*THE PRINCESS BRIDE* took our breath away (First time watching reaction)
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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
This might be one of Altaf’s favorite movies now. No joke! We decided to watch the classic Rob Reiner film, The Princess Bride (1987), starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, and Fred Savage. This was our first time watching, we hope you enjoy!
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Are ya'll guys gonna react to Starship Troopers? That's actually one of my favorite movies.
Grandpa..= Columbo.
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@@ThreadBomb Sweet.
the big guy is wwe hof andre the giant died too soon
When there was talk of a remake of this movie, Carey Elwes tweeted out “There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a shame to ruin this one.” It was such a perfect takedown, that the remake talk was quickly squelched.
The only acceptable remake is a Muppets remake.
@@1bossdj There was a "remake" made during the covid lockdown it was quite good. ua-cam.com/video/lR8pA_WV9QI/v-deo.html
@@1bossdj I LOVED your remark, so appropriate! :)
Wow, I just realized he paraphrased a quote from the movie too XD
There are some films out there that are impossible to remake. This, along with Labyrinth and The Dark Crystal, are just a few of those films.
When Inigo Montoya (Mandy Patinkin) saw the movie for the first time, he was so moved that he started crying at the end. His wife was sitting next to him and she asked why he was crying. He told her that every actor dreams about being in a special timeless movie that will be loved in any era, but most never get the chance. Until he saw the completed movie, he hadn't realized that "The Princess Bride" was such a movie and he realized that he had played the role of a lifetime.
He also said that, when he said the line "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die" he was talking to the cancer that took his father, which made his final line to Count Rugan all the more cathartic to him with "I want my father back you son of a bitch"
😭💜🤺
I don't know if that's true but I like to think it is
@@tbone9474 Same. I have watched an embarrassing amount of Mandy interviews and have never heard this anecdote, BUT it sounds exactly like something he would believe and say so I buy the story even without evidence. If I'm wrong so be it, no idea why he'd lie about this strangely specific thing though.
@@vinchinzo594 sometimes even wishing something is true is enough to warm your heart. The movie is perfect, and I'd like to think everyone involved felt it
Andre the Giant was once asked why he was enjoying filming the movie so much, and he replied, "Nobody looks at me." In a film where just about EVERYTHING is fantastical, his presence seemed more "normal" and people weren't gawking at him as they did out in the real world; in fact, the sense of camaraderie everyone had toward him is just so touching..
oh wow that's so wholesome 🥲
He also used his hand as a hat for Robin(Buttercup) between scenes because it was really cold.
Andre was such an amazing human being...he was in constant pain making this movie, but became the most lovable sidekick ever shown on film.
@@AllenGray47 Robin Wright had to be on wires because Andre was in so much pain from his back he couldn’t carry her in those scenes.
When I was 9, my parents took me to see Mandy Patinkin in Concert, because he was touring to promote an album at the time. At one point, he called all the kids in the theater up to the edge of the stage. I lucked out and was right in the center and among the older kids there, so he singled me out, asked me if I knew Princess Bride, and then proceeded to say THE line, directly to me, fully in character. It was suddenly like the 600 other people in the theater weren't even there. Just me and Inigo.
Omg. Did you crap your pants?? How'd you react?!
I crapped my pants when I realised he was Saul in Homeland.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight I was awestruck, and cheered once everyone burst into applause. Mostly I tried to play it cool, because I had the movie memorized.
Mandy: Did you ever see The Princess Bride?
Me: Yes.
My Internal Monologue: UH, ONLY ABOUT 100 TIMES
Mandy: Do you remember who I played in it?
Me: The Spanish Sword Fighter
My Internal Monologue: INIGO MONTOYA, SON OF DOMINGO MONTOYA!
Mandy: Do you remember the big line I said?
Me: Yes.
My Internal Monologue: OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG
Mandy: Would you like me to say it to you?
Me: Yes, please.
My Internal Monologue: WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW?!?!
That's such an amazing memory to have! Jealous lolol
@@NiceDudeMovieNight 🤓😊
Fun fact: When Inigo Montoya has that epic sword dual with Count Rugen. The actor who played Inigo was thinking about his father who's death was very personal to him. His acting was so passionate that the actor who played Rugen was genuinely afraid he was really going to hurt him. The fear in his eyes can be witnessed in the scene
That's amazing! I really hope it was therapeutic for him to play that role.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight It was. Theres a whole interview about it. He said he "found a certain sense of closure being able to avenge his fathers death" or something to that effect
Yes, he said that he imagined he was fighting the cancer that had taken his father.
Another fun fact: Prince Humperdinck is the voice of Jack Skeleton!!!
@@davedove67 I didn't know the part about the cancer. Thanks for the info.
That last "as you wish" from the grandpa is such a powerful line.
Three simple words. But having laid the foundation for it so well throughout the movie it has so much impact there. You immediately recognize it as an expression of love. And it also serves as an example of how people sometimes express feelings in their own ways when they have trouble expressing themselves directly.
When Covid first hit, a bunch of actors did a backyard re-enactment of the movie (each did their own thing in their backyard and it got spliced together). The final scene Rob Reiner played the Grandson and Carl Reiner played the Grandfather. Carl died a couple of days after filming so him saying "as you wish" to his son is the final memory Rob has. I couldn't think of a better farewell.
RIGHT? That gets me every time. I got tears now...
It's a truly beautiful moment. Summarizes a lot about the movie!
