The Princess Bride

[Jeremy D. Scott]

At the risk of losing credibility around this board, I still denote this movie as my favorite of all-time. I've easily seen The Princess Bride somewhere between 100-200 times. I can quote it (my wife and I will often do whole scenes). I've read the book (which is much more extensive than the movie and a very good read). Since this movie, I've followed the careers of the actors within just because they're in my favorite movie. Unfortunately, most of them are really good actors at all and haven't done much else. Perhaps the most notable achievements are Robin Wright (the Princess) who starred in Forrest Gump and Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya) who's probably now more known for the TV show, Criminal Minds. (Actually, there are three bigger actors in the movie - Peter Falk, Billy Crystal, and Fred Savage, but they all play smaller roles.)

Regardless, I still love this movie, which I can't say for many of my childhood movies. Usually, when I watch a movie that I liked from my childhood, I end up disappointed. But this short movie just has a great plot, great characters, and enough action, creativity, and love to keep both my wife and I interested.

By no means is this the greatest movie production ever, and it's approaching 20 years old, but I wanted my favorite movie to be on this board.

[Alisa Stoll]

I don't know that I'd consider this my favorite movie but it is definitely in my top 10. We too have watched it numerous times and occasionally quote from it as well as read the book (the one by Goldstein). My only question to you would be, "Which version of the book did you read?" (the original or the one by Goldstein?)

For those of you who don't know. The guy responsible for the movie was the sick little boy in the movie. It was his father who read the book to him but his father read only the parts that were in the movie. So the guy grows up and gets the orginal book for his son and his son hates it! He can't understand until he starts to read it himself and realizes how much his father cut out. So he writes the condensed version of the book explaining all this and what was cut and why. So the book sorta reads like the movie except instead of cuts to the grandfather and sick boy, it cuts to author's comments.

Course now that I added the second paragraph, is this a movie review, a movie/book review, or a book review? (grin)


Alisa

[Ryan Scott]

I have to say, you did leave out one superstar from your list. Director, Rob Reiner (Meathead of All in the Family fame) who had already been responsible for both This is Spinal Tap and Stand by Me went on to direct an incredible run of great movies, including : When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, The American President, Ghosts of Mississippi, The Story of Us, and Rumor Has It.

Sure, outside of A Few Good Men, none won critical acclaim, but Reiner is one of the few B-list directors who just doesn't make bad movies.

[Jeremy D. Scott]

My only question to you would be, "Which version of the book did you read?" (the original or the one by Goldstein?)

For those of you who don't know. The guy responsible for the movie was the sick little boy in the movie. It was his father who read the book to him but his father read only the parts that were in the movie. So the guy grows up and gets the orginal book for his son and his son hates it! He can't understand until he starts to read it himself and realizes how much his father cut out. So he writes the condensed version of the book explaining all this and what was cut and why. So the book sorta reads like the movie except instead of cuts to the grandfather and sick boy, it cuts to author's comments.

Not exactly.

The whole father-son thing was part of the story. There was no "S. Morgenstern". The whole of the early 1970s novel - The Princess Bride was of the author's inventing (including the narrator saying that his father used to read it to him).

Apparently Goldman's pretty clever because he had me going on this too, even after reading the book. I continued to look for the older version for a while until I read that it doesn't exist.

[Hal Paul]

If I were to rank my favorite movies by how often I quote lines from it, then Princes Bride is my number one pick.

Some of my favorite quotes:

Priest: Mawage. Mawage is what bwings us togever tooodayyy. Wuv, true wuv that bwessed awangement, that dweam within a dweam.

Inigo: ‘Ello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You kill’ my father. Prepare to die.

Inigo: There’s not much money in the revenge business.

Wesley: Have you considered piracy?

Vesini: No more rhyming now, I mean it!
Fessik: Does anybody want a peanut?


And my number one favorite:

Vesini: You fell for one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is never start a land war in Asia…!

[Ryan Scott]

Vesini: You fell for one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is never start a land war in Asia…!

It's actually, "never get involved in a land war in Asia." Wow; I'm a loser.

[Hal Paul]

Oh yea, I guess I paraphrased it after being involved in a land war in Asia.

[Charleen DiSante]

Great reviews! Princess Bride's got to be one of my favorites as well. Just watched it a few weeks ago. "as you wiiiiissssh" was one of my favorites. I lost count of how many times we watched it with MK's in Africa but don't think it was over 100. I think I'll go watch it again, after the Red Sox game, that is...

