When this was remade for Quibi, the last scene in it featured the original director Rob Reiner as the grandson and his own father, Carl as the grandfather. The final thing Carl ever filmed was saying “As you wish,” and he sadly died days later.
"I want my father back you son of a bitch!" If you listen close, the actor delivers this line with no accent. This is because Mandy had lost his father to cancer shortly before the movie, and he envisioned the fight with the 6 fingered man to be between him and the cancer that took his father. He was so emotional during the scene that when he gave the line, it was him verbalizing his own grief and anger inna sort of catharsis. Bonus fact: Mandy stated that his favorite line from the movie is one he actually didn't remember saying. "I have been in the revenge business so long, that now that it's over, I do no know what to do with the rest of my life,"
"It's very easy to knock people out in this movie!" When Count Rogen knocks out Westley at the fire swamp, Cary Elwes (Westley) told the actor playing Count Rogen to go for it and hit him hard. The hit actually knocked out Elwes and put him in hospital. And that's the take they used in the movie. So you're actually watching him get knocked unconscious.
Just came to the comments to see if anyone else mentioned this! So many fun facts about this movie. If anyone is interested, Cary Elwes wrote a behind-the-scenes book, titled _As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride._ I highly recommend it!
@@wereant210 This screenplay and the first Back to the Future screenplay are taught in film school as "the perfect screenplay". Not a single wasted beat anywhere.
I am the first generation of my family born in a western country. When I was in high school, our English teacher was out sick and so they put this movie on for everyone to watch instead as there were no relief teachers available to take over the period. The other kids were so excited as it was a childhood favourite of theirs. I had no idea what the movie was or what it was even about as I had not ever heard of it before. After watching it, I became a life-long fan and revisit it regularly as a comfort movie.
These days a good phrase is "You keep using that word, I'm not sure it means what you think it means". Half jokes aside, glad you also enjoy my favorite movie.
My dad told me I should see this movie when it 1st appeared in theaters, but based on the title, there was no way a 15-yr old strapping young lad would watch a movie with such a title. So a week or so later, Dad asked me to run an errand with him, which typically involved a run to the local hardware store or something similar. I was not very happy when we instead found ourselves at the movie theater and Dad bought 2 tickets to this movie. But after it was over, I told my best friend that he should see it. The stink-eye he gave me...... But he trusted me enough that we both went to see it. and the next day we went back with about 30 other friends (male and female both) in a big group he'd put together. I think he actually saw it in the theater something like 7 or 8 times over the next few weeks. I can't tell you how many times I saw it on VHS at another friend's house over the next few years either. He and I both had it fully memorized by the time I graduated high school, though. Good times!
Of all the things in this movie to love, one of the top five has to be how the movie sets itself up and knocks itself down within the first five minutes. I didn't watch it for the same reason; "'The Princess Bride'? Sounds like a chick-flick." The moment that kid said, "... is this a kissing book?" I had to stop and completely re-evaluate the movie. That level of self-awareness, done so perfectly, is a jewel of storytelling, and it makes all the difference in the world. Being dubious, you project yourself onto the equally-dubious kid, and you get just as sucked in as he does. ... one of my personal favorites is watching TH-cam reactors getting tense as the shrieking eel is charging Buttercup, knowing how brilliantly - brilliantly, I say; it is a spark of true genius - that tension is going to be resolved.
The book that this movie is based on was one that my class had been assigned back in high school (it was also the first book I'd been assigned that wasn't over a hundred years old). The bulk of the story is the same as the movie, except the framing story is different. Instead of this being a story read by a grandfather to his grandson, in the book it's a story that the author surrogate remembers his own father reading to him and he wants his own son to experience the same story. Except it turns out that the author surrogate's father had been reading him only "the good parts". So the author surrogate created the abridged version, while occasionally describing the stuff that he was leaving out. For example, there's three paragraphs describing how the original book spent fifty-six pages on the Florin queen and Guilder princess packing and unpacking their clothes... only for the wedding to be called off when it turns out that the Guilder princess was bald (Buttercup was the replacement bride)… and six paragraphs that replace the _entirety_ of chapter four wherein Buttercup is given the title "Princess of Hammersmith" (because Humperdinck can't marry a commoner) and trained on how to act like the most mind-numbingly brain-dead princess possible. Since I had seen the movie first, at all times I imagined the actors. But when the book describes Fezzik's childhood, it's clear that the author (not the author surrogate) actually did have André the Giant in mind. That was the moment my mind was blown.
A favorite anecdote I learned relatively recently was the film was already finished filming except for the grandpa and grandson scenes. Fred Savage the grandson really wanted to meet Andre the Giant. Andre obviously didn't have to but he did go and visited the set for a day and talked to Fred all day about wrestling and such. Fred said Andre would send him a Christmas card every year until he passed away and it was the card he most looked forward to receiving every Christmas.
"I'm excited to watch it. I hope I'm not walking into with too high of hopes..." INCONCEIVABLE! No one can walk into The Princess Bride with too high of hopes!
Fun fact: Andre the Giant (Fezzik) had terrible stomach pains one day on set. After a 16 second fart, Rob Reiner asked if he was alright. "Yes, boss!" was the reply.
Peter Faulk says at the beginning, "When he was saying 'As you wish' he really meant 'I love you.'" So when he says "As you wish" to Fred Savage, he's really saying 'I love you'.
There may be a very few sword fights that are more technically impressive, but this one has been voted the best cinematic swordfight in movies for decades. Inconceivable! Andre the Giant LOVED making this movie. He always felt like he was being looked at or marveled over, but on this set he was just one of the cast, treated as an equal, and a friend, right from the start. He also would put his hand over Robin Wrights head when she was cold, as his hand could cover from her hairline to the base of her skull. The best behind-the-scene story was that Mandy Patinkin projected all his anger at the cancer that took his father to the 6 fingered man. The scene where he kills him, is so intense because he was essentially killing cancer in his head.
To be fair, marveling over Andre is very understandable, not just because he was giant, but (by the accounts I know of) because he was generally a marvelous person.
Apparently Andre kept stumbling over his lines. So, after one failed take too many, Mandy walked over and slapped him in the face. Andre performed his role flawlessly afterwards.
My favorite bit is Mandy saying that the only serious injury that he got from this movie was trying not to bust a gut when Billy Crystal was ad-libbing his lines. He said his ribs felt like they were going to break from keeping it together.😂
All the fencing masters Inigo and the Man in Black namedrop are actual historic figures. Rocco Bonetti was most famous for bringing the Italian style of rapier fencing to England and for being the target of a hilariously one-sided feud with English fencing master John Silver (yes, that's his real name). Ridolfo Capoferro was a during his life rather underappreciated Tuscan fencing master, who advocated for a system based around range management through long swords and deep, what most people would consider over-extended, thrusts. Gerard Thibault D'Anvers was a Dutch fencing master, mathematician and alchemist who developed an extremely unorthodox style of fencing based in part on practical experience and in part on geometric models. Camillo Agrippa was another polymath, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time.
I can't remember where I saw it, but there was a breakdown of how all the names were used as in-jokes. I can only remember the first one: "You are using Bonetti's defense against me, eh?." ... "I thought it fitting, considering the rocky terrain." Bonetti's first name is Rocco. There was some other joke hidden in each of the other names used. Tibault "cancelling out" Capoferro I think being a reference to his being a mathematician? If I can find where I saw the breakdown, I'll come back and leave another comment, but it was years ago.
