“I want my father back, you son of a bitch,” is the first line in my life I remember getting chills from. Mandy’s father may have passed from cancer but his legacy lives on in that line forever.
I have been to a wedding recently and they actually started off with "Mwawage! Mwawge is what bwings us here today." Everyone broke out laughing including the couple.
I did that at my wedding. The ceremony started without an officiant, the DJ played the sound bit from the movie, and then the officiants (they were 3 friends) interrupted and said something like “what’s this, we’d better do this right” and proceeded to marry us. The Princess Bride is my absolute favorite movie in the world (and my husband has grown to love it, we watch it at least twice a year, on my birthday and during the Christmas holidays) and my wedding was filled with tiny little details ❤️ (another one is that during the dance, we served snacks, sweets “for the mostly dead” and peanuts “anybody want a peanut?”)
@@Lady-Madonna Hahah. Brilliant! Many say weddings are the bride's day. I say it's also the Groom's and everyone's day. Make it special and memorable for everyone. In a positive way.
I officiated a wedding this past summer, and we joked about it, but they wanted to play it straight. But I did it during the rehearsal and everybody loved it.
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Apparently, Mandy Patinkin's father had died from cancer, and when he was acting out this scene, he envisioned that he was fighting the cancer that had killed his father.
James is right - this movie is SO quotable. I love all the usual lines, but a side favorite of mine is when Inigo says to Wesley: "Let me 'splain... No, there is too much. Let me sum up." I still love saying that when I need to explain something! 🤣🤣🤣
fun fact the actors were trained in real fencing to make the fencing as authentic as possible. so not only is the fencing scene real /authentic so is the respect they show each other- it's all part of real sword fighting /fencing-code ( waiting, making sure both are ready etc. )
The fencing itself is deliberately NOT authentic or real at all - they are doing stage fighting, not real fencing. But they do it enthusiastically and creatively and they do name-drop real fencing masters (although they aren’t doing their actual moves).
@@Serai3 that statement, while correct, vastly undersells Bob Anderson's impact on cinema. He was the sword master for everything from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings. My favorite of his work (besides this gem) was in the Highlander TV series. The man was an absolute legend.
When my little brother was learning to talk, I taught him to say: "Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die." I got in trouble for that, but watching a toddler run around while saying those lines was worth it.
It always had me wondering if he had any connection to the writer of the novel. But I just figured he was just saying what Wesley said to his grandson.
@@ericjette2435 I’m from Spain so I don’t get to quote the movie a lot “organically” in my daily life (I would have to do that in Spanish and I don’t like dubbed movies, so I know every quote in English but not in Spanish), but my husband and I quote the movie so much between us. When one of us tricks the other while playing a game it’s always “you fell victim to one of the classic blunders!”, when there’s something shocking or unbelievable it’s “inconveivable”, when someone says something incorrect “you keep using that word, I do not think it means what I think it means”, and more (the movie lives in my head rent free so bits and pieces go out as needed 🤣) And of course, we say “as you wish” to each other every single time we ask each other something. The final “as you wish” from Granpa always makes me cry. Every. Single. Time.
Cary Elwes (Wesley) wrote a book called “As You Wish” which is a behind the scenes look at the making of the movie. Definitely worth a read, or if you listen to the audio version it is Cary who reads it which definitely added to the experience.
I can still make my younger brother laugh by saying "No more rhyming and I mean it! ... Anybody want a peanut?" 😄🤣 Oh how I love this movie. It's so damn funny.
"Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Easily one of the greatest lines in the history of cinema. And the rest of the movie isn't bad, either.
I enjoyed the framing device of the grandfather and grandson just as much as the actual story. I didn't mind going back to it to see Fred Savage and Peter Falk's interactions, as they were just as entertaining.
I wanted to add, if not mentioned later, the author of the book presents the story as "one who relays the story" and the preface is all about him obtaining the story, so HE is kinda of like the Grandfather figure :)
@@PrinceofArfon Quite right. Whenever I talk about this movie with someone, the question "Did you read the book?" inevitably comes up. People always answer, "I read Goldman's 'good parts' version, but not the original by Morgenstern," or something to that effect. But (for anyone who doesn't already know) there is no Morgenstern. The "good parts" version by William Goldman IS the original novel. He presented it as an abridgement of an older work by Morgenstern, but it's not. Just as PrinceofArfon said, the movie is the "good parts" version of the novel (by Goldman), which is presented as the "good parts" version of a (non-existent) "original" novel by "Morgenstern," who doesn't really exist.
@@ericjette2435 The book is indeed wonderful. The only 'injustice' (if I can call it that) with regard to the book is: as we've entered an age of two-second attention spans (on average), so many people will bypass the book as being 'too much trouble' who, in an earlier, pre-sound-byte age, would not have done so. :(
"Why do you wear a mask? Did you get burned by acid or something like that?" "Oh no, it's just that they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future." Talk about a quote that didn't age well, geez 😂😂😂
The book was not written by S. Morgenstern like the movie says. It was written by William Goldman, Academy Award Winning screenwriter (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men). The full title is: The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version. The book pretends to be Goldman's edited version of Morgenstern's full story, leaving only the "good parts". There is no sick kid and grandfather but a lot of conversations of what to keep in the adaptation and what to leave out. At least, that's what I remember. It's been several years since I read it although I do have the hardcover. Goldman passed away in 2018.
But it did have the author saying his father read the original to him, when he was a kid, recovering from pneumonia, so I figured that was how they developed the grandfather/grandson plot in the movie. So, it's his fictional "personal" story, of adapting a fictional author's story! Sort of layers within layers!
Exactly, the “plot device” of going in and out of the “fairy tale” is also in the book, but it’s not the grandson interrupting the grandfather, but “the abridger” (Goldman) commenting on the “original book” (by S. Morgenstern). The prologue does include a story of Goldman’s father (who was originally from Florin, so didn’t speak very good English) reading the book to him when he was sick (and this being what made him fall in love with books and become a writer) and him gifting the book to his own son only to find out the son found that sooo boring… because Goldman’s father was only reading him “the good parts”. So Goldman decided to abridge it. But S. Morgenstern doesn’t exist (neither does the country of Florin), “Goldman” is a fictional version of him and he is indeed the author of the story.
The movie is somewhat loyal to the book, but the book isn't really a filmable one as written. Goldman extracted the story of the bride mostly intact (with some changes out of cinematic necessity), but the bookend story is different. The conceit in the novel is that Goldman (the author) loved "The Princess Bride" because his dad used to read it to him as a kid. His dad was an old world immigrant who'd brought this book with him from the old country, so it had history. Well, when Goldman became a father, he wanted to introduce his kid to it, so he searched high and low until he found a copy for him. The kid hated it. Goldman was perplexed, couldn't figure out why. It was such a great story, how could his son not love it? Then he sat down to read it _himself,_ and discovered the problem: his dad had been editing the book as he went along. It wasn't an adventure story at all. It was a dull political satire, something a kid would never read. So Goldman took it upon himself to edit the book into the form he knew and loved, and publish it as "The Good Parts Version" (the subtitle of the real book, which Goldman wrote - there is no book his dad read him). And that version is the story of Buttercup and her Westley. Goldman wrote the new bookend, about the sick kid and his grandpa, to take the place of the backstory in the book and keep the flavor of commentary and snark from the novel. In a couple of spots, you can even see the grandpa paging through the book, editing his reading as he goes, just like the dad in the novel. :) Oh, and something else: In the book, Buttercup is stupid. I mean, she's an IDIOT. The most beautiful woman in the known world, and she's got the brains of a flea. Just FYI. 😂
I went looking for the book when I was 20 or so. Let me tell you how unexpected that reading was. Lol. I also hate that he left chapter 1 of the sequel as a tease at the end.