@@hectorsmommy1717 the link to the youtube video of the whole thing, for anyone looking for it. ua-cam.com/video/lR8pA_WV9QI/v-deo.html
@@gamingwhileotherssleep4650 Thank you for that. I forgot that it benefitted World Central Kitchen. They are still needing help since they are feeding refugees and others in the Ukraine War. Charity Navigator gives them 100 out of 100 points so you know your money will be well used.
Fun fact(s) about the swordfight: Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes trained separately for about two months and when they got to set to begin filming, they continued training for another 4 months (throughout the shoot). And they had to practice and portray the world's greatest sword fighters as both left and right handers, making the training even harder. And for the actual fight, no stuntmen were used, except for the flip in the air by Elwes.
Given how long it took to choregraph and shoot, the scene was one of the last to be shot during production.
To add on, it's actually one of the most accurate movie fights as well. The people and forms they are quoting are the proper, historical forms, manuals and people. While some of the bits (I see you use X! It's a good thing I use Y!) isn't the most accurate, it's something that some top fencers and histories admire about this film. Even some of the better historical pictures get the tights wrong more often than not, but this odd little fantasy film is just *chef's kiss*
@@Tillman581 And to add on to that, it was choreographed by former Olympic fencer Bob Anderson, perhaps the most legendary sword cinematographer ever. He doubled as Darth Vader in the original trilogy, and his works include: Highlander, Zorro, Star Wars, The Lord of the Rings, The Three Musketeers, Pirates of the Caribbean, and several Bond films.
If you are curious, Jill Bearup does a great breakdown of that fight scene: ua-cam.com/video/j0rkUbrPo3k/v-deo.html
@@alexdillahunt6908 Jill Bearup is a TERF and should not be given any attention
"And for the actual fight, no stuntmen were used, except for the flip in the air by Elwes"
Yeah, I heard they got the stuntman to hold the camera while Elwes did the flips.
Since the invention of the movie reaction video, there have been five that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. This one leaves them all behind.
😂😂 Thank you so much
Fun fact, Andre The Giant who played Fezzik was so proud of this movie that he always carried a VHS copy of it around with him so he could show it off to people. This was unfortunately towards the end of his life and he was actually quite frail even though he was so large.
Also, Christopher Guest plays as Count Rugen in this movie and it is revealed that he has 6 fingers on his right hand and 5 on his left. In his role in This Is Spinal Tap, he had a famous scene where he was talking about how his amps go to 11.
Andre was also such a genuine human being.
According to the The Princess Bride book (or the version trimmed down from the original story, at least) When Andre was dying in the hospital, the director of the movie went to see him and was quite upset. Andre cracked a joke saying: "Don't worry, I'm just getting into character again." In the sequel story Fezzik had died.
Andre also had the loudest farts.
Humanity didn't deserve a guy as sweet as Andre.
it was also, apparently, his absolute favourite role of his entire career, because he was never treated like some kind of freak on set, everyone treated him as an equal and as 'just another cast member', and he was apparently (and understandably) eternally grateful for that.
"Danm we really used to make stuff back then" Yeah you said it man, you can always tell just how much effort & passion went into this, all on a 16 million dollar budget.
Almost inconceivable these days.
Yes. This movie went out of its way to use simple special effects--I mean, the shrieking eels would only scare a child who would be afraid of a muppet from Sesame Street. It was intentional. It's strength is its plot and its acting.
Adjusted for inflation, how much would that be today?
@@Jedigrandmaster6637 That would be just over $37 million going by (official) inflation.
What must be remembered with the practical special effects is that in the 80s they were the only real choice. CGI was crude and far more expensive. Plus there were thousands of practical FX companies around to make and operate things. Nowadays there's precious few and their rare skills demand a premium.
A more modern budget, including marketing and distribution, would probably be 70-90 million.
There aren't a lot of movies I would personally describe as being "perfect", but this is one of them. It hits every beat, has action and comedy and storybook romance and wonderful characters and iconic lines. It doesn't miss a single step and it's wrapped up around the lovely framing sequence of a boy bonding with his grandpa. It's just perfect.
And when you read the book (even the retelling of the book that the movie is based on) you can understand why.
The pacing in the original book is *dull*.
The recreation author rewrote the original story based on his experience of being read the book (after going back to look for this epic tale and finding the story was not as read to him by his grandpa - the pauses in the movie are a recreation of sorts of the pauses his grandpa took in skipping over the dull dull dull parts where they came up to get back to the action) and even the rewrite is slow as heck in places. (though you do get the follow up to their exit of the castle)
But the story is slow in describing the backstories and describing the background setting translated so well into the movie (which can do all the backgrounds visually and is happy to skim over the retellings of the backstories but is so good for giving the actors their motivations etc on set)
It's an interesting read but definitely one of the few 'you maybe watch the movie not read the book' situations I have ever come across
The best description of this movie I've ever heard came from Honest Trailers:
"A satire of all those sappy, swashbuckling, medieval love stories that happens to be the best sappy, swashbuckling, medieval love story ever made."
Man when Inigo hears Westley's screams and instantly knows it as the sound of ultimate suffering, I really cried. Not just because Inigo also knows ultimate suffering, but because Inigo knows that suffering from losing time with someone he loves, and that sort of implies that Westley's ultimate suffering isn't the "50 years of his life" it's "50 years of his life he won't get to spend with the love of his life"
...why'd you have to break my heart like that?😢😢
"It'd take a miracle to get it back."
