Andre the Giant was a very famous wrestler-back in the day he was thrown from the ring and landed on my grandfather (who was a major wrestling fan). That night my grandfather came home from the match with my brothers and they were so excited that Andre the Giant broke my grandfathers glasses..my grandfather was from Italy and his English was very broken but he was beyond excited and couldn’t stop telling people his experience. He basically spoke about it until the day he died. I can’t see Andre the Giant without thinking of this!
André René Roussimoff (Andre the Giant) was 7' 4" and weighed 520 pounds. He was French and undefeated as a professional wrestler until he let Hulk Hogan beat him (Hogan's words) when he had major health problems just before he died. Andre was very proud of his role in "Princess Bride" and profusely expressed his gratitude for those those responsible for his inclusion in the movie. Mandy Patinkin, who played Inigo Montoya, watched the premier with his wife. It was the first time he saw the film in it's entirety. At the end of the film Mandy's wife noticed that he was crying. She asked him why and he said "Every actor dreams of playing a role that is timeless and is loved by all generations. I just realized that I played the role of a lifetime".
Well, that was his billed height. In reality, at his tallest, he was about 7'2", but that was in the 70s. By the time he became popular in the WWF in the 80s he was about 7', and kept losing height at a faster rate. In the famed Hogan/Andre Wrestlemania he was about 6'10". Still huge, no doubt, but a half foot shorter than his claimed height, which was a common theme in 80s professional wrestling. Height and weight exaggerations were very common in the 'big guy' era of professional wrestling, as are many of the drinking stories about Andre.
This is literally the perfect movie. It has everything you could possibly want. Swordfighting. Intrigue. Giants. Revenge. Miracles. True love. A cart that wasn't listed among our assets.
During Covid quarantine, a large group of actors collaborated to remake the movie at home, pretty much exactly like the original! It was a lot of fun to watch! It’s still up on UA-cam, I believe!
The actor who played Indigo said in an interview that he had lost his own father to cancer a year before. So when it came time to film the revenge scene he imagined it was the cancer he was killing. Powerful stuff.
"I want my father back, you son of a bitch." The reason this line moved you to your very soul is because Mandy (the actor) had just lost his father in real life to cancer right before filming, and his pain was real and raw. Gets me in the feels every time.
Billy Crystal as Miracle Max is pure gold. Billy tended to adlib his lines causing everyone to crack up. Even the director had to step out of the room during filming because Billy was making him fall apart laughing. I bet it was pure torture for Cary Elwes to keep perfectly still as this comic genius just slayed. To this day, I will always find a way to use the "have fun storming the castle" line when making goodbyes.
Yes! My friend and I always say this to each other when we are about to do something special or important. We are both Gen X, so most Millenials and Gen Z's don't get it....
@@bencracknellCA God bless his soul, your granpaw. I'm a *REALLY* old girl, so it's hard for me to see him pause and come back with "as you wish" instead of "Oh and one more thing...." It's even a real detective tactic now, the "Matlock." *shakes her head laughing quietly* Lord I need alcohol. Be safe everyone
The grandfather here was played by Peter Falk, he was Columbo, a detective with a daggy old car, raincoat and a cigar, who solved everything for years on his tv show. His line was "oh, one more thing," on is way out he'd ask the right question and boom it was cracked.
Brilliant film. Walked out of the theatres as a teen knowing I had just seen something special. "There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one." - Cary Elwes
@Olana Owen I, for one, for now, always will! She thinks she has seen it well more than enough time! I was born in 1980. I saw this on my Grandparents' fancy cable TV and knew immediately that Atreyu, Snarf & Orko were no longer my greatest heroes! 👍🏻😅🤺
The first time I saw it I walked in the theater(I was 10) just as Buttercup was rolling down the hill. I was so enamored with what I was seeing I didn't even find a seat I just stood there and watched for a minute. So my greatest joys have been reading more about the story and finding out how it came to be and how it was written. It's just genius and it's beautiful that people recognize that genius and push for it to become something more.
My wife and I used to watch this movie together every wedding anniversary - including one time when we watched it in different states. She's passed now, but I still keep up the tradition.
I love re-watching movies with you two.... BTW, Andre said that filming this movie was the best experience of his life..... "They just treated me like a person."
back during his era of wrestling, and prior to that when andre was just a spectacle to oogle, he was treated horrible. as were the other wrestlers. many of them were down to buying bags of potatoes to eat RAW between matches because vince mcmahon wouldn't pay them worth crap. he had them all as 1099's, meaning "private contractors" so he treated them like some guy you hire to mow the lawn, or something like that. vince is utter scum for how he treated them. so when andre got into this program, everyone adored him. he was very fun, had a great sense of humor, liked to screw around. but he was also very frail at this point. they had to rig him carefully during a couple of the scenes where he had to show himself being strong, because his back was basically destroyed, and his heart was weak. he met a very sad ending, but the world has so many happy memories of our loveable giant.
André Roussimoff said of making this film that he felt very comfortable with everyone. “Everywhere else, I’m ‘Andre, the Giant,’ but here I’m just Andre.” 😥
"As you wish" USED to be a pick up line. My dad used to say that to my mom, and it wasn't until I watched this movie when I was a teenager that I realized the significance of my dad saying that to her.
It's great to see people watching this classic for the first time! So many quotable lines: "As you wish", "You killed my father, prepare to die!", "I am not left handed", "Is this a kissing book?", etc.
The large man was known as Andre the Giant and was also a professional wrestler. He was 7'4 and suffered from a genetic disorder called Giagantis, he died at the early age of 46 years old. The character of Montoya is played by Mandy Patinkin, who played Agent Gideon in Criminal Minds.
I will never not be completely baffled by how many people fail to recognize Cary Elwes after he puts on a tiny mask. He has a very recognizable face and voice. It's like Superman wearing glasses.
This is one of the rare instances where the movie is actually better than the book. They brought the actual author of it on as the screen writer, and as good as the book is he really knocked the movie adaptation out of the park. Edit: The cast had suuuuch great chemistry too
@@vincegamer Agree with you 100%. I read the book in 1984 or 85 and it was only 2 or 3 years later and I was stoked to here they made the movie. I've always felt like I was in a very small minority of students that read the book. Been recommending the book for 35 years. The movie is phenomenal as well.
@@lancemanyun5163 I read the book after seeing the movie and I was honestly scared to read the section on Inigo because I thought it might damage my mental image of the character. Instead it elevated it. My favorite moment in the book is in that section and did not make it into the movie.