This is actually, still to this day, my favorite movie of all time... "We'll never survive" "Nonsense. You're only saying that cause no one ever has" 🤣🤣🤣
Honest Trailers may have summed it up best as "a satire of all those sappy swashbuckling medieval love stories that just happens to be the best sappy swashbuckling medieval love story ever made"
Regarding how easily the six-fingered man knocked out Wesley, what with that being a trope... That actually, physically knocked Carey Elwes out cold. He woke up to doctors assessing him. The funny part is, earlier in the shoot Elwes broke his foot messing around on a 4-wheeler. The doctor who set his foot was responsible for his intake during his head trauma. When Elwes woke up the doc reportedly said something along the lines of "you get into a lot of trouble, Zorro"
@@wantutosigh1117 I would think it would be hard. Half the movies these days have HUGE fight scenes where they pound each other and don't get knocked out. Since we are not in the "knocking people out" business, we don't really have the experience to know. (Some movies, someone gets hit over the head and it just makes them angrier.)
@@wantutosigh1117 It's objectively not easy to knock someone out, unless they're particularly easy to knock out, which is not common. Many martial artists train for years to nail the precise targeting & level of force it requires to _usually_ achieve a knockout, & even then they're a bit helped by the fact that they're generally hitting people whose heads have been knocked around plenty of times. Plenty of people in prisons for murder were hoping to knock someone out like in movies but found they just had to keep hitting because the person wouldn't stop screaming until death. Knockouts don't work the way they do in movies & that's an objective medical fact.
@@ItsAsparageese It's a lot easier using the metal hilt of a sword and smashing someone's skull. Or perhaps a mythical giant hammerfisting a person on the top of their head. Your long post about mma or prison fights is unnecessary.
The final fight between Inigo, and the count, if you watch closely, Inigo returns all the wounds the count gave him. Shoulder, arm, stomach, and cheeks.
Oh Addie, hearing you say that this is now one of your favorite movies of all time just warms my heart! 😊 This is absolutely one of my favorites too; such a wonderful, quirky, funny, heartwarming tale. By the way, I live for your jump scares! 😆 They bring me such happiness. Great reactions as always!!
I am so excited when anybody watches/reacts to this movie! The Princess Bride is in a lot of people's top 10 favorite movies! Your genuine reactions were so awesome during the movie! You started with high expectations and I'm sure the movie exceeded them! My favorite reactions...they were priceless! "Oh, they're both having fun, cute!" The scene is known as "The Chatty Duelists" 8:51 .... Poor Addie!! You nearly jumped out of your skin! Westley: "...I don't think they exist" R A W R !!!! NOOOO!! I was so focused on what R O U S meant! "Mawwidge. Mawwidge, is what bwings us togedder, today" You were trying so hard to hold back your laughter!! Grandpa: "As you wish" Addie's heart is just bursting!!!
When Count Rugan knocked Wesley out, the first few takes, with a prop sword, didn't look convincing, so they used a real sword, and wesley woke up in hospital.
27:00 Addie - in case you're wondering how Inigo shrugs off the knife stab to the gut and the sword stabs in his arms at the end? There is a REASON for that given in the film! But you have to have a SHARP EYE to spot it! Go back and watch - just after Miracle Max finishes the Miracle Pill and gives it to Inigo - he LICKS it out of curiosity. It was powerful enough to revive Westley - and just that one lick was enough to keep Inigo together during that last fight!!! Mind - it didn't just make his wounds disappear - he DID get stabbed - he did lose blood. But - it gave him enough "juice" to get through - and presumably to heal enough that ultimately he'll be fine.
@@reliantncc1864 I would not disagree with you at all. I certainly think sheer bloody minded determination was the greater part of him getting through that fight and thematically works just as well. But for anyone looking for a *technical* excuse. It is there to be seen.
I thought he literally bit it in half so it would be easier to feed to Westley, effectively just prepping early for his near death. But it took me years to spot that moment and come to that conclusion! 😆
"Stardust" has some similarity in tone and is a other of my favorite fantasy movies. Its great cast includes Peter O'Toole, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox(recently Daredevil on Netflix), Henry Cavill, Ricky Gervais, among others.
Wow. I loved that movie. But I didn't remember all those names! Except Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, and Robert De Niro - who has one of THE most NON-De Niro roles you could possibly imagine - and applies a FLAMETHROWER to it! 🤣🤣🤣
@@logandarklighter Jason Fleming and Mark Strong from this were also in Kickass. I didn't mention Sienna Miller but she was pretty famous, too. I didn't remember that Ian McKellen narrated. The book that it's based on is by Neil Gaiman, author of the Sandman comics that gave rise to the Lucifer TV series and of American God's, which was adapted into the show of the same title.
Damnit, I said this exact same thing. lol. I love Stardust as much as I love this, partly because it's the same kind of movie. A fairy tale. Silly when it needs to be, deadly serious when it needs to be, full of adventure and everything... with a unique and fun story. And a hell of a cast. I recommend it to everyone who likes Princess Bride.
Yea, another fan of the "Bride". I've lost count on how many times I've watched this. It is truly like a warm blanket and makes anyone feel good. Loved your reaction Addie, especially at the little jump scares. 🙂
After a certain number of rewatches, every beat is so familiar that I'm so immune to the jumpscares that I forget it even has them. I think what really makes this movie so perfect is how timeless and rewatchable it is. No matter how many times I've seen it, I'll happily watch it again, anytime. 👄👌
I read the book years before the movie got made. Loved the book, and was worried the film couldn't live up to it. Then I heard that Rob Reiner was going to direct, and I felt it was all going to be okay. And so it was. Billy Crystal as Miracle Max ad libbed all his lines. Rob Reiner had to banish himself from the set during those scenes; he kept laughing so hard he ruined take after take! And Mandy Patinkin said he hurt his ribs trying to keep from breaking character!
I read the book after growing up with the film, and spent the first 70 or 80 pages extremely confused lol. And when it finally dawned on me what was happening I loved the book and the movie even more than I already did. Absolute genius.
Yes, the movie is only about half of the book. The book is a satire on The Serious Novel, where the narrator is reading a book his father read to him as a child, and is shocked to find out it's not all about the adventure and romance "good parts". So periodically he talks about what the (nonexistent) book's author was talking about before getting back to what we see on screen. You often see "a movie within a movie" (Quentin Tarantino loves them); this is a novel within a novel. Brilliant work by William Goldman (author of both the book and the screenplay) to ditch the framework of the book and create the new one for the film. A LOT of Goldman's screenplays are very worthwhile movies. Start with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
"Why are you wearing mask? Were you burned by acid or something?" "Oh no, it's just that they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future." I don't think anyone thought that quote would come to fruition in 2020.
Fun fact one: the fencing scene between Wesley and Inigo Was one of the last, if not the last scene to be filmed. The actors practiced the choreography for several hours each day all throughout filming the rest of the movie.
Where to start? The lines in this movie are now cultural touchstones. I'm 52. My high school buddies and I STILL quote this movie liberally! Where to end? Peter Falk... As you wish.... Brings a tear EVERY time....
