Movies recommended or seen lately... les films a voir #109: Life of Brian

Genre: Comedy/Comedie

Annee/Year: 1979

Format: Blu Ray

Life of Brian. When i found this movie at a discount on Blu Ray (6$) I could not resist. This was the perfect opporunity to replace my old VHS version and to introduce the young one to this older generation of British comedy. I was very curious at the quality of the transfer to Blu Ray and was pleasantly surprised. The transfer is no "Wizard of OZ" but it is quite fair.

The movie was direted by Terry Jones in 1979 which now sounds pretty far. This movie was never one of my preferate comedies of all time but it had good laughs. Surprisingly it has aged very well. I probably laughed more often than in the recent "year one" comedy. Slightly irreverentious Monty Pithon's team (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones and last but not least Michael Palin) pick the timeframe of Jesus Christ from birth to death to recount this tale of "Brian" who is a man born at same time in same place as Jesus and who is mistaken for a messiah multiple times throughout his life. Really good laughs from all and my 12 year old really took on this type of comedy which really surprised me.(maybe not so much). If the Blu Ray experience means anything, it is certainly a good opportunity to recount these tales. Cant wait now to find the Holy grail and the Meaning of life.

Ce film du groupe bien connu de Monty Pithon (Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones et Michael Palin) est très bien transféré sur Blu Ray. Je conseille à tous de voir la version anglaise si possible bien entendu. Ce film de 1979 a très bien vieilli et reste toujours frais et drôle. Monty Pithon nous raconte ici l'histoire d'un homme qui est ne et mort aux mêmes dates que Jesus Christ et qui a été pris pour un messie a plusieurs occasions pendant sa vie. Toukours aussi drôle et pour les plus jeunes si vous ne connaissez pas Monty Pithon foncez vous les procurer vous ne le regretterez pas. À voir pour tous.

Great quotes:

Reg: If you want to join the People's Front of Judea, you have to really hate the Romans.
Brian: I do!
Reg: Oh yeah, how much?
Brian: A lot!
Reg: Right, you're in.

Brian: Excuse me. Are you the Judean People's Front?
Reg: Fuck off! We're the People's Front of Judea
...

Reg: All right, but apart from the sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, the fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us? Attendee: Brought peace?
Reg: Oh, peace - shut up!
Reg: There is not one of us who would not gladly suffer death to rid this country of the Romans once and for all. Dissenter: Uh, well, one.
Reg: Oh, yeah, yeah, there's one. But otherwise, we're solid.
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Brian?s mother: He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy!
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Brian: I'm not the Messiah! Will you please listen? I am not the Messiah, do you understand? Honestly!
Girl: Only the true Messiah denies His divinity.
Brian: What? Well, what sort of chance does that give me? All right! I am the Messiah!
Followers: He is! He is the Messiah!
Brian: Now, fuck off!
[silence]
Arthur: How shall we fuck off, O Lord?
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Lead Singer Crucifee: You know, you come from nothing, you're going back to nothing. What have you lost? Nothing!
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Lead Singer Crucifee: [singing] Life's a piece of shit when you look at it. Life's a laugh and death's a joke; it's true.
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Crucifees: [singing] Always look on the bright side of life.

Link: http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/montypythonslifeofbrian/

Rating perso: 7.0/10