Believe it or not, aside from Inigo’s complicated backflip off the rock, Inigo and Wesley’s actors did all their own stunts for the sword fight. They trained for weeks to get it right.
And if you look closely, you’ll see that Wesley didn’t just start the duel left-handed, he actually had his sheath strapped to his right hip, to give the illusion that he was naturally left-handed, whereas Inigo’s sheath was still on his left hip, giving him away
OMG I can quote this entire movie & I never noticed that detail ! ! ! Now I have to go look.
Historically, what side of the body that you carry a sheathed sword on is typically determined by what culture you are a member of. Depending on time period and region, right handed fighters would wear their swords on either side of the body. Not many sword disciplines over the years actually trained drawing + striking in the same motion, and this is meant to be early renaissance period as evidenced by the inclusion of fencing. Fencing swords aren't made to cut deeply on wild swings, but made for precise contact hits. If you are stuck trying to draw on an enemy mid-attack as a fencer, you are already screwed.
Cary Elwes wrote a book about his time making The Princess Bride, it's worth a read just to see how long it took them to plan the sword fight out. It's called "As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride"
The audiobook version of this is fantastic - narrated by many of the cast. This isn’t even my favorite movie or anything but that book was just a treat. Everyone involved with that movie was just good people.
It’s a great read.
Thanks. I want to read that book. Sounds great.
Didn't he also say he was able to use some of what he learned in Robinhood Men in tights?
@@The3rdGunman the first man to play Robin Hood with a British accent.
Cary Elwes said that the Miracle Max scene was the most difficult to film, because he had Billy Crystal ad libbing over him, and he had to stay perfectly still.
Mandy Patinkin, who played Inigo, says that his favorite line from the film is, "I've been in the revenge business so long, now that it's over, I don't know what to do with the rest of my life." He thinks that it gets at a fundamental truth about obsession in general, and rage/revenge in particular.
As a lover of romance, one of my favorite things about this film is when Wesley (as the Dread Pirate) first interrogates Buttercup. He pulls no punches. He wants to know for sure who she is as a person by this time, if she really loves Humperdink and whether she still loves Wesley. Not only is it a real testing of Buttercup's commitment to her lost love, but it's Wesley's confirmation that his own love for Buttercup was not in vain. God, I love this movie.
Threatening to hit her was completely unnecessary though :(
The two lines that always gets me choked up is the
"I want my father back you son of a bitch! "
Because it is a very powerful build up leading up to that line, he finally gets his revenge. Even more when I found out the what the actor had gone through. Losing his father in real life as well as in the story.
Just a perfect scene!
The second one to end the whole movie with "... As you wish." just another perfect scene!
This is such a good movie, it is a comedy but you still feel for these people and one can tell that so much heart went into making this movie!
I never grow tired of this one, definitely one of my favourite movies of all time!
Inigo has one of the best revenge arcs in cinema, it was never defined by how much he hated the six fingered man, but by how much he loved his father. And as such he wasn’t a miserable edge lord like so many others he was charismatic, and had an undeniable joie de vivre.
Some fun facts:
When Wesley got knocked out after the fire swamp, he actually got knocked out. They felt the scene looked too fake so the director said "here's a real sword, actually hit him on the head". The hit was too strong and the actor woke up in a hospital hours later.
The actor who played Indigo lost his father to cancer a few months before the film. So in the final fight he imagined himself fighting the cancer that killed his father.
The water that was used in the shrieking eel scene was cold, which wasn't fun for the actress playing Buttercup. To help keep her warm Andre put his hand on her head, since his hands were so huge they completely covered her head.
one correction i know of is that Cary Elwes(westley) was the one who said to really hit him on the head.
apparently Christopher Guest, who was holding a real metal sword, was being too gentle so as not to hurt Elwes, which was preventing him from reacting and ruining the timing.
so Elwes suggested to just tap him on the head, the ret happened just like you said....
One more correction, Mandy Pantinkins father actually died about 15 years before the movie. It's a common erroneous fact that it was only a few months before.
This is my favorite drinking game movie. You take a shot everytime someone says, "As you wish," "Inconcievable," "Hello, my name is...," and "Humperdink".
The casting of this movie is truly a thing of beauty. You can look up any of the characters and find an Eighties A-List actor. For instance, the bleached-out minion in the torture room is played by Mel Smith, a well-known and hilarious British comedian. As for Billy Crystal and Carol Kane, Reiner just let them run amok and do their thing. Practically every word of that whole scene is improvised between them.
And this was even Robin Wright’s first big role
My understanding is that during filming, Director Rob Reiner often had to stop and leave the set - Billy Crystal and Carol Kane made him laugh so much that the sound of it carried over and kept ruining the take. :)
...Others may have already clued you in, but, look up 'Andre The Giant' if you want to know who played Fezzik. ...This film has one of the most inspired casting selections of all time. You have to pause and reflect, after you've watched it, that the film draws you entirely by the story and characters. Very few splashy special visual effects, and of course, no CGI.
@@tempsitch5632 "Morons From Outer Space" is his best. It's a cult classic.
@@natfoote4967 "Are you inferring I'm stupid?"
"No, I'm implying it. *you're* inferring it."
@@Johnny_Socko The dialogue writing is a whole 'nother matter. I could rave at length about that, or the photography, or the costuming, or the set design and properties, or any number of elements. There is nothing done wrong in this movie. I don't even much like frame stories but having Peter Falk interact with Fred Savage in the most meta-self-conscious way is F'n brilliant and cuteness squared. I just wanted to focus on the casting. Having the two main characters cast from up-and-coming young actors backed by heavy-duty established knowns was perfect for this.