YESSSSSS. I absolutely love this film!!!! Also at 16:45 when the Six-fingerd man knocks out Wesley, he actually got knocked out. The Actor playing Wesley told him to really hit him to make it look real and he got knocked out and a concussion if i remember correctly 😂
Miracle Max and his wife were played by the wonderful Billy Crystal and Carol Kane. I've seen this many times but I still get chills when Inigo delivers that line "I want my father back, you son of a bitch!"
I think that the reason I love this movie so much is that the actor that plays the grandfather, Peter Falk, has the very same gravelly voice as my late uncle, who was also an incredible story teller.
This is one of the most fun/enjoyable movies of all times. It had adventure, action, mystery, revenge, humor, Andre the Giant, etc. I just love this movie so much and it's so well paced with some terrific quotes. You can watch this movie dozens of times and still enjoy it because it's one of those special movies. And so many of those actors went on to have amazing careers as well. I really, really love this movie and I'm glad you enjoyed it as well.
A documentary on the life of Andre The Giant (Fessig) was made a few years ago. You can find stories and comments by his "The Princess Bride" castmates on how he was off camera on TH-cam. You will love them. A short, edited compilation: th-cam.com/video/bodTocfWbjg/w-d-xo.html
As a trained fencer, I love this movie! The duel between Wesley and Inigo (while more flourished and acrobatic, rather than realistic) is just so beautifully choreographed! And, I actually heard both Elwes and Patinkin had no previous sword training prior to doing this movie, yet both seem they were born with a rapier in their hands!
One thing about that duel is that, for once, a Hollywood swordfight has an excuse for all the Flynning about: They are both actively showing off and handicapping themselves. It's not enough for them to simply win, but they have to do it with style and they score metaphorical points by forcing the other to take the fight more seriously.
@@chakatfirepaw And they're just cutting loose and having fun with someone who approaches their skill, and this fight isn't really serious for either of them. It's only subtly alluded to in the case of the Man in Black, but the fact that he starts out the fight left-handed as well, after Inigo expressed his intent to do so and the reason why (it would be boring if I fought at full strength), we can surmise tMiB is doing the same thing for the same reason. Then the both realize their good enough to use their dominant hands and still get a challenge. And yes, Inigo was ordered to kill the Man in Black, but his heart's clearly not in it, and there's no malice to it. And when the Man in Black wins, because he has no reason to want Inigo dead, spares his life. It's really just two guys enjoying a spirited competition.
Yet another contender for the "Most Heartfelt Reaction" award from YT. There isn't an award ceremony to date, but your reaction to this movie will be among the early favourites at such time. My dear lady, you did not hit a false note anywhere. Pretty amazing, all-in-all.
Others have mentioned it in your comments, but I agree, you should watch Willow if you haven't already seen it. It's less about the campy humor than this was, but it's another great story that really hooks you with its characters...and does still have a very similar feel to this.
16:46 - Fun fact: Christopher Guest (Count Rugen/the Six Gingered man) actually DID hit Cary Elwes (Westley) accidentally with the pommel of his prop sword and DID knock him out FOR REAL! (So knocking someone out might be easier than one would expect and that might be one thing movies don’t exaggerate so much!)
The behind-the-scenes stories of some of the more iconic scenes are as beautiful as the movie itself - like Mandy Patinkin channeling his anger at the cancer that killed his own father into the scene where Inigo fights Count Rugen, Andre loving his role as Fezzik because it was the first time in his working life that he wasn't looked at like some kinda of freak, Andre also making everyone he knew sit down to watch the movie and watching their faces excitedly while they watched the movie...then there's the stuff like everyone doing their own stunts as much as possible, even down to Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes performing the entire Inigo v Westley fencing scenes themselves. It truly is just one of the greatest movies ever made.
It amazes me that this is your first time watching! Such a classic. Infinitely quotable. One of Cary Elwes' best performances, but the charm stems from the entire ensemble and how quirky everyone is.
For those that read the book, they recognized that the character of Farquhar in Shrek was drawn exactly how author William Goldman expected Humperdink to look. I read this book about 5 or 6 years before the movie was released, purely by accident. Loved it. Never thought it would be a movie.
That scene where they roll down the hill, there is a stunt man who wore both costumes and threw himself down there twice, he deserves all the praise, and the swordfight was designed to take the record for the longest swordfight in movie history at that time, they had to go back in and add more to the sequence when they were planning it just to get it to be long enough
Well I suppose, after this one, you have to see Willow. It's the same kind of silliness, adventure and romance with a little bit more sinister moments. Also, a TV show that follows the events of the movies starts in November on Disney+.
Film Fact: Mandy Patinkin that played Inigo Montya said that for the scene where he is fighting Count Rugen (the six fingered man) he used the memory of his own father for inspiration, his father had died of cancer when he was 18 so he imagined he was saying the lines to the cancer, that is how he got so much emotion "I want my father back" that line/scene always got me but even more so after I heard that story of his inspiration, now it always makes me tear up. And this is my fav movie ever, has been my whole life... well ever since it came out lol
As a young kid when this came out, Princess Buttercup was my first celeb crush. Wesley and Inigo 2 of my superheros. Ab Fab flick. (Billy Crystal and Carol Kane [Miracle Max] are gems too)
Every time I watch this movie, I can only say that it has to be the SWEETEST movie ever. Such sweet innocence. Andre the Giant (Fezzik) is one of the sweetest people to have ever lived. Robin Wright tells the story of how, when they were filming, Andre would cover her entire head with his hand to help keep her warm.
So the book and screenplay were written by William Goldman. His three most famous screenplays were "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Princess Bride", and "All the President's Men." All are great movies. Last Christmas, I bought my granddaughter the novel. She loved it. It's a wonderful read and complements the movie nicely.
Great reaction, Addie. I totally agree with you that The Princess Bride really is a fun movie. I'm also looking forward to seeing your reactions to the rest of the MCU.
This is probably the second favorite movie of my family and I never once thought, how did they get those horses up there. This is why reaction videos are fun.
Everything about this movie is great, all that has already been pointed out by the other comments, but my favorite thing about this movie is seeing so much of Andre The Giant. He was a living legend when I was a kid. Rest in peace, big guy.
According to the book, Vizzini's intellect is so vast that it borders on the clairvoyant. When given all the info, he can *conceive* of every outcome and go with the best one. Since nobody knew about Buttercup's relationship with Wesley and thus nothing about Wesley; he is a complete X factor. Therefor everything Wesley does is... *Inconceivable.*
The sound you heard when Wesley got knocked out was the sound it makes when someone gets a concussion! When Cary Elwes was hit in the head by Christopher Guest, Cary told him to really hit him with the pommel of his sword. He was knocked out and wound up with a concussion! I think on TH-cam there's a video of interviews of the stars of the movies, and what really came across was just what a sweet and gentle guy Andre the Giant was in real life. Those stories are echoed by professional wrestlers (Andre was a pro wrestler, who actually lifted Hulk Hogan over his head and threw him completely out of the ruing during a match!)
Your reaction is exactly what most of us felt and were hoping you would feel, also. It’s certainly in my top ten. Your summation of the movie in your post viewing comments is spot on. It does have everything. It’s such a quotable movie, too.
