The Princess Bride
 

Hello, everyone, I would like to talk about the princess bride tonight, please comment what do you think about the movie, what is your favorite part, character, quotes?

IMO, The Princess Bride is one of the greatest movies ever made.

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And of course, the greatest swordfight in movie history:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC6dgtBU6Gs

I usually don't have too much trouble understanding how someone might like something I hate, or hate something I like, but The Princess Bride is one of very, very few films that I find genuinely difficult to imagine someone disliking. I know they do. Some of them have told me. :laugh: But it's much harder to wrap my head around that than it is someone hating most other things (not just films).

I even named my cat Fezzik, for crying out loud, and he's big and good-natured just like his namesake.

It found its way onto this site's Top 100 Films of All-Time list at #66, as voted on by the members at that time, and when it was announced on that list I expounded on why I loved it so much. Here's a quote:

Definitely worth clicking through to that post, since there's some back and forth about the film there, including a (good natured) disagreement with honeykid, who is one of those rare and puzzling souls who disliked it. ;)

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ofc it's honeykid (and yet the bastard likes When Harry Met Sally)

anyway, I think it's excellent

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I recently read Cary Elwes "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of 'The Princess Bride'" and recommend it for any fans of the movie. Yes, I thought it was great, too.

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Can you elaborate a bit on the book? I was thinking of buying it but was wondering if it's personal anecdotes from the film, interviews with cast members, etc. Could be a lot of things, though admittedly I'd be interested in most of them.

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It's credited to Elwes and a co-writer and includes lots of comments from creators and castmates as sidebars. For this reason it can be a bit repetitive but I still enjoyed it. There are stories both about how it was made and things that happened off the set and a whole chapter about the swordfight. If the reader is not a big fan of the movie, it will sound a little gushy. But I think those who loved the film will enjoy it.

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@honeykid is a crazy person. Pretty sure I told him so when he mentioned he didn't like the movie. You're crazy too if you don't like this movie. Seriously. What's wrong with you?

It's a brilliant work that, along with This is Spinal Tap, might be the best work of Rob Reiner's directorial career.

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One of my favorites. It's hard to pick a favorite scene, although I love poison scene and the scene with the cave. I met Prince Humperdink at Steel City Con in Pittsburgh a few years ago and this year they're going to have Wesley there :D

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Phew. Saw the topic and just assumed Hollywood was remaking it. Glad it's just a random thread lol

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been long time that i havent seen the movie:(
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For those who haven't seen it, the Princess Bride Home Movie is spectacular. A ton of celebs did a couple of minutes worth of footage each at their homes during the pandemic and edited the whole thing together.



It's wonderful.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR8pA_WV9QI