Comments on: We Are All Individuals! (I'm not.)

We Are All Individuals! (I'm not.)

ilsa — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 09:52:51 -0800

Except, of course, when you are referring to films that were controversial when they were initially released. As a counterpoint to Mel Gibson's box-office smash, The Passion of the Christ, Monty Python will re-release The Life of Brian on Good Friday. This is more fun than a box of Peeps any day. Don't like CNN? Try the BBC or CBC coverage

By: seanyboy

seanyboy — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:12:19 -0800

He's not the Messiah. He's a very naughty boy.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:31:14 -0800

Excellent. It's too bad they don't have the time (or will) to release it as a "Director's Cut" with an extra 5 minutes of gratuitous scourging.

By: soyjoy

soyjoy — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:34:42 -0800

they don't have the time (or will) ...um, or Graham Chapman, of course. Maybe they could scourge a Mel Gibson lookalike?

By: mischief

mischief — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:35:18 -0800

Now if George Romero would rerelease Dawn of the Dead on Easter Sunday, we would have the complete set.

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:35:21 -0800

"How shall we ... ?"

By: Faze

Faze — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 10:49:49 -0800

Two words that encapsulate the funniest five minutes in the history of film: "Biggus D**kus."

By: evening

evening — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 11:18:21 -0800

man, I hope this comes my way (doubtful being in such a small spot). such a great movie!

By: psmealey

psmealey — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:08:11 -0800

Ah, always look on the bright side of life. I had been thinking about LOB quite a bit lately. For example, every time I hear of various splinter factions of Al Qaeda or Hama taking credit for x, y and z, I think of the argument at the coliseum about whether one should belong to the PFJ (people's front of Judea) or the JPF (Judean People's Front). Also, the scene where the Roman soldier corrects the anarchist's graffiti was particularly funny to those of us who were tortured (if not scourged) by our Latin teachers in high school.

By: alex_reno

alex_reno — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:13:28 -0800

"So the people called Romans - they do what?" Truly, a classic movie. And psmealy, are you sure it wasn't the People's Liberation Front of Judea?

By: psmealey

psmealey — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 12:30:57 -0800

But that distinction was lost on some who were offended by the irreverent flavor of the film, including a scene in which several crucifixion victims sing and whistle the tune "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" while hanging on crosses. I'll never get over what exists in humanity that can cause some people to be deeply offended by this scene in Brian, while the gratuitous* violence depicted in Passion is passes for acceptable family entertainment. Perhaps people have changed since then, but I suspect not. *Notwithstanding the fact that an NFL football player could likely could not have survived the beating that Caviezel's character took, a crow swoops down to pluck the eye of one of the executed? For what reason? Was that really essential to moving the story forward?

By: gimonca

gimonca — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:49:43 -0800

All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have the Romans ever done for us??

By: spartacusroosevelt

spartacusroosevelt — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 14:59:28 -0800

brought peace?

By: soundofsuburbia

soundofsuburbia — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 15:44:39 -0800

One of the top five movies of all time, I think. Decurion: Found this spoon, sir! Centurion: Well done, sergeant!

By: salmacis

salmacis — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 16:48:45 -0800

brought peace? Oh shut up!

By: DrJohnEvans

DrJohnEvans — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:13:30 -0800

From CNN: The movie focused on the fictional Brian of Nazareth, a Jew who is born in the manger next-door to Jesus and grows up to join an anti-Roman separatist group called the Judean People's Front but ends up being mistaken for the Messiah. NO. Brian was a part of the People's Front of Judea, not the "fucking Judean People's Front".

By: Slagman

Slagman — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:32:54 -0800

PILATE: Centuwion, why do they titter so?

By: yhbc

yhbc — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 19:53:49 -0800

Oh, fine. WELEASE WEGINALD!

By: SPrintF

SPrintF — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 20:03:01 -0800

Blessed are the cheesemakers.

By: ilsa

ilsa — Wed, 24 Mar 2004 21:09:48 -0800

I believe he means all purveyors of dairy products.

By: cheaily

cheaily — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:37:10 -0800

Has anyone read the original script? The bit with Pilate's wife, and Otto and the Nazirenes? Gripping stuff. (explanation: in the original script, the "Judean People's Front Crack Suicide Squad" were actually a group of suicidal Nazi-esque jews. They dressed like Hitler, and had a surreal amalgamation of the Star of David and a swatstika as their logo.)

By: psmealey

psmealey — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:10:24 -0800

Was it Pilate's wife, or that of Biggus Dickus? Her name was Incontinentia Buttocks, as I recall.

By: darren

darren — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 11:12:02 -0800

I noticed on the IMDB details that the film was initially banned in Ireland and Chile.

By: inpHilltr8r

inpHilltr8r — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 12:40:25 -0800

As it is written, when thou art gathered in groups of two or three, thou shalt recite the parrot sketch.

By: stavrosthewonderchicken

stavrosthewonderchicken — Thu, 25 Mar 2004 22:01:26 -0800

Two words that encapsulate the funniest five minutes in the history of film: "Biggus D**kus." I just peed myself a bit from giggling, thinking about that scene.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Fri, 26 Mar 2004 18:43:46 -0800

Crucifixion? Yes. Good. Out of the door. Line on the left. One cross each. Next. Crucifixion? I love this movie. : )