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The Worst Film Ever

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If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

This is a complete waste of time.The new material is not even slightly funny and the operatic style kills the humour of the old material. The singing is good but not really suited to comedy. The music is good but again this is supposed to be comedy so that isn't very important.There are some odd cameos that fail to be funny.It ends with the crowd-pleasers like a concert.If you like Monty Python then watch the film, if you don't like them this won't convert you.The only positive is that watching this has convinced me to re-watch The Life of Brian just to clear this rubbish from my mind.

Nothing prepared me for this show, i have been a python fan for as long as i can remember. On arrival to the Albert hall casually waiting to go in Eric idle walks passed and gives me a hug to my amazement. Back to the show, musically amazing the feeling when liberty bell bellowed through the hall from a 200 piece orchestra it brought a tear to my eye. The show was amazing, scripted perfectly with new songs and jokes but still keeping faith with the life of Brian. Cameos from the pythons make it almost the full Monty and the jokes and banter still there after 400 years. The show is amazing and really worth watching, i was honoured to be there live but even watching back on DVD its still amazing. Loved every minute of it and shows that Monty Python is still as fresh as ever

I'll try to be kind - an American with an attitude and no sense of humour. What a surprise. Don't give Jay Harris' review any credence whatsoever. Sophisticated cerebral humour just seems to elude some people. Audiences don't give elated standing ovations for nothing, so you decide who to trust - 5000 lucky spectators at the Royal Albert Hall, or poor humourless Jay Harris...When I first saw that this had been produced, I feared that it would be one more try to exploit the Monty Python legacy that reached its pinnacle with The Life of Brian movie. Instead, it turned out to be a triumph, that soared, and incredibly managed to exceed the movie itself, although it could never have done so without the ground breaking, risk taking humour of the original movie.The idea of a Life of Brian opera certainly sounds stodgy and ill-advised, and the first few numbers were perhaps a bit too low-burn, really doing nothing to set the scene or re-acquaint fans of the movie.After that, highlights from the movie are performed magnificently, with the scoring and the lyrics working in hilarious and perfect harmony. Whilst the oratorio covers a wide range of styles, from Dob Dylan folk mumble to Mexican cantina band, it is primarily classical and operatic. Don't let that put you off though, it's not performed in pretentious style, and in fact the juxtaposition actually enhances the piece. At no time is this more brilliantly demonstrated than when Brian and Judith have sex, operatically. If that doesn't bring tears of laughter to your face, then I have serious doubts about the presence of your sense of humour. It's incredible that it can be puerile and high-brow at the same time, and that is the oratorio's incredible magic.The piece is littered from start to finish with in jokes that Life of Brian fans will enjoy, but many pay homage to the greater Python body of work. The audience was particularly appreciative of the repeated intrusion of the lumberjack song.Some of the key moments played out musically include:Popular People's Front Popped by? Swarmed by more like! Brian and Judith Biggus Dickus Bwian You lucky bastard Crucifixion Always Look on the Bright Side of LifeWhen the original movie came out, it caused a religious outrageous amongst stuffy Christians the world over, and hopefully, this fantastic show will stick a cracker up their butts again. On the one hand, it's not actually disrespectful of the whole Jesus story, yet it manages to point out the hypocrisy of religion. My favourite lines come at the end of the piece called Hail to the Shoe, where the singers have decided that the shoe is a sign of Brian's divinity:Hail to the Shoe. Death to those who Have different views Concerning his Shoes And while we kill him let us all prayI'm not fortunate enough to be as well versed in classical music as Adam Wilde, so there may be even more sophisticated jokes lurking for some of you, but I know this, there has not been a movie in two decades that I watched three or four times in two days, as I have with He's not the messiah. If you're a Python fan, treat yourself to the treat of two decades!

I will try to be kind. This is a filmed concert. It is Monty Python & the 40th anniversary of there film LIFE OF BRIAN.The Monty Python group has always been very irreverent, BUT always funny.The famed composer Handel composed an oratorio based on The Messiah. The music as most of us know is one of the very best classical compositions.The motion picture THE LIFE OF BRIAN was a comic gem. Somehow I did not laugh, I did smile a few times & throughly enjoy the singing by the chorus & the 4 singers. Some of the lyrics were very clever & a few times bawdy, I was captured by the singing & did not outwardly laugh. It was directed by Aubrey Powell & co-written by Eric Idle & John DuPrez. This was filmed at the famed Albert Hall in London. See this for the music & vocals.Ratings: *** (out of 4) 84 points (out of 100) IMDb 7 (out of 10)