According to the book, Vizzini's intellect is so great that it borders on clairvoyant. When given all the information, he can conceive of every outcome and choose the right one. Wesley is a complete X factor, Vizzini knows nothing about him. So every one of Wesley's actions are... Inconceivable.
I have met Cary Elwes (Westley)! He is such a nice and funny guy! He actually has a book out about the making of this movie and stories of what happened.
It's funny that you mentioned enjoying old Errol Flynn films, because this movie's swordfight choreographer was Bob Anderson, who was Flynn's fighting double.
He also wore Darth Vader's suit for all the sword fighting scenes, because David Prowse wasn't comfortable doing them. Anderson has a slight build, so there were a few camera tricks used there. He also was a coach on the Lord of the Rings and got Viggo Mortensen ready for his very first scene he shot (within days of his arrival), which was fighting the Nazgul on Weathertop.
@bonniehalf-elven yup! It's a good thing he doubled for Flynn, because apparently the guy was awful at swordfighting and nearly killed others at times.
@@BloodylocksBathoryThat isn’t true. Errol Flynn was an amazing swordsman who was taught by Basil Rathbone who was one of the best swordsmen ever. There is no evidence that he almost killed anyone.
The Princess Bride is THE most quoted film ever! William Goldman wrote both the book & the screenplay & understood perfectly that a book is usually in the mind, while a film is mostly action- so- a film is always a bit different than the book that preceded it. His screenplay & the film are absolute perfection!
Not sure if this was mentioned in the past, but Chris Sarandon (Humperdink) is the speaking voice of Jack Skellington. 🎃 Everything about this movie is perfect: writing, cast, directing, etc. Epic and Classic! And yes, the most quotable movie ever. You can find a line to use everyday if you wanted to, lol.
I knew he was in Fright Night, but I had no idea that he did the voice of Jack Skellington. Some of my (female) college friends thought he was sexy/seductive as the vampire in Fright Night, but thought he was completely unappealing as Humperdinck. They didn't realize that it was the same actor. After their response to him in The Princess Bride, I reminded them that they thought he was sexy as the vampire in Fright Night, but they had no idea what I was talking about.
22:04 Truer words were never spoken. There is a quote in this movie for almost any occasion. Some years ago a bunch of us PB superfans at work proving this: we had a Princess Bride Challenge where we had to speak to each other all day only in PB quotes depending on what we were doing. It was surprisingly easy.
I adore the book. It’s one of my favorites. It’s very meta. The author presents the book as if it is an old story that had been read to him, but his father used to skip over the boring parts, so he’s presenting an abridged version. So there’s a lot of fourth wall breaking where he pauses the story to talk to the reader. That’s why they had the grandfather framing devise when they adapted it into a movie. There are a lot of parts that are exactly the same in the film. So funny.
Perhaps it’s the type of movie that he react that makes him want to watch it again and apparently This actually was an earlier reaction they did back in 2012 but remained exclusive under their Hero Tier on Patreon up until its upload on January 22, 2024.
What a delightful surprise! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. By now you already know that the book is structured differently than the film, but no less cheeky or sardonic. It honestly reminds me of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", so if you love that one, you'll probably like this one. Gosh, I'm going to miss your reactions. It's been a lovely journey, though.
Random as heck, but search The princess bride DVD cover and look at images. Look at the one where you can flip it because one part is upside down. Look at the calligraphy that makes it read the same either way! It's really cool
I'm glad you mentioned the brilliant score by Mark Knopfler, a great guitar player, and lead singer of Dire Straits. Check out "Sultans of Swing" and "Money for Nothing" among their many hits. My favorite part of the score is when Inigo is trying to break down the door and the music punctuates his slamming into the door. And the interruption where the grandfather says "In the Pit of Despair." *cue "Pit of Despair" music. And so many other great parts.
There is so much good in this movie that it is nearly impossible to mention it all without requoting the whole thing. From a storyteller POV, I adore the way it subverts the classic fairytale. You have the good pirate who rescues the princess from the evil prince. The gentle giant and the comic sidekick team up, but it's that sidekick character who gets to deliver the epic line "...my name is Indigo Montoya..." and fight the final duel to get revenge. Then they set it within the story of a grandfather reading a book to his grandson and break the fourth wall in a way that lowers the tension without destroying the viewers willing suspense of disbelief. This movie proves you can break any rule once you understand and have mastered them.
The book is really good but this is one of those rare cases where I actually think the movie is better than the book. We don’t get to say that very often.
Agreed, and it helps that Goldman himself did the screenplay (there was an earlier screenplay based on Goldman's book that thankfully didn't get made). Though I think there are actually a fair number of movies better than the books they're based on. It's just that when the book is better, people are vocal about the book being better. When the movie is better, people don't talk about the book much (sometimes so much that people don't really know it was based on a book at all). The Godfather, Jaws, Die Hard, Schindler's List, There Will Be Blood, Psycho, The Exorcist, Goodfellas, Silence of the Lambs, Forrest Gump, The Shining, Misery, A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Jurassic Park, Howl's Moving Castle, No Country For Old Men, The Graduate, Children of Men, The Last of the Mohicans, Blade Runner, Shawshank Redemption...obviously tastes vary and maybe you wouldn't say they're all better than their respective books, but there are at least a lot in there that are. But, yeah, great movie.
This is one of those rare movies where it really is just *perfect* Perfect casting, writting and directing. The reason a sequel was never made is because it doesn't *need one* Fun fact: 1.Mandy Patinkin lost his father to cancer around the time this movie was being made, so in the final moment of his revenge when he says : *"I want my father back you son of a b!tch"* , he imagined that he was speaking directly to the cancer that killed him. 2. The DVD cover's art and title text were designed in such a way where it still says "The Princess Bride" upside down. Not so fun fact: André the Giant was alredy having serious health issues here. In the scenes where he himself is actually doing anything phisical, you can visibly see him in pain and in many of the shots they straight up replace him with with a double because his back was literally killing him.
They used cables for his catching of Buttercup, because he couldn't do it without hurting his back. Also, they used a double for riding the horse at the end, because he was so heavy, he would have killed it.
Im just mentioning this now because I recently rewatched the movie but if you ever need another medieval movie I highly recommend a Knights Tale. Its great.
My dad was the best man for his younger brother's wedding and when he started his Best Man Speech, he began, as everyone who knows him expected, with "Mawage. Mawage is what bwings us together today". And my final year of college, my professor kept using the word "provocation" and my friend and i just looked at each other and would go "i dont think that word means what he thinks it means"
In the William Goldman book...he talks about how his grandfather (or father, can't remember which) used to read this story to him and years later he went back to read it himself and it turns out his father left out parts of the book that were incredibly boring and not important to the story. Like there were 27 pages of the original book that just described the dress she was wearing.
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I watched it over and over and over as a kid and love to rewatch it to this day. Inigo and Westly and Fezik are such top-tier characters! I'm so glad y'all watched this and had fun.
My favorite behind the scenes stories of this movie are all the stories of Andre the Giant. He was super kind and could also drink like no other. He got so drunk one night he passed out in the hotel lobby and they just put velvet ropes around him bc nobody could move him or wake him up.
