# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 3
**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, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/41 "2015-02-10T20:29:40Z")
Peter Falk Billy Crystal Chris Sarandon Mandy Patinkin Andge the Giant Rob Reiner What could go wrong? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/42 "2015-02-10T22:19:07Z")
It is pretty much a perfect movie with an outrageously high quotability rating. I wonder if those who don’t like it also don’t like Monty Python and the Holy Grail? ---
**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, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/43 "2015-02-10T22:34:21Z")
I’m not wild about Monty Python. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/44 "2015-02-10T23:54:26Z")
I’ve never seen The Princess Bride. I have seen enough references to FEEL like I’ve seen it. I’m just not that in to watching movies. When I do it’s a social thing. So far no social gathering to watch that movie has come up. I hope my admission isn’t in line with any trend like with the whole not having a television thing. ---
**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/45 "2015-02-11T00:11:31Z")
Nonsense. You’re just saying that because no one ever has. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/46 "2015-02-11T01:01:50Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > I’ve never seen The Princess Bride. I have seen enough references to FEEL like I’ve seen it. I’m just not that in to watching movies. When I do it’s a social thing. So far no social gathering to watch that movie has come up. I’ve seen it twice, but only because of social situations. The first time, two friends dragged me to the theater, insisting that I **ABSOLUTELY MUST** see this. The second time was at a holiday party; the host popped it into the DVD player without a word of preamble (not even a “hey, anybody up for a movie?”). What is it about that film that causes its fans to resort to force-feeding? I love _Double Indemnity_ but I sure as hell wouldn’t coerce anyone into watching it, or act like there’s something wrong with people who don’t like it. ---
**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 11, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/47 "2015-02-11T01:15:04Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I’m not wild about Monty Python. 🙂 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 well-known is this: “Never go in against a python when laughter is on the line”! ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/48 "2015-02-11T02:05:08Z")
> [@erysichthon](#): > > What is it about that film that causes its fans to resort to force-feeding? I love _Double Indemnity_ but I sure as hell wouldn’t coerce anyone into watching it, or act like there’s something wrong with people who don’t like it. I think it’s one of those movies where irrespective of its merit as a film - which isn’t that much, honestly: not terrible, but not exceptional - you get to feel part of a group by participating in a ritual, in this case by obsessively collecting and swapping lines. Think of it as a Rocky Horror for the internet. ---
**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 11, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/49 "2015-02-11T03:02:59Z")
> [@Penfeather](#): > > I think it’s one of those movies where irrespective of its merit as a film - which isn’t that much, honestly: not terrible, but not exceptional - you get to feel part of a group by participating in a ritual, in this case by obsessively collecting and swapping lines. Think of it as a Rocky Horror for the internet. That’s fair. I love the movie, but honestly I love it as a collection of individual moments and scenes more so than as a complete story. The fact that there are similar minded people willing to trade one liners though, that’s a bonus after the fact. It’s not why I like the movie itself. ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/50 "2015-02-11T03:15:11Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Not only have I avoided that one but ET and thousands of others as well. I just don’t do cute very much. As you wish. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![standingwave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@standingwave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/standingwave)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/51 "2015-02-11T03:29:11Z")
> [@Baal\_Houtham](#): > > Forced marriage, duels to the death, kidnapping and murder, alcoholim, ultimate suffering. Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles… ---
**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 11, 2015, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/52 "2015-02-11T04:03:04Z")
> [@standingwave](#): > > Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles… and yet no one mentions the pirate… ---
**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:** [February 11, 2015, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/53 "2015-02-11T05:05:23Z")
> [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](#): > > How to Duel With Class: > > Watch the Man in Black and Inigo test their skills at the top of the Cliffs of Insanity. Seriously, [watch it!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3gfFVmw0kA) ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/54 "2015-02-11T08:43:50Z")
> [@simster](#): > > and yet no one mentions the pirate… Murdered by pirates is good. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214/55 "2015-02-11T09:32:18Z")
I haven’t seen it, but I probably will, at some point between now and death. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inconceivable-my-brother-his-family-have-not-seen-the-princess-bride/712214.md?page=2)