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There's nothing like watching someone watch The Princess Bride for the first time and fall in love with it.
Andre The Giant really shows how sweet of a person he was in this film.
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
Mandy Patankin (Inigo Montoya) lost his father to cancer around the time of filming & especially channeled his grief at that loss into his performance of the final fight with Count Rugen (6-fingers) & imagining that he was fighting the cancer that took his father. That's why there is so much feeling in his final words: "I want my father back, you son of a bitch!"
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
Dasha reacting to the princess bride? Inconceivable!
Also, yay! It’s a great film, I’m sure you’ll love it!
You keep saying that word; I do not think it means what you think it means ;)
No matter how many times I have seen this movie, it is still amazing at how Peter Faulk delivered that last line of "As you wish" with such compassion and glee in his eyes, that you actually felt like it was a grandfather saying it to their grandson.
But when you consider that it was a "pick-up shot" (Meaning they had to redo the scene), he was basically in the room ALONE with nobody to work off of except the camera looking at him. It is amazing how someone can find that depth of talent that they can summon all of it up for something as simple as saying only "one line" and yet have it impact you on so many levels at the same time.
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.
Darth Vader was amazed to discover that anytime he said to Governor Tarking "as you wish", what he meant was "I love you"...... (Sorry, couldn't help it 🤣🤣)
LMAO!
Darth Vader, the other Man In Black. "Good night, Anakin, good work, sleep well, I'll likely kill you in the morning."
When I was in high school, two of the girls in my AP chemistry class felt sorry that I basically lived alone (my dad worked out of state and only came home every other weekend). They rented this movie and made me dinner. This movie will always have a special place for me.
Wallace Shawn was the only actor you knew before watching The Princess Bride!? *INCONCEIVABLE* !! 😂
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
11:15 "That's cheating!"
I've always regarded the battle of wits very simply, Vezzini loses because he lets Westley set the terms. It IS a battle of wits, it just starts sooner than Vezzini thinks.
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.
👍
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.
Always a great film. A classic that never gets old. I was in Marine Corps, when it came out. A bunch of us went to see it. We loved reciting lines like "I am Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!", "I'm on the Brute Squad", and "You are the Brute Squad".
"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.
This is pretty much a perfect movie. I can't even count how many times I've watched it and I still enjoy it.
I forced my boys to watch this movie who had both the same reaction as the grandson before watching and after watching.
Inigo and Fezzik are one of the two great duos in movie history. One with great sword skill, one with brute strength, but, despite being rogues, they both live by a code of honor. The rhyme interaction shortly after they board the ship is one of the most wholesome friendship scenes ever.
My favorite line in the movie is "Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die!" But the most emotionally moving line, the one that touches my heart the most and brings tears to my eyes every time is at the end of the movie, after the child (Fred Savage) invites his grandfather to return to read the book to him again the next day and the grandfather (Peter Falk) says "As you wish."
You may not have noticed, but the actress that played Buttercup, Robin Wright, was the same actress that played Jenny in Forrest Gump.
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.
Doggo got the cone of shame removed, yay!☺️
Edit: I find it very funny (but also kind of sad) that a Russian girl understood the humor of this film better than most American reactors, lol..
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. 🙏🏾
This is the perfect movie. No matter what genre you love, this movie has it. Also, love that you're a fellow Gossip Girl fan!
HA! 69 likes at time of this comment (17/06/22-22:00)
as close to perfect as a movie gets
I highly recommend the novel, it's a fun read. The screenplay and novel THE PRINCESS BRIDE were both written by William Goldman. He's a legend in screenwriting, very admired, and helped many careers. He asked his daughters what kind of story they wanted to read: one said a Princess, the other said a Bride. He meshed it together and wrote the novel. The way grandpa reads the story in the movie is very much how it's written, Goldman is merely telling you the story. Goldman wrote the role of Fezzik with his favorite wrestler, Andre the Giant, in mind.
Goldman also wrote MARATHON MAN (novel and screenplay) which has the most disturbing torture scene ever that will put you off dentists... also known as "Is it safe?" You'll probably never react to it so you can watch a clip. It's safe.
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.
