THE PRINCESS BRIDE (1987) MOVIE REACTION - AN OLDIE AND STILL GOODIE - First Time Watching

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  • @Syntell
    @Syntell  6 місяців тому +4

    Have you seen Rekkai's latest deep dive on this movie? Click the link - ua-cam.com/video/8tjOz89f8UI/v-deo.html

  • @adamskeans2515
    @adamskeans2515 6 місяців тому +45

    Andre once said that making this movie was the happiest moment in his life because no one stared at him and they just treated him like a fellow actor.

  • @canceltheapocalypse8190
    @canceltheapocalypse8190 6 місяців тому +39

    This movie holds up after decades. Classic themes, tight script, memorable characters, and most of all tugs at the heart stings!

    • @ViviFuchs
      @ViviFuchs 6 місяців тому +2

      You are so right. Lol, this is a movie I'll sometimes go back to and I still laugh 30 years later. (I got the movie for Christmas or my birthday or something whenever I was five or six)

  • @sallyatticum
    @sallyatticum 6 місяців тому +45

    I don't know why Peter Falk saying "As you wish" like that makes me tear up every time.

    • @Persewna4
      @Persewna4 6 місяців тому +14

      Same here, I think it's because he's putting into words why he spent all day reading this book to his grandson. Of course we know that he's doing it because he loves and cares for him, but when he turns around and says it, he's making the unspoken spoken. And the way it's framed, he looks like he's saying it to the audience too, that this is a story about love, told with love, for us as much as for the grandson.
      Or something like that, maybe.

    • @nicolem376
      @nicolem376 6 місяців тому +6

      Because it really means “I love you”, as explained early in the book ❤

  • @barrymoreblue
    @barrymoreblue 6 місяців тому +8

    I got to see a special screening followed by a q&a session with Cary Elwes back in April and it was amazing! The whole audience was quoting the movie and cheering, and Cary’s stories of working on the movie with his fellow cast members were so funny and heartwarming. This movie is such a classic!

  • @Jsspres
    @Jsspres 6 місяців тому +20

    Cary Elwes, who plays Wessley, stars the lead role in Robin Hood Men in Tights. Also, Andre the Giant let out a 15-second fart on set. When asked if he was OK, he said I am now boss.

  • @SM-BSW
    @SM-BSW 6 місяців тому +20

    This is one of my favorite movies of all time. I can probably recite the whole movie front to back.

    • @carriesmith742
      @carriesmith742 6 місяців тому +3

      Same. I'm not a comedy fan as my go-to genre , but this movie and Clue (1985) are BOTH in my top ten! I saw them both ironically when I was home sick from school with the same sickness as my best friend. Since we were both sick with the same thing, our parents helped each other out and one of stayed with the other and we snuggled up and discovered our love for both those movies! I was about 11 when I saw them for the first time.

    • @Persewna4
      @Persewna4 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@carriesmith742 aw, that sounds like a very sweet memory! I think comedies are great for when you're feeling sick, and those films have very good, quick pacing to keep your attention.

  • @Bill_the_curious
    @Bill_the_curious 4 місяці тому +3

    Andre the Giant was a really nice guy. He was in a bar one night and 4 husky guys kept taunting him. He remained calm. When the four walked outside and got into their van, Andre walked out and tipped the whole van on its side and walked off. This is the testimony of guests at the bar.
    The man who wrote the story asked his 2 young daughters what kind of story they wanted him to tell. One said a story about a Princess. The other said a story about a new bride. And so he wrote The Princess Bride. tadah

  • @PaleTyche
    @PaleTyche 6 місяців тому +4

    They say that "Stardust" (2007) by Matthew Vaughn is the "Princess Bride" for younger generations.
    Cary Elwes is British. In the "Ella Enchanted" (2004) -- another fantasy/fairy tale film making fun of the genre tropes -- he is playing a villain not unlike Prince Humperdinck, and he has lots of fun doing it. A full circle.

  • @agedp8386
    @agedp8386 6 місяців тому +4

    A pleasant memory sparked by your comments. A fellow member of our church in The Bronx lived with our family for a few years until his early death from undiagnosed heart disease. We were a generation apart, on opposite ends of the melanin scale, and had gone down different paths in our early years, but knew we were connected through our shared faith. A few months before he died, Brother D proposed watching our 3 favorite movies together which the other had not seen. His were Glory, Braveheart, and The NeverEnding Story. I will never forget glancing at him during Story--he was nine years old again!

