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The Princess Bride

Feb 6, 2014#1

Eriol

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[/POSTER][MOVIE]Title: The Princess Bride

Tagline: It's as real as the feelings you feel.

Genre: [GENRE]Comedy[/GENRE], [GENRE]Fantasy[/GENRE], [GENRE]Romance[/GENRE], [GENRE]Family[/GENRE]

Director: [DIRECTOR]Rob Reiner[/DIRECTOR]

Cast: [ACTOR]Cary Elwes[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Robin Wright[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Chris Sarandon[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Wallace Shawn[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Mandy Patinkin[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]André the Giant[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Billy Crystal[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Carol Kane[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Fred Savage[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Peter Falk[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Christopher Guest[/ACTOR], [ACTOR]Mel Smith[/ACTOR]

Release Date: [RELEASE]1987-09-25[/RELEASE]

Runtime: [RUNTIME]98[/RUNTIME]

Plot: [PLOT]In this enchantingly cracked fairy tale, the beautiful Princess Buttercup and the dashing Westley must overcome staggering odds to find happiness amid six-fingered swordsmen, murderous princes, Sicilians and rodents of unusual size. But even death can't stop these true lovebirds from triumphing.[/PLOT][/MOVIE][/CONTAINER]

Feb 6, 2014#2

Cheesy1

Still one of my favorite movies from my childhood.

Feb 6, 2014#3

Eriol

I didn't see it until I was an adult, but have loved it ever since.

Feb 6, 2014#4

PatrThom

Also did not see it until I was an adult. I passed it over several times due to its incredibly twee movie poster until someone whose opinion I valued told me during a SF/F Convention that I had to watch it, and then dragged me down to the movie room do make good on her threat.
I have enjoyed it ever since.

--Patrick

Feb 6, 2014#5

GasBandit

Required viewing for any english speaking, non-deaf, sighted person.

Feb 6, 2014#6

Hylian

I try to watch The Princess Bride at lease once a year

Feb 6, 2014#7

bhamv3

I... I have never watched the Princess Bride from start to finish. I've only seen small segments, such as the duel between Wesley and Inigo.

Feb 6, 2014#8

figmentPez

I found out that three of my theater friends have never seen this movie. So I grabbed it on Blu-ray for $5 and now I have to find out a time when we're not crazy busy. (My friend Jordan is taking 5 classes, working, and is in a theater production.) It'll probably happen over Spring Break.

Feb 6, 2014#9

Gilgamesh

I see it at least once a year. My kids and wife all sit and watch it every time. I don't even have to invite them, they just see it on and whatever's going on is just put on pause.

Feb 6, 2014#10

bhamv3

I don't see how Gilg can "disagree" with the fact that I've never watched the Princess Bride all the way through.

I really should remedy this though, shouldn't I.

Feb 6, 2014#11

Tinwhistler

Anybody want a peanut?

Feb 6, 2014#12

drifter

Yes.

Feb 6, 2014#13

ThatNickGuy

bhamv3 said:
I don't see how Gilg can "disagree" with the fact that I've never watched the Princess Bride all the way through.

I really should remedy this though, shouldn't I.

Feb 6, 2014#14

Gilgamesh

bhamv3 said:
I don't see how Gilg can "disagree" with the fact that I've never watched the Princess Bride all the way through.

I really should remedy this though, shouldn't I.

Oh I think the disagree is very clear.

Feb 7, 2014#15

Just Me

What is not to love and to quote about this movie?

Feb 7, 2014#16

Celt Z

bhamv3 said:
I don't see how Gilg can "disagree" with the fact that I've never watched the Princess Bride all the way through.

I really should remedy this though, shouldn't I.

I hit disagree, too, only because there isn't a "Oh, HELL NO" rating.

Love every second of this movie. It's a true classic fairytale, even with a few very 80's moments tossed it. I can't wait until Li'l Z is old enough to watch it.

A few years ago, I decided to take my 28th birthday off from work (it was a weekday) and headed down the Shore by myself to relax. As I'm walking towards the boardwalk, there's a mom dropping off a small group of teens, who couldn't have been older than 14. She leans out the window to wave to the kids and says, "Have fun storming the castle!". It caught me so off-guard, I started laughing. The kids look at me, and I'm like, "Your mom is awesome!".

Feb 11, 2014#17

Covar

GasBandit said:
Required viewing for any english speaking, non-deaf, sighted person.

I still haven't seen it.

Feb 12, 2014#18

mikerc

Covar said:
I still haven't seen it.

Well what are you doing wasting time posting on here? Go watch it.

Feb 12, 2014#19

Covar

I don't have a copy, and it's NC Snowpocalypse 2: the Snow Strikes Back.

Feb 12, 2014#20

GasBandit

Covar said:
I don't have a copy, and it's NC Snowpocalypse 2: the Snow Strikes Back.

You have internet. There is literally not a movie beyond your reach.

Mar 7, 2014#21

Covar

So I was at a friends house doing laundry Tuesday (my machine broke, not worth getting into) who has a copy of the movie. I suggested that we watch it so I can finally have seen this. Amazingly enough it she couldn't find it. :confused:

Who knows if I'll ever see this movie.

