I'm sure many, many folks around here have seen this hilarious gem of a film. With all the banter going back and fourth about religion and god lately, I was reminded of it.
For anybody who hasn't seen it but has been in on the recent debates of god and religion, I HIGHLY recommend this 1979 film. If you have an open mind, it really shows why many ex-Christians and skeptics feel the way they do about religion. If anything, the Life of Brian shows many of the absurdities of organized religion, and the people who follow it without thinking.
I first heard about the film from my dad. He explained that he "tried to watch it," but it was just too blasphemous and sacreligous. He called it, "a mockery of the life of Christ."
Now, I wasn't sure where he was coming from when I finally saw it for the first time a few weeks ago. Jesus appears only in one scene, and the rest of the movie is about a man born in the stable NEXT to Jesus, who is mistaken for the messiah.
I don't see how it's a "mockery" of Christ. But then again, he's a fundamentalist Christian, and exhibited a knee-jerk reaction to the film.
Anyway, I'm not making this thread to be yet another continuation of the ongoing religion/god/sexuality debate. I want to only talk about the movie here. Anybody else seen it?