# I'm not really feeling the love the for "The Princess Bride." **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 8, 2014, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046 "2014-11-08T05:04:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/81 "2017-11-10T04:20:46Z")
I know this thread is now three years old, but I’m still not fully sure I can let you live it down. I mean …not liking “The Princess Bride”? Say it with me: INCONCEIVABLE! ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/82 "2017-11-10T04:29:03Z")
You just had to go and ressurect this: didn’t you? Oy. Hey, back at you for not liking Monty Python! 😌 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/83 "2017-11-10T04:32:54Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > \*\*You just had to go and ressurect this: didn’t you? > \*\* > Oy. > > Hey, back at you for not liking Monty Python! ☺ The thread was only _mostly_ dead. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/84 "2017-11-10T04:43:47Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > > [@lorene](#): > > > > Not liking _The Princess Bride_ was my contribution to the “why would Dopers hate you?” thread. > > > > I’m glad to see I have company. > > I don’t hate you. I like PB you do not, who cares. I hate you. I hate you all! Now, what’s this about a movie? ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/85 "2017-11-10T05:00:49Z")
> [@sinjin](#): > > It would probably help if you read the book first. I loved the book when it first came out (I am old) and years later read the book with my kids before I took them to the movie which was just coming out. We all still love it. It’s a silly story about TRUUUUUUUUUU LUUUUUUV, YMMV 🙂 To this day whenever I ask my husband to do anything he responds “As you wish” Yeah, we’re lame. I read the book. Didn’t help. The only character I like is Inigo Montoya. I loathe the leads, and the premise is dopey. Do not see the charm. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/86 "2017-11-10T05:16:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > You just had to go and ressurect this: didn’t you? > > Oy. > > Hey, back at you for not liking Monty Python! ☺ I can’t stand Monty Python. And you didn’t like _Charlie Brown Christmas_! That’s just evil!!! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![tim314](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim314/32/3468_2.png) [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/87 "2017-11-10T05:58:26Z")
I love the Princess Bride. But I think it may be the sort of movie where if you first watched it when you were 9 or 10 years old, you’ll love it forever, but if you waited until adulthood, you missed your window of opportunity. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/88 "2017-11-10T06:20:11Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I can’t stand Monty Python. And you didn’t like _Charlie Brown Christmas_! That’s just evil!!! > > 😛 I don’t like Charlie Brown at all! I don’t even recall watching the Christmas special, although it’s possible. And I’m pretty sure I’ve never seen the Halloween special. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/89 "2017-11-10T11:28:32Z")
I finally saw the _Princess Bride_ recently, and was disappointed. Not a good film, and left no lasting impression on my 7-year-old. (The only things we enjoyed were seeing a young Robin Wright, and the Cliffs if Moher, which we had visited last year). Now I’m about to introduce him to a favorite from _my_ childhood, _Escape from Witch Mountain_, and I have a suspicion I’ll be similarly disappointed. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/90 "2017-11-10T15:55:20Z")
As far as comedy movies go it’s fairly decent. It’s one of those movies that has a few great comedy scenes. but otherwise it’s kind of average. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/91 "2017-11-10T16:37:20Z")
It’s one of the most quotable movies around. I love it. For me, it’s a bit of a litmus test: if you don’t like it, you probably shouldn’t date me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/92 "2017-11-10T16:43:03Z")
> [@magnusblitz](#): > > I just re-watched it recently, and yeah, overall it left me kinda cold. It’s got a lot of great lines, but for some reason, it’s one of those movies that’s more fun to quote than actually watch. You sank it in one. “The Princess Bride” has a LOT of great dialogue. Just piles and piles of wonderfully written lines, and it’s not just the 5-10 lines everyone keeps quoting; the movie’s dialogue is beautifully written. There’s not a line out of place. But dialogue does not a movie make. The movie has not aged well in terms of anything BUT the dialogue. The sets are a little cheap, the music a bit cheap, the directing not all that inspired, the pacing not great. ---