Mar 7, 2014#22

sixpackshaker

This is always my first house date movie. The runner up is Raising Arizona.

It gives you a good idea whether or not they are a stick in the mud.

Mar 12, 2014#23

ThatNickGuy

Covar said:
So I was at a friends house doing laundry Tuesday (my machine broke, not worth getting into) who has a copy of the movie. I suggested that we watch it so I can finally have seen this. Amazingly enough it she couldn't find it.

Who knows if I'll ever see this movie.

Mar 12, 2014#24

Necronic

I usually skip past the kissy parts, but otherwise its a great movie

Mar 12, 2014#25

WasabiPoptart

sixpackshaker said:
This is always my first house date movie. The runner up is Raising Arizona.

It gives you a good idea whether or not they are a stick in the mud.

This movie was part of the reason I broke up with a guy! He had seen it before and I hadn't, so we rented it to watch at my house. I don't mind people who talk during a movie, but he felt he had to explain everything to me. I walked into my kitchen to get a soda and he gave me a run down of what happened in that 2 minutes as if I couldn't hear it through the wall. I asked him to stop with the explanations since I'm far from being an idiot who can't follow a simple plot. He got insulted.

Mar 19, 2014#26

Covar

So I went ahead and rented this from amazon yesterday.

"Please consider me as an alternative to suicide" is my new favorite pickup line.

Mar 19, 2014#27

Gilgamesh

Covar said:
So I went ahead and rented this from amazon yesterday.

"Please consider me as an alternative to suicide" is my new favorite pickup line.

I still use -Have fun storming the castle- when talking to friends going on first dates.

Mar 19, 2014#28

Celt Z

Covar said:
So I went ahead and rented this from amazon yesterday.

"Please consider me as an alternative to suicide" is my new favorite pickup line.

I think in my single days, any guy that tried to pick me up with that line would have gotten my attention.

I had this conversation the other day:

Me:"I need to get the batteries in my car keys changed. One's dead and one's mostly dead."
Him:"Mostly dead?"
Me: "Yeah. Every time I press it, it just says 'To blathe!'."

Mar 19, 2014#29

General Specific

Greatest swordfight in cinematic history, bar none.

Mar 19, 2014#30

Just Me

General Specific said:
Greatest swordfight in cinematic history, bar none.

Truer words were never spoken.

Some of Errol Flynn's swashbuckling extravaganzas may come close, but they lack intellectual dialogue about swordfighting schools. And of course they never spawned such lovely remakes as this one (not really original, but I loved it since I first saw about 11 years ago [Gosh, that's old])

Mar 19, 2014#31

Gilgamesh

Is it wrong that I get choked up at the pure nostalgia that parody brings me of such an amazing film and an even more amazing fight scene? I had no idea I'd have such a reaction to just the dialogue after these many years.

Mar 19, 2014#32

Just Me

Gilgamesh said:
Is it wrong that I get choked up at the pure nostalgia that parody brings me of such an amazing film and an even more amazing fight scene? I had no idea I'd have such a reaction to just the dialogue after these many years.

Nothing wrong with that. I showed my girlfriend the movie while we were still dating (over 12 years ago) and it still is our absolute favorite, we both get goosebumbs as soon as we hear the first few notes of Storybook Love.

Mar 20, 2014#33

figmentPez

Had my movie night with friends on Saturday. Only a couple who hadn't seen the movie before managed to make it, but the ones that did loved it.

Also, holy crap is this movie beautiful, and even better in HD. I think every other time I've seen this movie has been on VHS or analog cable. I'm not even sure I've seen the DVD version. However, the Blu-ray looks gorgeous.

Mar 20, 2014#34

WasabiPoptart

I still cannot believe Robin Wright plays Claire Underwood.

Mar 20, 2014#35

GasBandit

WasabiPoptart said:
I still cannot believe Robin Wright plays Claire Underwood.

On a similar note, I just learned yesterday that Patricia Tallman, who played the redheaded telepath on Babylon 5, also played the possessed deadite who attacks Ash in S-Mart at the end of Army of Darkness. Mind = blown.

Mar 20, 2014#36

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
On a similar note, I just learned yesterday that Patricia Tallman, who played the redheaded telepath on Babylon 5, also played the possessed deadite who attacks Ash in S-Mart at the end of Army of Darkness. Mind = blown.

She was a stuntwoman before she was an actress. She was also the stunt double for Laura Dern in Jurassic Park, and even rather blatantly shows up in a fight scene in the Next Gen episode "Angel One."
She's no one-trick pony*, that's for sure.

--Patrick
*I mean no disrespect with this idiom, and shame on you for thinking it.

Mar 27, 2014#37

BananaHands

Not a full five stars!?

This was also one of those rare occurrences where I enjoyed the film much more than the book.

Mar 27, 2014#38

sixpackshaker

BananaHands said:
This was also one of those rare occurrences where I enjoyed the film much more than the book.

Well thank fully the novelist is also one of the greatest screenwriters...

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