A superb classic of a film. This is truly one of a kind and there is no amount of praise that will ever be enough
Yeah, words fail to explain how good this is. You just have to watch it.
"Bye! Have fun storming the castle."
😆
"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.
‘Inconceivable!’
I saw this movie in the cinema when it was released. You don’t realise it because you’re too young, but this movie is stuffed with superstars - robin wright (you’d know her as Jenny from Forrest Gump), Billy crystal - huge comedian and a massive number of hit movies Peter cook - huge British comedian, Cary elves - many roles, Glory probably his best, Andre the giant - the first superstar of worldwide wrestling. Peter Falk - a huge number of roles in old movies, best known for the tv cop, Columbo.
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.
Great Reaction Dasha was looking forward to your reaction to this! This is a fan favorite by a lot of people. I don't know anyone who doesn't love this movie. In the beginning you said you only recognized Wallace Shawn as far as actors. Fun Fact Robin Wright is also in this movie who was in Forest Gump. She played Jenny. @13:59 The word you are looking for in English is "Quicksand." I loved your reaction to Inigo Montoya finally avenging his father. Have a great weekend to you and everyone. Look forward to more reactions!
Quicksand. As compared to LightningSand, because it is much faster.
This is one of the movies that you can watch over and over and it will always make you happy. It's one of my favorites of all time. Love watching your take on the movie and thank you for sharing with me miss Dasha!
IMHO this is one of the best movies ever made. It is a movie that does everything right for any/every age group and doesn't talk down to anyone. The actors all had a blast and it shows in their performances. On top of that all, it has a simple but perfectly presented story. Even as popular as it's getting, it's still underrated and i fear the day Hollywood tries to do a remake.
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.
I was so excited to see that you had reacted to this movie!!! Because, I knew you would react so sweetly!!! I watch this with my Daughter on our Birthday's every year which are only 1 week apart. We've been doing this since she was 3 years old. She just turned 19 last month and she still reacts as sweetly as you did about it, like it's her first time all over again!!! Her favorite parts are the conversation on the boat with the rhyming("Does anybody want... a peanut"?) she loves Fezig the Giant, and when Buttercup discovers that Wesley has rescued her the first time. Mine are the also the boat scene, and when Wesley fights Inigo, Fezig and Vessini. When we ask each other for a favor, we answer each other with, "As you wish."
Andre "The Giant" was very popular with the cast and crew on set. All of them tell great stories about working with him. Robin Wright (Buttercup) tells a story that when they were all filming at night it would get very cold, and so to keep her warm Andre would put his massive hand on her head to cover her and her face. Billy Crystal (Miracle Max) was in fact so taken with Andre that he co-wrote a movie for them to star in together called "My Giant". Unfortunately, Andre passed away before they could make it.
Due to Andre's condition, what made him so big, he was told that he would probably not live to the age of 40. He truly lived his life to fullest, becoming a professional wrestler and traveling the world. He was such an attraction as a wrestler that he at one time was the highest paid professional athlete on the planet. And he proved the doctors wrong surviving to the age of 43.
Great reaction Dasha 😀 I'm so glad you got to see this movie. It is a modern classic. The characters are all special. Princess Buttercup, Robin Wright, also was Antiope in Wonder Woman. She was the Amazon who trained Diana and sacrificed herself to save Diana. Miracle Max was played by Billy Crystal, who starred in a lot of good comedies, especially "When Harry Met Sally". Put that one on your list.
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.
This has been a long time favorite of mine. We showed it at the movie theater I managed when I was in HS. It's such a warm movie, always bring a big smile to my face.
A great movie filled with classic quotable lines.
..for me, it is by far the Most quoted movie I use.
Princess Buttercup was Jenny in Forest Gump!
Princess Buttercup is played by Robin Wright, who was Jenny in Forrest Gump
And wonder woman’s aunt.
And Audrey in Unbreakable.
And it was her first major role.
"His hands are giant!"
Me: Well, she's not wrong.
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.
Watching people react to this helps with the depression more than just watching it over and over again.
The grandfather is Peter Falk used to play detective Columbo
And he was also in the movie "The Great Race"
It's impossible to dislike this movie.
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
One of the best movies ever! Glad you're enjoying it. Oh, in English it is "quicksand".
