Life of Brian-Monty Python

[bullmoose88]

What do you guys think? Good thought provoking comedy? Or Blasphemous? Or Both?

The recent dvd release, the 2 disc set not published by Criteron, basically has Idle, Gilliam and Cleese saying at best they lost their faith, and Cleese stating he believed in atheistic (then correcting himself)...humanistic priniciples...

[bullmoose88]

I don't know, but it's a great movie.  Just so long as you don't say Jehovah...

*Alcon throws stones at Spade*

(double joke bonus!)

[bullmoose88]

I've seen that movie, and don't remember how I'm being made fun of

Women are not allowed at the stoning!

[bullmoose88]

Now let me make this perfectly clear...no one is to throw a stone until I blow this whistle...and I mean that even if he says the word Jehovah!

[bullmoose88]

Awesome thought-provoking comedy and blasphemous, the best of both worlds.

Now I guess the question is, is the movie mocking organized religion and the stupidity of some its most needy followers (as the mostly a-religious Pythons have said), or do the words of the pythons ring hollow and is it attack on the christian faith

Its fairly obvious where I stand on the question (given this thread), but i'm not entirely settled on the matter.

[bullmoose88]

Awesome thought-provoking comedy and blasphemous, the best of both worlds.

Agreed.  It's not as funny as Holy Grail though.

I like all three, but I think Meaning of Life has some of Python's very very very best skits*

*and unfortunately, some of their worst