"My name is Ignio Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."
"Stop saying that!" Lol!!
Check out the story about Mandy Patinkin his father and this quote
Top tip: if you go to one of those work events where everyone gets given a stick-on "Hello! My name is..." label to wear, you will be more memorable if you use it to complete the quote.
You guys would really enjoy ‘Robin Hood: Men In Tights’. It stars Carey Elwes as well (Westley) and it’s Mel Brooks (Blazing Saddles) so it’s rod lupus and amazing and hilarious. And Dave Chappelle is in it. His character is so good lol
It's one of my favorites!
Though it's much more "slap-stick" than T.P.B.
"And why should the people listen to you?"
"Because unlike other Robin Hoods, *I* can speak with an English accent."
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i second this!!!
I love that movie. It is so much fun.
Man, young Cary Elwes with the hair above his eye was such a heartthrob and the movie (for me at least) has so many great parts you can show to different people: You want a classic fairytale? show them Princess Bride, you want adventure? Princess Bride, comedy? princess bride, romance? etc.
I also love how the kid´s attitude towards the story changes over the course of the movie, he starts of with "Eeeeww they are kissing" and ends with "Did they get together grandpa?" and the endless quotes you can get from this movie, from "As you wish", "I´m Inigo Montoya..." to "He´s only half dead...", "MAWAAGE" and "To the Pain!" are so great!
Loved seeing you guys having a great time with this classic
He and Robin Wright are just painfully attractive.
I didn't see this movie until I was in my 20s, and my reaction was exactly the same as Fred Savage's character: started out skeptical, then slowly becoming more and more engrossed until I'm punching the air when Inigo says "I want my father back you son of a bitch". Truly one of the (if not THE) greatest movies of all time.
Cary Elwes went on to play the mayor in Stranger Things for those that didn't recognize him.
That MAWAAGE line... When my best friend was getting married, I was his best man and our other good friend was a groomsman along with the bride's brother. We were all fans of the movie so it was not surprising that during the rehearsal the day before, while we were standing around in our places while the priest was asking the bride and groom a question, the bride's brother said "Mawaage." and all three of us groomsmen just cracked up and kept occasionally giggling over that line throughout the rehearsal. The next day during the ceremony we spent the entire time looking at the floor, the priest, anything just so we wouldn't look at each other because we knew that if we caught each other's eye we'd all burst out laughing again. 😀 Perfect. 😀
You know, im glad they never did a remake, but if they had, the one person I think could have pulled off westley was heath ledger. That was a guy who could pull off the heartthrob sweetheart look really well, and the dude was an excellent actor on top of it all. Tell me you cant see Heath from A Knights Tale going "As you wish" with that smile he had.
I love how grandpa wasn't just talking to Fred, but to you guys. "You're so smart. Now shut up."
It is very strange, but great, for me to see two people watch this film for the first time. I have been able to quote this film verbatim since I was a young child (I am now 45), and so seeing people discover it for the first time is really remarkable. And even having not seen it, it surprised me that you were not at least familiar with some of the more famous lines ("My name is Inigo Montoya . . . ", "Inconceivable", "As you wish", etc.). This cast is so perfect. William Golding (who wrote the original novel and the screenplay) had Andre the Giant in mind when he wrote the character of Fezzik originally and so he is literally the only person who could have played it. This was also the first film where I saw Robin Wright (later to be Jenny in Forest Gump and the wife on the American version of House of Cards), Cary Elwes (Robin Hood, Men in Tights and Saw), Chris Sarandon (Dog Day Afternoon and Fright Night), and Christopher Guest (Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, etc.), and so when I see any of them in other films, I always come back to this one in my head. William Golding originally did not want this book made into a film because it was the most personal of all his novels. He originally wrote it for his two daughters. One of them asked him to write a story about a princess, and the other asked for a story about a bride . . . and so there you go. If you do ever read the novel (which is different in marked ways from the film), be aware that the introductory section where Goldman describes how he found the book is total fiction. It is just part of the meta-ness that you see in the film as well about the nature of fairy tales and why we tell them. Anyway, another great reaction . . . looking forward to more . . . maybe another journey into Hitchcock (would highly recommend Notorious, The 39 Steps, The Lady Vanishes, Strangers on a Train, and Frenzy . . . but really you are not going to go wrong with Hitch generally)
Correction: The author of the novel and screenplay is William Goldman, not William Golding . . . William Golding wrote Lord of the Flies (which was made into a really great, if bleak, movie in the 1960's that is worth your time as well!)
_North By Northwest_
I could have said everything you said here word-for-word, even the age. It is a monumental movie for our generation and I am so glad I was able to share it with my children.
Same here. I'm also 45 and saw it in the theater. Couldn't count how many times I've seen it since. I have it on DVD for whenever I'm in the mood.
Yo, didn't Chris Sarandon also do the speaking role of Jack Skellington?