I know you guys are stopping, but we’d all love it if you both read the book and then did either a video or podcast thing where you discuss the book and movie together. It’s really one of the most intelligent and interesting adaptations ever. The book is the most bookish book that has ever booked - it does things only a novel can do. It draws on a long history of other books. The brilliance of the movie is that it doesn’t try to copy the book, but instead re-frames and re-formats everything to make a movie that is pure movie magic, which itself draws on the history of movie swashbucklers and fairy tale romances. William Goldman was the rare writer who understood the essences of novels and screenplays and what makes them different. Somehow he was able to lift the essence of his own charming but highly eccentric book, and melt it down and reshape it into a wonderful movie.
I really liked your end discussion. Agreed Buttercup is a good and strong character without relying on her having physical strength. It's hard to choose a favourite character as this feels like such an ensemble of good characters
A movie I love, and usually describe as "a more modern version of The Princess Bride", is Stardust from 2007. I know it isn't likely to hit the channel before you move on with life, but I hope you'll get a chance to view this gem sooner or later on your own time. :)
I appreciate that you guys see that Buttercup can be a good character even if she is not a fighter. I also find it intriguing that Westley was so confident that Buttercup would never say "I do" to Humperdink that he immediately reassured Buttercup that the marriage never happened, even before she confirmed that she never said "I do".
Guilder and Florin are alternate names for the Fiorno d'oro - a gold coin of the Holy Roman Empire. The two warring countries are literally just different names for the same thing. Guilder was used as the name for subsequent Dutch coins until the adoption of the Euro in 2002.
When I was a kid with my siblings and cousins we used to say the Inigo Montoya for years, in any situation - play hide and seek, find the person “MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA, YOU KILLED MY FATHER, PREPARE TO DIE” 😂 this move was and is so good!!!
In the book written about the whole filming experience by Cary Elwes (Wesley), apparently he had to film that sword fight with a broken toe. Andre the Giant egged him on into riding his ATV (I think that's what it was) and Cary crashed it and broke his toe. He was so afraid they were going to replace him because they hadn't filmed a lot of scenes yet. Ouch. Crazy stuff! :)
Andre The Giant haha just brilliant. the cast in this is classic too. Peter Cook, Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes, Fred Savage, Mel Smith and Peter Falk as grandpa to name a few.
I love that you did this reaction! The movie is in fact VERY close to the book, as the author is also the screenwriter. (And no, it's NOT serious; it's a spoof and intended to be so, from the first line.) The sword fight was actually done BY THE ACTORS--they worked on it for months--and btw, Florin and Guilder were the names of two types of MONEY (in the Netherlands, I think), not the names of countries. And in case you're wondering who the most popular actor on the set was--it was Andre the Giant. Everyone loved him--and he died way too soon. And you obviously enjoyed it like crazy--it's wonderful to watch. One more thing: READ THE BOOK. It's truly wonderful--and yes, there's a father reading this book to his son. It's heartbreaking--and screamingly funny, as you've already found out. Your Storyteller's Guild might find it worthwhile.
Thanks so much for viewing and reacting to one of my favourites! I read the book years ago, long after watching the film for the first time, so I can tell you lots about it. Both the book and the movie's screenplay were written by William Goldman (as you noted), so the film is extremely faithful to both its content and its overall tone. Much of the dialogue you hear is exactly as you'll read it in the original. The "framing device" of the movie -- an old man reading the story to his sick grandson -- is much simpler than in the novel, however. Originally, Goldman presented the story as an abridged "good parts" version of a longer epic story by Simon Morganstern (who doesn't exist). Goldman also introduces it with a long (fictional) account of how his version came to be, and peppers the narrative with explanations and commentary. Other than that, however, the main story flows much as you saw it here. The novel doesn't really take itself much more seriously than the movie does. For example, Goldman repeats "Morganstern's" claim that the story really happened, but little nods and winks throughout remind the reader that it's just a joke. One example is the two main kingdoms in the story, Florin and Guilder. Those are names for old European coins, but there were never countries by those names. Also, the monsters in the Fire Swamp really were called Rodents of Unusual Size, even in the book. So readers get the feeling that Goldman was poking a bit of fun at the fairy tale/fantasy genre. One more note: Fezzik wasn't in danger from being set on fire like that, or at least not immediately. The movie doesn't explain it, but he was wearing a "holocaust cloak", gifted him by Miracle Max. The book notes that it resists fire and can protect its wearer even after being set ablaze. That's why it was so essential to Westley's plan.
I love this cast. Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Pankin, André the Giant, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Falk from Columbo, Fred Savage, and Christopher Sarandon.
Finallly, after 30 years I was able to see the whole movie!! Back in 1994 when I was 11 me and my brother watched this movie on TV at our grandparents place. Dad picked us up before the movie ended. We couldn't persuade him to let us stay a little longer. When we were kids the movie felt far more seriouse to us. Back then even a tragic ending seemed possible (or that Inigo would die) I was angry at my dad for days and it bothered me since then that I never found out how the movie ends. We stopped at the scene were Inigo is staning in the woods with the sword in his hands praying to his father. It was great fun rewatching it now! It is especially funny for me to find out that the grandpa is "Columbo". I didn't know that because I hadn't seen any of the series back when I was 11 (and we watched the German dub of the Princess Bride anyway, so even if I had know him then I may not have him recognised). -Back then I didn't like the princess too much, now I do. -My favourite parts of the movie back then were Inigo (I think I had a little crush on him) and the wine swapping sceen.
I remember having the audiobook to the Princess Bride on cassette tape that i would listen to on occasion. Have tried reading the actual book once but didn't get far and it was interesting how different some of the characters are comparing them between the movie and book.
When Inigo is dueling the Man in Black, they are referencing real fencing styles (though they aren't using them technically). Capo Ferro, Thibault (a system I'd like to study), and Agrippa were renaissance rapier fencers. And the choreography was done by fencer, Bob Anderson, who did choreography for Highlander, The Mask of Zorro, The Lord of the Rings, and was in the suit for Darth Vader during the lightsaber duels in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
There's this meme on the Interwebs on how to start a conversation with someone you don't know: 1. Polite greeting. 2. Name. 3. Relevant personal link. 4. Manage expectations. "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
I know this channel is ending but I've thoroughly enjoyed this channel and can't wait to follow the storyteller's guild. I'm so glad you watched this film. When this channel does end I know the next chapter for the both of you will be amazing. 🙂
The coolest situation to be in as a 10yr old kid sick at home would be to watch a movie about a kid sick at home. Same kind of concept as The Neverending Story: a young boy with a weakness touches another world of good vs evil. A side note I gotta mention: Andre The Giant did a casting of his hands at the Dallas Medical Hospital, which i saw when living nearby for awhile. His palms were literally bear-sized compared to mine. I'm a big person but he really was a bonafide giant. All media says he was the kindest of people with an un-matched drinking ability. Just my kind of best friend 😎
So, the writer of the original book, William Golding, was the screenwriter for the movie. If I remember correctly, he said that he made some changes to the story because he disliked certain things. As well as adapt it to the restrictions to the movie.
