What did 'Life of Brian' ever do for us?

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Post by rglovejoy » Sun, Nov 29, 2009, 11:29 PM UTC

What did 'Life of Brian' ever do for us?
telegraph.co.uk

Re: What did 'Life of Brian' ever do for us?

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Post by brtzsnr » Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 1:14 AM UTC

I saw the movie second time while smoking pot. Almost suicidal because I had trouble breathing from so much laugh. I suggest you try it.

Re: What did 'Life of Brian' ever do for us?

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Post by ojbyrne » Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 1:16 AM UTC

"However, current tastes and sensitivities make it highly unlikely that a comedy group would even attempt making a film like Brian today"

It seems from the article that it was highly unlikely that a comedy group would even attempt making a film like Brian in 1979.

I highly recommend Monty Python: Almost the Truth (The Lawyer's Cut) - it's a great documentary about Python. The author of the article appears several times.

Re: What did 'Life of Brian' ever do for us?

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Post by oikujhyghjm » Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 1:34 AM UTC

The difference is in 1979 it wasn only illegal to blaspheme against the church of England.

Today in more enlightened times it's illegal to make jokes about any religion, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/rowan-atkinso...

Re: What did 'Life of Brian' ever do for us?

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Post by DanielBMarkham » Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 1:39 AM UTC

However, 30 years on, that same film is regularly touted as the funniest British comedy of all time

I love everything that Monty Python ever did, but I would hardly call Life of Brian the funniest British comedy of all time.

Respectfully, I disagree. I think the author overstates his case. LOB could easily be made today.

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Post by redcap » Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 2:29 AM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #5

However, 30 years on, that same film is regularly touted as the funniest British comedy of all time I love everything that Monty Python ever did, but I would hardly call Life of Brian the funniest British comedy of all time. Respectfully, I disagree. I think the author overstates his case. LOB could easily be made today.

If you don't mind, could you list some of the films that you regard as funnier than the Life of Brian?

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Post by krav » Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 2:55 AM UTC

redcap wrote: post #6

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #5

However, 30 years on, that same film is regularly touted as the funniest British comedy of all time I love everything that Monty Python ever did, but I would hardly call Life of Brian the funniest British comedy of all time. Respectfully, I disagree. I think the author overstates his case. LOB could easily be made today.

If you don't mind, could you list some of the films that you regard as funnier than the Life of Brian?

I'd like to know as well - seriously.

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Post by earthboundkid » Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 3:01 AM UTC

DanielBMarkham wrote: post #5

However, 30 years on, that same film is regularly touted as the funniest British comedy of all time I love everything that Monty Python ever did, but I would hardly call Life of Brian the funniest British comedy of all time. Respectfully, I disagree. I think the author overstates his case. LOB could easily be made today.

Indeed, The Invention of Lying by Ricky Gervais makes the case that religion wouldn't exist at all in a world without liars and peddlers of false hope. That seems pretty damn blasphemous to me.

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Post by RyanMcGreal » Mon, Nov 30, 2009, 3:13 AM UTC

> However, current tastes and sensitivities make it highly unlikely that a comedy group would even attempt making a film like Brian today.

Dogma?