André the Giant was 7-4" when he died. André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. His real name was André René Roussimoff. Yes when he had Buttercup in his arms that was the true size comparison between them. Just a few fact's for you if you were interested👍😊
In case you didn't know, the actor who plays Humperdink is the voice actor for Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton. However, only when he is speaking. When he is singing, it is the voice of Danny Elfman, the lead singer of Oingo Boingo who writes almost all the music for Tim Burton movies
I absolutely love this movie! When I was in college many years,ago, at one of our rallies, 2 students re-enacted the swordfight scene line for line, but juggling bowling pins instead using swords. The juggling and the comedy were impeccably pulled off
My husband and I had our first dance to "Storybook Love" (the theme song for this movie), and our cake topper and rings were engraved with "As you wish"
One of the most rewatchable, quotable movies ever. Guy or girl there's something for everyone. Andre the Giant, the big fella, was sadly having his health fail at this point and was 10+ years past his prime due to the disease that caused his gigantism. He had to be held up or propped up during certain scenes involving physical strain. Wally Shawn (though he's only in the movie a short time) is fantastic as Vizini and really shows how diverse his range is. True love, sword fighting, a beautiful girl, handsome men, etc. It's got everything.
When this movie came out in theaters I went to go see it on a whim, just because I'm a big movie fan. I went in with no real expectations and came out thinking what a wonderfully well paced, well told and generally great movie it was. To this day it is still one of my favorite movies of all time. I agree it's a perfect rainy day movie. Even as a kid-friendly movie there are a couple of adult nudge-nudge-wink-wink moments, especially when Inigo is talking about waiting to fight Wesley at the top of the Cliffs of Insanity. If you listen closely, there's a subtle nod to 'self gratification' in the conversation. All of the adults got it and laughed, the kids missed it completely. If you ever do a reaction to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", there's another, equally subtle joke in that movie too. Glad you found this gem!
Definitely on my list of favorite movies. In many of the reactions I've seen to this movie the reactor has asked for suggestions of other movies like this. People will give suggestions for various fantasy movies in the comments, at least some of which are really good movies, but I think the only realistic answer to that request is that there are no other movies like this one. For me, the most comparable movie is one that doesn't really seem to have anything in common on the surface. I think it's comparable because it is also a parody of a genre and is full of humor but also has tremendous heart and a clear love for the genre it's a parody of. But aside from the fact that it's a parody of a different genre, it's also very different in a lot of ways. Still a great movie, though, and one I highly recommend. That movie is Galaxy Quest. I don't know if you've already seen it or not - I did check and you don't seem to have a TH-cam reaction to it. I don't know that you'd like it as much as this one but I'm sure you'd like it a lot.
A good, light-hearted, romantic fantasy on a par with this would have to be "Ladyhawke," about two cursed lovers seeking to break the spell. Plenty of humor and drama that is sure to bring a smile to your face. A favorite of mine and my wife's.
it's definitely one of my favourite of all time...the amount of movies and TV series that lines from this have been used in...and I bought the book, it's amazing
"Fun" fact, the sword master on this movie was Bob Anderson, a former Olympic fencer whose Hollywood career started with a couple of Errol Flynn movies in the 50's. You'll have seen him - though not his face - in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, because he was in Vader's suit for the fight sequences. He was sword master on several other films, including Highlander, The Mask of Zorro (one ot watch, if you haven't already; it's got Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta Jones and Antony Hopkins) and the LotR trilogy.
16:45 He was actually knocked out here, The actor meant to just touch him with the pommel but whacked him hard enough that he woke up in the hospital. The funny thing is that Carey (Westley) Elwes had asked him to do the touch because he was finding it hard to time the fake knock out with a traditional no contact camera angle shot.
Hey Addie. There's a reason this is one of the most underrated but loved movies on the planet. For the exact reason that you explained. It has romance it has adventure it has humor. It is probably one of the most perfectly written movies of all time. I'm so glad you watched this. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. It was a joy to share it with you. As always you're awesome ❤️💚☘️🇺🇦
The grandfather's "As you wish." was the perfect ending.
He usually says “Just one more thing...”
My favorite part
When Darth Vader said 'As you wish' to Grand Moff Tarkin what he really meant was I love you.
@@Dragon-Believer Boba Fett said the same thing to Darth Vader.
When this was remade for Quibi, the last scene in it featured the original director Rob Reiner as the grandson and his own father, Carl as the grandfather. The final thing Carl ever filmed was saying “As you wish,” and he sadly died days later.
"I want my father back you son of a bitch!" If you listen close, the actor delivers this line with no accent. This is because Mandy had lost his father to cancer shortly before the movie, and he envisioned the fight with the 6 fingered man to be between him and the cancer that took his father. He was so emotional during the scene that when he gave the line, it was him verbalizing his own grief and anger inna sort of catharsis.
Bonus fact: Mandy stated that his favorite line from the movie is one he actually didn't remember saying. "I have been in the revenge business so long, that now that it's over, I do no know what to do with the rest of my life,"
Mandy did use his father for inspiration but his father died when he was 18
And bonus bonus fact: Remember the name of the Dread Pirate Roberts’ ship?
I can't watch that scene without tearing up
@@emurphy42 Ironically The Revenge which Inigo aptly achieved
Any line that has ever been said has been delivered with an accent!
"It's very easy to knock people out in this movie!"
When Count Rogen knocks out Westley at the fire swamp, Cary Elwes (Westley) told the actor playing Count Rogen to go for it and hit him hard. The hit actually knocked out Elwes and put him in hospital. And that's the take they used in the movie. So you're actually watching him get knocked unconscious.
Just came to the comments to see if anyone else mentioned this! So many fun facts about this movie. If anyone is interested, Cary Elwes wrote a behind-the-scenes book, titled _As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of the Princess Bride._ I highly recommend it!
@@jasonschuler6882 He also did an interview after the book that you can find on TH-cam. I think it was at a film school. Some good stories!
@@wereant210 This screenplay and the first Back to the Future screenplay are taught in film school as "the perfect screenplay". Not a single wasted beat anywhere.
Christopher Guest.
@@jasonschuler6882 AMAZING Book
I am the first generation of my family born in a western country. When I was in high school, our English teacher was out sick and so they put this movie on for everyone to watch instead as there were no relief teachers available to take over the period. The other kids were so excited as it was a childhood favourite of theirs. I had no idea what the movie was or what it was even about as I had not ever heard of it before. After watching it, I became a life-long fan and revisit it regularly as a comfort movie.
When I was in high school, our Spanish teacher used Inigo being Spanish as an excuse to show it in Spanish class every couple of months.
This melted me. What a wonderful memory you shared!
These days a good phrase is "You keep using that word, I'm not sure it means what you think it means".
Half jokes aside, glad you also enjoy my favorite movie.
When I was a kid there were two movies we were shown every year in school ; The Parent Trap (the original) , and Follow Me Boys about early Boy Scouts
Famous wrestler Andre the (actual) Giant at his finest moment.
My dad told me I should see this movie when it 1st appeared in theaters, but based on the title, there was no way a 15-yr old strapping young lad would watch a movie with such a title. So a week or so later, Dad asked me to run an errand with him, which typically involved a run to the local hardware store or something similar. I was not very happy when we instead found ourselves at the movie theater and Dad bought 2 tickets to this movie.
But after it was over, I told my best friend that he should see it. The stink-eye he gave me...... But he trusted me enough that we both went to see it. and the next day we went back with about 30 other friends (male and female both) in a big group he'd put together. I think he actually saw it in the theater something like 7 or 8 times over the next few weeks.
I can't tell you how many times I saw it on VHS at another friend's house over the next few years either. He and I both had it fully memorized by the time I graduated high school, though.