Damn Vince…. Did I mention it was 37 years ago… lol. My freshest memories and something I always mention are the pages that were left blank because the author said they were boring, and the parentheses and quotated section when the author speaks to us, the reader. Refresh my memory about the indigo descriptions and story please. Also, very interesting that you saw movie and then read the book. Wonder the percentage of people that did it in that order versus book 1st. Great perspective
This movie is so full of excellent quotes..”I do not think that word means what you think it means”, “never go up against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line”, “he’s been mostly dead all day”, “I’ve got a wedding to plan, my bride to kill, and Guilder to frame for it”, and of course “as you wish”. I think it’s the most quoted movie besides The Godfather.
This movie is a classic. I was born in 1987. I grew up from a young age watching this movie. Fred Savage from Wonder Years TV show. Andre the Giant is a Legend.! What a good man he was. He didn't fit easy in cars or planes. They got him a 3 or 4 wheeler motorbike for off set of this movie. He rode the sh*t out of that bike 🤣 the old crazy dude is Billy Crystal
I always appreciate that the actors went through intense training with the foremost fencing expert to actually learn how to fence. They wanted the duel between Inigo and Westley to look real so they made it real through training and choreography. The only stuntman work was the pole flips.
One of the best cinematic fencing scenes ever. They practiced every day, and learned each other's moves to help avoid injury. They learned the original choreography so well, that the scene was too short. So they added more.
“You’ve fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this; never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!”
I was in high school when this came out, and every time I see it I laugh, and the older I get the more I get misty-eyed when the grandfather tells his grandson "As you wish." Okay...So, the story was conceived when the writer William Goldman asked his young daughters what kind of story they wanted to hear before bed. One daughter wanted a story about a princess. The other daughter wanted a story about a bride. Since Goldman was a novelist and a screenwriter, with one Oscar for Best Screenplay (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)...he wrote the story as a novel but also had in mind what he wanted to do with it as a screenplay. He used the 'S. Morgenstern' part as a red herring...he created it. However, when you read the book, it is "The Good Parts Version" that Goldman adapted from a book that actually never existed before he wrote it. Cary Elwes, who plays Westley, wrote a book about the filming with lots of behind-the-scenes stories called 'As You Wish' that is almost as good as the film is, and is a must-read for fans of the film. He has done tons of movies as a character actor since this came out...he was the mom's boyfriend in 'Liar, Liar', and Jonas is 'Twister'. Robin Wright, who plays Buttercup, made her big-screen debut in this. She's been in tons of stuff...most famously as Jenny in 'Forrest Gump'. Mandy Patinkin, who plays Inigo, was a stage actor in musicals on Broadway. With the final duel with Count Rugen, Patinkin imagined that Rugen was cancer...which claimed Patinkin's father before making the movie. So when he says to Rugen, "I want my father back, you son of a bitch!"...that wasn't acting. That was him, angry and trying to kill the cancer that claimed his dad. Patinkin has an amazing singing voice, he tours constantly, and he is also well known for his series 'Homeland'. Andre the Giant became the most beloved member of the cast among the cast and crew. There are many warm, endearing, and hysterical stories about him during the filming. When he died, it was devastating for everyone in the cast. He really only made this film...but as a legacy, it is an amazing one. The filming did inspire another film called 'My Giant' written by Billy Crystal (Miracle Max) which he also starred in. It was a cute film, but it's forgotten today.
There are plenty of movies out there with higher production value, bigger budgets, crazy special effects, and deep social or political commentary that are more “important” in cinema history… but I’ve realized over the years that this will always be my favorite movie.
I love how they set out to make a spoof of love stories and wound up making one of the greatest love stories ever told! 😍 Also, Asia, your smile in this was everything, girl! 😄
I don't think it was a spoof... the original book was written by William Goldman and was basically inspired by his 2 daughters. He asked them what subject they wanted for a bedtime story and one said "Princesses" and the other said "Brides". So he told an over the top fairy tale about a princess bride. In that sense, it is a parody of fairy tales, but not necessarily love stories. The best part is that since Goldman was a screen writer (he wrote "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"), it was natural for him to adapt his novel to a screenplay for the movie.
This is one of those movies that span generations. Parents show it to their kids who then grow up and show it their kids and on and on. Such a classic, perfect movie!
So glad that you two are finally watching The Princess Bride, such a fun movie. Didn't you love the most courteous swordfight in cinematic history between Wesley and Aldo Montoya? Lol. And the Big Guy is famous wrestler, the late ,great Andre The Giant. He later said ,before his untimely death, was this movie was his greatest achievement. I miss him.
Andre said it was the best experience of his life because for once while he was filming he felt normal. He became close with the cast members and loved how he was treated like just another actor.
@@spcmegreg Aldo Montoya (the Portuguese man-of-war) was a ring name used by pro wrestler Justin Credible for a short while in the WWF back in the 1990s LMAO So the name actually existed. Not sure what he has to do with this movie though 🤣
there aren't many movies that is truly beloved across multiple generations. This is one that an whole family can watch together and truly enjoy. I first saw this as a teen when it was first released, and I shared it with my kids, and they both love it. One of my fav movies all time. side note - it's one of the most quoted movies of all time. Especially among table-top role-playing gamers (such as myself - we ALL know this movie - and most of the quotes from it).
14:30 as you already know from other comments, this is Andre the Giant. Throughout Andre's career in wrestling, using the sleeper hold was pretty much the only way you could beat him. So I find it both poetic AND appropriate that it took a sleeper hold to beat him here.
My first date with my fiancée was to a screening of this movie. We both knew it was going to work out when both of us quoted the whole movie :) For a Christmas present last year, we went to a special screening and got to meet the Man in Black himself, Cary Elwes. He is about one of the nicest guys you've ever seen.
This movie is the most faithful book adaptation that you could “read” The Princess Bride to your children and younger relatives by reciting this movie from memory, which I can do.
Huge guy is the late great „Andre Rene Roussimoff“ know professionally as „Andre the Giant“. He was 7‘4 and weighed 520 lbs. He was a pro wrestler know for not working out and was just naturally strong. RIP Andre and Peter Falk
This is a legendary classic I've seen too many times and it never gets old. They can't make a movie like this today, it's too sweet and wholesome. So glad you both saw it and enjoyed it.
The Princess Bride by William Goldman was required reading in my high school English class...the teacher assigned it right before Easter Vacation (spring break)...all the guys groaned after reading the title, but when returning from vacay, not one person in class didn't finish the book...it's one of those books that once you start, it's hard to put down...the movie is great and so is the book
My favorite part of the book is when he reads it as an adult and realizes all the creative editing his grandfather did to make it enjoyable for his grandson. A true classic!
The "big guy" was Andre the Giant, who was a professional wrestler. He actually did not speak English when he made this movie, so the director (Rob Reiner) would record the lines on tape and Andre would play it over and over until he knew the sounds he had to make for each word. Also, the sword fight was something that both actors (Cary Elwes - man in black) and Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya) practiced with two of the greatest film sword masters to be able to do the entire fight in one take (because that's what Rob Reiner wanted). The only time they cut away in that whole fight was for each actor's double to do the jump/swing off the parallel bar.
