The Princess Bride | First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Movie Commentary 

I met him when I was a kid. I remember him being enormous and he was so gentle and kind.

Oh yeah apparently he just wanted people not to see him as a gigantic freak of nature but just as a person and this film set was the first time everyone around him treated him like a person and he loved being there so much.

He was the heart of the film.

...and he still holds an unofficial Guinness record for most 12 oz beers finished in one sitting. 119 in the span of 6 hours, almost one beer every 3 minutes.

In the documentary about him he passed out in a hotel lobby and was still on the floor in the morning because no one could move him

LMAO!

Darth Vader, the other Man In Black. "Good night, Anakin, good work, sleep well, I'll likely kill you in the morning."

Apparently he got so into the fight scene with that mindset that the actor who played Count Rugen (Christopher Judge) got genuinely concerned for his own life. Edit: Christoper Guest, not Christopher Judge. But check out Christopher Judge's body of work too.

A while ago, a young woman told her story on TikTok about losing her dad to cancer. He happened to be a fan of the film. So she heard about Mandy's loss and wondered if it was true. Mandy, a TikTok star nowadays with his wife, reached out and promised to say a prayer to the woman's father along with his own.

Knowing the story always gets me in the feels when he says that line.

@@DaemonKeido Christopher Guest, not Christopher Judge.

@@margretrosenberg420 Right, keep getting the two names mixed up because this is the only movie I've seen Christopher Guest in, whereas I grew up watching SG-1

You keep using that word.....I do not think it means what you think it means.

I don't know why, but just that bit always made me think "there, there's the perfect Dumbledore for a Harry Potter movie."

Falk was a great actor.

Falk is a legend.

And how about "To the pain", the greatest threat ever.

You keep saying that word; I do not think it means what you think it means ;)

And that's impressive considering the cast includes Billy Crystal, Carry Elwes, and Robin Wright (who appeared in several movies Dasha reacted to prior to this one). Elwes especially is one of those actors that seems to turn up in just about everything, and is also absolutely fantastic in it.

and Christopher Guest of course

Don’t forget about Carol Kane too!

And Peter Cook! 😄

And Fred Savage

And he takes it for granted that iocane is an automatic death sentence, not realizing acquired tolerance might be a thing

Yep, there's no question that he was outwitted by the Man in Black.

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Exactly. It's the inversion of the classic shell game. You don't lose the shell game when you pick the wrong shell. You lose when you assume the pea is still there at all, and that you know enough to pick the right one, instead of it being sleight-of-handed back into the carny's pocket in that split-second you looked away. That's why it's called being conned. Con, short for confidence. Not the scammer's confidence that their trick is concealed, but the mark's confidence they can beat it. Vizzini lost the battle of wits by even accepting it in the first place. By being arrogant enough to think his superior intellect would win out. By assuming he was too smart to be tricked. Vizzini "gave everything away" to Westley when he boasted that he couldn't be outsmarted. By not hearing the importance of Westley's carefully chosen words: not "Which Goblet Has The Poison In It" but "Where Is The Poison", a question with the hidden third answer of In Both.

@@JohnDoe-vy6ju In the cup game, there's a ball in every cup, the question is which ball stays behind on the table when he lifts it.

"Give us the Gate key" "I have no gate key" "Fezzik, tear his arms off" "OH, You mean this gate key" My favorite movie dialog of all time. The actors had the perfect delivery and it was absolutely believable in the fantasy context.

Don’t forget with Diana’s aunt from Wonder Woman.

whih serves only to show how a freaking amazing actress she is, kus in forest gump she pisses me of, and in here i love her XD

@@joaosoares-rr5mj Agree, Jenny was super annoying in Forrest Gump. She shoulda been punched by all the movie viewers if it were possible.

And understood that what we're seeing is the visualization of a child's imagination.

@@mikeoxstiff Yeah, I believe a majority of people miss that. I definitely did when I saw it in the theater. It wasn’t until I saw it a bunch of times on cable that I understood what was happening.

..sort of, Dasha is very intelligent, that's why she understood and appreciated the movie so much. Dumb Russians, Americans, Italians, etc. don't. It's really just a matter of intelligence, not nationality. 🙏🏾

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"Think it'll work?" "It'll take a miracle. Bye bye!"

I use that line sometimes when people are leaving after hanging out for a while.

He also wrote BUTCH CASSIDAY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, MISERY, ALL THE PERSIDENT'S MEN ... the list goes on. Only Goldman could write a film that breaks a dozen screenwriting rules and make it work. Which film? THE PRINCESS BRIDE.

