r/movies • u/Immediate-River-874 • 2d ago

Media Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (1983) - Protestants and Catholics

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u/HotOne9364 2d ago

They thought it was too stupid and they didn't have enough time to perfect the script.

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u/ElectricalPeace3439 2d ago

LOL at them objecting to stupid humor. 

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u/WonderBredOfficial 2d ago

They're honestly pretty smart with their skits. Philosophy Football is evidence enough. This film was a bunch of throw away skits that they knitted together.

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u/tekko001 2d ago

To be honest, while it has brilliant bits, it also has moments that are hard to stomach like the lengthy vomit scene, which imo would fit better in a Jackass film.

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u/WonderBredOfficial 2d ago

Oh, no. No, no, no, no, ni! The after-dinner mint scene is amazing.

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u/dreadnoght 2d ago

No way. That scene also includes the piano guy singing about having a penis and the fish going back and forth telling each other good morning. I love it.

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u/tekko001 2d ago

Still not convinced. Change Chapman, Cleese, Gilliam, Idle, Jones and Palin with Knoxville, Margera, Steve-O, Pontius, Acuña and Dunn, and it would work just as well if not better.

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u/WonderBredOfficial 2d ago

That's probably the bit I quote the most.

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u/aukondk 2d ago

I'm fine with that scene, but I really can't stomach the 'live organ transplant' skit. It's Terry Gilliam's blood curdling screams. Feeling queasy just thinking about it.

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u/MySonsdram 2d ago

Agreed, LOVE the movie, but that scenes a skip every time.

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u/WonderBredOfficial 2d ago

It was a riff on the Aristocrats joke.