Good times!
Of all the things in this movie to love, one of the top five has to be how the movie sets itself up and knocks itself down within the first five minutes. I didn't watch it for the same reason; "'The Princess Bride'? Sounds like a chick-flick."
The moment that kid said, "... is this a kissing book?" I had to stop and completely re-evaluate the movie. That level of self-awareness, done so perfectly, is a jewel of storytelling, and it makes all the difference in the world. Being dubious, you project yourself onto the equally-dubious kid, and you get just as sucked in as he does.
... one of my personal favorites is watching TH-cam reactors getting tense as the shrieking eel is charging Buttercup, knowing how brilliantly - brilliantly, I say; it is a spark of true genius - that tension is going to be resolved.
The book that this movie is based on was one that my class had been assigned back in high school (it was also the first book I'd been assigned that wasn't over a hundred years old). The bulk of the story is the same as the movie, except the framing story is different. Instead of this being a story read by a grandfather to his grandson, in the book it's a story that the author surrogate remembers his own father reading to him and he wants his own son to experience the same story. Except it turns out that the author surrogate's father had been reading him only "the good parts". So the author surrogate created the abridged version, while occasionally describing the stuff that he was leaving out. For example, there's three paragraphs describing how the original book spent fifty-six pages on the Florin queen and Guilder princess packing and unpacking their clothes... only for the wedding to be called off when it turns out that the Guilder princess was bald (Buttercup was the replacement bride)… and six paragraphs that replace the _entirety_ of chapter four wherein Buttercup is given the title "Princess of Hammersmith" (because Humperdinck can't marry a commoner) and trained on how to act like the most mind-numbingly brain-dead princess possible.
Since I had seen the movie first, at all times I imagined the actors. But when the book describes Fezzik's childhood, it's clear that the author (not the author surrogate) actually did have André the Giant in mind. That was the moment my mind was blown.
What a great memory. Thanks for sharing. ❤️
A favorite anecdote I learned relatively recently was the film was already finished filming except for the grandpa and grandson scenes. Fred Savage the grandson really wanted to meet Andre the Giant. Andre obviously didn't have to but he did go and visited the set for a day and talked to Fred all day about wrestling and such. Fred said Andre would send him a Christmas card every year until he passed away and it was the card he most looked forward to receiving every Christmas.
Andre was such a gentle giant
"I'm excited to watch it. I hope I'm not walking into with too high of hopes..."
INCONCEIVABLE! No one can walk into The Princess Bride with too high of hopes!
Fun fact: Andre the Giant (Fezzik) had terrible stomach pains one day on set. After a 16 second fart, Rob Reiner asked if he was alright. "Yes, boss!" was the reply.
Peter Falk's delivery of "As you wish" at the end gets me every time 😢
Yah, he was sort of overlooked in favor of the other actors, but he turned in a really fine performance as the Grandfather.
Same. Its right up there with "You bow to no one."
It's because when he says it, you know it means, "I love you"
Peter Faulk says at the beginning, "When he was saying 'As you wish' he really meant 'I love you.'" So when he says "As you wish" to Fred Savage, he's really saying 'I love you'.
gee, thanks
There may be a very few sword fights that are more technically impressive, but this one has been voted the best cinematic swordfight in movies for decades.
Inconceivable!
Andre the Giant LOVED making this movie. He always felt like he was being looked at or marveled over, but on this set he was just one of the cast, treated as an equal, and a friend, right from the start.
He also would put his hand over Robin Wrights head when she was cold, as his hand could cover from her hairline to the base of her skull.
The best behind-the-scene story was that Mandy Patinkin projected all his anger at the cancer that took his father to the 6 fingered man. The scene where he kills him, is so intense because he was essentially killing cancer in his head.
To be fair, marveling over Andre is very understandable, not just because he was giant, but (by the accounts I know of) because he was generally a marvelous person.
Apparently Andre kept stumbling over his lines. So, after one failed take too many, Mandy walked over and slapped him in the face. Andre performed his role flawlessly afterwards.
My favorite bit is Mandy saying that the only serious injury that he got from this movie was trying not to bust a gut when Billy Crystal was ad-libbing his lines. He said his ribs felt like they were going to break from keeping it together.😂
All the fencing masters Inigo and the Man in Black namedrop are actual historic figures. Rocco Bonetti was most famous for bringing the Italian style of rapier fencing to England and for being the target of a hilariously one-sided feud with English fencing master John Silver (yes, that's his real name).
Ridolfo Capoferro was a during his life rather underappreciated Tuscan fencing master, who advocated for a system based around range management through long swords and deep, what most people would consider over-extended, thrusts.
Gerard Thibault D'Anvers was a Dutch fencing master, mathematician and alchemist who developed an extremely unorthodox style of fencing based in part on practical experience and in part on geometric models.
Camillo Agrippa was another polymath, and is widely considered to be one of the greatest fencing theorists of all time.
I can't remember where I saw it, but there was a breakdown of how all the names were used as in-jokes. I can only remember the first one: "You are using Bonetti's defense against me, eh?." ... "I thought it fitting, considering the rocky terrain." Bonetti's first name is Rocco.
There was some other joke hidden in each of the other names used. Tibault "cancelling out" Capoferro I think being a reference to his being a mathematician? If I can find where I saw the breakdown, I'll come back and leave another comment, but it was years ago.
This is actually, still to this day, my favorite movie of all time...
"We'll never survive"
"Nonsense. You're only saying that cause no one ever has" 🤣🤣🤣
One of the few films I confidently and unabashedly proclaim as a cinematic masterpiece. It's practically perfect.
A rare occasion where the movie was better than the book.
@@87MookTV And yet reading the book makes the movie even better
Honest Trailers may have summed it up best as "a satire of all those sappy swashbuckling medieval love stories that just happens to be the best sappy swashbuckling medieval love story ever made"
"Let's not start a war."
Weren't you listening? It's a prestigious line of work with a long and glorious history.
9:57 "How did they get up there . . . with all those horses?" I've always assumed they took a "long way around."
Regarding how easily the six-fingered man knocked out Wesley, what with that being a trope... That actually, physically knocked Carey Elwes out cold. He woke up to doctors assessing him. The funny part is, earlier in the shoot Elwes broke his foot messing around on a 4-wheeler. The doctor who set his foot was responsible for his intake during his head trauma. When Elwes woke up the doc reportedly said something along the lines of "you get into a lot of trouble, Zorro"
I don't understand her comments. Does she think it's terribly hard to know someone out?
@@wantutosigh1117 I would think it would be hard. Half the movies these days have HUGE fight scenes where they pound each other and don't get knocked out. Since we are not in the "knocking people out" business, we don't really have the experience to know. (Some movies, someone gets hit over the head and it just makes them angrier.)
@@wantutosigh1117 how many people have you knocked out?
@@wantutosigh1117 It's objectively not easy to knock someone out, unless they're particularly easy to knock out, which is not common. Many martial artists train for years to nail the precise targeting & level of force it requires to _usually_ achieve a knockout, & even then they're a bit helped by the fact that they're generally hitting people whose heads have been knocked around plenty of times.
Plenty of people in prisons for murder were hoping to knock someone out like in movies but found they just had to keep hitting because the person wouldn't stop screaming until death.
Knockouts don't work the way they do in movies & that's an objective medical fact.
