I have never heard of Monty Python in the early eighties until I saw the "Holy Grail", I did not expect it to be a funny movie at all and was delighted to see how funny it was. I like it over the "The Life of Brian" which I had to watch two or three times to get all the jokes. I think the reason is I used to read tales of King Arthur as a child but didn't know much about the bible or Jesus. As for the technical specs of the DVD I would give a three only because of the picture quality and sound isn't so good and has no special features which is common with DVD's now. (When are they coming out with a critertion edition?)