I think that’s a good observation. I always felt like Holy Grail went downhill quite significantly after the first hour or so. Up until that point the narrative is fairly straightforward and the humour is consistent, but then they get to the animated montage time skip bit and everything after gets a bit boring. Most of the cast exits the film abruptly, the sets all look the same, and the ending undermines everything that happened up until that point. Which I guess is the joke, but The Life of Brian found a much better balance between satirical and absurdist humour and telling a cohesive story beginning to end.
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Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoA lot of the comedies from this era feel like a bunch of sketches stitched together rather than a cohesive story. I recently rewatched Fast Times at Ridgemont High and it had the same feel.
Ilandar@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
moody@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Even now, a lot of comedies are like that.
P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
True, like they write the jokes before they write the plot. It’s why kids comedies feel so forced, because they are limited with what they can do, both with regards to appropriateness, and knowledge/intelligence of the audience.