, but contemptuous of the conceits of its makers. Lobster quadrille stuff, that was.
PS: a question for all lovers of Life of Brian. What are the chances of a group of modern satirists making a film called "The Life of Mo". Does such a group exist? If not, can you explain why not? Assuming such a group does exist would it have the courage to make the film and have it distributed? And if not, can you explain why not/
Life of Brian was funnyish with "naughty boy" etc, and very funny, but in an intentionally offensive way in the Calvary scene: Always Look on the Bright Side of Life. Ho, ho.
Controversial at the time (the charge was not blasphemy, but deliberately setting out to upset Christians as I recall). Big discussion on a "serious" channel betwen Cleese and Palin on the one hand, and Muggeridge and Southwark (I think) on the other.
Out-bidding each other on sanctimonious pretensions. MP got the "thirty pieces of silver" crap from Stockwood and Cleese and Palin doing "artistic integrity" and "critical enquiry" (wot dat den?) defenses.
At the time I was a fan of the film, but contemptuous of the conceits of its makers. Lobster quadrille stuff, that was.
PS: a question for all lovers of Life of Brian. What are the chances of a group of modern satirists making a film called "The Life of Mo". Does such a group exist? If not, can you explain why not? Assuming such a group does exist would it have the courage to make the film and have it distributed? And if not, can you explain why not/
/// What are the chances of a group of modern satirists making a film called "The Life of Mo". Does such a group exist? If not, can you explain why not? Assuming such a group does exist would it have the courage to make the film and have it distributed? And if not, can you explain why not/ ///
Having seen the misery inflicted on Salman Rushdie, I think the answer to your question is NO. Whether this is right or not is a different matter.
Having seen the misery inflicted on Salman Rushdie, I think the answer to your question is NO. Whether this is right or not is a different matter.