You're pretty good at finding classic movies and Princess Bride is one of the best. It isn't easy to mix comedy, romance, and drama in a show and get the right balance. They did it perfectly, and with a brilliant cast.
What a classic. I love Andre The Giant. A real Giant he was. He could drink like 2 bottles of rum & not get buzzed. If you see his fingers in pics, they are huge. Some people say they are bigger then Bananas. A super nice gentle giant, of course out of the ring.
This NEVER gets old!!! If you ever watch this with me, I WILL recite the entire movie...just saying. So many great actors! This is a REAL book. The "Cliffs of Insanity" are based on the real Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland. Andre actually did several movie parts and tv show appearances. Because of his back though he didn't actually "catch" Robin Wright. They set her up on like a pulley system that "dropped" her in his arms and took most of her weight off of him because he couldn't really hold her either. That's Wallace Shawn with the lisp. In an interview, he's said that he doesn't feel he's a funny person but because of his lisp and his line delivery, everyone thinks he's hilarious which he is.
OMG!! I'm SO, SO very happy that you guys watched this movie. It's one of the best ever made. I've watched it more times than I can count, and I still love watching it.
I love Andre the Giant. Truly a gentle giant. His voice is soo deep that it’s hard to hear his French accent. A true legend. When he says “hello, Lady”, it makes me smile. Always. And Cary and Robin are just beautiful. Especially Cary. This movie is endlessly quotable. My friends and I still do, and have since we were kids. I even have friends that had a Princess Bride wedding…with the officiant saying the vows just like the on in the movie. It was hilarious. 😂 It is a classic. I’ve shown it to my son, and he loved it as well. Oh!!! And the little boy is Fred Savage. He started in The Wonder Years. He was also “The Mole” in the 3rd Austin Powers movie with Beyoncé.
I was so excited to see your reaction and it did not disappoint! This movie is so quotable; when I'm standing in line somewhere and feeling impatient, I mumble "Man and wife! Say man and wife!"
When my kids were 7-8 they watched this movie three times a day.... I got to join them once a day plus three times on Sat & Sun. I grew to love it and we all learned all the lines... 40 years later we breakout into Princess Bride and laugh our asses off!
when my daughter was getting married, she was going to ask one of her brothers to officiate for them, but KNEW he would do the marriage speech like in this movie
This movie is honestly one of the best films ever made. Its just a good time start to finish, easy to digest but endlessly endearing. Its one of the most universally enjoyed films out there as well, its like the movie is the embodiment of good happy vibes. It has a fun story, great likable characters jaunty action satisfying resolutions its just great man.
Possibly the most beautiful message in the movie is when the grandfather tells his grandson "as you wish" just as Wesley did. He's basically telling his grandson...... I love you....😁
The most important part of the movie is really the story of the little boy and his grandfather. At the beginning of the film the boy doesn't want to be visited by the corny old man. By the end of the movie, he outgrows many of his childish feelings, thanks to his grandfather. The boy is played by Fred Savage who is most famous for the 6 seasons of his coming-of-age TV show, "The Wonder Years".
The large man was Andre the giant. He was a wrestler in the 80s. And was turkey that large lol. A can of beer in his hand looked like a sewing thimble. He died from heart issues not long after this film was made. But he was a kind soul.
This movie is an adaptation of a book. William Goldman wrote the screenplay, and he also wrote the book. The book tells the story the same, where the grandpa comes to visit the sick kid and reads him the story. Even the kid's interruptions are in the book too. Goldman came up with the idea for the book when his two daughters asked him to tell them a story. "Story about what?" he said. One daughter said, "A princess!" The other daughter said, "A bride!" And that's how "Princess Bride" came to be.
Fezzik the Giant was portrayed/played by the late great former professional wrestler Andre The Giant. Andre The Giant according to reports very much enjoyed participating in the movie and received a lot of praise for his portrayal of Fezzik the Giant. Andre The Giant tragically died at just over 40 years old due to affects of Gigantism/Acromegaly which he struggled with all his life and was responsible for his large size of nearly 7 ft tall and weight of 500 to 550 pounds. From Andre The Giant to Billy Crystal the cast is great ensemble who help make the movie a lot of fun for viewers of all ages.
This came out in 86 or 87 I think. My wife and I were married in 92 and we had our car’s license plate read “As you wish.” We got lots of compliments on that for years from people who had seen Princess Bride 😊 oh and yes at our home, all of our kids have seen this movie multiple times!
Peter Falk's "as you wish" at the end of this is a perfect closing to a film. In case nobody's mentioned it yet, the priest at the wedding was played by Peter Cook, absolute LEGEND of British comedy.
I have watched this movie many many times with my three daughters. It's our favorite movie. It gave me great joy to watch it through your eyes, and how you enjoyed it too. I'm in my 60's, even after my girls have long been gone and all grown up, I put that movie in at least twice a year or so. The man in black has been in many movies. He can lose his Britsh accent and so clearly sound like a man from anywhere in the US. The sword fighter Mantoia, he a great actor too but he is a wonderful singer as well. The lady, many movies too. Andra, everybody know Andre the Giant.
The big guy is Andre' the Giant. He got his start pro wrestling in Europe. He then immigrated to the US and became a pro wrestler here. He then got into acting. The man reading the story was the star in an old TV detective series called "Colombo".
I love how intensely you were watching the scene of Inigo vs Count Rugen. For many of us, if not most, it is the part of the story that tugs at the heartstrings the most. I was also waiting in anticipation for the scene with the Bishop. I burst out laughing at the slightly delayed reaction as you both tried to process what he was saying lol. The Bishop scene never fails.
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I am so glad you two watched this movie it is timeless. I loved both your re-actions are usual. Had me laughing even more especially at the wedding with Asia hearing "I can't" at the way the minister did the marriage speech. The casting was perfect, and this movie had it all humor, touching elements, combat. Grandpa was right it had it all. This movie is a classic and I love it. But if you look deeper this is about how sometimes we as children forget or don't understand the value of a good grandparent. At first, he thought it would be boring, but as grandpa read, he became more and more engrossed and at the end when he asked grandpa to come back and read it again. He said, "As you wish." Tears.
one of my favorites. lots of great one liners...inconceivable!!!! 🤣😂 thats Andre the Giant. he was 7' 4'' and almost 400 lbs. one of the great wrestlers...
The interesting thing about Mandy Patinkin's performance is that he had recently lost his father to cancer at the time of filming, so he used the pain he felt regarding his father's loss and basically projected it onto the character of the six fingered man. That the character was the cancer that took his father's life, and he was going to get him for it. So when he says "I want my father back you son of a bitch," he's speaking with real emotion there.
