I thought that the monty python movie was pretty funny. Stupid, but funy. The did lots of repetitive things. Like the guy that was running in the field for so long and then all of the sudden comes and kills the guards, they took that way too far. But other things were really funny. The monks hitting themselves in their heads was pretty funny. The black knight was the funniest though. Or maybe the lack of horses, that was funny too.
The interesting part about the movie was how it didn't follow the heroic journey all of the way like I assume Perceval will. For the first half of the movie, the writers introduced the audience to the different knights of the roundtable. After that was accomplished, they started the heroic journey part of the movie. The interesting part was that the journey was not finished. They did not get any rewards or have a journey home. The movie just stopped after the French didnt let them into the Castle of ughhh. I think that the reason they ended it was because they wanted to say something about the journey, or how the questers do not gain anything from the quest. I dont know, its just an idea
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"Stupid, but funny at the same time" is probably the best way to put it. As for Lancelot running for a long time and suddenly appearing, it's that long time that makes his coming out of nowhere funny. You couldn't really be caught off guard if not enough time had passed. That's just how I feel about it, though.
Some parts of the movie do stray from the typical heroic journey. Since the viewing guide says we have to have all the steps, though, I'm assuming we have to try to force it to reduce to the typical journey as best we can.
I think that the humor in the story line was supposed to keep our attention, while we were inadvertently learning the process of a heroic journey. As for the humor involved, the "bring out your dead" part was pretty funny. Also, I agree with Alfonso's comment. The beginning is probably just supposed to loosly fit into the steps of a heroic journey.
good point about ending; in general, think of it like a translation
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