  • @FiresCollide
    @FiresCollide 6 місяців тому +3

    This is my favorite movie of all time for a reason. A neat thing from the books is that it actually explains how Westley manages to beat Fezzik - fighting gangs of people is different than fighting just one guy, so Fezzik doesn't have the tricks. Fun fact, the guy who plays Prince Humperdinck, Chris Sarandon, is also the voice of Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas. Two of my childhood classics.

  • @Persewna4
    @Persewna4 6 місяців тому +8

    This is one of my favorite movies of all time! I actually got into watching reaction channels/videos by watching reactions to this movie. Like Rekkai said, it's fun to see people reacting to the lines/scenes/jokes that are the parts that you love about a story. Like for this movie, it's a lot of fun to see reactions to the start of the film; you see the title and think "fantasy!" and then the first thing you see is a kid playing a baseball video game.
    Anyway, so great to see Syntell enjoy the film for the first time! Don't worry about not having seen it before, or else we couldn't get the chance to experience it with you! I also think that movies like this and Neverending Story were the types of films you would be introduced to as a child. If you didn't catch it on tv or your parents didn't buy/borrow it for you, it would be easy to miss it. Like for ne, I never saw Labyrinth as a kid, and I remember feeling bad when my friends would be incredulous that I'd never seen it, through no fault of my own, as though there was a childhood required-viewing list I hadn't received. Then in college, one of my friends found out I hadn't seen it, so she brought a copy over and we watched it together. And I kind of see something like that as a test of friendship; a true friend won't shame you for missing out on something "everyone" has seen/heard/read/experienced, they'll share it with you so you can experience something that has meaning to them. So I'll definitely be lookong forward to The Neverending Story in the future, another great childhood classic!

    • @nupefromdaville
      @nupefromdaville 6 місяців тому +1

      I have never seen The NeverEnding Story.... or Labyrinth.... but great comment

    • @Persewna4
      @Persewna4 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@nupefromdaville yeah, films like those are all about what you had a chance to watch growing up and don't tend to then be ones that people seek out to watch for the first time as adults. Like when I saw Labyrinth as an adult, I could see why my friends who had seen it as children loved it, but it felt like a film that really needs that childhood nostalgia to enjoy as an adult. Since Syntell mentioned loving NeverEnding Story as a child, I hope you'll get the opportunity to watch it for the channel, as I think it would be interesting to hear your take on it, watching it for the first time as an adult. I have a lot of childhood nostalgia for the film, so I'm curious to hear how the film holds up!

    • @FiresCollide
      @FiresCollide 6 місяців тому +2

      To this day, I deadass still don't know for certain if it nullifies a marriage if you don't say "I do" at the end.

    • @Persewna4
      @Persewna4 6 місяців тому +1

      ​@@FiresCollide that's so funny, I hadn't thought of that but it's certainly a good question! For me, I would guess that the actual act of not saying "I do" wouldn't nullify it/be necessary to make it official, but rather if you're actively not saying "I do" (as opposed to simply forgetting), you're probably not doing other things to make it official, like signing the marriage license.

  • @zinnia2980
    @zinnia2980 6 місяців тому +11

    I have always loved this film especially as one of my musical heroes Mark Knopfler wrote the music👋🎶 It's a very iconic film with lots of British comedic cameos 😍

  • @ROLANDSONOFSTEPHEN690
    @ROLANDSONOFSTEPHEN690 6 місяців тому +3

    Mandy Patinkin plays Indigo Montoya. Brilliant actor to this day obviously. But when he talks about that vow of revenge, and the follow up line of, "I want my father back, you son of a bitch!" It was absolutely pure emotion, and his connection to his real father. You can feel it. Love this film! It's a classic. Heart felt, and beautiful tale.

  • @sadfaery
    @sadfaery 6 місяців тому +2

    Lol I tricked my teenage nephew into watching this movie with me a few years ago and he loved it. Just like the kid did. This movie is infinitely quotable and an absolute comedic masterpiece. I never get tired of it.

  • @psychokitty9325
    @psychokitty9325 6 місяців тому +5

    Would love to see Rekkai's take on Never Ending Story.
    Also wonder if either of you have seen Ladyhawke or Krull? More 80's fantasy gems that just don't get enough attention.

  • @Fast_Eddy_Magic
    @Fast_Eddy_Magic 6 місяців тому +9

    Deleted scene: at the end, the grandfather comes back in and says "Just one more thing...".