His hand IS giant, because that's Andre the Giant :D A French wrestler who was afflicted with gigantism, he gained international fame in the WWF in the 70's and 80's. He had a strict moral compass and would beat the hell out of other wrestlers like Macho Man Randy Savage (because he abused his wife) and other wrestlers who treated jobbers badly (jobbers are wrestlers who were booked to lose a match).
During the filming of this movie, he let out the most tremendous, reverberating fart ever expressed in human history, so loud and long it brought production to a screeching halt. After it ended, Rob Reiner, the director, asked him "Are you alright?"
Andre turned to him, grinned, and said "I am now, boss"
Love that man.
I had a feeling you would adore this one. It is easily one of the most charming movies ever made.
The sword fight is one of longest and best ever filmed. Neither Cary Elwes nor Mandy Patinkin knew anything about sword fighting and so trained about 8 hours a day until this was finally shot near the end of the production. Andre the Giant was an iconic wrestler well known for being a pleasant man. Robin Wright has told the story of in between shots when it was cold he would cover the top of her head with his hand to keep her warm. Very few people have anything bad to say about him. In my view this is one of the few perfect movies ever filmed.
I liked the sword fight in ‘Scaramouche’(1952)
This movie is for everyone boys and girls it is such a great movie. This movie is based on a book. The writer of the book also wrote the script of the movie . The scene with Westley and the six finger man when the six finger man hit him in the head was real and the actor who plays Wesley had to go to the hospital. here was real spark between the main actors in real life Westley and Buttercup that's why it works. Andre the giant used his big hands to protect Robin Wright (Buttercup ) head when she was cold on the set. You should also see Wilow, Lady Hawk, The Never Ending Story and The Labyrinth 1986. This is one of the movies with an epic soundtrack like Conan The Barbarian or Highlander which you should also see. one of my favorite quotes from this movie "“We are men of action, lies do not become us.”"
One of the best fantasy movies ever, so glad you reviewed it Dasha. 'My name is Inigo Montoya'
The cliffs of insanity when they were viewed from a distance are real cliffs on the west coast of Ireland. They are 700 feet tall. The film was made in different locations in Ireland and England.
*The best thing about watching this movie is, you're now going to understand a lot of quotes that came from here. Mostly from Gen-Xers.* 😁
*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. 😊
Just like seemingly everyone who watches this movie; I absolutely love it.
And it's shocking how many times I've watched it before I realized that Buttercup was played by the same actress as Jenny in Forrest Gump (Robin Wright).
Thank you for all that you noticed, you are the first reactor I found that Inigo gave the same wounds to Count Rugin
Oh Dasha, I'm so glad you reacted to this; this movie has everything, it's one of the greatest films made.
Best movie ever. Absolute best. And that last "As you wish" as the grandfather leaves? Yeah, I almost cry every time I hear that.
I love how virtually no one has a problem with the fact that Westley is a pirate captain. OK, he probably doesn't actually kill many people, as we saw that he let Inigo and Fezzik live even though they were trying to kill him (he killed Vizzini, but that evil weasel had it coming), but he still robbed people and entire ships. Either people aren't thinking about this, or they're just going with the style of this story, where good guys can be pirates, and in a joking, eye-winking kind of way, that's perfectly acceptable.
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.
Vizzini wasn't being serious with all of his "logic". It was just a distraction leading up to the moment when he got Westley to look away, and that's when his plan really started. He switched glasses to fool Westley, and then made a random choice and watched closely to judge Westley's reaction. When he saw that Westley would gladly and without fear drink from the glass he was given, he knew that he (Vizzini) must actually have the safe glass because they were switched! It wasn't a bad plan at all, under the circumstances, actually. He just didn't imagine that both glasses were poisoned and that Westley was immune to the poison.
I am so glad you were able to watch this movie. It was a treat to watch you enjoy it as well.
The actor who plays Inigo Montoya, also played in a Television series called Dead Like Me (2003-2004).
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.
"Your vote of confidence is overwhelming." is one of my favorite lines ever. Peter Faulk made it so.
