Simply Perfect

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

As some reviewer said this is the best of the Monty Series, I completely agree with the person. This is one of the most brilliant- I will not call comedy, but satire - on society.Let us forward the timeline of the movie by about 2000 years, to today, naturally then the link to Jesus is removed. Thankfully the name, Brian, is one of today's common one, and the whole story becomes one of today.Every facet of the movie is - as we see happening around us.A man, through circumstances becomes a leader with a huge fan-base (immaterial whether religious, or Political, or any other Idol, like Ronaldo/ Messi). This fans eat out of his hand, he knows he isn't what they think, but he doesn't have any means to come out of it, (in real life he doesn't want either) and whatever he does, whatever he says, is the edict for the mass. I see it happening every where, don't blame only Hitler.Then we have the Scheming revolutionaries, who only plot and scheme, with the pawns (like Brian) sent to execute their scheme. And when they fail, with fatal consequence, the honchos are there to sing the requiem, and mourn the loss, on the conference table (As Bush et al did at Iraq casualty or Johnson at Vietnam)- this too isn't limited to a country or a section - even the today's similar so-called revolutionaries are doing it everywhere in the world. And as with these revolutionaries, for modern ones too, the target is known (kidnap Pilate's wife), but not the goal (what are the demands to be made once she is held on ransom).The graffiti sequence - is hand-holding Brian, correcting his mistakes, encouraging him to continue, till the authority realized that it was mistake, and then trying to erase the activity and punish the individual - Osama, Taliban, IS all are this.Every section of the movie resonates with some or other happenings in the society, in many spheres, religious, political,... by the elements, sometimes for gains, at other, just for a whim, or a conviction (without any reasonable base or end). On this angle, the movie, a comedy, becomes intensely depressing, when I look and match the things around us.

Monty Python's Life Of BrianIt is far better than its predecessor, as it has some sensibility on the plot track and appropriate arc and structure in it, an essential ingredient that makes the feature what it is, and not merely a series of sketchy comic skits or jokes. Having said that, it doesn't suggest that it is one of the finest comic genre feature, in fact it never comes close to its due to its lack of an appropriate three dimensional character. It is short on technical aspects like sound department, costume design and editing. There isn't any specific vision for the director to execute on screen but still the work by Terry Jones is appreciative in here and shows a lot of potential to carry off a logical comic feature. The actors too improvise and blends in as the writer, and is probably the reason why the conversations are mind-numbing but hilarious on its own set terms and the bubble they all reside in. It works like a charm and sweep away its runtime swiftly through its various jokes that is stretched and depicted elaborately in here. Monty Python's Life Of Brian is flat out hilarious and goofy and is an improvement as it has a definite track to cover through the allotted time.

It's been decades since the last's viewing of The Life of Brian, and it is just as funny today. Is also interesting to think that this may be more socially relevant today than I was in 1979!

Greetings from Lithuania.As much as "Life of Brian" (1979) is a good movie / comedy - its an intelligent movie to begin with. Yes, the absurd it shows us is kinda absurd, but on the other hand, there are even more absurdity in life and religion. I liked the performances in this movie. Directing and script were great. The ending was great. Its not a perfect movie, but i kinda was surprised of how intelligent actually it was if you think about it. Also everyone gets their "share" in this movie - Jewish, Romans and everyone else. This is a good movie overall.