**Author:** ![gregorio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@gregorio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gregorio)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/93 "2017-11-10T16:47:31Z")
> [@Ulfreida](#): > > I read the book. Didn’t help. The only character I like is Inigo Montoya. I loathe the leads, and the premise is dopey. Do not see the charm. Did you read the Morgenstern edition, or the adaptation? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/94 "2017-11-10T17:00:30Z")
I’m in my mid 40’s and still friends with my high school girlfriend. She introduced me to this movie way back when. She was also a tall slender blonde. Reminds me of her in a warm fuzzy way to Robin Wright. Talking to her today I still say on occasion “as you wish.” A good movie? No. A present memory? Yes. Like “a Knight’s Tale” with Heath Leger. Take a story troupe we’ve all seen a million times and screw around with it for laughs. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/95 "2017-11-10T17:12:00Z")
> [@gregorio](#): > > Did you read the Morgenstern edition, or the adaptation? You miss a lot of the subtle satire if you don’t read it in the original Florinese. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/96 "2017-11-10T17:21:32Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > You sank it in one. > > “The Princess Bride” has a LOT of great dialogue. Just piles and piles of wonderfully written lines, and it’s not just the 5-10 lines everyone keeps quoting; the movie’s dialogue is beautifully written. There’s not a line out of place. > > But dialogue does not a movie make. The movie has not aged well in terms of anything BUT the dialogue. The sets are a little cheap, the music a bit cheap, the directing not all that inspired, the pacing not great. See, I recently rewatched it for the first time (meaning, this is the second time I’ve seen it–I tend not to rewatch movies), and I found it every bit as great as when I first saw it (c. 1994 when I was 19). I had no problem with the pacing and, yes, the set design is perhaps a little cheap, but I like that 80s mid-budget fantasy aesthetic. I personally thought it had aged well indeed. But, even though I think I would still like it if I saw it today for the first time, it’s perfectly possible that the movie caught me at the right time back when I was 19 and just cemented itself into me, so when I watch it today, I can still see it through the eyes and mind of myself at 19. I don’t know. I really do _think_ I’d still enjoy it even if this recent viewing was my first time. Two weeks ago I saw _E.T._ for the first time while trying to fill in some of my more egregious pop cultural gaps in preparation for Season 2 of _Stranger Things_, and I really didn’t feel the love for that movie. I did go into it ready to like it, and I don’t feel like I set my expectations high. But that one I chalked up to not seeing when I was a kid, when all this was new and magical. Had I seen it then, I bet my reaction would have been different, even on rewatch. ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/97 "2017-11-10T18:11:37Z")
> [@tim314](#): > > I love the Princess Bride. But I think it may be the sort of movie where if you first watched it when you were 9 or 10 years old, you’ll love it forever, but if you waited until adulthood, you missed your window of opportunity. Nope. I was 27 when I saw it in its first run, and have loved it ever since. I know many others who also first saw it as adults and are also big fans. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/98 "2017-11-10T18:13:29Z")
> [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](#): > > Nope. I was 27 when I saw it in its first run, and have loved it ever since. I know many others who also first saw it as adults and are also big fans. It also seems like the sort of movie you really have to be an adult or at least teenager to completely catch all the jokes and fully appreciate the humor. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046/99 "2017-11-11T21:16:07Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > I hate you. I hate you all! > Now, what’s this about a movie? Seriously? You’ve never seen it? I’d say that as a Doper, you owe it to yourself to see this film. You might even say you will be fulfilling a debt to yourself when you finally do. To not watch it would be a classic blunder (the most famous of which is, of course, _never get involved in a land war in Asia_, but only slightly less well-known is _never go in against a Cecilian when DEBT is on the line…_) ---
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> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > … but only slightly less well-known is _never go in against a Cecilian when DEBT is on the line…_) _Cecilian???_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-really-feeling-the-love-the-for-the-princess-bride/704046.md?page=6)