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[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

You haven’t seen Montey Python and the Holy Grail?

Relax. We’ve only ever seen it in clips. Though it is obligatory to insult you in a terrible accent: You’re mother was a Hamster and your father smelled of elderberries!

(Seriously though, it was one of those movies that almost no one has watched, but has seen most of anyway.)

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago (1 children)

How almost no one has watched it? In my bubble, almost everyone has seen it multiple times, often in cinema during rereleases - it's a cult classic!

[–] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You know what makes a cult classic a cult classic, right? Very passionate but also niche fan bases.

It’s a great and iconic film, but most people have never actually seen it end to end.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

wait fuck i gotta add another cult to the list of cults i joined dammit

[–] phdepressed@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There's a fair bit of humor you miss out on if you've only seen clips and memes. Most of my irl friends have seen it and blazing saddles, though that could be my fault...

[–] Barbarian@sh.itjust.works 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The ending is a real cop-out though

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Underrated comment.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

it took me years to get that, but i was like 8 i can be forgiven.

[–] lemmyng@piefed.ca 11 points 9 months ago

A møøse bit my sister once...

[–] Bo7a@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Everyone I have met who was worth talking to has seen and loved this movie. Am I old?

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

it was a rite of passage when your parents finally thought you were old enough to watch Holy Grail