This is probably the absolute best “clean” movie ever made. Kids can watch this and be entertained, and adults appreciate the “grownup” humor without having to explain it to the kids. Love this movie. ….and I love you guy’s reaction lol
This movie brings back so many memories. I first watched it when I was in Jr. High School back in 87. I had just transferred from my history class so i could be in the same class with a friend. As luck would have it my new history teacher played this amazing movie to the class and I fell in love with it. I watched it so many times that i knew every line of the movie by heart. I was excited when I saw this in my feed and looked forward to your reaction to it. This is the second reaction video ive seen this year of this movie and in both of instances I have to say that I love how this movie is able to fool some people long enough with the supposed death of Wesley early on that they dont suspect the man in black is Wesley until youre supposed to know.
Best movie ever made! This is definitely my desert island, only one movie for the rest of your life movie. It has everything! 1st video of yours I saw. I really enjoyed you. Definitely gonna look at your channel to see what else you have.
Long live Andre the Giant, in our memories. 💕 He really was quite something, and worth reading about. This movie really hurt his back, when he had to catch her..
When you find the book by William Goldman, in the intro he tells about hearing this story read by his grandfather but when Goldman went looking for the book later in life, he found it didn't exist. Maybe he remembered the title wrong or maybe his grandfather made up the whole story. Who knows? Goldman wrote the story the way he remembered hearing it.
Aw...I love this movie. 😍😍😍 When I was little my parents always had wrestling on TV and Andre the Giant was a professional wrestler on AWA. 😂 He scared me until I saw him in this movie.
I've been watching this movie since I was a kid and my dad brought it home on VHS. It was so great to see you guys watch it for the first time, and even with the decades and movies since, see you go through the same journey of laughter and emotion I remember from loving this movie. Even jumping when Fezzik throws the rock! That ALWAYS got me!
Andre had upper back problems during the filming of Fezzick's fight with the man in black, so they used a double for distant shots and stilts for Carey for close-up shots while behind Andre.
Absolutely one of the greatest movies ever, and believe it or not, one of the pillars of my marriage. I met my wife on OkCupid, and there were two things in her profile that drew me to her right away: Led Zeppelin, and The Princess Bride. She told me later that she was interested in me right away because of the very first sentence of the very first message I ever sent to her: "I'll bet we could have fun storming the castle together." We celebrate the 10th anniversary of our first date next month, and in December of 2021, we finally moved into the house we bought together. The first morning we woke up in our new home, she got a look of realization on her face, and excitedly said, "You know what moving into this house means? It means that we have finally successfully stormed the castle together!" She is one of the few things in my life that I love more than this movie.
There is a shortage of perfect movies in this world, but this is one of them, for sure. Great reaction, y'all. :) Fun fact: Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits composed the soundtrack. ❤
This is a fantastic movie. I saw it in the theaters when it came out. The next year at our fraternity house it came on HBO. Everyone was like "change the channel" but I told them to give it a chance. It ended up becoming a house favorite. "Hey everyone, it's on again!" LOL. Thanks for the reaction!
Andre the Giant was a very famous wrestler-back in the day he was thrown from the ring and landed on my grandfather (who was a major wrestling fan). That night my grandfather came home from the match with my brothers and they were so excited that Andre the Giant broke my grandfathers glasses..my grandfather was from Italy and his English was very broken but he was beyond excited and couldn’t stop telling people his experience. He basically spoke about it until the day he died. I can’t see Andre the Giant without thinking of this!
That’s the cutest story! 😂
Andre was Hogan famous. I thought everyone had heard of him. I guess I'm just old.
@@stansmith3509 me too,
I met him when I was about 11 or 12. At the war memorial in Syracuse ny
@@stansmith3509, You should hear the story that Hogan tells about his match with Andre the Giant.
André René Roussimoff (Andre the Giant) was 7' 4" and weighed 520 pounds. He was French and undefeated as a professional wrestler until he let Hulk Hogan beat him (Hogan's words) when he had major health problems just before he died. Andre was very proud of his role in "Princess Bride" and profusely expressed his gratitude for those those responsible for his inclusion in the movie.
Mandy Patinkin, who played Inigo Montoya, watched the premier with his wife. It was the first time he saw the film in it's entirety. At the end of the film Mandy's wife noticed that he was crying. She asked him why and he said "Every actor dreams of playing a role that is timeless and is loved by all generations. I just realized that I played the role of a lifetime".
Well, that was his billed height. In reality, at his tallest, he was about 7'2", but that was in the 70s. By the time he became popular in the WWF in the 80s he was about 7', and kept losing height at a faster rate. In the famed Hogan/Andre Wrestlemania he was about 6'10". Still huge, no doubt, but a half foot shorter than his claimed height, which was a common theme in 80s professional wrestling. Height and weight exaggerations were very common in the 'big guy' era of professional wrestling, as are many of the drinking stories about Andre.
This movie hits for every age group and background. Timeless.
It is a perfect film. They will never do a remake of this because it's not possible to do it better.
@@erictaylor5462 unfortunately that’s probably why they’ll try to do a remake, and fail completely
So true.
Perfectly stated!!
Yes. Perfect movie. Impossible to make it any better.
This is literally the perfect movie. It has everything you could possibly want. Swordfighting. Intrigue. Giants. Revenge. Miracles. True love. A cart that wasn't listed among our assets.
There was a thing awhile back where the studio was discussing a remake and the collective response was “why?”
During Covid quarantine, a large group of actors collaborated to remake the movie at home, pretty much exactly like the original! It was a lot of fun to watch! It’s still up on UA-cam, I believe!
The actor who played Indigo said in an interview that he had lost his own father to cancer a year before. So when it came time to film the revenge scene he imagined it was the cancer he was killing. Powerful stuff.
Mandy Patinkin is a treasure! I love him as an actor and a singer.
@@wolfe6220 Mandy Patankin has also said that Inigo Montoya is his favorite character he has ever played.
That's why he doesn't use his Inigo accent. It wasn't Inigo talking to Count Rugen. It was Mandy talking to cancer.
Inigo not Indigo.
@@rakitakhan Íñigo, in fact.😉
"I want my father back, you son of a bitch." The reason this line moved you to your very soul is because Mandy (the actor) had just lost his father in real life to cancer right before filming, and his pain was real and raw. Gets me in the feels every time.
Actually, his father died in 1972. The movie was filmed in 1986. But are right.
I felt Asia's growl viscerally, when Inigo Montoya finally avenged his father.
Excellent reaction, guys!
Yeah, I got a big smile when I heard it🤣
So satisfying.
Read about that line and Mandy Pitinkin and his own father, then watch that scene again.
Yeah! She felt that one. Thisss iss for my ffatther....
I watched her growl four or five times, it's classic.
