PXR Movie and TV Show Review Thread

[Soulmaster]

Movie name: The Court Jester
Rating: G
Genre: Comedy/Musical Drama
Summary: Medieval movie about a rebellion and a lot of jokes and so on. Here is the little snippet that comes up on Google.

Spoiler:

Former carnival performer Hubert Hawkins (Danny Kaye) and maid Jean (Glynis Johns) are assigned to protect the infant royal heir from tyrannical King Roderick I (Cecil Parker). While Jean takes the baby to an abbey, Hawkins gains access to the court by impersonating the king's jester, unaware that the jester is really an assassin hired by scheming Sir Ravenhurst (Basil Rathbone). When Princess Gwendolyn (Angela Lansbury), falls for Hawkins, a witch secretly aids him in becoming a knight.

Your thoughts: It's currently my favorite movie. It came out so long ago, yet to matter how many times I watch it, it never fails to bring a smile to my face. Besides, you can't really top Danny Kaye for musical comedy.
Pros: Jesters, Princesses, Sword fights, tongue twisters, songs, a happy ending.
Cons: Uh, nothing really. A few points that are just unbelievable, but that's the comedy of it.
Favourite part: The vessel with the pestle has a pellet of poison while the chalice from the palace has the brew that is true. Yet they broke the chalice from the palace and replaced it with the flagon with the dragon. The flagon with the dragon has the pellet of poison while the vessel with the pestle has the brew that is true. and I have typed that way too many times That's probably the best line/lines in the movies. However a great part is at the end when the flash the baby's bottom at just about everyone. The sword fight is also a great one at the end.
Rating out of 10: 9 easy

Danny Kaye really is just a great man when it comes to comedy. He's probably one of my favorite actors, and this I consider one of his better pieces. It really is a more obscure film, yet that doesn't detract from it's brilliance. The entire opening credits lays out the basis for the movie. As narrated by Danny in character directly to the audience. A part that I had forgotten at the moment was it first used the "Get it? Got it. Good." exchange. If you ever use that, you're quoting this movie. It was actually on the AFI's list of best comedies, so fun fact there. The songs are also great, the best one is either "The Maladjusted Jester" or "Life Could Not Better Be". Both are excellent. So if you have a chance to watch this excellent movie I highly suggest it if you like any of the above things. I can hope some of you have already, yet I greatly doubt it. As I said it isn't the most common of movies, being a box office flop at the time and 60 years old. But yeah, one of my favorite movies of all time, and has been for a while.