The sword fighting was choreographed by the legendary Bob Anderson. He spent over 50 years working on movie sets, starting in 1953 when as a stuntman he accidentally slashed Errol Flynn's thigh and gained immediate notoriety as "the man who stabbed Errol Flynn". He went on to choreograph the lightsaber duels in the 3 original Star Wars movies and stood in as Darth Vader for those scenes (he even managed to sneak a tiny part in the Empire strikes back as a rebel officer on Hoth). Add to that he worked on some Bond movies, Highlander, the Lord of the Rings trilogy... He was working on The Hobbit shortly before he died at the age of 89 in 2012. "Grumpy Bob" is a legend in British fencing and although I never had the pleasure of fighting or being coached by him, I had the privilege of meeting him on a number occasions as he was good friends with my coach and I treasure those meetings to this day.
I read the book "The Princess Bride" years before the movie came out and was *so* afraid they would botch it. but the producers and cast were obviously really into the story and got it right.I later discovered that my sister, independently from me, also loved it. Years later she gave me a beautiful Anniversary Edition which still has a treasured place on my bookshelf. Thank you again, Elayna.
The book is kind of a whole different kind of good, and the framing device is really cool. I love both of them, which is not something I can say about most movies/books. (And my daughter’s name is Aleyna! 😆)
That's largely because William Goldman wrote both the book and the screenplay.
@@shimobe94 And since Goldman already was a career screenwriter, as well as an experienced novelist, there was both no pressure from anyone for him to work with another career screenwriter (think David Koepp co-writing the Jurassic Park movie script with Michael Crichton, or David Seltzer ghostwriting the final draft of Willy Wonka, despite Dahl getting sole screenwriting credit), and Goldman knowing what parts from his book would translate best into movie scenes, and what would work better with some alterations. It is pretty fun to know that nearly every iconic line in the movie, as well as several of the character quirks played for laughs, came straight from the source material, in most cases verbatim.
A favorite story about the film concerns that last line. Grandpa's "As you wish" wasn't in the script; after they finished filming they felt they needed something more to close it out. So they recreated the bedroom set in Los Angeles and brought in Peter Falk and Fred Savage to film that last scene. And like the last line in Willy Wonka and Leia and Han's exchange in The Empire Strikes Back, it may just be the best thing in the film.
The childlike wonder when you discovered that The Dread Pirate Roberts was Westley was just so innocent and sweet. 😊 Keep up the amazing good vibes in your wonderful movie reactions! ❤️
Fun fact: Fezzik is played by Andre the Giant, who was winding down his wrestling career.
His back was in horrible shape (7'5, 520 lbs) as you would imagine. They had to take great care to not hurt the big man, and he would drink to help the incredible pain he was in (his bar bill at the end of shooting was 40 grand) To get the shot of him on the horse at the end, they had to rig a cable system to lift him off the ground and hover him on the horse so neither got hurt.
Robin Wright (buttercup) would always freezing on set, so Andre would warm her by putting one giant hand on her head. She said it was like a giant hot water bottle.
Actually Andre the Giant's career didn't not end before Princess Bride he wrestled Hulk Hogan at Wrestlemania 3 and he didn't retire until Wrestlemania 6 in 1990
Actually this was Andre's 5th movie. He was also in one film after this one.
Fun fact Andre the giant loved being on set. He would find ways to be on set even if it wasn’t his day of shooting. Because for a moment out of his day the eyes of the world were not on him. He also loved going to movies for the same reason. Man was a global treasure. Everyone from the movie said he is the most kindest gentle soul. RIP to thhe legend Andre The Giant.
I've read online that the only injury Mandy Patinkin sustained in the filming of this movie was a bruised rib from straining not to laugh at Billy Crystal's performance during the Miracle Max scene.
Seeing the genuinely passionate smiles from y’all, literally being on the edge of your seats, turning into little Fred Savage when Inigo gets the throwing knife saying “No! Miracle Max is gonna save him!”, commenting on the passion between Buttercup and Westley when they’re just looking at each other. It’s all so perfect! Really heightens the appreciation of a good story done right like this!
When I was in highschool, a friend of mine wrote a stageplay version of this movie.
I ended up playing the role of Miracle Max's wife Valerie.
Still one of the top moments of my life so far haha.
Any videos of this?
@@BJGvideos sadly no, sorry :
I can't believe I was 7 years old when I first watched this and fell in love with it. I just turned 23 today and now getting to watch it not only with my girlfriend but my favorite movie watching/review channel? This is the best gift I've ever gotten from a pair of strangers who made me feel at home. Thank you so much guys, I cannot wait to see more from you!!!
That's such an honor, thank YOU! We're glad you're enjoying our videos!
I am 56y/o and when I was single, my girlfriends and I would get together to "prep" for our birthday celebrations. We would have dinner/drinks & watch The Princess Bride and Spinal Tap before going out on the town. Those were such fun times.
8:00 - One of the best sword fights ever put to film. There is a video (about 20 years ago) where 2 guys recreated it, but set in the Star Wars universe...with lightsabers.
That. Sounds. Awesome.
12:28 This moment exemplifies what I love about this movie: the SINCERITY of it. There's sarcasm and humor in the movie, yes, but there's no irony poisoning, no "haha just kidding", just genuine and utterly earnest emotion. It's AMAZING.
Another incredible reaction, and congrats on the sponsor!! During lockdown a bunch of celebs recreated the entirety of The Princess Bride from their homes for charity, I never get tired of Pedro Pascal in a party city wig playing Inigo.
Edit: almost forgot-the book is just as good as the movie.
Ooh, I HAVE to see Pedro Pascal as Inigo 😂 and thank you so much!
I have read Atlas Shrugged 6 times, but this book is the only one in my 60 years that I read 2 times in a row. I read it in 9th grade one day, then I read it again the next day. That is how great this book is.