When Wesley said "As you wish" he was really saying "I love you"
And at the end when the grandfather tells his grandson, "As you wish"... Big feels.
loved the part at the end that i got "as you wish" tattooed on my right forearm
It always leaves me smiling
@@timversteeg3038 that is a great tat
@@timversteeg3038this wierdly makes me want to get a tattoo on my left hand which reads "I am not left-handed"
Billy Crystal as Miracle Max is pure gold. Billy tended to adlib his lines causing everyone to crack up. Even the director had to step out of the room during filming because Billy was making him fall apart laughing. I bet it was pure torture for Cary Elwes to keep perfectly still as this comic genius just slayed. To this day, I will always find a way to use the "have fun storming the castle" line when making goodbyes.
Yes! My friend and I always say this to each other when we are about to do something special or important. We are both Gen X, so most Millenials and Gen Z's don't get it....
And Mandy Patinkin broke a rib trying not to laugh at Billy.
It's a great line to use with your friends!
Billy and Carol actually met up months before filming and worked out this couple's entire back story.
Cary Elwes also couldn't be in the scene because he was laughing. The " mostly dead" Westley on the table was a dummy.
Andre the Giant was so proud of this movie he would sit in the back of theaters and enjoy watching peoples reactions.
The grandfather's "As you wish" at the end gets me every time.
Same here. Reminds me of my granddad who's long past
@@bencracknellCA God bless his soul, your granpaw.
I'm a *REALLY* old girl, so it's hard for me to see him pause and come back with "as you wish" instead of "Oh and one more thing...."
It's even a real detective tactic now, the "Matlock." *shakes her head laughing quietly*
Lord I need alcohol. Be safe everyone
Right in the feels, every time.
The grandfather here was played by Peter Falk, he was Columbo, a detective with a daggy old car, raincoat and a cigar, who solved everything for years on his tv show. His line was "oh, one more thing," on is way out he'd ask the right question and boom it was cracked.
Brilliant film. Walked out of the theatres as a teen knowing I had just seen something special. "There’s a shortage of perfect movies in this world. It would be a pity to damage this one." - Cary Elwes
"Rest well and dream of large women"
@Olana Owen I, for one, for now, always will! She thinks she has seen it well more than enough time! I was born in 1980. I saw this on my Grandparents' fancy cable TV and knew immediately that Atreyu, Snarf & Orko were no longer my greatest heroes! 👍🏻😅🤺
The first time I saw it I walked in the theater(I was 10) just as Buttercup was rolling down the hill. I was so enamored with what I was seeing I didn't even find a seat I just stood there and watched for a minute. So my greatest joys have been reading more about the story and finding out how it came to be and how it was written. It's just genius and it's beautiful that people recognize that genius and push for it to become something more.
My wife and I used to watch this movie together every wedding anniversary - including one time when we watched it in different states. She's passed now, but I still keep up the tradition.
aww thats so sweet, very sorry to hear the passing though
Death cannot stop true love.
I love how Peter Falk knew Asia would be nervous about the eels
He would make a good detective. 😀
@@mxplixic Teehee!
My favorite quote from this movie “Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something”
Si... Siempre digo eso...
Yes!! I use this line with my kids.
I love re-watching movies with you two.... BTW, Andre said that filming this movie was the best experience of his life..... "They just treated me like a person."
back during his era of wrestling, and prior to that when andre was just a spectacle to oogle, he was treated horrible. as were the other wrestlers. many of them were down to buying bags of potatoes to eat RAW between matches because vince mcmahon wouldn't pay them worth crap. he had them all as 1099's, meaning "private contractors" so he treated them like some guy you hire to mow the lawn, or something like that. vince is utter scum for how he treated them. so when andre got into this program, everyone adored him. he was very fun, had a great sense of humor, liked to screw around. but he was also very frail at this point. they had to rig him carefully during a couple of the scenes where he had to show himself being strong, because his back was basically destroyed, and his heart was weak. he met a very sad ending, but the world has so many happy memories of our loveable giant.
André Roussimoff said of making this film that he felt very comfortable with everyone. “Everywhere else, I’m ‘Andre, the Giant,’ but here I’m just Andre.”
😥
I wish Andre had lived to see the amount of love this movie has brought people.
"As you wish" USED to be a pick up line. My dad used to say that to my mom, and it wasn't until I watched this movie when I was a teenager that I realized the significance of my dad saying that to her.
It's great to see people watching this classic for the first time! So many quotable lines: "As you wish", "You killed my father, prepare to die!", "I am not left handed", "Is this a kissing book?", etc.
The large man was known as Andre the Giant and was also a professional wrestler.
He was 7'4 and suffered from a genetic disorder called Giagantis, he died at the early age of 46 years old.
The character of Montoya is played by Mandy Patinkin, who played Agent Gideon in Criminal Minds.
The nicest man I've ever met. Such a Kool dude. Got to meet him when I was 11 at Keil Auditorium in St Louis. What a wrestler.
I will never not be completely baffled by how many people fail to recognize Cary Elwes after he puts on a tiny mask. He has a very recognizable face and voice. It's like Superman wearing glasses.
This is one of the rare instances where the movie is actually better than the book. They brought the actual author of it on as the screen writer, and as good as the book is he really knocked the movie adaptation out of the park.
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The cast had suuuuch great chemistry too
I disagree. The book is just as good as the movie
And it adds so much character background
@@vincegamer Agree with you 100%. I read the book in 1984 or 85 and it was only 2 or 3 years later and I was stoked to here they made the movie. I've always felt like I was in a very small minority of students that read the book. Been recommending the book for 35 years. The movie is phenomenal as well.
@@lancemanyun5163 I read the book after seeing the movie and I was honestly scared to read the section on Inigo because I thought it might damage my mental image of the character.
Instead it elevated it.
My favorite moment in the book is in that section and did not make it into the movie.
I loved both the book and the film, two different takes on a wonderful story. the book skews a little older, I think.
Damn Vince…. Did I mention it was 37 years ago… lol. My freshest memories and something I always mention are the pages that were left blank because the author said they were boring, and the parentheses and quotated section when the author speaks to us, the reader. Refresh my memory about the indigo descriptions and story please. Also, very interesting that you saw movie and then read the book. Wonder the percentage of people that did it in that order versus book 1st. Great perspective
My dad’s favorite movie. He passed last year and I miss him very much. Thank you for bringing back such great memories.
Our condolences for your loss Vincent. Thanks for sharing, much love to you
You have no idea how happy it makes me that you guys are reacting to this movie. One of my favorites.
same
Me too!!
This movie is so full of excellent quotes..”I do not think that word means what you think it means”, “never go up against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line”, “he’s been mostly dead all day”, “I’ve got a wedding to plan, my bride to kill, and Guilder to frame for it”, and of course “as you wish”. I think it’s the most quoted movie besides The Godfather.
This movie is the definition of timeless. Even in a thousand years from now, people who will see it will still fall in love with it.
