That’s just another word for a Doper…
Saw it with Li’l Map – it was actually good, and Li’l Map really enjoyed it! Many parellels to E.T. (a film created nearly a decade later).
Debt???
I thought it was amusing the first time I seen it on a flight from indy to la … of course I said the same thing about airplane scary movie ect …
But Airplane! is unquestionably great!(Airplane 2, not so much). Scary Movie, somewhat amusing. But Airplane! shouldn’t even be in the same sentence quality-wise.
Huh, could be selection bias on my part then. I’ve hardly ever met anyone who watched it as a kid and didn’t like it, but I’ve heard several who watched it as adults whose reaction was more or less “That was it?” But maybe the adults who watch it and agree with the consensus that it’s awesome are less likely to comment on it.
Although, I notice you say “in it’s first run”. As an alternative theory, I might posit that it’s been built up so much that a lot of people who see it as adults today might be expecting something else.
Or, I guess maybe some people just have different tastes. Or else they’re replicants. That’s probably it.
The book is one of the few books I remember reading as a teenager (and I read many).
The character development they could not put into the film, especially Inigo and Fezzik, was a huge part of that. And I found the moral of the story (also not in the film) to be profound. It is something I teach my students: Life isn’t fair. It’s just fairer than death.
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Curious. I’d not heard of The Princess Bride until this decade; still haven’t watched it; but come across scenes on YouTube twice or thrice. Click I do; and enjoy them — but not enough to develop a strong urge to watch the entire film.
Wasn’t Willy Deville involved with the soundtrack? Not his best work, but still, you won’t get me to say a bad word about Willy.
He has a credit on allmusic . com as composer, Guest Artist, performer, Primary Srtist, and vocals, so, yes.
The film score is credited to that Sultan of Swing, Mark Knopfler.
Of course, Inigo Montoya is the only character who actually does have TWOOO WUV. It’s subtle, but the story makes it clear that Inigo’s love for his father is truer than the love of Wesley and Buttercup for each other.
I think my taste in movies has changed since I was young. I used to love “clever” humour with people trading clever remarks (e.g. the scene with the two poison cups, or the banter during the swordfight, or discussing African and European swallows gripping a coconut by the husk), but I’m indifferent to it now.
I never liked Billy Crystal as Miracle Max, though. His broad performance seems like it’s from a different movie.
Well, in the case of a Monty Python film, you can’t really be watching it the way you would a real movie. A Monty Python film is a set of comedy sketches that might be sort of tied together (Life of Brian, Holy Grail) or not (The Meaning of Life.) They’re fun if watched that way, but it’s just good comedy sketches.
The Princess Bride is at least a proper movie. I’m not saying it’s a BAD movie.
For the record, the Sprout just watched it for the first time (the adults in the household are big fans).
He was very unenthusiastic going in, since it wasn’t about spaceships or animated LEGO figures, and we warned him there might be kissing (yuck!). In a classic case of life imitating art, he warmed up slowly, and by two-thirds of the way through he was pleading not to turn it off and promising to be good.
I was in my 30s when the movie came out. Apparently my not-so-inner child kept the window open. 
ETA: The Firebug and I watched it together earlier this year. He’s 10. He liked it. I’m 63. I still love it.
One of my favorite bits:
I’ve caught bits and pieces of it, but never was interested enough to stick around. I didn’t really like any of the characters that much. I typically like silly movies like Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Pee Wee’s Big Adventure, and Austin Powers.
I saw it in college with my best friend from elementary school. We laughed so hard we literally fell out of our seats, annoyed the people in front of us, and we in shock when someone walked out halfway through.
We weren’t even high or drunk!
The only other movies I have laughed that hard at in the theater were Bull Durham and Ghostbusters. I’ve never laughed that hard on subsequent viewings, but it was a great time when i saw it the first. But “Im not a witch, I’m your wife” gets thrown around our house a lot…
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