Absolutely love the dry, sarcastic humour in this movie, probably helped to shape my sense of humour growing up lol 😂 That genteel fight scene between Westley and Montoya is iconic 👌🏻 Ah, in case you guys didn’t see also, Starkid have released the latest musical in their Hatchetfield series, ‘Nerdy Prudes Must Die’, in case you guys were up for one last reaction to the Hatchetfield universe… it’s bloody brilliant 😉 xxx
In real life Andre the giant was 6'9" he was billed 7'2" he stood on boxes during promos, and camera angles were used to exaggerate but still a mountain of a man
Thanks so much for putting this up for the rest of us! I think you guys would really enjoy some of the behind the scenes stories. One of my favorites was from Robin(Buttercup) who said that where they were filming was FREEZING and she would get super cold and Andre’ (whose hand was so huge it covered her entire head and most of her neck) would come over in between takes and put his hand on her head to keep her warm. Anyway thanks for another great reaction😊
fun fact for the viewers, since this channel is done, the scene where wesley is being captured, the actor playing the six-fingered man was told to actually hit the wesley actor for real, which he did, very hard, which ended up knocking him unconscious and giving him a big laceration on his head, shutting down production for the day or two while the laceration ended up being treated at the nearest hospital
This is one of the first non-animated movies I remember loving as a kid. 💕 Funny thing, I started watching Criminal Minds as a teenager and yet it still took me until my 20's to realize Mandy Patinkin was Inigo. 😅
Actually when Fezzik and Montoya approached Miracle Max (Billy Crystal) the dialogue had a very fitting third line: Miracle Max: "i´ll call the Brute Squad!" Fezzik: "I´m on the Brute Squad..." Miracle Max: "You ARE the Brute Squad!"
I love the Princess Bride, ever since I was a little girl. But its always been hard for me even back then to fully enjoy the happy ending. Wesley got 51 years taken off his life by that machine and I always worried he died shortly after the movies end as a result. Makes me sad.
I had the pleasure of getting to watch this movie with my young nephews. They were disinterested at first, and grossed out by the kissing scenes. But the humor and action got them more and more engaged over the runtime, and they became really worried if Buttercup would survive. It was super sweet to see them follow the same path as the grandson in the movie! ...They were still grossed out by the kissing at the end, though.
Random interesting (to me) observation. If you read the book there is no pit of despair. That was used to simplify it. Instead it’s an entire underground many roomed death obstacle course that takes a long time to get through. I have also read the phantom of the opera which is also very different from the musical. And also features a huge underground many roomed obstacle course of death. Now, it’s been a LONG time since I read either book, but I read them within a few years of each other. And at the time I was convinced that process bride was greatly inspired by phantom because it felt so similar. Or maybe I’m remembering wrong I’ve never spoken to anyone who has read both but I’d be curious if anyone else had that thought. 🤔🤷♀️😂
The swordsmanship trainer for this is the same one who taught Errol Flynn. Robert James Gilbert Anderson (15 September 1922 - 1 January 2012) was an English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer, with a cinema career that spanned more than 50 years and included films such as Star Wars, Highlander, The Three Musketeers, The Princess Bride, The Mask of Zorro, The Lord of the Rings, and Die Another Day. He was regarded as the premier choreographer of Hollywood sword-fighting,[1] and during his career he coached many actors in swordsmanship, including Errol Flynn, Sean Connery, Antonio Banderas, Mark Hamill, Viggo Mortensen, Adrian Paul, and Johnny Depp. He also appeared as a stunt double for Darth Vader's lightsaber battles in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
One of the more important people listed in the credits, died a few weeks ago, after living to more than a hundred: Norman Lear. It was HIS money that paid for this movie. :) His memory (for this) deserves our gratitude. •••• It's been a long while since I read the book, so I can't quite remember if it was a grandfather or a father (reading to the kid) when it comes to the book. The book does indeed have a 'framing sequence' of the author (as a child) being read to. But, the father/grandfather skips all the boring, uninteresting parts of "S. Morgenstern's" unabridged version, to keep the story moving. The amusing thing (as I discovered later, and as others have pointed out here), is that there is no "S. Morgenstern" and no "long, unabridged" version. Goldman wrote the entire 'personal-background-as-a-child' framing sequence into the book, as an ingenious storytelling device. While the novel moves at a brisk pace, no novel can move as quickly as a film. The novel is very worth reading, because, as we know, a book can do things that a film can't. Since William Goldman was an accomplished screenwriter, he knew exactly where and how to alter his novel, to make it a superior screenplay. We're so fortunate that Rob Reiner, a very talented director, wanted to do the film, and that he was able to do it.
27:52-27:59 That was real. He did hit him and the sword handle was real metal. Carrey Elwes okayed this and woke up in the hospital not remembering a thing about this.
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Who is your favorite character in this movie?
Fezzik played by André the Giant and Miracle Max played by the funny Billy Crystal.
Either Fezzik, Inigo or Vizzini.
Grandpa & Fezzik
Impossible to chose. Seen this film dozens and dozens of times since it's release and it's impossible to chose.
Inigo Montoya, obviously.
“I want my father back, you son of a bitch,” is the first line in my life I remember getting chills from. Mandy’s father may have passed from cancer but his legacy lives on in that line forever.
That's only natural. That's the line when for a moment when the movie stops being a comedy, like any great comedy must. And it makes it great.
I have been to a wedding recently and they actually started off with "Mwawage! Mwawge is what bwings us here today." Everyone broke out laughing including the couple.
Thats fantastic😅
I was at a wedding where the officiant used the line but without the accent. Half the guests broke out laughing and the other half were bewildered.
I did that at my wedding. The ceremony started without an officiant, the DJ played the sound bit from the movie, and then the officiants (they were 3 friends) interrupted and said something like “what’s this, we’d better do this right” and proceeded to marry us. The Princess Bride is my absolute favorite movie in the world (and my husband has grown to love it, we watch it at least twice a year, on my birthday and during the Christmas holidays) and my wedding was filled with tiny little details ❤️ (another one is that during the dance, we served snacks, sweets “for the mostly dead” and peanuts “anybody want a peanut?”)
@@Lady-Madonna Hahah. Brilliant! Many say weddings are the bride's day. I say it's also the Groom's and everyone's day. Make it special and memorable for everyone. In a positive way.
I officiated a wedding this past summer, and we joked about it, but they wanted to play it straight. But I did it during the rehearsal and everybody loved it.
"My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Apparently, Mandy Patinkin's father had died from cancer, and when he was acting out this scene, he envisioned that he was fighting the cancer that had killed his father.
I didn't know that. Now I'm not going to be able to watch that scene without tearing up. Heartbreaking and amazing at the same time.
James is right - this movie is SO quotable. I love all the usual lines, but a side favorite of mine is when Inigo says to Wesley: "Let me 'splain... No, there is too much. Let me sum up." I still love saying that when I need to explain something! 🤣🤣🤣
fun fact the actors were trained in real fencing to make the fencing as authentic as possible. so not only is the fencing scene real /authentic so is the respect they show each other- it's all part of real sword fighting /fencing-code ( waiting, making sure both are ready etc. )
It was also choreographed by the great Bob Anderson, who created the fight scenes starring Errol Flynn that are referenced in this film.
The fencing itself is deliberately NOT authentic or real at all - they are doing stage fighting, not real fencing. But they do it enthusiastically and creatively and they do name-drop real fencing masters (although they aren’t doing their actual moves).
@@Serai3 that statement, while correct, vastly undersells Bob Anderson's impact on cinema. He was the sword master for everything from Star Wars to The Lord of the Rings. My favorite of his work (besides this gem) was in the Highlander TV series. The man was an absolute legend.
@@WolfHreda Yes, I know. But I wasn't intereeted in declaiming a lecture nobody asked for.
When my little brother was learning to talk, I taught him to say: "Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya! You killed my father. Prepare to die." I got in trouble for that, but watching a toddler run around while saying those lines was worth it.
The best sibling dynamic
I love when the grandpa says "as you wish" it's just a nice reference to the book & a sweet way for him to say 'I love you' to his grandson.
Right in the feels. Every time.
