Symbols and Tropes
The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
Okay, we're going to preface all our fancy symbolic analysis with what we think is probably the best bit of war-related trivia: did you know that hand grenades existed way back in the 700s? True fa...
The Credits
The Swedes and Passionate DentistryIf you don't speak Swedish you might not have picked up on the humor in the opening credits. Just a heads up; those weren't real subtitles. And, okay, fine—we'l...
Swallows
What do swallows have to do with Arthurian legend? Well, nothing…but that's the point. The first guard Arthur meets is very interested about how Arthur and Patsy came across a coconut—this is a...
The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog
Sometimes a bunny is just a bunny… and sometimes it's a killer bunny. But sometimes a killer bunny… isn't just a killer bunny. A cute harmless bunny ripping the heads off of knights in a feroci...
The Fourth Wall
What fourth wall?It's rare that the characters' own awareness of the film they're in is actually a motif of the movie as a whole, but in The Holy Grail the fourth wall has been broken so many times...