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I have always been a South Park fan, but I never really understood the movie, in other words, I thought it was pretty naff. I've re-watched it recently, and I have formed a new opinion of it. Mainly because I watched it with my mum, I realised it wasn't just the show in a movie. No, far from it. For one, the story is far more well worked. For those who didn't know, the story in this film is next to identical to the B-story in the episode 'Death' on the first season of South Park, but with a twist. For one, it gets even more violent at the end, and two, it has a lot more swearing than the show, and even the stronger words go unbleeped, which brings me onto my second point. For those who were born when Monty Python's meaning of life came out, and when you think how disgusted people were by that, look at this. It contains one hundred and forty-something f-words, and plenty of violence, sex, and things like that throughout. And just like Meaning of Life, it remains funny. But it's also very very smart. It gets some political and social issues about bad influence for kids, and quite ironically provides a good hour and a half's worth. So yeah, buy it and watch it, It will probably offend you, if you share my belief in God, your'll be offended by the Mole, but then, so what? This movie is supposed to offend. Just sit back and enjoy it. And don't watch it with your mum. It's not a great idea.

I was introduced to Monty Python a few weeks ago by a friend who let me borrow their movie collection on DVD. I have still got it with me, and have watched all the films at least twice. I have to admit, the humour and format is a bit out of date, but when you consider it's all over 20 years old and all still funny, you realise how ingenious it actually is. Anyhow, despite what other fans have said, this is almost certainly Monty Python's best film. Sure, it doesn't quite have the satirical cleverness of Life of Brian, sure it isn't as creative as Holy Grail, and despite the fact a lot of fans like this because it's quite similar to the flying circus show, it doesn't get as close to that as 'Now for something completely different' did (probably because that contained sketches directly from the show), and sure, John Cleese denied rewriting the script, which would of made the film even better, but it does have one thing that the show; or any of the other movies for that matter; doesn't have... Conplete and utter frequent obscenity. Seriously, from the beginning to the end it's got sexual, near blasphemous, and death based humour, but because I was watching it with my brother and not mother or any older generation, I hardly noticed. That was, until the live organ transplant scene. Seriously, that was the funniest, most shocking scene I have ever seen in Monty Python, or possibley ever. You have to watch it to get it, but damn. It's also got everything Monty Python's stuff other stuff has got, including an incredibly surreal 'middle of the film' Your'll love this film if you like Monty Pythons unique brand of humour, or if you enjoy fatalist, dark, sexual, toilet, violent, offencive or any other kind of shock value humour. Oh yeah, It's also got Boobies. I think it also contains the f-word a few times, but I don't think it was used more than in Life of Brian so from that side it was less obscene, but on the whole, this is the live-action, plot less, philosophical South Park movie.

I saw this film in 3D, and it entertained me. Unfortunately, it did little more than entertained me. To be honest, it either seems like this was a style rip-off of 300, or Frank Miller's unique style is going to become a genre. Another battle based CGI historic thing isn't really what we need. It did have some originality though, with the way it seemed like it was about something which kept coming back, in different forms, usually, but it all seemed abit messy. Not only that, but it had several anti-religious messages throughout the film, and they were all kind of arrogant pagan/atheist ones. It was just generally abit of a dodgy film, and it kind of ripped off 300, which, for anyones's information, is brilliant. All in all, see this film if you wish, but be warned.

p.s. 3D Glasses give you a headache.