And still loved it as much as the first time I watched it. As I will next time I watch it.
I just had to share.
I got the new DVD! The one with Cary Elwes’ home movies done during the filming. Their reminiscing about Andre the Giant is so damned touching. Still such a great movie, and I like the commentaries by both Rob Reiner and William Goldman.
I still like the book jacket, though - [paraphrased] - "What happens when the world’s most beautiful woman meets the world’s most handsome, most powerful prince…and he turns out to be a son-of-a-bitch?
Please dispel my ignorance. Is Princess Bride the movie where the main (male) character is kidnapped and becomes a pirate? Also, the whole movie is told by a grandfather to his grandson, and the final part of the story is something like “there were so and so famous kissed in history, and this was one of them”???
Yes, that’s the one. It’s a great film. I watch it at least twice a month. The book, as is generally the case, is better, but the movie is well worth the effort.
I adore this movie.
Vizzini: “No more rhyming, I mean it!”
Fezzik: “Anybody want a peanut?”
Vizzini…
You only think I guessed wrong - that’s what’s so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha-ha, you fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders, the most famous of which is “Never get involved in a land war in Asia”, but only slightly less famous is this: “Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!”. Hahahahahah!
I think you’re bluffing…
It was only a month or so ago when I realized something about the scene between Vizzini and Wesley…
Vizzini was right. “I clearly cannot choose the wine in front of me… I clearly cannot choose the win in front of you.” It’s unfortunate that he didn’t act on this knowledge, but he was right nonetheless.
I adore that movie. I gotta get the DVD! Man that sounds cool!
He was also right about the Man in Black relying on his strength to save him.
And I love how the Prince rides up and picks up the bottle of (odorless, tasteless) iocaine, sniffs it, and says “Iocaine. I’d bet my life on it.”. Thereby summing up the entire previous scene. Hilarious.
Make sure it’s the latest release with the director’s/author’s commentary. There are still first release copies out there with just the blah basics.
I am SO glad to see I am not alone in the world…
I have seen this movie so many times, it is ridiculous. When I was a kid, we bought a VCR, and the only movie I had was Princess Bride. I watched it every night for a few months. Since HBO has been showing it lately, I have seen it about 13-14 times since August.
Something just occurred to me the last time I watched it: (It was so obvious, I feel stupid) We find out that Westley is the Dread Pirate Roberts, who is supposed to take no survivors. Wouldn’t the Princess be somewhat turned off by this past life of murder? Yes, I am aware I should not look so deeply…
And lastly, my favorite quote:
I don’t really see what you’re getting at here. He clearly couldn’t choose either wine but he had to choose one, so why is it “unfortunate that he didn’t act on this knowledge”? Did he have some special pick-neither-wine-but-still-get-out-alive-with-pride-intact knowledge that I’m missing here?
Here’s a second recommendation to read the book. I love the movie, but you get an even deeper appreciation for it if you’ve read the book.
I always thought it was terrribly bitter and cynical. Am I just getting whooshed?
A Favorite
Vizzini: Inconceivable
Inigo: I do not think that word means what you think it means.
Along with Blazing Saddles and The Little Shop of Horrors this is one of the few movies I’ll watch everytime I can. My fav is the wedding scene:
"Mawaige, Mawaige is what bwings us togethwer…
Ok, confession time, how old were you before you figured out Vinzzini wasn’t talking about Play-Doh… I have no idea when my epiphany was, but I remember watching when I was a kid going “What the hell…?”
Tenebras
Westley: So I’m here until I die?
Albino: Until they kill you, yeah.