I love your sweet, lovestruck, and sentimental reaction to The Princess Bride! I was hoping you would show it, it's one of my favorite classic movies, the sword fighting, the scenes with Inigo and Fezzic playing off of each other as well as Vizzini and then Wesley, the lovely scenery, Wesley and Buttercup's romantic chemistry, etc., everything about this movie was so good and so hilarious! Thank you for this, Dasha!
This was one of the few films i had as a kid, it always makes me happy to watch someone else enjoy it as well.
"You mean you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people."
Best line of that Andre the Giant fight. It wasn't included in here... which is fine I guess... even though it's a pretty good line... the line probably feels bad that it was left out... just throwing that out there. 😁
Amazing to see somebody go into this movie looking forward to the amazing Wallace Shawn!
He was also fantastic on DS9 as Grand Nagus Zek
Inconceivable!
I didn't know Wallace Shawn was on Gossip Girl, but it doesn't surprise me. He's one of those character actors that shows up all over the place.
‘Have fun storming the castle.’
the bloke reading the book, is the most famous actor in this!
I cheered when I saw you were watching this. It's a great movie (and a lot of it was filmed near where I live).
Cary Elwes wrote a book about the making of the film - it's really good.
I first saw Wallace Shawn in the movie "My Dinner With Andre" which was enough of a cultural touchstone back in the day that Marvel's G.I. Joe comic book even did a story called "My Dinner With Serpentor." Today, nobody seems to have heard of it.
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.
A top reaction to a top movie. Dasha did it again (made my day). What's not to like about this gem? Great balance of romance, action and comedy, snappy screenplay (William Goldman), brilliant direction (Rob Reiner), all-star cast, both mains and cameos, and the inspired casting of non-actor Andre the Giant is the cherry on top (unless you count pro wrestling as acting). Loved by several generations now, starting with me, my own kids and grandkids.
The priest at the end who can't pronounce his l's or r's takes the gag too far at the end when he calls her " Pwincess Bwuwuh Cwuh" and I love it 🤣
I love the absurdity of that scene so much
He's credited as "The Impressive Clergyman."
The actor who plays the grandfather, Peter Falk, is an amazing actor himself, and he starred in many movies and TV shows. I especially love his roles, because he sounds so much like my late uncle Phil.
1:02 - That's the game Hardball for the Commodore 64, although they dubbed in different sound effects.
1:14 - Fred Savage. One year later, he went on to play the main character in the TV show The Wonder Years for six seasons.
1:20 - Peter Falk plays the grandfather. He played the title character in the long-running detective show, Columbo. The show was popular enough in America that the name "Columbo" became probably the second most well-known detective name after Sherlock Holmes.
3:32 - That's Andre the Giant. No special effects here, he really was that big. He had a big career in wrestling.
22:30 - Billy Crystal as Miracle Max and Carol Kane as his wife.
One of a handful of perfect films. This movie was amazing in every way.
Thank you, Dasha, for making this fun movie seem like new again.
This movie came out a year after I was born. I have no memories of not having seen it. Definitely in my top-3 favorites.
I love how Billy Crystal is in this movie like... 6 minutes total. And damn near steals the ENTIRE film! Now THAT - as Megamind would say - is PRESENTATION!!! 😎🤣🤣🤣
Perfect Cast, perfect writing, perfect direction, perfect crew. It's a movie that is amazing.
Perfect reaction, too.
Dasha, the big guy is known as Andre the Giant. He used to be a wrestler with the W.W.E. back in the 1980's. He was also known to be a very kind person who everyone loved. I've heard people refer to him as a gentle giant. I wish that I could of met him. Every time I saw him interviewed on tv, he always seemed to be such a gentle kind person.
I could listen to you say, "Charismatic" for hours!
Of the 20 people who have reacted to this film, maybe 1 recognized Wesley in the mask. And for the life of me, I don't understand how the others didn't. Cary Elwes has one of the most recognizable manners of speaking in Hollywood. Maybe nobody recognizing Bruce Wayne as Batman when he only covers his eyes isn't... well... inconceivable... after all.
Peter Faulk playing the Grandfather gets me every time at the end when he say's, "as you wish" to his Grandson. This is my favorite comedy of all time, everyone on in it is wonderful in the role.