This is one of my absolute favorite movies of all time. I remember being eight years old and seeing it for the very first time, and then later that year forcing all my friends to watch it at a sleepover and it becoming what we were all obsessed with. Seeing you guys react to it captured that wonder perfectly, and it was really nice to see!
Altaf here! I’m so glad you enjoyed our reaction. I wish I had childhood memories with this movie but I’m glad I finally saw it 😊
No wonder the shots looked so nice. Adrian Biddle was one heck of a DP, and no stranger to taking a relatively cheap, and consequently visually flat, lighting setup, and yet still making pretty gorgeous shots out of them, just through creative blocking, movement and angles. We're talking about the same DP behind films like V for Vendetta (his last film), Willow, Event Horizon, Thelma & Louise, and Aliens, after all. He's a pretty underrated DP, all things considered, and he died way too soon. He was only 53 when a heart attack did him in.
HOW could you guys have never seen so many classics?!? And yes, this is the perfect movie
😬 Working on fixing that now!
If I can suggest what movie y'all should react to next, I would like to suggest Clue, a funny comedy murder mystery movie based on the board game. It has a great cast, like Tim Curry and Madeline Khan.
I heartily second the Clue recommendation!
My favorite scene from this movie is the one with Miracle Max who was played by Billy Crystal. He improved the entire scene and Mandy Patinkin actually bruised a rib because he was having to hold in his laughter during filming. The entire production crew were breaking into laughter from the whole thing, which just goes to show how much of a comedic genius Billy Crystal is!
I remember being 18,19 at the time when movies such as Predator, Aliens, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket were my usual cinema diet. It's just that age where you consider yourself too old for movies such as The Princess Bride, the title alone will give any 18yo with raging hormones and surplus testosterone levels the shivers.
That said, I remember seeing this for the first time in the cinema and couldn't help but loving the movie and I still do.
One of the key takeaways from this movie for me is that when people ask me how old I am I always jokingly answer that I have been 12 for the last 41 years.
LOL.... I have been 29 for 27yrs...I celebrate the "anniversary of my 29th birthday" every year. ;)
I LOVE that answer!!! 😂
Fact about Mandy/Inigo that makes his victory scene hit even harder - the actor's father had recently passed away due cancer and he imagined the Count as the cancer when he delivered his line about 'I want my father back'. I about cry every time I see that scene now TnT
Same. It just hits me even harder now that I've lost a parental figure to cancer myself.
Cary Elwes (Westley) wrote a book about making this movie, "As You Wish" - it's a very fun read! Exhausting hours of cramming in sword training, being completely smitten with Buttercup's actress, and finding out how they did that dive into the quicksand pit... I highly recommend it!
I'm glad you finally got to experience this wonderful movie! My first experience of Mandy Patinkin was watching the series Dead Like Me, in which he plays the leader of a ragtag group of "grim reapers". Great show, produced by the guy who did Hannibal and Pushing Daisies.
Oh interesting! We should look into that! Even if not for a video, just on our own time lol. Thanks for watching!
"Dang, that guy's huge."
It's why they called him Andre, "The Giant". He had actual Gigantism, which was the cause of his death. His heart got so big it could no longer function properly. Which was kind of representative of Andre himself. A man loved by anyone who met him, as the stories go...
I think this is the best Princess Bride reaction I've seen in a while. Glad you guys enjoyed it. My dad has a shirt with a Hello sticker printed on it that says "hello my name is inigo mantoya, you killed my father, prepare to die". He used to wear it to work until some one who had obviously never seen the movie complained to HR because it talks about killing... personally I think HR should have had them watch the movie but then that's why I am not in HR where I work lol. It is funny when he occasionally wears it out and about though. People see him and they obviously have met before but can't quite remember his name, and you can see them looking at the "hello name tag" very confused because they can't place Inigo Mantoya as his name.
William Goldman's original novel is a wonderful (but slightly darker and more cynical) novel that's partly a love letter to the old adventure novels of the late 19th-early 20th century (mainly Raphael Sabatini's bloated adventure epics) and also a hilarious parody. It takes the form of him talking about how his dad read this fictional novel called "The princess bride" by S. Morgenstern to him as a kid, and finding out his dad skipped the boring sections...
This is just amazing. Seeing two appreciative people watch my favorite masterpiece of all time, commenting on all of the beauty this movie holds, getting to enjoy the joy of experiencing it for the first time. It's brought a smile to my face and a feeling I haven't had in so long.
And meanwhile, the comment section is filled with wholesome stories and memories.
I have to say, I have ADHD so I don't get to read as often as I wish, but the book this movie is based off of was a lovely experience.
When I was a kid my dad's company would rent out our local movie theater for Christmas parties. There were two screens and one year the choice was Princess Bride or Peggy Sue Got Married. My parents went to Peggy and I decided to see my first movie "by myself" and went with a bunch of the other kids to Princess Bride. I am currently engaged, so I am contractually obliged to say that it was the SECOND best decision of my life, but 35 years later this movie still kicks ass.
I've always wished I could go back and watch a movie just to experience it again for the first time. But since that's not yet possible 😋 I really enjoy rewatching the movies and living vicariously thru you both. I hope you guys continue to put these videos out for years to come.
