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Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
The Princess Bride has so many gems. My favorite line changes almost daily.

Today it's:
quote:
Vizzini:
OH! THE SOT HAS SPOKEN! WHAT HAPPENS TO HER IS NOT TRULY YOUR CONCERN. I WILL KILL HER, AND REMEMBER THIS, NEVER FORGET THIS: WHEN I FOUND YOU, YOU WERE SO SLOBBERING DRUNK, YOU COULDN'T BUY BRANDY! AND YOU! FRIENDLESS, BRAINLESS, HELPLESS, HOPELESS! DO YOU WANT ME TO SEND YOU BACK TO WHERE YOU WERE, UNEMPLOYED, IN GREENLAND!!!

What's yours?

[ July 20, 2003, 11:37 PM: Message edited by: eslaine ]
 
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
 
From the book:

"True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops."--Miracle Max

In the movie they change cough drops to BMT, but I like the cough drops line better. Maybe because I had a cold when I read it, and I think I'm getting a cold now.
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
Sorry to hear that. Maybe mine is because I'm currently on the rolls, like Fezzig in Greenland.
 
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
 
*really wants to watch Princess Bride now, after seeing it in the Pirates thread and this new thread*

I'm terrible at remembering lines, but I LOVE that movie. I watched it weekly during college [Smile] although I haven't seen it in almost a year now! *runs to get the dvd*
 
Posted by JenniK (Member # 3939) on :
 
My fave line has to be "wove, twue wove is what bwings us togethewr today" that translates to "love true love is what brings us together today" It always makes me laugh! Then again...there is " my name is inigo montoya you killed my father prepare to die" (and all it s repetitions)
 
Posted by Jenny Gardener (Member # 903) on :
 
"Life IS pain. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something."
 
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
 
The whole script is marvelous. Here are two of my favorites:

quote:

When I was strong enough, I dedicated my life to the study of fencing -- so the next time we meet, I will not fail. I will go up to the six-fingered man and say, "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."

quote:

Humperdinck:
Tyrone, you know how much I love watching you work, but I've got my country's 500th anniversary to plan, my wedding to arrange, my wife to murder, and Guilder to frame for it. I'm swamped!

Count Rugen:
Get some rest. If you haven't got your health, you haven't got anything.

http://www.krug.org/scripts/princess_bride.html

[ July 20, 2003, 11:33 AM: Message edited by: TomDavidson ]
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
Nice link! (Cheater!) [Razz]
 
Posted by kwsni (Member # 1831) on :
 
"Drop Your Sword."

Ni!
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
"You have six fingers on your right hand. I know someone who was looking for you." (Thud)
 
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
 
quote:
When I was strong enough, I dedicated my life to the study of fencing -- so the next time we meet, I will not fail. I will go up to the six-fingered man and say, "Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
The best thing about this line is the delivery.

I can't think of a favorite line, but my favorite scene is the swordfight between Inigo and Westley, and the dialogue that comes before it.

[ July 20, 2003, 01:08 PM: Message edited by: Fitz ]
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
"Jou seem a nice enough fellow--I hate to kill you."
"You seem like a nice fellow, I hate to die." [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Jeni (Member # 1454) on :
 
"Let me put it this way: have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?

Yes.

Morons."

Last time we did this, we ended up quoting the entire movie.
 
Posted by qsysue (Member # 5229) on :
 
And here I was, about to start a thread on Monty Python quotes.

--

"I am not left-handed."

--

"Get used to disappointment."

--

We really could just quote the whole movie.
 
Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :
 
quote:
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line!!
quote:
This is True Love. You think this happens every day?

 
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 
JeniK, it's Mawaige, not wuv.

"Mawaige: Mawaige is what Bwings us togwetha today. Mawaige, that bwessed awaingment. A Dweam, wivin a Dweam."

later in the cerimony...
"and Wuv, twoo wuv, will fowwow you fowever."

Wuv and Mawaige, wuv and mawaige, go togevwa like a howse and cawwaige...

[ July 20, 2003, 02:55 PM: Message edited by: sarcasticmuppet ]
 
Posted by Goeke (Member # 5061) on :
 
I like...

quote:
Vizzini: He didn't fall? Inconceivable!!

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

and

quote:
Westley: I mean, what are the three terrors of the Fire Swamp? One, the flame spurts. No problem. There's a popping sound preceding each, we can avoid that. Two, the Lightning Sand. But you were clever enough to discover what that looks like, so in the future we can avoid that too.

Buttercup: But Westley, what about the R.O.U.S.'s?

Westley: Rodents of Unusual Size? I don't think they exist...

And, of course, one comes flying from offscreen right when he says that =)

Awesome movie!
 
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
 
"As you wish" - I like that line.

"You are the dread Pirate Roberts and you take no prisoners."
"I can't afford to let people go. Once word out that you've gone soft they stop listening to you and then it's nothing but work, work, work."

"Surrender!"
"Very well, I accept"
 
Posted by Jon Boy (Member # 4284) on :
 
You guys are lucky that Diosmel is out of town. She would just quote the entire movie. Seriously.
 