Do any of you ever say, "As you wish," when someone you love asks for something or says they want something, or is it just me?
It always had me wondering if he had any connection to the writer of the novel. But I just figured he was just saying what Wesley said to his grandson.
@@ericjette2435 I’m from Spain so I don’t get to quote the movie a lot “organically” in my daily life (I would have to do that in Spanish and I don’t like dubbed movies, so I know every quote in English but not in Spanish), but my husband and I quote the movie so much between us. When one of us tricks the other while playing a game it’s always “you fell victim to one of the classic blunders!”, when there’s something shocking or unbelievable it’s “inconveivable”, when someone says something incorrect “you keep using that word, I do not think it means what I think it means”, and more (the movie lives in my head rent free so bits and pieces go out as needed 🤣) And of course, we say “as you wish” to each other every single time we ask each other something.
The final “as you wish” from Granpa always makes me cry. Every. Single. Time.
@@Lady-Madonna That's really sweet. Thanks for sharing.
Cary Elwes (Wesley) wrote a book called “As You Wish” which is a behind the scenes look at the making of the movie. Definitely worth a read, or if you listen to the audio version it is Cary who reads it which definitely added to the experience.
He and Chris Sarandon were at a con I went to. They were both very gracious and told lots of behind the scenes stories.
I can still make my younger brother laugh by saying "No more rhyming and I mean it! ... Anybody want a peanut?" 😄🤣 Oh how I love this movie. It's so damn funny.
"Hello! My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. Easily one of the greatest lines in the history of cinema. And the rest of the movie isn't bad, either.
" said the enthusiastic Princess Bride fan, commenting on a White Noise Reacts video.
React on Bahubali movie also
I enjoyed the framing device of the grandfather and grandson just as much as the actual story. I didn't mind going back to it to see Fred Savage and Peter Falk's interactions, as they were just as entertaining.
It was one of my favorite things about the movie: You're really getting involved in the story, and all of a sudden, "Hold it. Hold it!"
"Who are you?"
"No one of consequence."
"I must know."
"Get used to disappointment."
"Okay."
The way he says okay kills me every time. Seen this over a hundred times and it gets me without fail.
Grampa's final "As you wish"...right in the feels, every time.
Billy Crystal, the guy who plays Miracle Max, also voiced Mike Wasowski in Monsters Inc.
And was Harry in _When Harry met Sally_ also directed by Rob Reiner (who directed _The Princess Bride)_
The book is brilliant, and so is the movie. There is no "fat" in this movie... The editing timing and pace are superb. The cast perfection.
I wanted to add, if not mentioned later, the author of the book presents the story as "one who relays the story" and the preface is all about him obtaining the story, so HE is kinda of like the Grandfather figure :)
The movie is ‘the good parts”, if you will, of the novel, just as the novel is framed as “the good parts” of Morgenstern’s original.
@@PrinceofArfon Quite right. Whenever I talk about this movie with someone, the question "Did you read the book?" inevitably comes up. People always answer, "I read Goldman's 'good parts' version, but not the original by Morgenstern," or something to that effect. But (for anyone who doesn't already know) there is no Morgenstern. The "good parts" version by William Goldman IS the original novel. He presented it as an abridgement of an older work by Morgenstern, but it's not. Just as PrinceofArfon said, the movie is the "good parts" version of the novel (by Goldman), which is presented as the "good parts" version of a (non-existent) "original" novel by "Morgenstern," who doesn't really exist.
@@ericjette2435 The book is indeed wonderful. The only 'injustice' (if I can call it that) with regard to the book is: as we've entered an age of two-second attention spans (on average), so many people will bypass the book as being 'too much trouble' who, in an earlier, pre-sound-byte age, would not have done so. :(
"Why do you wear a mask? Did you get burned by acid or something like that?"
"Oh no, it's just that they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future."
Talk about a quote that didn't age well, geez 😂😂😂
Or maybe it was foreshadowing 😷😂
A Princess Bride reaction? Inconceivable!
?@whitenoise reacts the dark crystal movie? series
You keep saying that word. I do not think that it means what you think it means…
The book was not written by S. Morgenstern like the movie says. It was written by William Goldman, Academy Award Winning screenwriter (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men). The full title is: The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure, The "Good Parts" Version. The book pretends to be Goldman's edited version of Morgenstern's full story, leaving only the "good parts". There is no sick kid and grandfather but a lot of conversations of what to keep in the adaptation and what to leave out. At least, that's what I remember. It's been several years since I read it although I do have the hardcover. Goldman passed away in 2018.
It has been a similarly long time since I read my copy, but my recollections line up with yours. The footnotes are better than Infinite Jest
But it did have the author saying his father read the original to him, when he was a kid, recovering from pneumonia, so I figured that was how they developed the grandfather/grandson plot in the movie. So, it's his fictional "personal" story, of adapting a fictional author's story! Sort of layers within layers!
Exactly, the “plot device” of going in and out of the “fairy tale” is also in the book, but it’s not the grandson interrupting the grandfather, but “the abridger” (Goldman) commenting on the “original book” (by S. Morgenstern). The prologue does include a story of Goldman’s father (who was originally from Florin, so didn’t speak very good English) reading the book to him when he was sick (and this being what made him fall in love with books and become a writer) and him gifting the book to his own son only to find out the son found that sooo boring… because Goldman’s father was only reading him “the good parts”. So Goldman decided to abridge it. But S. Morgenstern doesn’t exist (neither does the country of Florin), “Goldman” is a fictional version of him and he is indeed the author of the story.
The movie is somewhat loyal to the book, but the book isn't really a filmable one as written. Goldman extracted the story of the bride mostly intact (with some changes out of cinematic necessity), but the bookend story is different. The conceit in the novel is that Goldman (the author) loved "The Princess Bride" because his dad used to read it to him as a kid. His dad was an old world immigrant who'd brought this book with him from the old country, so it had history. Well, when Goldman became a father, he wanted to introduce his kid to it, so he searched high and low until he found a copy for him.
The kid hated it.
Goldman was perplexed, couldn't figure out why. It was such a great story, how could his son not love it? Then he sat down to read it _himself,_ and discovered the problem: his dad had been editing the book as he went along. It wasn't an adventure story at all. It was a dull political satire, something a kid would never read. So Goldman took it upon himself to edit the book into the form he knew and loved, and publish it as "The Good Parts Version" (the subtitle of the real book, which Goldman wrote - there is no book his dad read him). And that version is the story of Buttercup and her Westley. Goldman wrote the new bookend, about the sick kid and his grandpa, to take the place of the backstory in the book and keep the flavor of commentary and snark from the novel. In a couple of spots, you can even see the grandpa paging through the book, editing his reading as he goes, just like the dad in the novel. :)
Oh, and something else: In the book, Buttercup is stupid. I mean, she's an IDIOT. The most beautiful woman in the known world, and she's got the brains of a flea. Just FYI. 😂
and the jealousy of a starving stray🙄couldn't make it past the first chaptervof the book.
@@nonnativenarnian Ah, I see you haven't actually read it. Maybe you should.
I went looking for the book when I was 20 or so. Let me tell you how unexpected that reading was. Lol. I also hate that he left chapter 1 of the sequel as a tease at the end.
And he interspersed it with stories of his experience being a screenwriter in Hollywood (which I think was all fiction).
This channel is literally the reason I enjoy watching movie reaction. Thank you
"It's just a guy in a suit, but that makes me love it even more!"
This guy figured out the entire tokusatsu fanbase.
According to the book, Vizzini's intellect is so great that it borders on clairvoyant. When given all the information, he can conceive of every outcome and choose the right one.