We’ll keep ‘‘em coming! Thank you so much 🙏
I've heard you can have someone hypnotise you so that you can experiance a movie like it was the first time again. Someone did it with Harry Potter I believe
definitely one of my all time favorites, its up there on the comfort movie list with Clue, Galaxy Quest, Labyrinth, and the (criminally underrated) Sneakers. So many quotable lines.
i love watching people react to this movie for the first time. it is such a perfect movie and classic af. it is like feeling that joy all over again lol
One thing that always makes me cry is the story of how Mandy thought of his father dying of cancer, and when he killed the Count, he imagined he was killing the cancer. My dad also died of cancer, and he was way too young (59) so that hits me hard every time.
I love this movie and it was absolutely delightful to see such a wholesome blind reaction
Andre the Giant so loved his part in this movie that other wresters used to hide from him after shows because he;d force people to watch it with him regardless of how many times they'd seen it... i mean, who's going to argue with him?
Fun Fact: Andre the Giant once had an 18 second fart on set. When asked if he was OK, he said I am now.
8:03 - This was 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭! In fact, this whole reaction was 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐟𝐮𝐥! ♡
I’ve watched this movie countless times over the last 35 years and I only love it more than the first time. And now ever since my father passed I find myself sobbing when Inigo Montoya avenges his father. It’s crazy how powerful movies can be. Great reaction to one of the best movies.
I'm sorry to hear about your father. It's a truly powerful scene, and I'm glad it was therapeutic for you.
"Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." is often listed as the iconic quote from this movie, and one of the best movie quotes of all time. And it is undoubtedly great. But for me, "I want my father back, you son of a bitch." is maybe the best single quote ever said in a movie. I get chills literally every single time.
I think that feels SO personal it almost feels wrong to meme-ify it? The delivery of both lines (every time) are perfect but the last is just next level devestating and elevates the line beyond the quote itself.
It's always a pleasure seeing people discovering this movie, especially towards the end. Many stories have a 'darkest moment' scene, where everything seems hopeless. This has to be one of the darkest moments in any movie. Fezzik and Westley are nowhere to be seen, Inigo just took a dagger to the gut and Buttercup is about to kill herself. Only to turn it around and give satisfying endings to both stories, the one in the book and the one with the kid and his grandpa.
I love this reaction video so much, they catch all the small details that make the movie so good that I've rewatched the video 3 times now
Wow!! Thank you so much! We’re glad you enjoyed it as much as we enjoyed watching the movie ❤️
I love how invested you became as the movie progressed! The Princess Bride is on my top 3 all-time favorite films list!!!
Given your liking for this medieval fantasy movie, maybe A Knight’s Tale would be a nice follow-up. More medieval comedy-drama movies can be fun!
I agree, A Knights Tale would be a fun reaction.
Ah Heath Ledger, possibly the only man who could compare to Cary Elwes for being absolutely adorable and badass at the same time.
I'm NOT a witch, I'm your WIFE!!!
Carol Kane and Billy Crystal will always be my favorites in this...but damn if Andre the Giant is not a super close second.
Truly iconic 🙌
@@NiceDudeMovieNight I think Princess Bride is definitely Rob Reiner's best work...with This is Spinal Tap as a close second. If either of you have not seen This is Spinal Tap, you really have to react to it for the channel...and then all the other Christopher Guest mockumentaries. LOL All of them are really funny.💯✌
@@NiceDudeMovieNight There is a wonderful documentary on Andre the Giant that came out a while back. It is extremely good. Because of his size, he was so weak for this movie that he could not actually catch Buttercup at the end, so they had her on wires. A bit heartbreaking of a story as well.
just realized the grandpa said "as you wish" to his grandson at the end because it was established that "as you wish" = "I love you"
Buttercup is also Jenny from Forest Gump, and Wealthow in the 2007 3D movie Beowulf. Robin Wright. Great actress.
The greatness doesn't even stop at the end of the movie itself. The initial credits are pretty funny, too. "The impressive Clergyman"
Andre the Giant was so beloved by the crew that they still speak fondly of him to this day. The grandfather is Peter Falk, btw...one of the greatest TV actors in history (Columbo)
I watched an interview with Mandy Patinkin regarding his sword fight with Count Rugen (Christopher Guest), that he thought about his father who had died of cancer. He imagined that he was fight the cancer. So the emotion on his face when he said "I want my father back you son of a b***h" was totally real.
When I was in high school in the late 80's, my dad worked out of state a lot. I was basically home alone except for every other weekend. Two girls in my chemistry class took pity on me and came over to make me dinner and watch a movie. This movie. It will always have a special place for me. A few years ago, I lost my dad. I've seen this movie countless times and that ending with Inigo always makes me choke up, even when it's part of an "edited for UA-cam" reaction video.
There are damn few perfect movies, and this is one of them.
Now you see why so many consider this a classic! It's so great, the perfect balance of action, comedy & romance, with the subplot of the kid & his grandpa as the cherry on top. So many well written characters that were brought to life by great acting. They embraced the "cheesiness" & played it seriously, making it into a fantastic movie that people love to quote. I can't think of anyone I know that's seen it & said that they hated it.
I'm in shock. Literal shock. How are there still people in this world who have not seen this movie? This is the BEST movie ever made.
😂😂 Shame on us for never getting around to watching it! We've been yelled at a lot about not watching this one yet. Hope you enjoy our reaction, though!
@@NiceDudeMovieNight Sorry to hear you've been yelled at. But I do understand the passion others have about this movie. LOL. Thank you for the reaction. Brings me back to my childhood when I saw this movie for the first time
"Dude, that guy is huge"
Yeah, that's why they called him Andre the Giant.
