View more about Monty Python's Life of Brian reviews
It's not life being spoofed
Taurean 2021-10-18 19:52:46
Among the 50 best British drama films evaluated by Time.com, two of the Monty Python Theatre Company made the list, "The Monty Python and the Holy Grail" and "Magic Star of All Worlds". The center of the movie is obviously a full parody of Brian's life. At the beginning, the three doctors of the East followed the guidance of the stars to visit the holy infant. Unexpectedly, they went to the wrong door and blessed Brian inexplicably. Although they found the real holy infant later, Brian was destined to misplace it because of this. He became the "lucky person" for his blessing. But Brian is just an ordinary person with no ambitions. The sacred identity given to him inexplicably is just a sign of trouble in his eyes. He wants to get rid of it. Once he is labeled as a "savior", he His words and deeds do not belong to him. This may be unfair to him, because he originally did not have the obligation to assume the responsibilities of a "savior", nor did he possess the qualifications of a "savior". And these crazy scenes also let us fully experience a British version of the inexplicable "religious war". We know that Brian’s identity is the "savior", and this misunderstanding can no longer be resolved, we naturally want to know whether he was finally nailed to the cross like Jesus, and the director gave a positive answer, but did not make Brian like Jesus was born again, but with the song "Always look on the bright side of life", the absurdity of the movie was brought to a successful conclusion. Perhaps as the lyrics say, Brian Knight didn’t get anything substantial from the Three Doctors of the East or God. To him, using or not using the identity of the “savior” is just as sparse as drinking milk or juice for breakfast. The usual choice, and he did not choose any of them, which means that any ending is actually reasonable to him. The Anaconda Theatre may spoof the Bible, but it does not spoof life, because people cannot choose how to be born, but they can choose how to live. A truly meaningful life will not be devalued because of other people's "spoofs".
Extended Reading
Monty Python's Life of Brian quotes
-
Matthias: [Answering the summons of the door] My legs are old and bent, my ears are grizzled, yes?
Centurion: There's one place we didn't look. Guards!
[the guards troop into the house]
Matthias: ...Nose is knackered.
Centurion: Have you ever seen anyone crucified?
Matthias: Crucifixion's a doddle.
Centurion: ...Don't keep saying that.
Lead Search Guard: [Guards troop out, last guard pauses] Found this spoon, sir.
Centurion: Well done, Sergeant!
Centurion: We'll be back... Oddball...
-
Brian: No, no. Please, please please listen. I've got one or two things to say.
The Crowd: Tell us! Tell us both of them!
Brian: Look, you've got it all wrong. You don't need to follow me. You don't need to follow anybody! You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!
The Crowd: Yes! We're all individuals!
Brian: You're all different!
The Crowd: Yes! We're all different!
Man in crowd: I'm not...
Man in crowd: Shhh!
Brian: You've all got to work it out for yourselves.
The Crowd: Yes! We've got to work it out for ourselves!
Brian: Exactly!
The Crowd: Tell us more!
Brian: No! That's the point! Don't let anyone tell you what to do! Otherwise - Ow! Ow!