This movie is a classic. I was born in 1987. I grew up from a young age watching this movie. Fred Savage from Wonder Years TV show. Andre the Giant is a Legend.! What a good man he was. He didn't fit easy in cars or planes. They got him a 3 or 4 wheeler motorbike for off set of this movie. He rode the sh*t out of that bike 🤣 the old crazy dude is Billy Crystal
Andre loved making this movie. Those close to him say this was the highlight of his career for him. RIP giant.
He spent most of the last decade of his wrestling career as a heel, he knew he was dying, and wanted to be remembered as a hero.
He was also in enormous back pain during the shoot. He couldn't even carry Robin, they had to use cables and he just had his arms under her.
I always appreciate that the actors went through intense training with the foremost fencing expert to actually learn how to fence. They wanted the duel between Inigo and Westley to look real so they made it real through training and choreography. The only stuntman work was the pole flips.
One of the best cinematic fencing scenes ever. They practiced every day, and learned each other's moves to help avoid injury.
They learned the original choreography so well, that the scene was too short. So they added more.
They'd actually get extra practice in whenever they could because they were having that much fun.
“You’ve fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this; never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line!”
I was in high school when this came out, and every time I see it I laugh, and the older I get the more I get misty-eyed when the grandfather tells his grandson "As you wish."
Okay...So, the story was conceived when the writer William Goldman asked his young daughters what kind of story they wanted to hear before bed. One daughter wanted a story about a princess. The other daughter wanted a story about a bride. Since Goldman was a novelist and a screenwriter, with one Oscar for Best Screenplay (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid)...he wrote the story as a novel but also had in mind what he wanted to do with it as a screenplay. He used the 'S. Morgenstern' part as a red herring...he created it. However, when you read the book, it is "The Good Parts Version" that Goldman adapted from a book that actually never existed before he wrote it.
Cary Elwes, who plays Westley, wrote a book about the filming with lots of behind-the-scenes stories called 'As You Wish' that is almost as good as the film is, and is a must-read for fans of the film. He has done tons of movies as a character actor since this came out...he was the mom's boyfriend in 'Liar, Liar', and Jonas is 'Twister'.
Robin Wright, who plays Buttercup, made her big-screen debut in this. She's been in tons of stuff...most famously as Jenny in 'Forrest Gump'.
Mandy Patinkin, who plays Inigo, was a stage actor in musicals on Broadway. With the final duel with Count Rugen, Patinkin imagined that Rugen was cancer...which claimed Patinkin's father before making the movie. So when he says to Rugen, "I want my father back, you son of a bitch!"...that wasn't acting. That was him, angry and trying to kill the cancer that claimed his dad. Patinkin has an amazing singing voice, he tours constantly, and he is also well known for his series 'Homeland'.
Andre the Giant became the most beloved member of the cast among the cast and crew. There are many warm, endearing, and hysterical stories about him during the filming. When he died, it was devastating for everyone in the cast. He really only made this film...but as a legacy, it is an amazing one. The filming did inspire another film called 'My Giant' written by Billy Crystal (Miracle Max) which he also starred in. It was a cute film, but it's forgotten today.
When Mandy Patinkin does concerts I have read that his encore is him, in his Inigo voice, doing the quote from the movie. "Hello, my name ..."
I’ll never be able to watch it without my eyes welling up at that last line.
There are plenty of movies out there with higher production value, bigger budgets, crazy special effects, and deep social or political commentary that are more “important” in cinema history… but I’ve realized over the years that this will always be my favorite movie.
Nice info, how did I not know that was Jenny?😊
Robin Wright was also the mother in Wonder Woman
Fun Fact : Chris Sarandon, the guy who plays Humperdink, also voiced Jack Skellington in A Nightmare Before Christmas.
I love how they set out to make a spoof of love stories and wound up making one of the greatest love stories ever told! 😍 Also, Asia, your smile in this was everything, girl! 😄
I don't think it was a spoof... the original book was written by William Goldman and was basically inspired by his 2 daughters. He asked them what subject they wanted for a bedtime story and one said "Princesses" and the other said "Brides". So he told an over the top fairy tale about a princess bride. In that sense, it is a parody of fairy tales, but not necessarily love stories. The best part is that since Goldman was a screen writer (he wrote "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"), it was natural for him to adapt his novel to a screenplay for the movie.
This is one of those movies that span generations. Parents show it to their kids who then grow up and show it their kids and on and on. Such a classic, perfect movie!
So glad that you two are finally watching The Princess Bride, such a fun movie. Didn't you love the most courteous swordfight in cinematic history between Wesley and Aldo Montoya? Lol. And the Big Guy is famous wrestler, the late ,great Andre The Giant. He later said ,before his untimely death, was this movie was his greatest achievement. I miss him.
Andre said it was the best experience of his life because for once while he was filming he felt normal. He became close with the cast members and loved how he was treated like just another actor.
I miss him too.
Inigo Montoya.
Who’s Aldo?😂
@@spcmegreg Aldo Montoya (the Portuguese man-of-war) was a ring name used by pro wrestler Justin Credible for a short while in the WWF back in the 1990s LMAO So the name actually existed.
Not sure what he has to do with this movie though 🤣
Love your expressions when the priest's voice registered. It's such a funny bit of unexpected humor that it just cracks everyone up.
there aren't many movies that is truly beloved across multiple generations. This is one that an whole family can watch together and truly enjoy. I first saw this as a teen when it was first released, and I shared it with my kids, and they both love it.
One of my fav movies all time.
side note - it's one of the most quoted movies of all time. Especially among table-top role-playing gamers (such as myself - we ALL know this movie - and most of the quotes from it).
14:30 as you already know from other comments, this is Andre the Giant. Throughout Andre's career in wrestling, using the sleeper hold was pretty much the only way you could beat him. So I find it both poetic AND appropriate that it took a sleeper hold to beat him here.
My first date with my fiancée was to a screening of this movie. We both knew it was going to work out when both of us quoted the whole movie :)
For a Christmas present last year, we went to a special screening and got to meet the Man in Black himself, Cary Elwes. He is about one of the nicest guys you've ever seen.
That's adorable and awesome that you got to meet him. Love that for you guys.
Inconceivable
I ❤Cary Elwes!
he always seems to play scumbags in more recent types of things it seems, i miss him from this and Men in Tights
Andre The Giant said that this was one if his favorite movies. Cary Elwes said that the giant was one of the kindest people to work with.
This movie is the most faithful book adaptation that you could “read” The Princess Bride to your children and younger relatives by reciting this movie from memory, which I can do.
Huge guy is the late great „Andre Rene Roussimoff“ know professionally as „Andre the Giant“. He was 7‘4 and weighed 520 lbs. He was a pro wrestler know for not working out and was just naturally strong. RIP Andre and Peter Falk
This is a legendary classic I've seen too many times and it never gets old. They can't make a movie like this today, it's too sweet and wholesome. So glad you both saw it and enjoyed it.
