...i gave it one star so it would help to even up the number for all those collage kids who over-rate this movie so much...Now for the movie itself:= i'd read & read tons of peope who had said this was the "funniest movie ever made"..(which its not BTW) i do love Monty Python..so i bought it expecting a very very good comedy (Mel Brooks,or Zucker-Brothers standards perhaps)....& the first time i seen it (i was honestly wanting to love it)i was extremely disapointed overall- it was funny enough when the python cast was on screen, but when others were thrown into the picture (mostly scenes in the boring castles) it became rather cheap...& speaking about "cheap"= one thing that hurt this movie a lot (for me) was the picture-quality.. this picture was FOGGY,FOGGY FOGGY !! (not to mention that in the actual scenes of the movie they used FOG everywhere they went as a scenic prop)...most of it is GRAINY as well..if they had made this with a different "look" it would of been much more enjoyable..but the color was saturated it was very bright & the whole thing looked DULL when putting up with the Fogginess (the grain isn't that annoying, but my god the fog is it makes it look so saturated & DULL...........as for the much critisized "ending"= its not bad at all, it was an original & mean-spirited way to end the silly thing (& it showed that it wasn't taking itself too seriously)-..i sort of liked it....this is by no means the funniest movie ever made (not even close)>>>BUT it is funny on its own terms...& some funny scenes (which should of been carried out further & done better) keep it afloat & afterwards it just sort of lies there like a cheap, likable movie.....i did laugh out loud at the "run away-run away" scenes & the taunting frenchman,the Black knight,  the killer rabbit, & the part where they threw the cows & other animals at them off the castletop..& there were some other amusing scenes (Knights who say Nee was funny but has been way over-rated)...the animations were not funny (if they were intended to be)...there were lots of dumb misfired gags that bogged it down as well. ...overall it is a very OVER-RATED comedy thats very original & likable (although not always funny)..lots of things ruin it from being a great movie (which it could of been had it been done better)..i watched it a second time & i felt about the same about it..but it does give some good scenes & is well worth renting...(the other python movies are more amusing & better done IMO)..i wanted to love it, but its just been too Over-rated by all its "fans".its a fairly good movie....