    • @0okamino
      @0okamino 6 місяців тому +2

      Ah! He found the culprit. No wonder the grandson was so enthusiastic about murder.

  • @ecow1994
    @ecow1994 6 місяців тому +3

    Watching people enjoy a movie that you enjoy is such a fun experience. Good reaction!

  • @carriesmith742
    @carriesmith742 6 місяців тому +11

    Mel Brooks wanted Cary Elwes for Robin Hood Men in Tights after seeing him in this movie! People Magazine did a 30 anniversary party that I watched on YT a few years ago.

  • @justusbraz
    @justusbraz 6 місяців тому +12

    I got pitts named Wesley and Buttercup.

  • @zxdek
    @zxdek 6 місяців тому +11

    When Westley was knocked out by the count he was actually knocked out for real

    • @0okamino
      @0okamino 6 місяців тому +3

      Christopher Guest clearly understood the assignment, but overperformed on the result.

  • @BettyHonest
    @BettyHonest 6 місяців тому

    This is my all time feel good movie. Every time I watch it, I somehow come away with an even bigger appreciation for it

  • @sonamadinolf6096
    @sonamadinolf6096 6 місяців тому +4

    You commented that this feels very much like a Mel Brooks movie. This isn't exactly a coincidence: it was written and directed by Rob Reiner, son of Carl Reiner. Both Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks were comedy writers for Sid Caesar's sketch comedy shows. So this movie is a comedy nephew of Mel Brooks, so to speak. :)

    • @ser132
      @ser132 5 місяців тому +1

      Reiner directed it, but didn't write it. William Goldman, who wrote the book, wrote the screenplay as well.

    • @sonamadinolf6096
      @sonamadinolf6096 5 місяців тому

      @@ser132 My mistake, I thought I remembered that Reiner collaborated with Goldman on the writing.

  • @R_SENAL
    @R_SENAL 6 місяців тому +5

    This is a classic, and I love it! One of the few films I've probably seen over 5 times. You should get Rekkai to watch Neverending Story too, that's another timeless classic.
    Those 2 and Highlander are just 80s classics that never die. Oh and this may have been listed as "Introducing" Robin Wright, but she was on a soap opera before this called Santa Barbara, and the reason I know that is because my mom used to watch it when I was a kid growing up in the 80s.
    As for the discussion afterward, I loved Dave Chappelle for years and years, which is why I've been so disappointed in him lately, punching downward at trans people. I don't see society as too touchy or too easily offended, I think the job of a comedian is to know their audience, and to go for making everyone laugh, not to make just the right wing applaud. If any comedian starts going for the applause instead of the laugh, they've lost the plot. Recently Jerry Seinfeld got upset that a gay joke he told didn't land, blamed a fickle audience, but if you listen to the whole joke, you realize it wasn't funny because it was also about young people being on cell phones, which is just a joke told so many times by so many people that it just isn't funny any more. It isn't that people find nothing funny anymore, it is that you have to do something new! Everyone has the world at their fingertips 24/7, you gotta bring your A game, not just phone in the same old trite. Comedians like Kevin Hart are shining examples of how you can get yourself cancelled, have an intervention by people like Wand Sykes, and come back and apologize and choose to do better, be better, and try to make everyone laugh and don't punch downward at easy targets.

    • @HuntingViolets
      @HuntingViolets 6 місяців тому +1

      It "introduced" her as far as movie actress.

  • @toodlescae
    @toodlescae 6 місяців тому +4

    😂😂That isn't old Hollywood. Old Hollywood is Cary Grant, Bogart & Bacall, William Powell & Myrna Loy, Errol Flynn, Jimmy Stewart...anything before the 60's basically

  • @cindylou3205
    @cindylou3205 6 місяців тому +2

    You made me cackle with the easy to knock out comment at the right moment. Carey was actually genuinely knocked out during the shooting of that scene.

  • @clif_plays
    @clif_plays 6 місяців тому +3

    34:19 you hit the nail on the head for why I like react content so much, seeing someone experience something you love for the first time & finding the joy & sometimes even new perspectives is so satisfying.

    • @0okamino
      @0okamino 6 місяців тому

      As a social species, sharing the experience is a natural enjoyment.

