I do not own the rights to this clip. All rights to the distribution of this film are held by MGM, Fox, and Lions Gate. From The Princess Bride, directed by Rob Reiner, 1987.
I think people ignore the character development of Westley? Like at the start he’s just all romantic and sweet, but then he turns into a sarcastic, savage badass 😂
"Can't afford to make exceptions. I mean, once word leaks out that a pirate has gone soft, people begin to disobey you. Then it's nothing but work, work, work all the time." Ha-ha! Love that line!!! :)
Westley: Can you move at all? Buttercup: Move? You're alive. If you want, I can fly. Wesley: I told you I'd always come for you My favourite lines in the movie
“He died well, that should please you. No bribe attempts or blubbering, he simply said please, please I need to live..” The dialogue in this movie is absolutely perfect 👌🏻
Some say Buttercup could've walked down the hill to Westley. But did y'all see how steep that thing is. I doubt anyone could walk down it without tripping over
She could have at least tried, though. Or she could have tried to roll or slide down the hill in some way that might have been less painful. Wouldn't have been as funny, though.
I would never say that Elwes breaking his toe was a good thing but the way he had to maneuver around it somehow added to the swagger of the character right here.
Rachel Poston I tripped that guy Said Jill with a sigh To get Jack’s financial share I heard that boast Said the cop at his post And Jill got the electric chair
Jack and Jill when up the hill to smoke some muijawan Jack got high and pulled down his fly asking Jill if she wanna Jill said yes and pulled of her dress and. They had A little fun but stupid jill forgot the pill and now they have a son
Looking back at it now, I'm weirdly happy that Westley was angry at Buttercup. You can see it in the way he talks to her before being pushed down the hill, he's rightfully hurt and upset that she moved on, granted, she thought he was dead. But I like the fact that he was angry, makes him more real. I don't like the silly way she just flung herself off that hill once she heard him say ''As You Wish''. Obviously this is how she realized who he was, but she should have been more shocked. She spent 5 years thinking he was dead, where was the emotion? The shock, the confusion? Why wasn't she angry at him for faking his death?
+GemmaMarie Boyle Good point. Maybe the best defense of the way the movie portrays her reaction is that love is fundamentally irrational, and she has been so desperate for so long to think Wesley was alive that she just flung herself at him immediately. I'm surprised that no one has pointed out the obvious visual metaphor: They are falling head over heels in love. But I'm sure that Buttercup yelled and cursed at him worse than a pirate once she had gotten over the initial joy. 'm pretty sure that Wesley was not really that angry, he was just trying to find out the truth before he revealed his identity. That first "you killed my love" would have almost entirely convinced him that her feelings were deep and sincere...IMO.
The tumbling down the hill always kills me! I always thought how awkward it would be if one of them ended up breaking their neck while the other was like, "Oh, shit, now what?!"
Wesley: Can you move at all? Buttercup: Move? You're alive. If you want I could fly. Wesley: I told you I would always come for you. Why didn't you wait for me? Buttercup: Well... you were dead. Wesley: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for awhile. Buttercup: I will never doubt again. Wesley: There will never be a need. Classic. Should bring a tear to your eye!
Watch at 0:33. Cary Elwes kept his leg extended while sitting down because he had injured his foot prior to filming this scene. The crew had to rent an ATV for Andre the Giant, because he couldn't fit into any of the vans they used for transport. He persuaded Cary Elwes to try riding it-and Elwes promptly slipped and broke one of his toes. The pain was so intense he couldn't bend his leg as he sat.
As for his voice, all Westley ever said before was "As you wish." Maybe Buttercup's not used to hearing him speak in longer sentences? And he always had such a gentle tender tone when he was speaking with her in the past, but now as the Dread Pirate he sounds much more forceful and sharp.
Dread Pirate Roberts: The prince never told you what happened to Westley. Buttercup: He told me enough! He told me YOU killed him. Dread Pirate Roberts: No. I am Westley.
“Fairytales aren’t real. That is not life. It’s because evil is powerful and scary, and it can win. In life, evil can triumph just as easily as good. Those who are horrified by this fact have lived with their head in the clouds. Those who relish in this are probably evil themselves. The best of people have a balance of both.” -Unknown
A bunch of people are asking “how did she not recognize him by his voice?” “How did she not recognize his eyes?” First of all, she still grieves her love and despises the circumstances she’s in due to his death, she loves him and is probably in denial about his features to protect herself. And secondly, the story does start with Buttercup only ever hearing “as you wish” from him for a really long time, and westley was a quiet, sweet, and gentle man, and she may have not recognized him because of his tone, maybe because he’d never taken that tone with her or blatantly scorned her in this manner. He was probably never angry with her like he was here. His eyes, she may have not wanted to make eye contact with, essentially her kidnapper, and maybe thought his eyes were a similar shade and refused to meet them, the whole scene she doesn’t make much eye contact with him, except only when she’s angry does she make prolonged eye contact because she’s hurt by his rude assumptions and behavior about her grief. His mask also probably helped darken his eyes, since they were a relatively dark shade, the black made them a different color from a distance, she hadn’t been close enough to truly tell.
Literally the best scene in the whole movie. Cary Elwes and Robin Wright played these character perfectly. And I love the scattered "oofs" throughoitbthe falling
My favorite scene from the movie. Its like a feel good scene. I find this movie will not grow old in any generation. The "AS...YOU...WISH!" is the best part.
"You're the Dread Pirate Roberts! Admit it!" "With Pride! What can I do for you?" That was easy. "Who was this love? Another Prince like this one? Ugly, Rich, and scabby?" BURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRN!
I thought this was a wonderful plot twist. Like Butterclip, I did NOT know that the Dread Pirate Roberts was Wesley until he said "As you wish!" (didn't read the book)
The plot twist is especially good, when Westley says that the Dread Pirate Roberts was just a title used for a good amount of years. As Westley said, it's usually the NAME that strikes the most fear in people. Not just the person themselves
They said in an interview that they used the same stunt double for both Wesley and Buttercup tumbling down the hill. I feel sorry for that man. Is it bad that I've seen this movie so many times that I can recite the entire scene from memory?
I get a lot of Count of Monte Cristo vibes off Wesley. Returns after having supposedly died, in a new powerful identity, jam packed with new talents and skills. Encounters his former fiancé, and initially holds disdain that she didn't wait for him. Eventually releases that anger when he learns she did wait, and only gave up when she thought him dead. The only difference is Wesley actually gets back together with Buttercup.
despite being a stellar movie, i always thought it silly and contrived that she couldn't recognize him at all? not his voice? his eyes? the exposed part of his face?
"Oh, no! No! Please!" "What is it?" "They're kissing again. Do we HAVE to hear the kissing part?" Could have extended this clip a bit longer to include that.