Wesley is a complete X factor, Vizzini knows nothing about him.
So every one of Wesley's actions are... Inconceivable.
I have met Cary Elwes (Westley)! He is such a nice and funny guy! He actually has a book out about the making of this movie and stories of what happened.
It's funny that you mentioned enjoying old Errol Flynn films, because this movie's swordfight choreographer was Bob Anderson, who was Flynn's fighting double.
He also wore Darth Vader's suit for all the sword fighting scenes, because David Prowse wasn't comfortable doing them. Anderson has a slight build, so there were a few camera tricks used there.
He also was a coach on the Lord of the Rings and got Viggo Mortensen ready for his very first scene he shot (within days of his arrival), which was fighting the Nazgul on Weathertop.
@bonniehalf-elven yup! It's a good thing he doubled for Flynn, because apparently the guy was awful at swordfighting and nearly killed others at times.
@@BloodylocksBathoryThat isn’t true. Errol Flynn was an amazing swordsman who was taught by Basil Rathbone who was one of the best swordsmen ever. There is no evidence that he almost killed anyone.
@kitsalmonovitch6978 thanks for the correction
@@BloodylocksBathory You’re welcome.
The grandpa is adorable in this movie. I didn't grow up near mine but It's adorable for him to spend the day reading to him when he's sick ❤️
The Princess Bride is THE most quoted film ever! William Goldman wrote both the book & the screenplay & understood perfectly that a book is usually in the mind, while a film is mostly action- so- a film is always a bit different than the book that preceded it. His screenplay & the film are absolute perfection!
Not sure if this was mentioned in the past, but Chris Sarandon (Humperdink) is the speaking voice of Jack Skellington. 🎃
Everything about this movie is perfect: writing, cast, directing, etc. Epic and Classic! And yes, the most quotable movie ever. You can find a line to use everyday if you wanted to, lol.
He also plays a pretty scary vampire in Fright Night.
I knew he was in Fright Night, but I had no idea that he did the voice of Jack Skellington. Some of my (female) college friends thought he was sexy/seductive as the vampire in Fright Night, but thought he was completely unappealing as Humperdinck. They didn't realize that it was the same actor. After their response to him in The Princess Bride, I reminded them that they thought he was sexy as the vampire in Fright Night, but they had no idea what I was talking about.
22:04 Truer words were never spoken. There is a quote in this movie for almost any occasion. Some years ago a bunch of us PB superfans at work proving this: we had a Princess Bride Challenge where we had to speak to each other all day only in PB quotes depending on what we were doing. It was surprisingly easy.
Since it has been over two weeks now and no new uploads I’m guessing it’s safe to say that the channel as ended. We’ll miss you james!
Hayley and Stella have their own channel now it's just called Hayley and Stella
I adore the book. It’s one of my favorites. It’s very meta. The author presents the book as if it is an old story that had been read to him, but his father used to skip over the boring parts, so he’s presenting an abridged version. So there’s a lot of fourth wall breaking where he pauses the story to talk to the reader. That’s why they had the grandfather framing devise when they adapted it into a movie. There are a lot of parts that are exactly the same in the film. So funny.
I’ve never seen Nobu so animated during a reaction! I love it.
Perhaps it’s the type of movie that he react that makes him want to watch it again and apparently This actually was an earlier reaction they did back in 2012 but remained exclusive under their Hero Tier on Patreon up until its upload on January 22, 2024.
What a delightful surprise! Thank you so much for sharing this with us. By now you already know that the book is structured differently than the film, but no less cheeky or sardonic. It honestly reminds me of "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy", so if you love that one, you'll probably like this one. Gosh, I'm going to miss your reactions. It's been a lovely journey, though.
There used to be a youth pastor at my childhood church who could perform the battle of wits scene as a one man performance.
Wow! That would be a tough one to memorize!
Random as heck, but search The princess bride DVD cover and look at images. Look at the one where you can flip it because one part is upside down. Look at the calligraphy that makes it read the same either way! It's really cool
And for extra randomness, that's called an ambigram! ("a word or design that retains meaning when viewed from a different direction or perspective")
Vizzini is played by Wallace Shawn. He is the voice of Rex in the Toy Story series and Dr. Sterges on "Young Sheldon"
I'm glad you mentioned the brilliant score by Mark Knopfler, a great guitar player, and lead singer of Dire Straits. Check out "Sultans of Swing" and "Money for Nothing" among their many hits.
My favorite part of the score is when Inigo is trying to break down the door and the music punctuates his slamming into the door. And the interruption where the grandfather says "In the Pit of Despair." *cue "Pit of Despair" music. And so many other great parts.
There is so much good in this movie that it is nearly impossible to mention it all without requoting the whole thing. From a storyteller POV, I adore the way it subverts the classic fairytale. You have the good pirate who rescues the princess from the evil prince. The gentle giant and the comic sidekick team up, but it's that sidekick character who gets to deliver the epic line "...my name is Indigo Montoya..." and fight the final duel to get revenge. Then they set it within the story of a grandfather reading a book to his grandson and break the fourth wall in a way that lowers the tension without destroying the viewers willing suspense of disbelief. This movie proves you can break any rule once you understand and have mastered them.
The book is really good but this is one of those rare cases where I actually think the movie is better than the book. We don’t get to say that very often.
Agreed, and it helps that Goldman himself did the screenplay (there was an earlier screenplay based on Goldman's book that thankfully didn't get made).
Though I think there are actually a fair number of movies better than the books they're based on. It's just that when the book is better, people are vocal about the book being better. When the movie is better, people don't talk about the book much (sometimes so much that people don't really know it was based on a book at all).
The Godfather, Jaws, Die Hard, Schindler's List, There Will Be Blood, Psycho, The Exorcist, Goodfellas, Silence of the Lambs, Forrest Gump, The Shining, Misery, A Clockwork Orange, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Jurassic Park, Howl's Moving Castle, No Country For Old Men, The Graduate, Children of Men, The Last of the Mohicans, Blade Runner, Shawshank Redemption...obviously tastes vary and maybe you wouldn't say they're all better than their respective books, but there are at least a lot in there that are.
But, yeah, great movie.
I got this movie on VHS when I was 10, one of my Mum's friends recommended it for me and I always loved it. To this day I still do as an adult.
Cary Elwes absolutely, so glad you're still around, best wishes ALWAYS!!!!
This is one of those rare movies where it really is just *perfect*
Perfect casting, writting and directing. The reason a sequel was never made is because it doesn't *need one*
Fun fact:
1.Mandy Patinkin lost his father to cancer around the time this movie was being made, so in the final moment of his revenge when he says : *"I want my father back you son of a b!tch"* , he imagined that he was speaking directly to the cancer that killed him.
2. The DVD cover's art and title text were designed in such a way where it still says "The Princess Bride" upside down.
Not so fun fact:
André the Giant was alredy having serious health issues here. In the scenes where he himself is actually doing anything phisical, you can visibly see him in pain and in many of the shots they straight up replace him with with a double because his back was literally killing him.
They used cables for his catching of Buttercup, because he couldn't do it without hurting his back.
Also, they used a double for riding the horse at the end, because he was so heavy, he would have killed it.
The character of Montoya is portrayed by Mandy Patinkin who was among other roles Special Agent Jason Gideon on Criminal Minds.
He was also the head of the small group of "Reapers" in the series "Dead Like Me", a strange short-lived TV series that I liked a lot.
We watched this in school once or twice. One of my favorite films.