When Peter Falk says "As you wish" and you know it means "I love you" it's so beautiful
Some fun trivia. The book the grandfather is reading is not the actual book, he's just reading the highlights and skipping parts that the grandson would find interesting. Supposedly there are three chapters about how Buttercup packed and what she packed to move to the castle. The swordfight was the last scene filmed, the two actors worked with the choreographer and kept making it longer and better and Director Rob Reiner basically just let them create the scene and made no changes to it. It was at the time the longest and most complex fight scene of its type. Andre the Giant was apparently just the best person to work with, and ALL of the cast members loved him. Miracle Max was almost totally adlibbed, and poor Wesley kept laughing during the scene causing retakes that would be slightly different adlibs that caused more laughter. The fall down the slope, was basically the same stuntman for both, and was also somewhat unscripted.
1987! I was 14 and LOVE this movie!!! Had a massive crush on Robin Wright (Buttercup, Jenny) ever since!! LOVE your reaction to this pure GOLD movie Dasha, one of the favorites of my life. "As you wish" is a famous "tag line" from my generation. ❤
This is my favorite movie of all time. I've suggested this several times in my comments.....Fun fact Wallace Shawn had a terrifying fear of heights. During the cliffs of insanity scene he had a panic attack. Andre the giant hugged him and said "I won't let anything bad happen to you" and after that to this day his fear of heights is gone.
Good lord, Dasha, that might've been one of the 15 hardest laughs you've given me in your wonderful reviews: Inigo just slamming himself against that door, _"He's getting AWAY FROM ME, FEZZIK!! _*_PLEAAASSE!!"_* and you just lightly remarked on it, "..he is having a panic attack." An understatement, to say the least. Very glad you've got to enjoy this movie at last too, this is one of the all-time classics for a ton of reasons. It's also a very interesting book too!
So many stories and tiny details and funny moments in this one… a favorite is the moment Fezzik and Inigo are reunited, Fezzik still rhymes the words Inigo says. “I am waiting for Vizinni…” “You truly are a meanie.” “It’s you.” “True.” Adorable.
If you ever want to hear the behind the scenes stories, I highly recommend Cary Elwes’ book As You Wish. He tells the tales of being cast as Westley, spending time with the cast and crew, and a lot of stories about the lovely man Andre Roussimoff, or Andre the Giant.
This is the very rare movie that you can watch over and over and over again without ever getting tired of it.
YES! I clicked on this so fast. This has to be my favorite movie of all time. I've probably seen this about a hundred times and it never gets old. Everyone I've seen watch this absolutely loves it and for somebody to think otherwise would be inconceivable. Btw, Fred Savage was the best child actor ever. I thought he was the coolest when I was a kid in the 80's. He was great in the show the Wonder Years and I personally always liked him in the movie The Wizard.
Thank you Dasha, this made my day. 🖤😁🤍
Andrea the Giant was a professional wrestler, Mandy Patinkin used to be on Criminal Minds,Indigo Montoya
One of my favorite movies of all time. Great acting, terrific lines and some much chemistry with all the characters.
I am so glad that you finally experienced the charisma and charm of the Princess Bride. It's one of the best films of all time and not nearly rated high enough. I am so glad you enjoed it.
Andre the giant is a hero on set he once let rip a 16 second fart that stopped the cast and crew in what they were doing and prompted the director to ask if he was ok. His response of "I am now Boss"
If I would have just done that, I would have said "no-one light a match"
Buttercup later says, Run Forest, Run!
I didn’t know your dog was a mini Clifford, he’s so cute and red!
I recently shared this with my granddaughter. I now understand how the grandpa in this movie felt, sharing something special.
A true masterpiece of filmmaking, and one of the most quotable movies of all time.
Great reaction Dasha!
Great book written by Wesley (Carey) called "As You Wish" about the making of the movie.
"This is not fair. He is cheating" He is a pirate, Dasha.
Great reaction. The actor playing the grandfather had previously played the greatest television detective of all time, Columbo.
The man who played the giant, Fez I think they called him, was Andre' Rene' Roussimoff, he was 121.92cm tall. Better known as 'Andre The Giant' he was a well loved figure in America for a long time. Originally from France he came to America and had an amazing wrestling career. He didn't do much acting but always wanted to. He said that this movie was one of his proudest accomplishments. Sadly he passed away a few years later.