"A Giant always comes in handy" - Excellent quote and observation :)
The Princess Bride by William Goldman was required reading in my high school English class...the teacher assigned it right before Easter Vacation (spring break)...all the guys groaned after reading the title, but when returning from vacay, not one person in class didn't finish the book...it's one of those books that once you start, it's hard to put down...the movie is great and so is the book
Definitely agree. The book was very cool.
Haha, all your male classmates were like, "Is this a kissing book?" 😄
The screenplay is used as a model as well
This is one of the few times I really can't say if the book or movie is better, they both do different things very well.
My favorite part of the book is when he reads it as an adult and realizes all the creative editing his grandfather did to make it enjoyable for his grandson. A true classic!
The "big guy" was Andre the Giant, who was a professional wrestler. He actually did not speak English when he made this movie, so the director (Rob Reiner) would record the lines on tape and Andre would play it over and over until he knew the sounds he had to make for each word.
Also, the sword fight was something that both actors (Cary Elwes - man in black) and Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya) practiced with two of the greatest film sword masters to be able to do the entire fight in one take (because that's what Rob Reiner wanted). The only time they cut away in that whole fight was for each actor's double to do the jump/swing off the parallel bar.
You're pretty good at finding classic movies and Princess Bride is one of the best. It isn't easy to mix comedy, romance, and drama in a show and get the right balance. They did it perfectly, and with a brilliant cast.
What a classic. I love Andre The Giant. A real Giant he was. He could drink like 2 bottles of rum & not get buzzed.
If you see his fingers in pics, they are huge. Some people say they are bigger then Bananas.
A super nice gentle giant, of course out of the ring.
This NEVER gets old!!! If you ever watch this with me, I WILL recite the entire movie...just saying. So many great actors! This is a REAL book. The "Cliffs of Insanity" are based on the real Cliffs of Moher in County Clare, Ireland. Andre actually did several movie parts and tv show appearances. Because of his back though he didn't actually "catch" Robin Wright. They set her up on like a pulley system that "dropped" her in his arms and took most of her weight off of him because he couldn't really hold her either. That's Wallace Shawn with the lisp. In an interview, he's said that he doesn't feel he's a funny person but because of his lisp and his line delivery, everyone thinks he's hilarious which he is.
I think Wallace Shawn IS funny, no matter what he says. Loved him in Clueless. 😂
I've read the book. It's... different.
Inconceivable.
The Grand Nagus!
@@jessodum3103 I'm sorry. I also read it thinking it would be like the movie, but better. That shit broke me.
The song at the end of movie was done by Mark Knopfler, guitarist and founder of Dire Straits.
OMG!! I'm SO, SO very happy that you guys watched this movie. It's one of the best ever made. I've watched it more times than I can count, and I still love watching it.
I love Andre the Giant. Truly a gentle giant. His voice is soo deep that it’s hard to hear his French accent. A true legend. When he says “hello, Lady”, it makes me smile. Always. And Cary and Robin are just beautiful. Especially Cary. This movie is endlessly quotable. My friends and I still do, and have since we were kids. I even have friends that had a Princess Bride wedding…with the officiant saying the vows just like the on in the movie. It was hilarious. 😂 It is a classic. I’ve shown it to my son, and he loved it as well. Oh!!! And the little boy is Fred Savage. He started in The Wonder Years. He was also “The Mole” in the 3rd Austin Powers movie with Beyoncé.
I was so excited to see your reaction and it did not disappoint! This movie is so quotable; when I'm standing in line somewhere and feeling impatient, I mumble "Man and wife! Say man and wife!"
When my kids were 7-8 they watched this movie three times a day.... I got to join them once a day plus three times on Sat & Sun. I grew to love it and we all learned all the lines... 40 years later we breakout into Princess Bride and laugh our asses off!
when my daughter was getting married, she was going to ask one of her brothers to officiate for them, but KNEW he would do the marriage speech like in this movie
Buttercup is the name of a small , fragrant yellow flower found in wooded areas and valleys.
Is there anyone who doesn't love this movie? INCONCEIVABLE! Plus there so many great lines to quote.
Two favorite lines...
1. AS YOU WISH (ending line said by grandpa)
2. YOU'RE ALIVE, IF YOU WANT I COULD FLY
This movie is honestly one of the best films ever made. Its just a good time start to finish, easy to digest but endlessly endearing. Its one of the most universally enjoyed films out there as well, its like the movie is the embodiment of good happy vibes.
It has a fun story,
great likable characters
jaunty action
satisfying resolutions
its just great man.
This is one of my favorite movies of all time. R.I.P. Andre the Giant
Possibly the most beautiful message in the movie is when the grandfather tells his grandson "as you wish" just as Wesley did. He's basically telling his grandson...... I love you....😁
The most important part of the movie is really the story of the little boy and his grandfather. At the beginning of the film the boy doesn't want to be visited by the corny old man. By the end of the movie, he outgrows many of his childish feelings, thanks to his grandfather. The boy is played by Fred Savage who is most famous for the 6 seasons of his coming-of-age TV show, "The Wonder Years".
The large man was Andre the giant. He was a wrestler in the 80s. And was turkey that large lol. A can of beer in his hand looked like a sewing thimble. He died from heart issues not long after this film was made. But he was a kind soul.
This movie is an adaptation of a book. William Goldman wrote the screenplay, and he also wrote the book. The book tells the story the same, where the grandpa comes to visit the sick kid and reads him the story. Even the kid's interruptions are in the book too.
Goldman came up with the idea for the book when his two daughters asked him to tell them a story. "Story about what?" he said. One daughter said, "A princess!" The other daughter said, "A bride!"
And that's how "Princess Bride" came to be.
This movie is a true classic. It has everything, romance, action, comedy, drama. Pretty much perfect.
Fezzik the Giant was portrayed/played by the late great former professional wrestler Andre The Giant. Andre The Giant according to reports very much enjoyed participating in the movie and received a lot of praise for his portrayal of Fezzik the Giant. Andre The Giant tragically died at just over 40 years old due to affects of Gigantism/Acromegaly which he struggled with all his life and was responsible for his large size of nearly 7 ft tall and weight of 500 to 550 pounds. From Andre The Giant to Billy Crystal the cast is great ensemble who help make the movie a lot of fun for viewers of all ages.
This came out in 86 or 87 I think. My wife and I were married in 92 and we had our car’s license plate read “As you wish.” We got lots of compliments on that for years from people who had seen Princess Bride 😊 oh and yes at our home, all of our kids have seen this movie multiple times!
Of all the quotable lines in this gem of a film that I thought I might use, "murdered by pirates is good" is actually my go-to in many occasions.
