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Eat Yer Heart Out, Mel Gibson FULL SKULL BABY!

This is THE GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME. (Or possibly even longer.) There is nothing deeper in the universe, nothing. Watching it was the most moving experience of my life and has changed me forever. I wept, I suffered, I was utterly transfigured by its TRUTH and BEAUTY. It is the ONLY movie really to tell us the truth about our Lord BRIAN as it is described in THE BIBLE. Everything in it is ACCURATE and the word of GOD. May God bless Terry Jones, a saint for our times, for having led mankind out of the wilderness by making it and shown us the true SPIRITUAL PATH. People who have written negative reviews are sad bitter and unspiritual people who deserve to burn in HELL for all eternity. I will pray for them.

"The Passion of the Christ", on the other hand, is complete bollocks. So watch this instead.

Always look on the bright side of life FULL SKULL BABY!
Who can fault a movie where the theme is to always look on the bright side of life?

The film parallels the story of Jesus but it takes us in another direction, to see a population who can't seem to think for themselves. They must have a Messiah to follow and they think they have found one in Brian. But Brian isn't interested in being their Messiah.

My favorite line is when a crowd calls for Brian to come to the window and show himself. His mother opens the window and tells the crowd: "He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy." The Monte Python ensemble has a knack for making us laugh at situations that when seen from their satirical point-of-view, are quite ludicrous.

The point of the film is our longing to belong and to follow a leader. Yes, if you look at it from that approach we are all sheep. We must flock and we must follow. We are all constantly searching for that Messiah to lead us. And yes, we see it in the modern world where good leadership is quite deficient. The crowds roar together, "Yes, we are individuals." "Yes, we must think for ourselves." But do we?

This film will offend some, but it is harmless fun and sometimes you have to trust having fun. After all, isn't this what Jesus' life was about, teaching how to get along and connect with other fellow human beings, as well as spiritual redemption? I'm sure Christ had a good sense of humor, as I know God does. Blessed are the fun makers.

Monty Python's finest film FULL SKULL BABY!
Determined Python fans have their preferences, and for some, LIFE OF BRIAN isn't the funniest. They might compare it to their favorite bits from HOLY GRAIL or MEANING OF LIFE. Yet this film is exemplary for sustaining the story of Brian, a young dissident who scorns Roman rule and is mistaken for the messiah, through to the end. Without any didactic aims, it pokes fun at the way human beings anoint and follow religious figures. The script is very strong, as are the performances. It remains their strongest movie.

The charges of blasphemy are misplaced. The very first scene of the film establishes this: the three wise men make a mistake when they bring their gifts to Brian, catch their mistake, and take their gifts back (rather abruptly) when they discover the true Christ child in the stable next door.

What follows is a comedy that makes no complaint against Jesus or God. It is all about religious behavior amongst the rest of us, as well as self-interested political activism ("We are NOT the Judean People's Front...We are the People's Front of Judea!"). Brian, our good-hearted hero, gets tragically caught up in the madness which, while exaggerated for Pythonesque comedic effect, feels very familiar.

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