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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4Uf9rsBbhc

HSharp wrote:QUOTE (HSharp @ Sep 21 2014, 09:53 AM) From Life of Brian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbI-fDzUJXI

probably because I did Latin at school.

magnificent scene, and the centurion is the best character - or at least gets the best lines - in the film

agris favourite is this, from the holy grail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrzMhU_4m-g

I am so confused as to how Monty Python is not funny for everyone >.>

A bunch of hyper-educated upperclassmen acting like children; what's not to love? Or envy?

The witch scene is the greatest example of the scientific method ever. Ever.

One of my favorites was the coliseum scene from the Life of Brian http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrDVsprWRCQ

Too many great skits to pick just one.

Djole88 wrote:QUOTE (Djole88 @ Sep 21 2014, 12:18 PM) I am so confused as to how Monty Python is not funny for everyone >.>

there is an unknown but probably quite substantial proportion of the human race who are basically arseholes.

as an example, transformers 4 took nearly hundred times more money at the box office than belle did.

tsubaki_sanjuro wrote:QUOTE (tsubaki_sanjuro @ Sep 22 2014, 11:15 AM) as an example, transformers 4 took nearly hundred times more money at the box office than belle did.

Both movies probably blew.

I didn't even watch Transformers 4, but have little taste for most blockbuster action movies.
I stopped watching Belle halfway through.

Up to that point, it was a crappy movie, with an uninteresting and predictable premise, grandstanding with 21st century moral superiority in an 18th century setting.

It was also insulting, as the movie focused so much on the legal case, but was horribly anachronistic as to the level of sympathy that people at that time gave to the mass murder of individuals. It was generally accepted at that time that absolute necessity was a complete defense to murder. The concern was largely of a dispute between a shipping company and insurance on slaves, and whether the law would support a favorable outcome for abolitionists.

It wasn't until one hundred years later, in R v. Dudley and Stephens, that the English courts recognized that necessity did not excuse murder. The murderers received a 6 months prison term.

Tl;Dr Belle is like watching a bunch of socialites criticize neanderthals for clubbing each other over women. Monty Python is ridiculousness that only rarely approaches humor.
My lack of entertainment by other doesn't make me an ass, it just means I have other tastes.

If my different tastes make me an ass, lets grab some clubs and settle this.

Malicious Wraith wrote:QUOTE (Malicious Wraith @ Sep 22 2014, 08:14 PM) If my different tastes make me an ass, lets grab some clubs and settle this.

I'm pretty sure most people know your an arse. Your different tastes don't make you an arse, you have different tastes because you are an arse.