@@ItsAsparageese It's a lot easier using the metal hilt of a sword and smashing someone's skull. Or perhaps a mythical giant hammerfisting a person on the top of their head. Your long post about mma or prison fights is unnecessary.
The final fight between Inigo, and the count, if you watch closely, Inigo returns all the wounds the count gave him. Shoulder, arm, stomach, and cheeks.
Oh Addie, hearing you say that this is now one of your favorite movies of all time just warms my heart! 😊 This is absolutely one of my favorites too; such a wonderful, quirky, funny, heartwarming tale. By the way, I live for your jump scares! 😆 They bring me such happiness. Great reactions as always!!
The best “Young adult” movie ever made. The conceit of the child and the grandfather creating the story together is so touching.
I am so excited when anybody watches/reacts to this movie!
The Princess Bride is in a lot of people's top 10 favorite movies!
Your genuine reactions were so awesome during the movie! You started with high expectations and I'm sure the movie exceeded them!
My favorite reactions...they were priceless!
"Oh, they're both having fun, cute!" The scene is known as "The Chatty Duelists"
8:51 .... Poor Addie!! You nearly jumped out of your skin!
Westley: "...I don't think they exist" R A W R !!!! NOOOO!! I was so focused on what R O U S meant!
"Mawwidge. Mawwidge, is what bwings us togedder, today" You were trying so hard to hold back your laughter!!
Grandpa: "As you wish" Addie's heart is just bursting!!!
I don't even count it in my top 10... it stands above.
When Count Rugan knocked Wesley out, the first few takes, with a prop sword, didn't look convincing, so they used a real sword, and wesley woke up in hospital.
Endless quotes from this perfect movie!
It gets better with every rewatch too.
27:00 Addie - in case you're wondering how Inigo shrugs off the knife stab to the gut and the sword stabs in his arms at the end? There is a REASON for that given in the film! But you have to have a SHARP EYE to spot it!
Go back and watch - just after Miracle Max finishes the Miracle Pill and gives it to Inigo - he LICKS it out of curiosity. It was powerful enough to revive Westley - and just that one lick was enough to keep Inigo together during that last fight!!!
Mind - it didn't just make his wounds disappear - he DID get stabbed - he did lose blood. But - it gave him enough "juice" to get through - and presumably to heal enough that ultimately he'll be fine.
Also really they can just go back to miracle max And get into indigo fixed back up
Whoa. 😯
I'd prefer to credit good old human determination. He had a cause to fight for, whereas Count Rugen was self-centered.
@@reliantncc1864 I would not disagree with you at all. I certainly think sheer bloody minded determination was the greater part of him getting through that fight and thematically works just as well.
But for anyone looking for a *technical* excuse. It is there to be seen.
I thought he literally bit it in half so it would be easier to feed to Westley, effectively just prepping early for his near death. But it took me years to spot that moment and come to that conclusion! 😆
This is, truly, "THE 'Perfect Movie'."
Princess Bride and Labyrinth are two of my favorite movies from my childhood.
"Stardust" has some similarity in tone and is a other of my favorite fantasy movies. Its great cast includes Peter O'Toole, Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, Charlie Cox(recently Daredevil on Netflix), Henry Cavill, Ricky Gervais, among others.
Wow. I loved that movie. But I didn't remember all those names! Except Michelle Pfeiffer, Claire Danes, and Robert De Niro - who has one of THE most NON-De Niro roles you could possibly imagine - and applies a FLAMETHROWER to it! 🤣🤣🤣
@@logandarklighter Jason Fleming and Mark Strong from this were also in Kickass. I didn't mention Sienna Miller but she was pretty famous, too. I didn't remember that Ian McKellen narrated. The book that it's based on is by Neil Gaiman, author of the Sandman comics that gave rise to the Lucifer TV series and of American God's, which was adapted into the show of the same title.
Yes! I have yet to see anyone react to that, but I would love to see someone do it.
Damnit, I said this exact same thing. lol. I love Stardust as much as I love this, partly because it's the same kind of movie. A fairy tale. Silly when it needs to be, deadly serious when it needs to be, full of adventure and everything... with a unique and fun story. And a hell of a cast. I recommend it to everyone who likes Princess Bride.
Stardust is a really good one.
One of Hollywood’s perfect movies 😌🙏
A classic for all time.
it's one of those Classics that will stand the test of time
"My name is Ignio Montoya, you killed my father, prepare to die."
"Stop saying that!" Lol!!
Yea, another fan of the "Bride". I've lost count on how many times I've watched this. It is truly like a warm blanket and makes anyone feel good. Loved your reaction Addie, especially at the little jump scares. 🙂
"The Bride"? With Jennifer Beals, Clancy Brown, and Sting? Cary Elwes was in that too, as I recall...Might be a fun one to watch for October.
@@jean-paulaudette9246 ha! I was going for brevity. You are right though, "The Bride" would be a good choice for the season.
@@brom00 "A better piece of work, altogether, my dear Baron, than your...Previous effort."
There are only a few movies I can always rewatch even if I saw it yesterday. This, the old black and white Harvey, Groundhog's Day...
After a certain number of rewatches, every beat is so familiar that I'm so immune to the jumpscares that I forget it even has them.
I think what really makes this movie so perfect is how timeless and rewatchable it is. No matter how many times I've seen it, I'll happily watch it again, anytime. 👄👌
12:28 One of the greatest lines in Cinematic History.
I read the book years before the movie got made. Loved the book, and was worried the film couldn't live up to it. Then I heard that Rob Reiner was going to direct, and I felt it was all going to be okay. And so it was.
Billy Crystal as Miracle Max ad libbed all his lines. Rob Reiner had to banish himself from the set during those scenes; he kept laughing so hard he ruined take after take! And Mandy Patinkin said he hurt his ribs trying to keep from breaking character!
I read the book after growing up with the film, and spent the first 70 or 80 pages extremely confused lol. And when it finally dawned on me what was happening I loved the book and the movie even more than I already did. Absolute genius.
Yes, the movie is only about half of the book. The book is a satire on The Serious Novel, where the narrator is reading a book his father read to him as a child, and is shocked to find out it's not all about the adventure and romance "good parts". So periodically he talks about what the (nonexistent) book's author was talking about before getting back to what we see on screen.
You often see "a movie within a movie" (Quentin Tarantino loves them); this is a novel within a novel. Brilliant work by William Goldman (author of both the book and the screenplay) to ditch the framework of the book and create the new one for the film.
A LOT of Goldman's screenplays are very worthwhile movies. Start with "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".
"Why are you wearing mask? Were you burned by acid or something?"
"Oh no, it's just that they're terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future."
I don't think anyone thought that quote would come to fruition in 2020.
And may it never be so again.
Fun fact one: the fencing scene between Wesley and Inigo Was one of the last, if not the last scene to be filmed. The actors practiced the choreography for several hours each day all throughout filming the rest of the movie.
"Why don't you give me a nice paper cut, and pour lemon juice on it?"
Few lines ever reach this level of humour.
Billy Crystal was perfect in this, talk about GOATs.
"MLT, mutton lettuce and tomato sandwich" , "Have fun storming the castle!" are funnier to me.
@@jkhoover "You ARE the brute squad!"
"I've seen worse."
"He distinctly said 'To blave' as as we all know to blave means to bluff; so you're probably playing cards, and he cheated."
Where to start?