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid is my favorite movie ever. It is brilliant.

I saw it 3 or 4 times, each time dragging a different set of friends to the theater with me.

And don't forget Mandy Patinkin.

And Fred Savage, who was a major child star during this timeframe.

Mel Smith (the jailer) is another successful British comedian, most known for his partnership with Griff Rhys-Jones. Carol Kane (Miracle Max's wife) was a very successful comic actress, known for " Young Frankenstein" (which is a hoot) and, on TV, "Taxi" opposite the late great Andy Kaufman. Christopher Guest (Rugen the six-fingered) is most famous for being Nigel in "This is Spînal Tap", but he has a looong career, going back to his television work on "Laverne & Shirley". Chris Sarandon (Prince Humperdinck) on the other hand, is better known for dramatic roles, such as in "Dog Day Afternoon". Well, he's *best* known for being Susan Sarandon's little brother, but you know what I mean.

@@jeremyfrost2636 This was the role that really launched him into his other ones. If you look at his filmography, so many films and tv series came after this. This came out in 1987 and most of his roles came after this: The Wonder Years was the year after, with Little Monsters and The Wizard coming in 1989. He had some smaller roles before this, but this was his breakout role for sure.

Yeah, words fail to explain how good this is. You just have to watch it.

Quicksand. As compared to LightningSand, because it is much faster.

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as close to perfect as a movie gets

Cary Elwes has outright said this should NEVER be remade, and he's absolutely right. It's an absolutely PERFECT film.

But Goldman had a hell of a job getting it made at all - despite his amazing rep in Hollywood.

It’s a classic. It has everything in it. I watched this 20x as a kid growing up. It still holds up.

You are correct, Robin Wright played that character in Wonder Woman. She also played Jenny in Forrest Gump. She'll always be Buttercup to me though. lol

When Harry Met Sally is a great suggestion, for those of us who want Dasha to see something I know she'd enjoy.

Billy Crystal was also one of the first American comedians to perform in Moscow after the end of the Cold War. "All our lives, we were taught that you were our enemy, and you were taught that WE were your enemy. And we were both wrong... It's the FRENCH!"

I'd add Analyze This, as well.

Yeah, there's a story about Robin Wright feeling cold on set, and Andre put his hand on her head, like a big hat to keep her warm.

..for me, it is by far the Most quoted movie I use.

And wonder woman’s aunt.

And Audrey in Unbreakable.

And it was her first major role.

And he was also in the movie "The Great Race"

I liked the sword fight in ‘Scaramouche’(1952)

Some might say it's ... inconceivable. Sorry, couldn't resist. lol

My ex wife hated this movie..

@@taddy_mason4197 I don't like her already. lol

Yeah, people forget pirates took the food and medicine too. The people who survived would have a rough time back to port. If they made it.

Fezzik spared his life on the first rock and Inigo is a fellow swordsman/artist. Killed to keep up the act of Roberts? I wonder if it's kill any who resist or just slaughter the entire ship regardless? Thinking about it that way. If you kill to the last man no matter what then everyone will always fight to the death. With a name of terror it's all to avoid a fight and get the booty. So to resist is to become captive and certain death vs buying passage in his territory. 3 years as a pirate under Roberts, killing then too. Willing to do anything for love to get back to Buttercup so all is overlooked and forgiven.

@@jayeisenhardt1337 And encouraging Inigo to take over as Roberts for him, now that he's fabulously wealthy from piracy and can retire early to spend all of his time on twoo wuv.

I like Dead Like Me too, but Mandy Patinkin has been in a lot more than that and Princess Bride. And he's also a very good singer.

*INCONCEIVABLE*

@@daniellanctot6548 "You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means" lol

@@robertmolton6761 "Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much" lol

@@daniellanctot6548 Sorry, I couldn't help it. 😊

I love the absurdity of that scene so much

He's credited as "The Impressive Clergyman."

He was also fantastic on DS9 as Grand Nagus Zek

Inconceivable!

I"M DRIVING THE VESUVIUS!

I saw it recently. Too much of the pretentious blowhard Andre, not enough Wallace Shawn (My Dinner with Serpentor is hilarious btw lol)

I only know it because of Community.

They made a video game based on "My Dinner with Andre." ...Well, in an episode of "The Simpsons," that is.

@@BrianNIL I remember a reviewer saying that he really liked when Wallace, who starts out passively listening to Andre, starts starts speaking his mind and arguing back. I think everybody wanted Wallace to deflate Andre a little.

Perfect reaction, too.

If I would have just done that, I would have said "no-one light a match"