Im just mentioning this now because I recently rewatched the movie but if you ever need another medieval movie I highly recommend a Knights Tale. Its great.
Thank you for sharing this with us! I'm going to miss you guys. 🙂🙃🙂
the way I've been *WAITING* for this... it's my FAVOURITE film I'm so excited to watch
The movie was filmed in Ireland. The Cliffs of Insanity are actually The Cliffs of Moher.
5:00 Ever since I found out that that was a cutout of Mandy Patinkin, I have never been able to unsee it, and it cracks me up every time.
I've met Andre. Yes he was huge! But the sweetest person. His hands could circle your body and still have room left over to wiggle his fingers. RIP.
This is one of my all time favourite movies, I never tire of watching it. It's so quotable!
My dad was the best man for his younger brother's wedding and when he started his Best Man Speech, he began, as everyone who knows him expected, with "Mawage. Mawage is what bwings us together today". And my final year of college, my professor kept using the word "provocation" and my friend and i just looked at each other and would go "i dont think that word means what he thinks it means"
In the William Goldman book...he talks about how his grandfather (or father, can't remember which) used to read this story to him and years later he went back to read it himself and it turns out his father left out parts of the book that were incredibly boring and not important to the story. Like there were 27 pages of the original book that just described the dress she was wearing.
This is one of my all time favorite movies! I watched it over and over and over as a kid and love to rewatch it to this day. Inigo and Westly and Fezik are such top-tier characters! I'm so glad y'all watched this and had fun.
My favorite behind the scenes stories of this movie are all the stories of Andre the Giant. He was super kind and could also drink like no other. He got so drunk one night he passed out in the hotel lobby and they just put velvet ropes around him bc nobody could move him or wake him up.
I love that Inigo was allowed to get his revenge, feel good about it, AND live happily afterwards.
I know you guys are stopping, but we’d all love it if you both read the book and then did either a video or podcast thing where you discuss the book and movie together. It’s really one of the most intelligent and interesting adaptations ever. The book is the most bookish book that has ever booked - it does things only a novel can do. It draws on a long history of other books. The brilliance of the movie is that it doesn’t try to copy the book, but instead re-frames and re-formats everything to make a movie that is pure movie magic, which itself draws on the history of movie swashbucklers and fairy tale romances. William Goldman was the rare writer who understood the essences of novels and screenplays and what makes them different. Somehow he was able to lift the essence of his own charming but highly eccentric book, and melt it down and reshape it into a wonderful movie.
Inigo is played by Mandy Patinkin. What this movie does not show you is that he can also sing (Evita, Sunday in the Park with George…)
one of the first movies i ever watched.. and my god i still love it.
absolutely stunning shots
It's funny that you mention Errol Flynn, the fight choreography on this movie was Bob Anderson, who also trained Errol Flynn in stage combat.
Princess played by Robin Wright, is in many movies (FORREST Gump) and on "HOUSE OF CARDS" (AND was married to Sean Penn)
I really liked your end discussion. Agreed Buttercup is a good and strong character without relying on her having physical strength.
It's hard to choose a favourite character as this feels like such an ensemble of good characters
A movie I love, and usually describe as "a more modern version of The Princess Bride", is Stardust from 2007. I know it isn't likely to hit the channel before you move on with life, but I hope you'll get a chance to view this gem sooner or later on your own time. :)
I appreciate that you guys see that Buttercup can be a good character even if she is not a fighter. I also find it intriguing that Westley was so confident that Buttercup would never say "I do" to Humperdink that he immediately reassured Buttercup that the marriage never happened, even before she confirmed that she never said "I do".
Guilder and Florin are alternate names for the Fiorno d'oro - a gold coin of the Holy Roman Empire. The two warring countries are literally just different names for the same thing. Guilder was used as the name for subsequent Dutch coins until the adoption of the Euro in 2002.
When I was a kid with my siblings and cousins we used to say the Inigo Montoya for years, in any situation - play hide and seek, find the person “MY NAME IS INIGO MONTOYA, YOU KILLED MY FATHER, PREPARE TO DIE” 😂 this move was and is so good!!!
In the book written about the whole filming experience by Cary Elwes (Wesley), apparently he had to film that sword fight with a broken toe. Andre the Giant egged him on into riding his ATV (I think that's what it was) and Cary crashed it and broke his toe. He was so afraid they were going to replace him because they hadn't filmed a lot of scenes yet. Ouch. Crazy stuff! :)
The dye from fable 2. Swarthy Revenge Indigo : This is indigo dye of the rare Montoya genus. You have crushed its flowers. Prepare to dye.
Andre The Giant haha just brilliant. the cast in this is classic too. Peter Cook, Billy Crystal, Cary Elwes, Fred Savage, Mel Smith and Peter Falk as grandpa to name a few.
I love that you did this reaction! The movie is in fact VERY close to the book, as the author is also the screenwriter. (And no, it's NOT serious; it's a spoof and intended to be so, from the first line.) The sword fight was actually done BY THE ACTORS--they worked on it for months--and btw, Florin and Guilder were the names of two types of MONEY (in the Netherlands, I think), not the names of countries. And in case you're wondering who the most popular actor on the set was--it was Andre the Giant. Everyone loved him--and he died way too soon. And you obviously enjoyed it like crazy--it's wonderful to watch. One more thing: READ THE BOOK. It's truly wonderful--and yes, there's a father reading this book to his son. It's heartbreaking--and screamingly funny, as you've already found out. Your Storyteller's Guild might find it worthwhile.
Thanks so much for viewing and reacting to one of my favourites! I read the book years ago, long after watching the film for the first time, so I can tell you lots about it.
Both the book and the movie's screenplay were written by William Goldman (as you noted), so the film is extremely faithful to both its content and its overall tone. Much of the dialogue you hear is exactly as you'll read it in the original. The "framing device" of the movie -- an old man reading the story to his sick grandson -- is much simpler than in the novel, however. Originally, Goldman presented the story as an abridged "good parts" version of a longer epic story by Simon Morganstern (who doesn't exist). Goldman also introduces it with a long (fictional) account of how his version came to be, and peppers the narrative with explanations and commentary. Other than that, however, the main story flows much as you saw it here.
The novel doesn't really take itself much more seriously than the movie does. For example, Goldman repeats "Morganstern's" claim that the story really happened, but little nods and winks throughout remind the reader that it's just a joke. One example is the two main kingdoms in the story, Florin and Guilder. Those are names for old European coins, but there were never countries by those names. Also, the monsters in the Fire Swamp really were called Rodents of Unusual Size, even in the book. So readers get the feeling that Goldman was poking a bit of fun at the fairy tale/fantasy genre.
One more note: Fezzik wasn't in danger from being set on fire like that, or at least not immediately. The movie doesn't explain it, but he was wearing a "holocaust cloak", gifted him by Miracle Max. The book notes that it resists fire and can protect its wearer even after being set ablaze. That's why it was so essential to Westley's plan.
The soundtrack was done by Mark Knopfler, one of my favorite artist of all time :)
I love this cast. Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Pankin, André the Giant, Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, Peter Falk from Columbo, Fred Savage, and Christopher Sarandon.
Finallly, after 30 years I was able to see the whole movie!! Back in 1994 when I was 11 me and my brother watched this movie on TV at our grandparents place. Dad picked us up before the movie ended. We couldn't persuade him to let us stay a little longer.