William Goldman's brother, James Goldman, is also a well-known playwright and screenwriter. A film of his I'm sure you'd enjoy is _The Lion in Winter_ (1968). It is an historical drama about Henry II of England, his wife Eleanor of Aquitaine, and their three children, Richard Lionheart, Geoffrey, and John. Henry is played by Peter O'Toole, Eleanor by Katherine Hepburn in her third Oscar winning performance, and Richard by Anthony Hopkins in his first film role. It's a marvelous mix of Medieval political drama, family drama, and witty dialogue.
Look at Westley's eyes. They never blink (well, only once, by accident).
I love how excited you get during the movies you react to. I also love your thumbnails you do such a great job. Thank you Dasha I always look forward to your reactions
The grandfather, Peter Faulk, played a popular detective in a TV series called Colombo. He always acted good natured but kind of clueless while tracking down the killer, until he came back with just one more question that showed he'd figured out the mystery and was ready to pin it in the killer.
Around the time this movie was made, there were a lot of movies built around trying to make a movie star out of Fred Savage, the boy being read to. Most of them flopped pretty dramatically (The Wizard, Little Monsters, etc.) but he’s remembered for this and a TV show called The Wonder Years which started the year after this came out.
The man who wrote the novel this movie is based on (and the screenplay), William Goldman, is kind of a legend in Hollywood, being one of the first novelists to also become a good screenwriter. He also adapted his own books for Marathon Man, Magic, and Heat, and also wrote the screenplays for Harper, Masquerade, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid*, The Stepford Wives, All the President’s Men*, A Bridge Too Far, Misery, and Chaplin. The two with *s won Oscars for Best Screenplay.
The music for this movie was written and played by Mark Knopfler, who was the lead singer and guitarist of the band Dire Straits. He also wrote the music for the movies “Local Hero” and “Comfort and Joy.”
11:14 This is also referred to as the Ear Full of Cider Principle, which comes from a quote from the play/movie Guys and Dolls:
“One of these days in your travels a guy is going to show you a brand-new deck of cards, on
which the seal is not yet broken. Then this guy is going to offer to bet you that he can make the
jack of spades jump out of this brand-new deck of cards and squirt cider in your ear. But, son,
you do not accept this bet. Because as sure as you stand there you’re going to wind up with an
ear full of cider.”
What Westley is showing is that a *truly* intelligent man would only offer a bet that he knows he can’t lose. Or, to pull another movie quote (from “WarGames”): “The only winning move is not to play.”
21:20 Long before he did this movie, Billy Crystal had this character act down pat for his stand-up routine. He said he was doing an impression of his grandfather, and he said he couldn’t understand how his grandfather stayed in business, because the only thing he ever heard him say was, “We’re closed!”
The substance in the Fire Swamp you were thinking off is called Quicksand in English.
The thing I lived about both this movie and your reaction was the perfect timing of the interruptions where it cut back to the kid and grandpa. Your expression seemed to be exactly what the kid must have been looking like at that moment.
By the way. The kid was Fred Savage. He was the star of a TV show called The Wonder Years around that same time. It was one of the biggest shows of he day and everyone expected him to be a superstar. He was as big a name as anyone else in the movie when it came out.
The grandfather was Peter Falk. His most famous character was the detective Colombo. These were crime shows that lasted around 90 minutes, but every one opened with how the killer did it and who they were. The rest of the show was watching Colombo annoy them into breaking as he unraveled the events of the crime. It wouldn't be worth a reaction, but the character is such a pop-culture icon that some of his mannerisms are still seen today (50 years later).
By the way - VERY IMPORTANT - I see this all the time in reactions - "How did Inigo get better during that final fight?" Okay - run the tape back - remember Miracle Max made a pill to bring Westley back from close to death? Yeah? Watch Inigo CAREFULLY during the scene in the hut up to the point on the Castle wall where they give Westley that pill.
At some point in that sequence, Inigo LICKS THE PILL out of curiosity! It brought Westley back to life - and just licking it kept Inigo from dying from his wounds! Miracle Max is better than he thinks he is! A LOT better!