Monty Python’s Life of Brian was certainly an entertaining watch. I had seen clips of the movie—particularly the grammar and what Romans provide scenes, since I took Latin—before, but I had never seen the movie in its entirety. I did enjoy it, but I can understand why it was banned. In addition to religious jokes, Life of Brian had nudity, swearing, and sexual jokes. There is no wonder it was a controversial film and was banned in many countries; however, I personally did not think it was particularly offensive. If Life of Brian were released today, I wonder if the level of outrage and controversy would be the same as in 1979, when it was originally released. Many Monty Python films are considered classics now, so clearly the reputation of their work was not significantly harmed by the controversy, and I wonder whether the controversy actually helped promote their movies.
Religion is a sensitive topic, so it is interesting to me that they chose to tackle it, even knowing that they would have to tread very carefully if they wanted to avoid offending people. Or maybe they chose the topic because it would likely offend people. Regardless, they managed to create a classic, and it is not even considerably offensive. I wonder if some of the people up in arms over Life of Brian had ever actually watched it.