When we were kids the movie felt far more seriouse to us. Back then even a tragic ending seemed possible (or that Inigo would die) I was angry at my dad for days and it bothered me since then that I never found out how the movie ends. We stopped at the scene were Inigo is staning in the woods with the sword in his hands praying to his father. It was great fun rewatching it now! It is especially funny for me to find out that the grandpa is "Columbo". I didn't know that because I hadn't seen any of the series back when I was 11 (and we watched the German dub of the Princess Bride anyway, so even if I had know him then I may not have him recognised). -Back then I didn't like the princess too much, now I do. -My favourite parts of the movie back then were Inigo (I think I had a little crush on him) and the wine swapping sceen.
I remember having the audiobook to the Princess Bride on cassette tape that i would listen to on occasion. Have tried reading the actual book once but didn't get far and it was interesting how different some of the characters are comparing them between the movie and book.
Always have to recommend Jill Bearup's review of this scene (and the later duel at the end). This is such a fantastic movie.
Jill Bearup is great!
Damnit gents, well, thank you though. I feel horrible about the fact that I want to hug you two bastards.
:( Be safe guys
When Inigo is dueling the Man in Black, they are referencing real fencing styles (though they aren't using them technically). Capo Ferro, Thibault (a system I'd like to study), and Agrippa were renaissance rapier fencers.
And the choreography was done by fencer, Bob Anderson, who did choreography for Highlander, The Mask of Zorro, The Lord of the Rings, and was in the suit for Darth Vader during the lightsaber duels in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
There's this meme on the Interwebs on how to start a conversation with someone you don't know:
1. Polite greeting.
2. Name.
3. Relevant personal link.
4. Manage expectations.
"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
The score was by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits. Beautiful, understated and whimsical to go with the tenor of the movie.
I know this channel is ending but I've thoroughly enjoyed this channel and can't wait to follow the storyteller's guild. I'm so glad you watched this film. When this channel does end I know the next chapter for the both of you will be amazing. 🙂
I've always headcanoned that the old woman who boos Buttercup in her nightmare is a representation of herself. They have the same blue eyes.
The Princess has strength of character, and a wicked line in insults ☺️
The coolest situation to be in as a 10yr old kid sick at home would be to watch a movie about a kid sick at home. Same kind of concept as The Neverending Story: a young boy with a weakness touches another world of good vs evil.
A side note I gotta mention: Andre The Giant did a casting of his hands at the Dallas Medical Hospital, which i saw when living nearby for awhile. His palms were literally bear-sized compared to mine. I'm a big person but he really was a bonafide giant. All media says he was the kindest of people with an un-matched drinking ability. Just my kind of best friend 😎
So, the writer of the original book, William Golding, was the screenwriter for the movie. If I remember correctly, he said that he made some changes to the story because he disliked certain things. As well as adapt it to the restrictions to the movie.
Absolutely love the dry, sarcastic humour in this movie, probably helped to shape my sense of humour growing up lol 😂 That genteel fight scene between Westley and Montoya is iconic 👌🏻
Ah, in case you guys didn’t see also, Starkid have released the latest musical in their Hatchetfield series, ‘Nerdy Prudes Must Die’, in case you guys were up for one last reaction to the Hatchetfield universe… it’s bloody brilliant 😉 xxx
In real life Andre the giant was 6'9" he was billed 7'2" he stood on boxes during promos, and camera angles were used to exaggerate but still a mountain of a man
Thanks so much for putting this up for the rest of us! I think you guys would really enjoy some of the behind the scenes stories. One of my favorites was from Robin(Buttercup) who said that where they were filming was FREEZING and she would get super cold and Andre’ (whose hand was so huge it covered her entire head and most of her neck) would come over in between takes and put his hand on her head to keep her warm.
Anyway thanks for another great reaction😊
Thanks for sharing guys. Its been great watching with you.
fun fact for the viewers, since this channel is done, the scene where wesley is being captured, the actor playing the six-fingered man was told to actually hit the wesley actor for real, which he did, very hard, which ended up knocking him unconscious and giving him a big laceration on his head, shutting down production for the day or two while the laceration ended up being treated at the nearest hospital
This is one of the first non-animated movies I remember loving as a kid. 💕
Funny thing, I started watching Criminal Minds as a teenager and yet it still took me until my 20's to realize Mandy Patinkin was Inigo. 😅
Actually when Fezzik and Montoya approached Miracle Max (Billy Crystal) the dialogue had a very fitting third line:
Miracle Max: "i´ll call the Brute Squad!"
Fezzik: "I´m on the Brute Squad..."
Miracle Max: "You ARE the Brute Squad!"
I love the Princess Bride, ever since I was a little girl. But its always been hard for me even back then to fully enjoy the happy ending. Wesley got 51 years taken off his life by that machine and I always worried he died shortly after the movies end as a result. Makes me sad.
I had the pleasure of getting to watch this movie with my young nephews. They were disinterested at first, and grossed out by the kissing scenes. But the humor and action got them more and more engaged over the runtime, and they became really worried if Buttercup would survive. It was super sweet to see them follow the same path as the grandson in the movie! ...They were still grossed out by the kissing at the end, though.
Thank ypu so much for sharing! One of my favorite movies!
Random interesting (to me) observation.
If you read the book there is no pit of despair. That was used to simplify it. Instead it’s an entire underground many roomed death obstacle course that takes a long time to get through.
I have also read the phantom of the opera which is also very different from the musical. And also features a huge underground many roomed obstacle course of death.
Now, it’s been a LONG time since I read either book, but I read them within a few years of each other. And at the time I was convinced that process bride was greatly inspired by phantom because it felt so similar.
Or maybe I’m remembering wrong
I’ve never spoken to anyone who has read both but I’d be curious if anyone else had that thought. 🤔🤷♀️😂
Fezzik spittin' bars like a medieval fantasy Eminem.
The swordsmanship trainer for this is the same one who taught Errol Flynn. Robert James Gilbert Anderson (15 September 1922 - 1 January 2012) was an English Olympic fencer and a renowned film fight choreographer, with a cinema career that spanned more than 50 years and included films such as Star Wars, Highlander, The Three Musketeers, The Princess Bride, The Mask of Zorro, The Lord of the Rings, and Die Another Day. He was regarded as the premier choreographer of Hollywood sword-fighting,[1] and during his career he coached many actors in swordsmanship, including Errol Flynn, Sean Connery, Antonio Banderas, Mark Hamill, Viggo Mortensen, Adrian Paul, and Johnny Depp. He also appeared as a stunt double for Darth Vader's lightsaber battles in The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.
One of the more important people listed in the credits, died a few weeks ago, after living to more than a hundred:
Norman Lear. It was HIS money that paid for this movie. :) His memory (for this) deserves our gratitude.
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It's been a long while since I read the book, so I can't quite remember if it was a grandfather or a father (reading to the kid) when it comes to the book. The book does indeed have a 'framing sequence' of the author (as a child) being read to. But, the father/grandfather skips all the boring, uninteresting parts of "S. Morgenstern's" unabridged version, to keep the story moving. The amusing thing (as I discovered later, and as others have pointed out here), is that there is no "S. Morgenstern" and no "long, unabridged" version. Goldman wrote the entire 'personal-background-as-a-child' framing sequence into the book, as an ingenious storytelling device. While the novel moves at a brisk pace, no novel can move as quickly as a film. The novel is very worth reading, because, as we know, a book can do things that a film can't. Since William Goldman was an accomplished screenwriter, he knew exactly where and how to alter his novel, to make it a superior screenplay. We're so fortunate that Rob Reiner, a very talented director, wanted to do the film, and that he was able to do it.
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That was real. He did hit him and the sword handle was real metal. Carrey Elwes okayed this and woke up in the hospital not remembering a thing about this.