The lines in this movie are now cultural touchstones. I'm 52. My high school buddies and I STILL quote this movie liberally!
Where to end?
Peter Falk... As you wish.... Brings a tear EVERY time....
YESSSSSS. I absolutely love this film!!!!
Also at 16:45 when the Six-fingerd man knocks out Wesley, he actually got knocked out. The Actor playing Wesley told him to really hit him to make it look real and he got knocked out and a concussion if i remember correctly 😂
You were right. They had to stop filming for a few days.
LOL I just made a similar comment. should have checked first I guess.
I like to imagine right after it happened, Christopher Guest was like, "I'm sorry Mr. Reiner. I didn't mean to jog him so hard."
Of course, in total, his fingers go to 11.
It is a perfect movie. And it looks like it wasn't just the kid who got invested! Great reaction!
Miracle Max and his wife were played by the wonderful Billy Crystal and Carol Kane.
I've seen this many times but I still get chills when Inigo delivers that line "I want my father back, you son of a bitch!"
I think that the reason I love this movie so much is that the actor that plays the grandfather, Peter Falk, has the very same gravelly voice as my late uncle, who was also an incredible story teller.
The childhood classic that was so successful on Home Video, there are people who can recite this film by heart.
This is one of the most fun/enjoyable movies of all times. It had adventure, action, mystery, revenge, humor, Andre the Giant, etc. I just love this movie so much and it's so well paced with some terrific quotes. You can watch this movie dozens of times and still enjoy it because it's one of those special movies. And so many of those actors went on to have amazing careers as well. I really, really love this movie and I'm glad you enjoyed it as well.
It was a labor of love. We as viewers can pick up on that.
A documentary on the life of Andre The Giant (Fessig) was made a few years ago. You can find stories and comments by his "The Princess Bride" castmates on how he was off camera on TH-cam. You will love them.
A short, edited compilation:
th-cam.com/video/bodTocfWbjg/w-d-xo.html
One of the most quotable movies ever! 😁
So many little bits all through the movie. It never gets old and is one of the more re-watchable movies.
As a trained fencer, I love this movie! The duel between Wesley and Inigo (while more flourished and acrobatic, rather than realistic) is just so beautifully choreographed! And, I actually heard both Elwes and Patinkin had no previous sword training prior to doing this movie, yet both seem they were born with a rapier in their hands!
One thing about that duel is that, for once, a Hollywood swordfight has an excuse for all the Flynning about: They are both actively showing off and handicapping themselves. It's not enough for them to simply win, but they have to do it with style and they score metaphorical points by forcing the other to take the fight more seriously.
@@chakatfirepaw And they're just cutting loose and having fun with someone who approaches their skill, and this fight isn't really serious for either of them. It's only subtly alluded to in the case of the Man in Black, but the fact that he starts out the fight left-handed as well, after Inigo expressed his intent to do so and the reason why (it would be boring if I fought at full strength), we can surmise tMiB is doing the same thing for the same reason. Then the both realize their good enough to use their dominant hands and still get a challenge. And yes, Inigo was ordered to kill the Man in Black, but his heart's clearly not in it, and there's no malice to it. And when the Man in Black wins, because he has no reason to want Inigo dead, spares his life. It's really just two guys enjoying a spirited competition.
Addie easily has the best jump scare reactions out of all reactors 😂😂😂
Yet another contender for the "Most Heartfelt Reaction" award from YT. There isn't an award ceremony to date, but your reaction to this movie will be among the early favourites at such time. My dear lady, you did not hit a false note anywhere. Pretty amazing, all-in-all.
Others have mentioned it in your comments, but I agree, you should watch Willow if you haven't already seen it. It's less about the campy humor than this was, but it's another great story that really hooks you with its characters...and does still have a very similar feel to this.
Also, tons and tons and tons of midget sex, if I remember my Hollywood stories correctly
Absolutely. :)))
Inconceivable! Huge shout out to my 5th grade teacher for showing the class this. This movie opened my eyes to a whole new world of fantasy films
We always watched The Neverending Story and Charlotte's Web. I don't think we ever got to watch this.
@@jkhoover We got Charlotte's Web too! I still haven't seen The Neverending Story lol
16:46 - Fun fact: Christopher Guest (Count Rugen/the Six Gingered man) actually DID hit Cary Elwes (Westley) accidentally with the pommel of his prop sword and DID knock him out FOR REAL! (So knocking someone out might be easier than one would expect and that might be one thing movies don’t exaggerate so much!)
This is a must see classic 80's movie.
The behind-the-scenes stories of some of the more iconic scenes are as beautiful as the movie itself - like Mandy Patinkin channeling his anger at the cancer that killed his own father into the scene where Inigo fights Count Rugen, Andre loving his role as Fezzik because it was the first time in his working life that he wasn't looked at like some kinda of freak, Andre also making everyone he knew sit down to watch the movie and watching their faces excitedly while they watched the movie...then there's the stuff like everyone doing their own stunts as much as possible, even down to Mandy Patinkin and Cary Elwes performing the entire Inigo v Westley fencing scenes themselves.
It truly is just one of the greatest movies ever made.
It amazes me that this is your first time watching! Such a classic. Infinitely quotable. One of Cary Elwes' best performances, but the charm stems from the entire ensemble and how quirky everyone is.
For those that read the book, they recognized that the character of Farquhar in Shrek was drawn exactly how author William Goldman expected Humperdink to look. I read this book about 5 or 6 years before the movie was released, purely by accident. Loved it. Never thought it would be a movie.
Please watch "The Neverending Story".
That scene where they roll down the hill, there is a stunt man who wore both costumes and threw himself down there twice, he deserves all the praise, and the swordfight was designed to take the record for the longest swordfight in movie history at that time, they had to go back in and add more to the sequence when they were planning it just to get it to be long enough
Well I suppose, after this one, you have to see Willow. It's the same kind of silliness, adventure and romance with a little bit more sinister moments. Also, a TV show that follows the events of the movies starts in November on Disney+.
That show looks so good, too.
"Stupid rat dream!" 😁 Willow is such a good movie.
😂 Addie " the Fire Swamp? That doesn't sound safe. " great reaction as always. 👍
Film Fact: Mandy Patinkin that played Inigo Montya said that for the scene where he is fighting Count Rugen (the six fingered man) he used the memory of his own father for inspiration, his father had died of cancer when he was 18 so he imagined he was saying the lines to the cancer, that is how he got so much emotion "I want my father back" that line/scene always got me but even more so after I heard that story of his inspiration, now it always makes me tear up. And this is my fav movie ever, has been my whole life... well ever since it came out lol
As a young kid when this came out, Princess Buttercup was my first celeb crush. Wesley and Inigo 2 of my superheros. Ab Fab flick. (Billy Crystal and Carol Kane [Miracle Max] are gems too)
Every time I watch this movie, I can only say that it has to be the SWEETEST movie ever. Such sweet innocence. Andre the Giant (Fezzik) is one of the sweetest people to have ever lived. Robin Wright tells the story of how, when they were filming, Andre would cover her entire head with his hand to help keep her warm.
So the book and screenplay were written by William Goldman. His three most famous screenplays were "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", "The Princess Bride", and "All the President's Men." All are great movies. Last Christmas, I bought my granddaughter the novel. She loved it. It's a wonderful read and complements the movie nicely.
I’ve never heard anyone say that this isn’t a favorite. It’s so good.