This movie reminds me so much of Robin Hood: Men in Tights. No wonder he was perfect for that role. It's Cary's smile while fighting that does it for me.
I think you guys have to do This Is Spinal Tap next. Same director, some of the same actors, especially Christopher Guest, who plays the Count here. It's fantastic.
I was going to post the same thing.
I've seen many reactions to this movie, and I have yet to see anyone who didn't love it and say it's one of their new favorites. It's one of the best.
This is our family favorite film. We must have seen it. . close to 200 times, if not more.
Directed by Rob Reiner who also did This is Spinal Tap and you can see the hat Reiner wore on the shelf in one of the opening bedroom shots.
I believe Mandy Patinkin tells he injured himself laughing so hard during Billy Crystal's takes.
For my money, Billy Crystal and Carol Kane scene are only comprable to Gene Hackman's cameo _Young Frankenstein_
My family quote all the great lines from this perfect film. My kids at school (high school) all go round saying, “So treasure your wuuv.” I use little clips from it all the time to demonstrate film techniques. The music in the fight sequence- brilliant.
Fun fact about the scene when Inigo Montoya kills the six fingered man, he was portrayed by the great actor Mandy Patinkin who had just lost his father to cancer.. he said in that scene he was literally talking to cancer when he said those lines
This becomes everyone's favorite movie
I watched this movie on vhs so many times on VHS. One of my favorite childhood movies. I showed it with my husband while we were dating and he loved it so much we watched it twice. 🥰Then said he would like to dress up as Wesley for Halloween and me as Princess Buttercup. I said, "Really, would you?" His reply was, "As you wish."
Two of my other favorite 80's romance/ fantasy movies are Ladyhawke and Legend. Both came out in 1985.
I rented this from Tommy K's video rental store. I had a hard time wanting to return it
one of the funniest things is when grandpa says "she doesnt get eaten by eels AT THIS TIME"
The subtlety of the sword-fighting scene between Inigo and Roberts is one part of this film's storytelling that I cherish.
Inigo fights right-handed, so he keeps his blade sheathed on his left hip. Roberts knew that Inigo was right-handed. He, however, fooled Inigo into believing he was left-handed because he kept his sword sheathed on the right hip. You always want to keep your sword in a position at the hip where you can reach it and be ready without needing to turn it around.
"You mean you wish to surrender to me? Very well, I accept," also lives rent free in my head.
You were so on point about watching this movie repeatedly. Take it from someone who has enjoyed this movie many, many times.
This is on my short list of most re-watched movies ever. Never grow tired of it, never.
I love the old school sword fight, as it reminds me of the classic swashbucklers of the 30's ad 40's I like to watch.
Totally! Charming, funny, and the choreography is crafted extremely well.
"I'll be your Fezzik man."
"Thanks man...and I'll be your Inigo."
That was so wholesome.
“As you wish” ❤ I was show this movie once when our kitchen had to close at my vocational high school. No kitchen no culinary class so we watched this. Changed my life forever
Such an absolute treasure of a movie.
And such a joy watching people see it for the first time!
One of my favorites since I was a kid! So rewatchable, and as I get older I'm realizing this might be my favorite movie hands down! Happy to see it holds up for you guys and that you enjoyed it too!
I'm normally not one for reaction videos, but watching your first-view reactions to this CLASSIC movie almost made me feel like I was watching it for the first time again (when it's closer to maybe the 45th time)! Thank you for that!
Let's also give a shout-out to William Goldman, who as the author of the source book and the screenplay, wrote all those classic lines. (The book also has a surrounding frame around the reading of the "book by S. Morgenstern," but a different one.) Both Cary Elwes (Westley) and Robin Wright (Buttercup) were very early in their careers at this point, and director Rob Reiner has said that they were the only ones who could have done justice to the parts -- he had no second choices.
Elwes has written a terrific book about the making of the movie; he and Mandy Patinkin really did go through weeks of rigorous sword training in order to duel without stunt doubles -- that's all them (except for the acrobatic flips).
That must be so much pressure to be looked as the only ones who can perform those characters, especially by an A-list director like Rob Reiner. They did an amazing job!
Yes! I came here to make sure someone mentioned Cary Elwes great behind the scenes book As You Wish. It’s an amazing telling of how they made this brilliant film.
@@NiceDudeMovieNight Both characters obviously had to be young and beautiful and skillful actors, but beyond that they had to embody fairy-tale ideals and still convey the humor of the piece without pushing it; Westley especially needs to take part in some slapstick after he's resurrected. In a way, their excellence is a tribute to step-parents: he, though British, had an American stepfather through whom he got exposed to American comedy and learned to love it, while she, an American, had an English stepfather and could do a flawless English accent.
Just found your channel earlier this week and enjoyed going through your content. Glad you hit this movie today.
Thank you so much, we're glad you're enjoying! 😁
You guys lucked out on one of the best movies of all time. I would suggest looking up the full cast, to truly understand the powerhouses that were in that film. Billy Crystal and Carol Kane improved most of their scene, which isn't surprising, but a testament to how awesome they are. The book by S. Morgenstern is listed as abridged by William Goldman, except that he is the actual author of the fantasy book by the make-believe author S. Morganstern. It's truly bizarre and amazing.
I have seen this movie no less than 50 times (I watch it whenever I am sick) and never noticed Fizzick rhymes Inigo's line when meeting him in the thieves' forest.
This is a high quality production and I am so happy for you to see it!