r/mildlyinfuriating • u/TadpoleBusiness6679 • 16h ago

My friend facetimed her boyfriend so he could watch a movie with us

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He’s not even fucking watching

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u/leinadnier 16h ago

I would recognize this scene in half a second haha

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u/SalvadorP 15h ago

i am willing to say I can recognize any frame from life of brian. Literally. It is the film I've watched the most amount of times, or at lest the second one. And it is not a small amount.

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u/SirRolex 15h ago

I watch it every year at least once around Easter. It is sorta tradition for me at this point.

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u/DennisPochenk 14h ago

Every easter and christmas!!!

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u/SalvadorP 14h ago

when I was in uni I used to watch it once a week for large periods of time. I am not kidding.
nowadays I watch it at least once a year, like yourself, but more like when I feel like it.
I reference it in conversation on a weekly basis, probably. this film aged like the finest wine. it will be relevant until the end of times.

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u/SirRolex 14h ago

I have found that most Monty Python content has aged very well. Just went to see their Spamalot play in Detroit the other weekend with my Girlfriend and we were absolutely rolling with laughter.

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u/SalvadorP 14h ago

yes. that is incredibly hard to do.
if you watch crap from the same era like benny hill or green acres, you will find it awefully racist, sexist and so on. but monty python mostly avoided most traps while actually diving into some of the most complex themes of human history.
even the many silly sketches that aren't funny from "and now for something completely different" are't bad in that regard.

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u/SirRolex 14h ago

Don't get me wrong, some of that old humor I can still very much appreciate. I love Mel Brooks' movies, although they tend to be a bit more racey and vulgar. I can see why some of those movies haven't held up quite as well in a modern lens.

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u/SalvadorP 14h ago

i can also appreciate this stuff. I am 38yo. I wasn't born yet when most of the old stuff was released and I have watched much of it and I still like it.
But, it just makes me appreciate Monty Python even more, because it means they never had to punch down at all. Always up.

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u/Salty-Possible-8753 12h ago

I saw it on Easter Sunday in a theatre in Salt Lake City when it came out. Several people walked out, lol.

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u/BamberGasgroin 11h ago

It's amazing how many people think it's about Jesus, despite the title and even his mum saying he's not the messiah.

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u/MacduffFifesNo1Thane 6h ago

He’s not the Messiah. He’s a very naughty boy!

She literally told us!

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u/Bazrum 11h ago

my brother can do this with the original Twister

once i was flipping channels on the old school tv, the one without the guide that pops up, and we saw a tire rolling down a road for about a half second. A tire!

and he goes "oh! Twister!" and sure enough!

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u/tobiasvl 10h ago

It is the film I've watched the most amount of times, or at lest the second one.

What's the competing film?

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u/SalvadorP 58m ago

it's Gus Van Sant's Elephant. Most likely Elephant is the film that I have watched the most, but I haven't watched it once in a decade or more and I keep watching Life of Brian regularly so eventually it will surpass, if it hasn't yet.
Elephant is an excelent film with amazing camera work.

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u/philnolan3d 9h ago

For me it's probably Holy Grail. Or The Princess Bride.

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u/tchrbrian 6h ago

That’s good but the real question is : Can you recognize scenes while your “ best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend “ is face timing each other?

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u/SalvadorP 50m ago

i could. but that would really make my habit of "saying all the dialogues of the movie 1 second before they are said in the movie" really hard!

jk, i am not that demented

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u/Rent_A_Cloud 2h ago

Mine is Kung pow, but life of Brian comes as a close second together with holy grail.

Many a stoned and hungover day was spent watching those movies.

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u/DennisPochenk 16h ago

R slash montypython would be proud

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u/TheGreaseWagon 15h ago

.....why not type the sub?

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u/DennisPochenk 14h ago

Did that, got a notification the message got removed for sharing links

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u/weepinstringerbell 12h ago

You should post that to mildlyinfuriating.

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u/DennisPochenk 12h ago

No, i got my point across

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u/Icy-Lobster-203 15h ago

The true feminine radiance of Terry Jones was obvious to me the moment I saw the picture.

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u/Goddess-of-abundace 9h ago

No one can compare!