# Inconceivable! My brother & his family have not seen The Princess Bride! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 9, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214 "2015-02-09T14:12:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [February 9, 2015, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/21 "2015-02-09T23:48:32Z")
Annotated? I’ve only been able to find the translation with the Shepphard woodcuts. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/22 "2015-02-10T01:12:02Z")
Not only have I avoided that one but ET and thousands of others as well. I just don’t do cute very much. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/23 "2015-02-10T02:12:25Z")
> [@DrFidelius](#): > > Annotated? I’ve only been able to find the translation with the Shepphard woodcuts. Yes, annotated by Carl Linnaeus, who classifies each and every creature mentioned. RUS _rodent giganticus illigetimus_, for example. I was disappointed that I did not find the two volume appendix, but it was still quite a find! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/24 "2015-02-10T02:16:06Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Not only have I avoided that one but ET and thousands of others as well. I just don’t do cute very much. - The Princess Bride\* is not cute. Giants, torture, infernal machines, rodents of unusual size, murderous pirates, Wife murdering plots, but no cute. And very little kissing. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Cell\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Cell\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cell_Guy)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/25 "2015-02-10T02:50:28Z")
I brought this thread up to my wife just now…she has also never seen it! And has no desire to rectify the situation! I’m calling my lawyer in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/26 "2015-02-10T02:54:56Z")
> [@leftfield6](#): > > I work with a guy who hasn’t seen it either. He is 49 years old. Right in the demographic where he should have seen it. I’ve told him he is dead to me until he has seen it and can tell why a wheel barrow should be listed as an asset. > [@CGav8r](#): > > At 49, he was college-aged when this came out, so I’m not sure why he would have seen it. It’s a smart kids movie, after all. > > Put me in the camp of this being a cute movie, but way overrrated - I remember seeing it in the theater when it came out and being underwhelmed. But I still enjoyed sharing it with my kids. Disagree. Harumph. It’s not a smart kids movie. It’s a smart movie, period. I didn’t see it as a kid, I saw it as a college age guy. (I’m 50, BTW) ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/27 "2015-02-10T02:56:47Z")
> [@Cell\_Guy](#): > > I brought this thread up to my wife just now…she has also never seen it! And has no desire to rectify the situation! > > I’m calling my lawyer in the morning. You have excellent grounds, Sir! ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/28 "2015-02-10T02:59:54Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Not only have I avoided that one but ET and thousands of others as well. I just don’t do cute very much. I belong to your club. And, sorry, \*\*carnivorousplant, \*\*but PB does sound cute. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/29 "2015-02-10T03:02:46Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > If you loved the movie, you should read Cary Elwes’s fantastic memoir _As You Wish_. It’s funny, touching, and very very sweet. I have been reading this on Kindle and just finished his description of the swordfight and the emergency rewrite thereof. Loved the aside that Inigo’s shrug was an ad-lib. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/30 "2015-02-10T03:09:57Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I belong to your club. And, sorry, \*\*carnivorousplant, \*\*but PB does sound cute. Did I mention the shrieking eels? ---
**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:** [February 10, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/31 "2015-02-10T03:16:41Z")
[My take on it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740172) ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/32 "2015-02-10T04:03:59Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I belong to your club. And, sorry, \*\*carnivorousplant, \*\*but PB does sound cute. I’m on your side – sounding cute is enough for me to switch channels or pick another movie. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Achren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/898d66/32.png) [@Achren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achren)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/33 "2015-02-10T05:28:46Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I am truly surprised when folks do not like it. First time my dad watched it, he thought it was a stupid movie. Then he stayed in the room when a friend and I watched it. Couple viewings later, I gave it to him for Christmas. ---
**Author:** ![Baal\_Houtham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baal_houtham/32/13604_2.png) [@Baal\_Houtham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baal_Houtham)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/34 "2015-02-10T13:59:25Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > I belong to your club. And, sorry, \*\*carnivorousplant, \*\*but PB does sound cute. Forced marriage, duels to the death, kidnapping and murder, alcoholim, ultimate suffering. ---
**Author:** ![Fir\_na\_tine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/35 "2015-02-10T17:29:29Z")
And twue wuv, lets not forget twue wuv! ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/36 "2015-02-10T18:06:06Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > **Smapti** , don’t forget that it’s also after stew (but then, so is everything). Except taxes. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/37 "2015-02-10T18:06:21Z")
and miracles! ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/38 "2015-02-10T18:15:02Z")
> [@simster](#): > > and miracles! Just never rush a miracle…they can turn out rotten. ---
**Author:** ![MoonMoon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moonmoon/32/2959_2.png) [@MoonMoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoonMoon)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/39 "2015-02-10T18:26:59Z")
It’s one of my “test” movies. If you don’t like it, it’s highly unlikely we’re going to be friends. Sorry, PB haters. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/40 "2015-02-10T20:21:10Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > [My take on it.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=740172) I’ll repeat very much what I said in November last year, in the above-linked thread of Leaffan’s. Never seen the film or read the book. The only thing which might (an unlikely situation) persuade me to change said state of affairs, is the seemingly everlasting Internet-wise craze for quotations from the film – occasionally, I’d appreciate having a better idea of what the quoters are on about. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214.md?page=3)