Hell, I wouldn't even bother to label it as their best. It's pretty profound too, so give it a look.Ĥ years after "Life of Brian", the Monty Python troupe, composed of John Cleese, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman, Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam, is back and as insightful and profound as ever in "The Meaning of Life", a surrealistic comic masterpiece that is quite possibly their most ambitious film ever. And of course you get to find out the actual meaning of life at the end. These guys are extremely funny and their jokes in this one work more often then they don't. The Meaning of Life is definitely worth a look. The Middle Age part was kind of lazy and the whole Autumn years thing had its moments, but wasn't particularly satisfying. Some of my favorite scenes were the sex-ed class, the whole Miracle of Birth, part one and two, and the Death scenes. The humor at work here may be unflattering, at times gross, and at other times just obscene, but there's a level of genius, and not just comedic genius, in it all. The wacky imagination of these guys is something of a mystery to me, but come on it's impossible to not say their geniuses. There's definitely a weirdly intelligent humor level in all of this despite just how stupid and ridiculous it all is. Now some parts were great and some were not so great. Overall, The Meaning of Life is a funny movie from the opening short film through to the feature presentation starting with Part 1- The Miracle of Birth to the last part, Death. That may actually be a good thing because I've heard the others are better. The Meaning of Life is the first Monty Python film I have the pleasure of watching, so I can't put any emphasis on comparing this to any of the others. "It took God six days to create the earth, and Monty Python just 90 minutes to screw it all up." Humphrey: What's wrong with a kiss, boy? Hmm? Why not start her off with a nice kiss? You don't have to go leaping straight for the clitoris like a bull at a gate.
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