I saw the film as a kid but after that I completly forgot about it afterwards. As growing up I always thought that the few scenes I remembered were made up. I never saw or heard of the film for more than 20 years. Now I realized why my mind tried to forget it.

Beste Buchverfilmung ever, die ich kenne. Einer der seltenen Fälle, in denen der Film besser ist als das Buch, zumindest witziger.

Abducted by aliens, a group of bumbling medieval knights try to escape with no conception of how far away they are in this amiable comedy. The film begins well with lots of humour from the knights scoffing at the twentieth century science that the aliens know, such as Earth being round and revolving around the sun. The aliens laughing at the concept of the soul also offers a sharp poke at religion. Alas, the further the film progresses, the less satiric and sillier it becomes with alien finger sex, negotiating ransoms in ponies and so on in the mix. There is also a poorly developed cloning subplot. All involved are clearly having a good time though and look like they have been told to dial their acting up to 11. While this renders the film exhausting, the effort on a noticeable budget (limited sets and special effects) has its charms.

This film desperately wants to Monty Python almost as much as i desperately wanted to like it but you don't always get what you want

100% concept.
0% execution.

Looks nice, but tries to hard to be funny.

In a strange, twisted way I enjoyed it.

Monty Python is not easily imitated.

I saw the film as a kid but after that I completly forgot about it afterwards. As growing up I always thought that the few scenes I remembered were made up. I never saw or heard of the film for more than 20 years. Now I realized why my mind tried to forget it.