  • @cgayle126
    @cgayle126 6 місяців тому +2

    I loved this movie when I was growing up. It's an absolutely perfect classic movie from the 80's. I used to like neverending story but I don't remember anything besides the big creepy dog lol

  • @tessduwel6808
    @tessduwel6808 6 місяців тому +3

    If you guys ever watched criminal minds, Inigo is Gideon. My mind was blown when I learned that lol

  • @orlandoawilliams799
    @orlandoawilliams799 6 місяців тому

    This is one of my top 5, possibly top 3 favorite book to movie adaptations, and has been a favorite of mine since I saw it at the theater on opening weekend.

  • @queenannsrevenge100
    @queenannsrevenge100 6 місяців тому +1

    This movie is in my list of Perfect Movies - tight story, great action and humor, and self-contained. The first Pirates of the Caribbean fits in the list (if they had never made any sequels)

  • @HuntingViolets
    @HuntingViolets 6 місяців тому +3

    I would have said old Hollywood was more like Bogart.

  • @UserName-vb4lg
    @UserName-vb4lg 6 місяців тому +10

    The saying is “good storytellers borrow, great storytellers steal…”
    Also dave chapelle bullied a trans kid to unalive themselves so yeah not super funny to me personally.
    As for the rest, lots of great trivia on this movie.
    Inigo Montoya. Played by Mandy Patinkin who was already a Broadway name by the time he started in movies. Find clips of him singing, it’s worth it. He said he played the final scene as if he was telling the cancer that killed his father “I want my father back”.
    The sword fight was among the last things they filmed. They rehearsed it throughout the filming process with experts in the styles they named. Other than Wesley’s flip around the branch, the actors didn’t use doubles.
    Andre the giant was so proud of the movie he carried a copy around with him in case he could show it to someone. Everyone on set said he was the kindest person ever.

    • @HuntingViolets
      @HuntingViolets 6 місяців тому +1

      Kat Blaque has a good video on Dave Chapelle.

  • @Discworld-Edge-Witch
    @Discworld-Edge-Witch 4 місяці тому

    Fun fact: Carl Reiner, Rob Reiner's dad, was a long time collaborator and dear friend of Mel Brooks. So it doesn't surprise me that there's a lot of Mel Brooks influence in Rob Reiner's work.
    Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks' most popular collaboration is the 2000 year old man.

  • @paratus04
    @paratus04 6 місяців тому +1

    13:50 and in real life. Apparently the stunt guys forgot to bring the stunt swords for this scene and the count was holding a medieval solid steel sword. They tried to shoot the shot by having him swing the sword hilt at Westleys head without hitting him but it kept not looking right. They eventually got to close and he knocked Carey Elwes out.

  • @heatherrose5594
    @heatherrose5594 6 місяців тому +4

    Great movie! I also like Stardust (2007) which had a similar comedic fantasy feel.

  • @baron7755
    @baron7755 5 місяців тому +1

    saying "I wonder if he is using the same wind we are using" is what makes you think he isn't that bright? Do you understands the finer points of sailing?

  • @IsiahBradley
    @IsiahBradley 6 місяців тому +4

    Another great choice!!! I'm too busy in the Whoinverse :) but you have my Like!!! THANKS for this!!!!

  • @michellejackson5011
    @michellejackson5011 6 місяців тому +1

    Rip Andre he went back to France had a glass of wine and never woke up

  • @sineaterdred1
    @sineaterdred1 6 місяців тому

    Yeah, Rekkai needs to have that song looping in his head like we do. (Neverending story ...ahahaah ahahaah). If you know, you really know.
    🖖😎👍

  • @ROLANDSONOFSTEPHEN690
    @ROLANDSONOFSTEPHEN690 6 місяців тому

    Yeah. I'm always shocked when people say they've never seen this gem. Between this and The Neverending Story, these films were an emotional stretch and obstacle course for young Gen X'ers. Lol

  • @adamskeans2515
    @adamskeans2515 6 місяців тому +2

    You didn't show but they actually snuck in a "f*ck yourself" in there. Wehn the member of the brute squad yelled at Inigo "ho there" and Inigo responded "keep your joder". In Spanish, joder means "to f*ck". And by telling him to keep it, Inigo was telling him to go f*ck himself.

  • @WithTwoFlakes
    @WithTwoFlakes 5 місяців тому

    10:25 Where did they get these locations from? Where they roll down the hill is called Cave Dale. It's in the Peak District national park. Humperdink's castle is Haddon Hall in Derbyshire. Both within 30 miles of where I grew up as a kid in the UK.

