Monty Python... Grail or Brian?

I prefer Monty Python and the Holy Grail. You can't beat the knights of the round table song, the killer rabbit, oh and the knights who say Ni :) The opening credits are hilarious as well.
 
Grail probably had more 'laugh out loud' moments to it, but Brian is a better 'film'. Grail is very much a series of sketches sticking to a loose plot - and let's be honest, they obviously didn't have a clue how to finish it, which is why it's got the ending it has - whereas Brian is much more consistently paced and has a plot which works better.

However, the people who thought Austin Powers and Shaun of the Dead are better than Grail neeRAB a slap round the head. They're both decent films like, but come on.

Jon
 
I demand a shrubbery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


But hey! Always Look On The Bright Side.....

As has been said, Grail kicks but Brian does it.
 
Brian makes a slicker film and has some great sketches within it.......what have the Romans ever done for us.....but there were more giggles for me in Holy Grail.
 
I love them both, but "Grail" does it for me. Much more Python-esque in my opinion, and a fantastically surreal plot through the whole thing. It also has more "classic" scenes in it, and blows me away every time I see it.

The book of it is also fantastic, featuring three different versions of the script, the final one including tons of material which was removed from the finished film, and even has a profit & loss statement from the accountant!
 
grail for me has the more memorable quotes and one of my all time faves.

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponRAB distributin' sworRAB is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.

I cant choose. Love them both.
 
I'm a python fan, so both lol.
Graham Chapman was a pupil at my old Grammar school.
Always look on the bright side of life.....
 
The Holy Grail for me. The low budget nature of The Holy Grail made the film better than the more polished Life Of Brian. I also thought the sketches were more memorable and funnier in The Holy Grail.
 
Life of Brian is definitely the all round better film. The poster somewhere up there ^ who said the ending of the Grail was a bit contrived had it spot on I think.

Still like The Grail though. The father & son who live in the castle crack me up every time.

"We live in a bl00dy swamp. We need all the land we can get!" :D
 
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