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hectorberlioz · 10-06-2005, 06:29 PM

Review:

Monty Python and the Holy Grail had it's moments; the credits, the "seriousness" of the scenery, and battles. And the Lancelot episode.
But I was acutely dissapointed for the most part. The "humour" (I suppose this is what everyone is laughing about), is pretty tired, and sometimes just too sacriligeous to be enjoyable, much less amusing.
The accents which everyone has been raving about ("you'll love the accents!") were OK, and the characters whose accents weren't relly that different than usual were a lot funnier. John Cleese once again comes through as the funniest of the lot. The whole saving the "princess" from the castle scene was funny, and probably the best in the whole film.

Spock · 10-06-2005, 08:00 PM

Its mimicry of the Arthurian Legend had me laughing at each pun......Ipswitch not included.

Rosie Gamgee · 10-11-2005, 06:55 PM

Serenity. About as good as I thought it would be. Fun, entertaining. Not great, but real good.

Pride and Prejudice. The old one with Colin Firth. Excellent! Loved it.

Nerdanel · 10-12-2005, 03:41 PM

Bowling for Columbine

This is sick..

Spock · 10-12-2005, 04:01 PM

Sokath, his eyes uncovered"

you might want to read just how sick, at:

http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html
or
http://www.slimindustries.com/~bowling/

both are very illuminating and the national media acts like they didn't exist.

TheCheat · 10-24-2005, 05:40 PM

Wallace and Gromit - not bad, cute, I enjoyed it, nice way to spend a lazy evening

I also watched Aladdin with my sister the other day.. you know it's a lot funnier when you're older and can understand the jokes lol.

Pytt · 10-25-2005, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCheat

Wallace and Gromit - not bad, cute, I enjoyed it, nice way to spend a lazy evening

The new one, Where-Rabbit something? I am going to see that soon I hope. Wallace and Gromit is a childhood memory of mine. Love that penguin think.

TheCheat · 10-26-2005, 08:47 PM

I love Wallace and Gromit too, we have all of there films. My favorite is the Wrong Trousers I love the penguin!! A Grand Day Out was just kind of weird, and not really good technology wise it's something I would see on one of those shows that introduce new independent films. I love A Close Shave too, that sheep! Baa!

Grey_Wolf · 10-27-2005, 10:33 AM

Have seen several episodes of the movielength crimeseries Trial and Retribution. They're pretty good.

Nerdanel · 10-28-2005, 05:29 PM

Alien vs. Predator.. *laughs* That is one pathetic movie.^^

***Rían*** · 10-28-2005, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spock

Sokath, his eyes uncovered"

you might want to read just how sick, at:

http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html
or
http://www.slimindustries.com/~bowling/

both are very illuminating and the national media acts like they didn't exist.

*checks out first link*
Wow, fascinating ...

Grey_Wolf · 10-29-2005, 03:27 AM

Saw National Treasure(r:

) and After the Sunset( r:

) this Thursday. NT was kind of a boosted Raiders of the Lost Arc and AtS was a typical romantic comedy/"sort of" feel good movie.

Spock · 10-29-2005, 03:35 AM

I thought it a very good movie; lots of plot twists and surprises. I taped it (off PPV) and plan to watch it next time my wounds bother me.

Pytt · 10-30-2005, 05:56 PM

I saw The Ring with my girlfriend yesterday. It was scary. She had seen it before, so when there was something scary, she told me, and I hid. I don't like horror movies at all. But I suppose it was a okay movie, kind of cool story and all.

Lotesse · 10-30-2005, 07:30 PM

I hated that movie because it freaked me out too much, which thinking of it I suppose means it was a good movie - in that genre, because it did its job. It freaked ME out, and I don't generally scare easily. But I don't like scary movies anyway. The world is scary enough in real life, I find nothing entertaining or "fun" in watching scary movies glorifying and reveling in the world's ugliness and stuff like that. That "Ring" chick FREAKED me out, man. Creepy.

tolkienfan · 10-31-2005, 12:39 AM

I just watched The Shining for a Halloween movie. It was okay, but the book was better and scarier. (The movie was pretty scary too though)

BeardofPants · 10-31-2005, 01:22 AM

The World's Fastest Indian with Anthony Hopkins. ****ing awesome. Go see it, if only to make fun of Anthony's idea of a kiwi accent. Inspirational. *headbang*

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412080/

***Jonathan*** · 10-31-2005, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pytt

I saw The Ring with my girlfriend yesterday. It was scary. She had seen it before, so when there was something scary, she told me, and I hid. I don't like horror movies at all. But I suppose it was a okay movie, kind of cool story and all.

The Japanese version or the American one? I did see the US movie a while back but everyone's telling me the original Japanese movie is better and scarier.

Acalewia · 10-31-2005, 03:40 PM

Kingdom of Heaven. I highly enjoyed it.

Pytt · 10-31-2005, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

The Japanese version or the American one? I did see the US movie a while back but everyone's telling me the original Japanese movie is better and scarier.

Thank God no! It was the US one. My girlfriend too said the Japanese one is alot more scary.. seriously. That would have scared the s*** out of me. I'm so easily scared in this way.