  • @DanHosler
    @DanHosler 6 місяців тому +2

    Andre carried

  • @corvuslight
    @corvuslight 6 місяців тому +2

    INCONCEIVABLE!

  • @swanchamp5136
    @swanchamp5136 6 місяців тому

    To get up to some of the locations they bought Andre a quad bike to help him get around which he got to keep and took back to America with him.
    If i remember right Andre let Carey have a go on it during filming and Carey managed to crash it and break his toe.

  • @HuntingViolets
    @HuntingViolets 6 місяців тому +1

    This was fun. Now on to _Dead Boy Detectives._

  • @kathleenmayhorne3183
    @kathleenmayhorne3183 2 місяці тому

    Music by Mark Knofler of Dire Straits.

  • @blackiemittens
    @blackiemittens 15 днів тому

    Few films give you one line that will illicit laughs, tear you up and make you cheer.
    You know what line i mean. 🗡

  • @Fast_Eddy_Magic
    @Fast_Eddy_Magic 6 місяців тому +2

    The R.O.U.S.s were 2 little people in suits. One guy could move around like a real animal, and the other guy could move really fast.

    • @katherinerowlands7527
      @katherinerowlands7527 2 місяці тому +1

      @@Fast_Eddy_Magic and one of them got arrested for drunken disorderly the night before filming and they had to go bail him out so they could film the scene

  • @MarcusAurelius12
    @MarcusAurelius12 6 місяців тому +1

    Gladiator next please! Or 300!!

  • @Masq1980
    @Masq1980 6 місяців тому

    A few good ones to not miss - I dunno if you've seen them before but 'Neverending Story' is a well worth it watch, as well as 'The Last Unicorn', and one a bit newer is 'Stardust'!

    • @jeandoten1510
      @jeandoten1510 6 місяців тому

      The last unicorn is a masterpiece--and Christopher Lee'voiced the wizard!

    • @Masq1980
      @Masq1980 6 місяців тому

      @@jeandoten1510 Really?? I didn't know Christopher Lee voiced him! So cool!

    • @jeandoten1510
      @jeandoten1510 6 місяців тому

      @@Masq1980 He was a big fan of Peter S Beagle and carried a copy of The Last Unicorn with him on set, sometimes "correcting" the director. Sound familiar?

  • @melindamullen6335
    @melindamullen6335 6 місяців тому

    The Albino is Mel Brooks

    • @Umptyscope
      @Umptyscope 5 місяців тому

      No, he's Mel Smith.

  • @Mark_E_M
    @Mark_E_M 27 днів тому

    Love the Jesus hoodie, brother! 👍👍

  • @pchygrl17
    @pchygrl17 6 місяців тому +1

    My favorite movieeeee! ❤

  • @KaelKnight
    @KaelKnight 5 місяців тому

    You say how easy it seemed they knocked people out when the six fingered man hit Wesley the funny part is the actor was really knocked out and hospitalized because the 2 actors thought it would look better if he really hit him LIGHTLY but he hit him too hard

  • @kimByhurst-px1zd
    @kimByhurst-px1zd 6 місяців тому +1

    You will love film Paul xx

  • @kathleenmayhorne3183
    @kathleenmayhorne3183 2 місяці тому

    Did you guys ever see an early Steven Spielberg movie, Flight of the Navigator? How about Short Curcuit 1&2?

  • @ErisRising
    @ErisRising 6 місяців тому

    Wait, I already watch your Doctor Who reactions, how am I not subscribed already? Thought I did that a while ago. Corrected.

  • @yournamehere6002
    @yournamehere6002 5 місяців тому

    Mel Brooks cut his teeth in the 50's, his peak decade was the 70's.....though SPACEBALLS has become a cult movie, and that was from the 80's.

  • @kimByhurst-px1zd
    @kimByhurst-px1zd 6 місяців тому +1

    Love you guys so much love my new fav UA-cam Uncles loves Aliens and Attack of the Block big up form uk 🇬🇧 all love Special K ( given nickname 🤨)

  • @Dalehenrickson
    @Dalehenrickson 6 місяців тому +1

    Why do wear a mask? It’s a fashion statement. I feal everyone will be wearing them someday . (Foretelling)

  • @yournamehere6002
    @yournamehere6002 5 місяців тому

    Amazing how movies are longer now, made for people with shorter attention spans.