Thursday, May 15, 2025

Way too Late at the Movies: The Life of Brian

For a very long time, this was the only thing I knew about The Life of Brian:


Such a perfect oddball moment - just the thing you *wouldn't* expect from the Monty Python crew, until you do.

The rest of the film? Eh.

The premise is fine. I didn't find it particularly blasphemous as many people have reported.

But I didn't need to see Graham Chapman's dong, sorry.

The film took an interesting premise -- one that's often misinterpreted as "What if someone else were mistaken as the Messiah -- and turns in a pretty lackluster movie, in my opinion. Fun set bits, but overall their sketch comedy is better. (The premise, I should mention: A bored dude gets caught up in an anti-Roman rebellion and comic hijinx ensue.)

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