10-06-2005, 06:29 PM	#721
hectorberlioz Master of Orchestration President Emeritus of Entmoot 2004-2008 Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Lost in the Opera House Posts: 9,328	Review: Monty Python and the Holy Grail had it's moments; the credits, the "seriousness" of the scenery, and battles. And the Lancelot episode. But I was acutely dissapointed for the most part. The "humour" (I suppose this is what everyone is laughing about), is pretty tired, and sometimes just too sacriligeous to be enjoyable, much less amusing. The accents which everyone has been raving about ("you'll love the accents!") were OK, and the characters whose accents weren't relly that different than usual were a lot funnier. John Cleese once again comes through as the funniest of the lot. The whole saving the "princess" from the castle scene was funny, and probably the best in the whole film. __________________ ACALEWIA- President of Entmoot hectorberlioz- Vice President of Entmoot Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life! Join the discussion at Entmoot Election 2010. "Stupidissimo!"~Toscanini The Da CINDY Code The Epic Poem Of The Balrog of Entmoot: Here ~NEW! ~ Thinking of summer vacation? AboutNewJersey.com - NJ Travel & Tourism Guide

10-06-2005, 08:00 PM	#722
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Its mimicry of the Arthurian Legend had me laughing at each pun......Ipswitch not included. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-11-2005, 06:55 PM	#723
Rosie Gamgee The Lovely Hobbit-Lass Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Bounded in a nut-shell Posts: 1,593	Serenity. About as good as I thought it would be. Fun, entertaining. Not great, but real good. Pride and Prejudice. The old one with Colin Firth. Excellent! Loved it. __________________ It's New Years Day, just like the day before; Same old skies of grey, same empty bottles on the floor. Another year's gone by, and I was thinking once again, How can I take this losing hand and somehow win? Just give me One Good Year To get my feet back on the ground. I've been chasing grace; Grace ain't so easily found One bad hand can devil a man, chase him and carry him down. I've got to get out of here, just give me One Good Year!

10-12-2005, 03:41 PM	#724
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Bowling for Columbine This is sick.. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

10-12-2005, 04:01 PM	#725
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Sokath, his eyes uncovered" you might want to read just how sick, at: http://www.hardylaw.net/Truth_About_Bowling.html or http://www.slimindustries.com/~bowling/ both are very illuminating and the national media acts like they didn't exist. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-24-2005, 05:40 PM	#726
TheCheat Enting Join Date: May 2005 Location: Some place Fedex delivers-- like Funkytown! Posts: 51	Wallace and Gromit - not bad, cute, I enjoyed it, nice way to spend a lazy evening I also watched Aladdin with my sister the other day.. you know it's a lot funnier when you're older and can understand the jokes lol. __________________ "Dude even when we win... its like he wins!"~Homestar Runner .com~Strong Bad e-mail

10-26-2005, 08:47 PM	#728
TheCheat Enting Join Date: May 2005 Location: Some place Fedex delivers-- like Funkytown! Posts: 51	I love Wallace and Gromit too, we have all of there films. My favorite is the Wrong Trousers I love the penguin!! A Grand Day Out was just kind of weird, and not really good technology wise it's something I would see on one of those shows that introduce new independent films. I love A Close Shave too, that sheep! Baa! __________________ "Dude even when we win... its like he wins!"~Homestar Runner .com~Strong Bad e-mail

10-27-2005, 10:33 AM	#729
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Have seen several episodes of the movielength crimeseries Trial and Retribution. They're pretty good.

10-28-2005, 05:29 PM	#730
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	Alien vs. Predator.. laughs That is one pathetic movie.^^ __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

10-29-2005, 03:27 AM	#732
Grey_Wolf Elf Lord Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Mirkwood, well actually I live in North-west Scania, Sweden Posts: 9,481	Saw National Treasure(r: ) and After the Sunset( r:) this Thursday. NT was kind of a boosted Raiders of the Lost Arc and AtS was a typical romantic comedy/"sort of" feel good movie. Last edited by Grey_Wolf : 10-31-2005 at 12:50 PM.

10-29-2005, 03:35 AM	#733
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I thought it a very good movie; lots of plot twists and surprises. I taped it (off PPV) and plan to watch it next time my wounds bother me. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

10-30-2005, 05:56 PM	#734
Pytt The Supreme Lord of The Northern Eagles Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: trondheim, norway Posts: 1,388	I saw The Ring with my girlfriend yesterday. It was scary. She had seen it before, so when there was something scary, she told me, and I hid. I don't like horror movies at all. But I suppose it was a okay movie, kind of cool story and all. __________________ Don't Panic!

10-30-2005, 07:30 PM	#735
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	I hated that movie because it freaked me out too much, which thinking of it I suppose means it was a good movie - in that genre, because it did its job. It freaked ME out, and I don't generally scare easily. But I don't like scary movies anyway. The world is scary enough in real life, I find nothing entertaining or "fun" in watching scary movies glorifying and reveling in the world's ugliness and stuff like that. That "Ring" chick FREAKED me out, man. Creepy. __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

10-31-2005, 12:39 AM	#736
tolkienfan Elf Lord Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: The Internet Posts: 803	I just watched The Shining for a Halloween movie. It was okay, but the book was better and scarier. (The movie was pretty scary too though) __________________ Don't be hasty! Thanks so much to Last Child of Ungoliant, Twista, and BeardofPants for my avatar!

10-31-2005, 01:22 AM	#737
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	The World's Fastest Indian with Anthony Hopkins. ***ing awesome. Go see it, if only to make fun of Anthony's idea of a kiwi accent. Inspirational. headbang* http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412080/ __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

10-31-2005, 03:40 PM	#739
Acalewia Halfelven Daughter of the Dunedain, President of Entmoot Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: In trouble. As usual. Posts: 4,674	Kingdom of Heaven. I highly enjoyed it. __________________ "Acaly und Hektor fur Presidants fur EntMut fur life!"~ inked Don't meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup. "Don't be such a sour wolf" Stiles ~ Heart Monitor http://www.wattpad.com/user/IceQueenofMitera

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