The nervous laughter after the rock was thrown 😭😂
Screenwriter William Goldman (he wrote this book and screenplay) said the Princess Bride is the ONE piece of his own work that he really liked.
Great reaction, Addie. I totally agree with you that The Princess Bride really is a fun movie. I'm also looking forward to seeing your reactions to the rest of the MCU.
This is probably the second favorite movie of my family and I never once thought, how did they get those horses up there. This is why reaction videos are fun.
Dammit, that final line _still_ makes me burst into tears all these decades later.
A man Westley regales his ailing The Grandson with a tale of romance and adventure in a lighthearted fairy tale.
Everything about this movie is great, all that has already been pointed out by the other comments, but my favorite thing about this movie is seeing so much of Andre The Giant. He was a living legend when I was a kid. Rest in peace, big guy.
According to the book, Vizzini's intellect is so vast that it borders on the clairvoyant.
When given all the info, he can *conceive* of every outcome and go with the best one.
Since nobody knew about Buttercup's relationship with Wesley and thus nothing about Wesley; he is a complete X factor.
Therefor everything Wesley does is... *Inconceivable.*
The sound you heard when Wesley got knocked out was the sound it makes when someone gets a concussion! When Cary Elwes was hit in the head by Christopher Guest, Cary told him to really hit him with the pommel of his sword. He was knocked out and wound up with a concussion! I think on TH-cam there's a video of interviews of the stars of the movies, and what really came across was just what a sweet and gentle guy Andre the Giant was in real life. Those stories are echoed by professional wrestlers (Andre was a pro wrestler, who actually lifted Hulk Hogan over his head and threw him completely out of the ruing during a match!)
"Nice to each other" = chivalry.
My favorite movie of all time. Carey Elwes (Westley) wrote a great behind-the-scenes book "As You Wish". Well worth reading.
Not too many reactors realize that the grandfather is Lt. Columbo. An ICON of TV Detectives in the 70s
The fact that I have to wait until tomorrow to watch this is just…. Inconceivable! Ugh love this movie and cannot wait to see your reaction!
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
I'm a 33 year old man and this is one of my all time favorite movies. It has everything! Soo glad you reacted to it!
Your reaction is exactly what most of us felt and were hoping you would feel, also. It’s certainly in my top ten. Your summation of the movie in your post viewing comments is spot on. It does have everything. It’s such a quotable movie, too.
I saw it in the theater when I was 10 and still call it my favorite movie. I can never get tired of it.
André the Giant was 7-4" when he died. André the Giant, was a French professional wrestler and actor. His real name was André René Roussimoff.
Yes when he had Buttercup in his arms that was the true size comparison between them.
Just a few fact's for you if you were interested👍😊
In case you didn't know, the actor who plays Humperdink is the voice actor for Jack Skellington in The Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton. However, only when he is speaking. When he is singing, it is the voice of Danny Elfman, the lead singer of Oingo Boingo who writes almost all the music for Tim Burton movies
I absolutely love this movie! When I was in college many years,ago, at one of our rallies, 2 students re-enacted the swordfight scene line for line, but juggling bowling pins instead using swords. The juggling and the comedy were impeccably pulled off
This is everything a person could want in a reaction
I got a big smile when you said "This will probably become one of my favorite movies... " ... yes, yes it will 😊
My husband and I had our first dance to "Storybook Love" (the theme song for this movie), and our cake topper and rings were engraved with "As you wish"
One of the most rewatchable, quotable movies ever. Guy or girl there's something for everyone. Andre the Giant, the big fella, was sadly having his health fail at this point and was 10+ years past his prime due to the disease that caused his gigantism. He had to be held up or propped up during certain scenes involving physical strain. Wally Shawn (though he's only in the movie a short time) is fantastic as Vizini and really shows how diverse his range is. True love, sword fighting, a beautiful girl, handsome men, etc. It's got everything.
17:56 OH NO! You cut out "The Queen of PUUUtrescence!" I love this lady's delivery on that line.
When this movie came out in theaters I went to go see it on a whim, just because I'm a big movie fan. I went in with no real expectations and came out thinking what a wonderfully well paced, well told and generally great movie it was. To this day it is still one of my favorite movies of all time. I agree it's a perfect rainy day movie. Even as a kid-friendly movie there are a couple of adult nudge-nudge-wink-wink moments, especially when Inigo is talking about waiting to fight Wesley at the top of the Cliffs of Insanity. If you listen closely, there's a subtle nod to 'self gratification' in the conversation. All of the adults got it and laughed, the kids missed it completely. If you ever do a reaction to "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", there's another, equally subtle joke in that movie too.
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Andre the Giant's arthritis was so bad, he couldn't catch Robin Wright when she jumped out of the window. They had to put her on strings.
Definitely on my list of favorite movies. In many of the reactions I've seen to this movie the reactor has asked for suggestions of other movies like this. People will give suggestions for various fantasy movies in the comments, at least some of which are really good movies, but I think the only realistic answer to that request is that there are no other movies like this one. For me, the most comparable movie is one that doesn't really seem to have anything in common on the surface. I think it's comparable because it is also a parody of a genre and is full of humor but also has tremendous heart and a clear love for the genre it's a parody of. But aside from the fact that it's a parody of a different genre, it's also very different in a lot of ways. Still a great movie, though, and one I highly recommend. That movie is Galaxy Quest. I don't know if you've already seen it or not - I did check and you don't seem to have a TH-cam reaction to it. I don't know that you'd like it as much as this one but I'm sure you'd like it a lot.
So funny...I was thinking of Galaxy Quest as well, for the same reasons. Great minds think alike, I guess (and so do ours).
I would say Stardust is similar as well-full of comedy, drama, melodrama, romance, magic, not as much fencing and torture.
A good, light-hearted, romantic fantasy on a par with this would have to be "Ladyhawke," about two cursed lovers seeking to break the spell. Plenty of humor and drama that is sure to bring a smile to your face. A favorite of mine and my wife's.
it's definitely one of my favourite of all time...the amount of movies and TV series that lines from this have been used in...and I bought the book, it's amazing
"Fun" fact, the sword master on this movie was Bob Anderson, a former Olympic fencer whose Hollywood career started with a couple of Errol Flynn movies in the 50's. You'll have seen him - though not his face - in Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, because he was in Vader's suit for the fight sequences. He was sword master on several other films, including Highlander, The Mask of Zorro (one ot watch, if you haven't already; it's got Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta Jones and Antony Hopkins) and the LotR trilogy.
16:45 He was actually knocked out here, The actor meant to just touch him with the pommel but whacked him hard enough that he woke up in the hospital. The funny thing is that Carey (Westley) Elwes had asked him to do the touch because he was finding it hard to time the fake knock out with a traditional no contact camera angle shot.
I love how when you say the kid is into it, you are too, already. Everyone is, really.
One of the purest movies ever made. Nothing can tarnish it.
One of a handful of truly perfect movies that have been made. Delivers on all fronts.
Hey Addie. There's a reason this is one of the most underrated but loved movies on the planet. For the exact reason that you explained. It has romance it has adventure it has humor. It is probably one of the most perfectly written movies of all time. I'm so glad you watched this. It is one of my favorite movies of all time. It was a joy to share it with you. As always you're awesome ❤️💚☘️🇺🇦
This is one of those “must see before you die” movies. It’s the best princess movie ever.