[Gina Stevenson]

Oh, my goodness! Huh!? This movie's talked about as if an old NazNet friend. I've never seen it. Now you make me feel like I must see it sometime. :p

[Wilson L. Deaton]

Vesini's commentary to Wesley concerning his decision about which vial to drink made it into one of my sermons.

I talked about how Vesini thought his thoughts were higher than Wesley's then moved to how God's thoughts are higher than our thoughts...

While not my absolute favorite, I'd probably put it in my top five and absolutely in my top ten. (Especially when I count trilogies and such as one!)

Wilson

[Wilson L. Deaton]

I've never seen it.

Gina, I'm not sure I'd admit that if I were you.... :basic05

Wilson

[Gina Stevenson]

Gina, I'm not sure I'd admit that if I were you.... :basic05

Wilson

That's what I'm beginning to think, Wilson! [I must hurry out and get "The Princess Bride" ... I must hurry out and get ... I must hurry ...............] But, first, we have to go to Ka'zoo (Kalamazoo for those who don't know what Ka'zoo is) today for a 16th b'day. :basic05

Hey! How did my usually purple font suddenly turn black? I certainly didn't change my options. Weird! Perhaps (tho' I've not looked for color here or there this AM ... not really observant at times) overall options were somehow---during some upgrade---flipped back to default black? ;)

[Scott Hilton]

I love this movie as well as Monty Python and the Holy grail, spaceballs......alright, so I like goofy movies, but they make me laugh.

I have to say that Carl Elwes (Wesly) has gone on and been in numerous movies and bit parts in TV series. I remember him in Ella Enchanted not that long ago. Of course, if it wasnt for having a daughter I would have never seen it :basic05

Here is a link to his filmography. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000144/

Glad to know there are others like me out there!

BLessings
Scott

[Brad Mercer]

You left out one of my favorite quotes: "You keep using that word [inconceivable]. I don't think it means what you think it means."

It's one of my top 5 movies of all time, if you count Lord of the Rings as one.

In fact one of the great strains on my otherwise wonderful, amazing friendship with Roland is that he doesn't care for Princess Bride. He really tried, bless his heart. He watched it at least twice and used a clip from it in church, but in his heart he's just not one of us. It's really kind of tragic. I just tell him sadly: "Thou art not far from the kingdom of heaven." Fortunately, his children love it, so the curse is not generational.

Brad

P.S. I just wanna be a blessing.

If I were to rank my favorite movies by how often I quote lines from it, then Princes Bride is my number one pick.

Some of my favorite quotes:

Priest: Mawage. Mawage is what bwings us togever tooodayyy. Wuv, true wuv that bwessed awangement, that dweam within a dweam.

Inigo: ‘Ello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You kill’ my father. Prepare to die.

Inigo: There’s not much money in the revenge business.

Wesley: Have you considered piracy?

Vesini: No more rhyming now, I mean it!
Fessik: Does anybody want a peanut?


And my number one favorite:

Vesini: You fell for one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is never start a land war in Asia…!

[Charlene Clevenger]

*waving* Have fun storming the castle!

I sometimes say this quote when I'm waving goodbye to people. :)

[Cindi Hammons]

Our favorite is....

Miracle Max: Go away or I'll call the Brute Squad.
Fezzik: I'm on the Brute Squad.
Miracle Max: [sees Fezzik] You *are* the Brute Squad!

We say this all the time along with every memorable Monty Python line we can remember. I think we need to get a life! Ha! :)

[Barbara Moulton]

We say this all the time along with every memorable Monty Python line we can remember. I think we need to get a life! Ha! :)

Favourite Monty Python lines:

Spectator I: I think it was "Blessed are the cheesemakers".
Mrs. Gregory: Aha, what's so special about the cheesemakers?
Gregory: Well, obviously it's not meant to be taken literally; it refers to any manufacturers of dairy products.

My daughter asked for The Princess Bride for Christmas one year. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it with her.

[Randy Wise]

[FONT="Garamond"][SIZE="3"]At the risk of losing credibility around this board, I still denote this movie as my favorite of all-time. I've easily seen The Princess Bride somewhere between 100-200 times.

inconceivable!:)

I enjoyed the movie but not that much.

Randy