Peter Falk's "as you wish" at the end of this is a perfect closing to a film. In case nobody's mentioned it yet, the priest at the wedding was played by Peter Cook, absolute LEGEND of British comedy.
I have watched this movie many many times with my three daughters. It's our favorite movie. It gave me great joy to watch it through your eyes, and how you enjoyed it too.
I'm in my 60's, even after my girls have long been gone and all grown up, I put that movie in at least twice a year or so.
The man in black has been in many movies. He can lose his Britsh accent and so clearly sound like a man from anywhere in the US. The sword fighter Mantoia, he a great actor too but he is a wonderful singer as well. The lady, many movies too. Andra, everybody know Andre the Giant.
Very cute movie. It still holds up! And Grandpa and Grandson were both big tv stars each with their own iconic series at one point in time too!
The big guy is Andre' the Giant.
He got his start pro wrestling in Europe.
He then immigrated to the US and became a pro wrestler here.
He then got into acting.
The man reading the story was the star in an old TV detective series called "Colombo".
The movie’s score/music was written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. It’s so perfectly done and just blends right in to the pictures.
CLASSIC MOVIE!!! When people of today want to know of good movies back in the day ... Princess Bride is a must.
I love how intensely you were watching the scene of Inigo vs Count Rugen. For many of us, if not most, it is the part of the story that tugs at the heartstrings the most. I was also waiting in anticipation for the scene with the Bishop. I burst out laughing at the slightly delayed reaction as you both tried to process what he was saying lol. The Bishop scene never fails.
Do you mean The Impressive Clergyman?
You all are at 70,000. Heading to 100,000. I’ve been watching you all before you started the movie channel and I’ve been there since the beginning of the movie channel. I wish you all much success. You are one of my favorite channels.
So glad you watched this movie it is one of my all time favorites. A beautiful classic.
I loved how much Asia enjoyed this movie made me smile so hard girl. 😊
This movie has a timeless charm. it captivated me when i was about the grandson's age, and on every viewing since then.
I am so glad you two watched this movie it is timeless. I loved both your re-actions are usual. Had me laughing even more especially at the wedding with Asia hearing "I can't" at the way the minister did the marriage speech. The casting was perfect, and this movie had it all humor, touching elements, combat. Grandpa was right it had it all. This movie is a classic and I love it. But if you look deeper this is about how sometimes we as children forget or don't understand the value of a good grandparent. At first, he thought it would be boring, but as grandpa read, he became more and more engrossed and at the end when he asked grandpa to come back and read it again. He said, "As you wish." Tears.
Went to a wedding not long after seeing this. The way the wedding was set up reminded me too much of the scene, and I couldn't help but laugh 😅
one of my favorites. lots of great one liners...inconceivable!!!! 🤣😂
thats Andre the Giant. he was 7' 4'' and almost 400 lbs. one of the great wrestlers...
The interesting thing about Mandy Patinkin's performance is that he had recently lost his father to cancer at the time of filming, so he used the pain he felt regarding his father's loss and basically projected it onto the character of the six fingered man. That the character was the cancer that took his father's life, and he was going to get him for it. So when he says "I want my father back you son of a bitch," he's speaking with real emotion there.
This is probably the absolute best “clean” movie ever made.
Kids can watch this and be entertained, and adults appreciate the “grownup” humor without having to explain it to the kids.
Love this movie.
….and I love you guy’s reaction lol
This movie brings back so many memories. I first watched it when I was in Jr. High School back in 87. I had just transferred from my history class so i could be in the same class with a friend. As luck would have it my new history teacher played this amazing movie to the class and I fell in love with it. I watched it so many times that i knew every line of the movie by heart. I was excited when I saw this in my feed and looked forward to your reaction to it. This is the second reaction video ive seen this year of this movie and in both of instances I have to say that I love how this movie is able to fool some people long enough with the supposed death of Wesley early on that they dont suspect the man in black is Wesley until youre supposed to know.
Andre the Giant was a gentle giant - he left a sweet mark in the world and did a few movies.
Best movie ever made! This is definitely my desert island, only one movie for the rest of your life movie. It has everything! 1st video of yours I saw. I really enjoyed you. Definitely gonna look at your channel to see what else you have.
Long live Andre the Giant, in our memories. 💕
He really was quite something, and worth reading about. This movie really hurt his back, when he had to catch her..
When you find the book by William Goldman, in the intro he tells about hearing this story read by his grandfather but when Goldman went looking for the book later in life, he found it didn't exist. Maybe he remembered the title wrong or maybe his grandfather made up the whole story. Who knows? Goldman wrote the story the way he remembered hearing it.
Aw...I love this movie. 😍😍😍
When I was little my parents always had wrestling on TV and Andre the Giant was a professional wrestler on AWA. 😂 He scared me until I saw him in this movie.
I've been watching this movie since I was a kid and my dad brought it home on VHS. It was so great to see you guys watch it for the first time, and even with the decades and movies since, see you go through the same journey of laughter and emotion I remember from loving this movie. Even jumping when Fezzik throws the rock! That ALWAYS got me!
The fact you guys have never seen this movie before this is...... Inconceivable !!!
Asia's growl, angry face after he gets his revenge on the 6 fingered man, had me rolling🤣. Great reaction.
Andre had upper back problems during the filming of Fezzick's fight with the man in black, so they used a double for distant shots and stilts for Carey for close-up shots while behind Andre.
Absolutely one of the greatest movies ever, and believe it or not, one of the pillars of my marriage. I met my wife on OkCupid, and there were two things in her profile that drew me to her right away: Led Zeppelin, and The Princess Bride. She told me later that she was interested in me right away because of the very first sentence of the very first message I ever sent to her: "I'll bet we could have fun storming the castle together." We celebrate the 10th anniversary of our first date next month, and in December of 2021, we finally moved into the house we bought together. The first morning we woke up in our new home, she got a look of realization on her face, and excitedly said, "You know what moving into this house means? It means that we have finally successfully stormed the castle together!" She is one of the few things in my life that I love more than this movie.
aww thats so awesome, what a great story dude, i wish i could be so lucky as ya!
The 6 finger man is Christopher Guest, husband to Jamie Lee Curtis
There is a shortage of perfect movies in this world, but this is one of them, for sure. Great reaction, y'all. :)
Fun fact: Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits composed the soundtrack. ❤
The way his grandfather is dressed and looks reminds me exaaaaactly of my late grandfather🙏i never really noticed it watching this growing up
RIP, Andre The Giant, 1946-1993.
This is a fantastic movie. I saw it in the theaters when it came out. The next year at our fraternity house it came on HBO. Everyone was like "change the channel" but I told them to give it a chance. It ended up becoming a house favorite. "Hey everyone, it's on again!" LOL. Thanks for the reaction!