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The Princess Bride
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I started out with the intention of visiting the BB to let SB know our beloved movie, The Princess Bride, will be on AMC tonight. Then I thought that I should let others know, as well...and it's such a good movie, maybe it deserves its own thread! I'm hoping to get my mom to watch it tonight, and I'm absolutely due for another viewing. So many great characters and just a wonderful film. It's on AMC tonight, at 6 PM Eastern, and again at 10 PM Eastern. If you've never seen it, check it out! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093779/ 
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Re: The Princess Bride
[Re: AppleOnYa]
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06/08/08 06:09 PM
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I always thought it was a pleasant enough movie but never quite saw what gives it the nearly 'cult' status it seems to have, especially among women (and, apparently...SC). To me, it's a campy movie, and a wonderful story with some great running gags. Watch it with your daughter!
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Re: The Princess Bride
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06/08/08 07:34 PM
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Maybe its that I just don't buy why a boy like that would like such a story. Yeah, the idea of a boy liking a story with a character named Princess Buttercup in it seems odd. I am about a year and a half younger than Fred Savage and I absolutely loved this movie when it first came out, and I still do. I used to watch it over and over with my brothers and we can still say every line in the movie. It is definitely "sappy" or "campy" or whatever words you want to use, but it is still such a great story with great characters. I guess I could understand why some people might not like it, but I completely get why the rest love it! I still let out a nasally "inconceivable!" from time to time which gets a laugh out of my girlfriends kids (they love the movie as well, a generation later). What gives it "cult status" I'm not sure, but I absolutely love this movie. "No more rhymes now I mean it!" "Anybody want a peanut?"
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." -Calvin and Hobbes
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Re: The Princess Bride
[Re: SC]
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06/08/08 07:55 PM
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... wonderful story with some great running gags. Watch it with your daughter! Actually, we ARE watching it right now!! She likes it and so do I (never said I didn't)...but still cannot see what gives it the almost fanatical following it seems to have. Apple
A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government.
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Re: The Princess Bride
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06/09/08 01:33 AM
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Most of its humor is subtle, thus making it an intelligent film for those who appreciate intelligent comedy. Voila! Cult following. I agree most of the humor is subtle, but is that what makes a "cult following"? I remember when I was a kid, the giant rat, a.k.a. "Rodents Of Unusual Size" (R.O.U.S.') scene in the fire swamp actually scared me. I was such a wuss as a kid.  I ended up watching the movie on AMC this evening as well and my 10-year old step daughter who saw me watching it and said "OH! I LOVE THIS MOVIE!" and couldn't stop watching it either. I believe this movie is a true timeless classic. Inigo: "You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you." Westley: "You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die."
"There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want." -Calvin and Hobbes
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Re: The Princess Bride
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06/09/08 09:59 AM
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I saw Mandy Patinkin in concert a few years ago. The audience wouldn't let him leave the stage until he said Inigo's famous line that SC posted. And when he did, the crowd went crazy. By the way, he is a wonderful performer and has an extraordinary voice.
My daughter took her AP English exam a few weeks ago, so they've been watching movies this past week in class, mostly adaptations of books they've read throughout the year. But towards the end of the week, the teacher gave them some choices of what to watch, and The Princess Bride was one of them. My daughter advocated for it, but none of the boys wanted to watch it, so she started quoting the grandfather, "It's got sports! Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles... And ROUS's!!"
It has always been one of our favorites. Who doesn't love Westley when he slowly stands up and says, "Drop your sword".
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Re: The Princess Bride
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06/09/08 10:28 AM
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There are so many funny lines in that movie. Inigo Montoya: Who are you? Westley: No one of consequence. Inigo Montoya: I must know. Westley: Get used to disappointment.  That's inconceivable.
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Re: The Princess Bride
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06/09/08 10:51 AM
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The six-fingered man, when Westley tells Buttercup that he thinks that the Fire Swamp is actually lovely, Humperdink complaining about how full his plate is, with his country's anniversary to plan, a war to start, murdering his fiancee, etc.
And, as Apple mentioned, the scene with Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. "...A nice MLT...", and when she chases him around, saying Humperdink's name over and over again.
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Re: The Princess Bride
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10/10/11 09:40 PM
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SC, that was wonderful! They're so charming, and it's really nice to hear them tell stories about what went into the film. SB, I'll come clean with my source: http://www.reddit.com/It's full of really interesting stories and amazing video clips, photos, etc. - but you have to weed through the goofy, offensive, and disgustingly odd humor spread throughout.  There are a lot of Internet trolls on there, but I've still been addicted to it for a few months now because of how much "best stuff" they have! LOVE the turtle names. 
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Re: The Princess Bride
[Re: ginaitaliangirl]
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10/14/11 11:18 PM
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Well Buttercup is still good-looking, tho I prefer the long hair  I love this movie too, it's a feel-good movie. I can totally understand the cult following. It's one of those movies entire families love to watch together. Obviously the whole romance theme makes it more popular among girls and women, but there's quite enough adventure to please the action boy as well. And let's be honest for a second. Yes it is smarty and funny and original, and it's got all the ingredients for a timeless classic. But you can't ignore the movie's name. And that has something to do with the audience. Boys (and mature men as well) are not too comfortable with it. They won't like to say it out loud or even think that their favorite movie is called "The Princess Bride". Any title with the word "princess" will have its effect on male audiences. Let me ask you this: if the movie was called "The Six Fingers Man" instead, do you think we would still have the same amount of female fans nowadays? same amount of male fans? I will say this. I've always asked people about their all-time favourite movies, and no man I asked has ever mentioned "The Princess Bride". Other comedies like Monty Python and Duck Soup were mentioned, but never this one. On the other hand, half the women I asked listed it as one of their all-time favs, and in most cases their favorite movie of all time. Now look me in the eyes and tell me it would've been the same with "The Six Fingers Man" title instead. The name of a movie could be a very important detail. As the name of a novel. Even that of the author. Who wrote "The Outsiders"? S.E. Hinton. Who wrote "Harry Potter"? J.K. Rowling. Like it or not, both writers knew they would have more success among male readers if they left out their first names. It's a real shame, but that's the way of the world. You will never have an equal amount of fans for anything with a "princess" in it. Unless it's porn, in which case you'll have more male fans for sure. The funny thing is that Princess Buttercup is the least funny, least unique character in the movie, yet the movie is called after her.
"Come out and take it, you dirty, yellow-bellied rat, or I'll give it to you through the door!"
- James Cagney in "Taxi!" (1932)
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Re: The Princess Bride
[Re: pizzaboy]
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04/12/12 06:59 PM
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Great movie, Gina!
If you haven't already, read the book. It's a modern classic. The book is great, very well done and interestingly written. Golding purports to have reproduced the story from another book passed down from his Florantine ancestors, IIRC. Its is, of course, all fictional. He even begins writing a 'sequal' in which Fezzik dies before cutting himself short.
(cough.)
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