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
 
"But there is one thing you do not know--I am not left-handed."

"Bye, fellows, have fun storming the castle."

*scurries off to script link to check*

Inigo:Because I know something you don't know.
Westley:And what is that?
Inigo:I am not left-handed.

Max's wife:Bye-bye, boys!
Max:Have fun storming the castle!

[ July 20, 2003, 05:46 PM: Message edited by: Morbo ]
 
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 
Max's Wife: Think it'll work?
Max: It'll take a miracle
pause...
both: Bye bye boys!
 
Posted by hansenj (Member # 4034) on :
 
Favorite line from the book:

"Cows. We are all of us here passionately interested in the subject of cows. We are practically reaching the point of frenzy, such is our curiosity."

(and I didn't even have to look it up. [Razz] )

Favorite line from the movie (well, one of them) is the part just before Westley says "Drop your sword."

quote:
It's possible, pig. I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable vomitous mass, I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. Then again, perhaps I have the strength after all.

[Big Grin]
 
Posted by dannyXcore (Member # 5332) on :
 
quote:
Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?

Fezzik:
If there are, we all be dead!

Vizzini:
No more rhymes now, I mean it!

Fezzik:
Anybody want a peanut?

I LOVE the entire rhyming conversation, there, but that last part always makes me giggle. I lvoed the movie, haven't read the book, but I assume it's also amazing. I had to read the script, for old times' sake. Thank you, for linking that!

[ July 20, 2003, 05:57 PM: Message edited by: dannyXcore ]
 
Posted by Belle (Member # 2314) on :
 
Buttercup: (re: fire swamp) We'll never survive.

Westley: Nonsense, you're only saying that because no one ever has.
 
Posted by Fitz (Member # 4803) on :
 
Here's one of my favorite bits. This old lady cracks me up.

quote:
Ancient Booer:
Boo! Boo! Boo! [The Booer moves to the front of the crowd]

Buttercup:
Why do you do this?

Ancient Booer:
Because you had love in your hands, and you gave it up.

Buttercup:
But they would have killed Westley if I hadn't done it.

Ancient Booer:
Your true love lives! And you marry another. True Love saved her in the fire swamp, and she treated it like garbage. And that's what she is, the queen of refuse. So bow down to her if you want, bow to her. Bow to the queen of slime, the queen of filth, the queen of putrescence. Boo! Boo! Rubbish! Filth! Slime! Muck! Boo! Boo! Boo!


 
Posted by Feyd Baron (Member # 1407) on :
 
Miracle Max: "Now go away, or I'll call the brute squad."

Fezzik: "I'm on the brute squad."

Miracle Max: "You ARE the brute squad."

Either that, or...

Guard: "What gate key?"

Montoya: "Fexxik, rip his arms off."

Guard: "Oh, you mean this gate key."

Feyd Baron, DoC
 
Posted by Taalcon (Member # 839) on :
 
quote:
There are a shortage of perfect breasts in this world...T'would be a pity to damage yours.

 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
[Roll Eyes]
 
Posted by Feyd Baron (Member # 1407) on :
 
Taalcon, way to go. I had completely forgotten about that one.

Feyd Baron, DoC
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
As to Fitz's quote: That ancient Booer was Robin Wright, who played Buttercup.... [Cool]
 
Posted by T. Analog Kid (Member # 381) on :
 
quote:
Who *are* you?

No one of consequence...

quote:
Rest well, and dream of large women...
quote:
I mean if we only had wheelbarrow that would be something...

Where did we put that wheelbarrow we got from the albino?

Over the albino, I think.

Why didn't you list that among our assests in the first place?[

A beauty that gets lost in the fight, Fezzik explaining his difficulty with Westley:
quote:
you know, fighting gangs for local charities, that sort of thing...
kills me everytime I hear it.
 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
quote:
Now if he were all the way dead there'd be only one thing we could do.

What's that?

Go through is pocket and search for change.


 
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
I always liked the inflection that Mandy Patinkin gave the line, "I am waiting for Vizzini"

And it almost makes me cry when he says, "I want my father back, you son of a bitch."

But the last line of the book is somewhat priceless too, if only for the fact that it's so unexpected.

They're on the white horses and then...

quote:
However, this was before Inigo's wound reopened; and Wesley relapsed again; and Fezzik took the wrong turn; and Buttercup's horse threw a shoe. And the night behind them was filled with the crescendoing sound of pursuit....
It's all "explained away" in the sequel, Buttercup's Baby, but I dunno if that ever got published except the first chapter...

By the by, I also love the 'perfect breasts' quote.

[ July 20, 2003, 10:14 PM: Message edited by: Ryuko ]
 
Posted by Shigosei (Member # 3831) on :
 
Funny how my little brother decided to watch this movie this afternoon...

quote:
No one would surrender to the dread pirate Westley.
quote:
She is alive, or was an hour ago. If she is otherwise when I find her, I shall be very put out.
quote:
Remember, this is for posterity, so please, be honest.
(Rugen to Westley, asking how he feels after being tortured)

quote:
Is this a kissing book?
quote:
That does put a damper on our relationship.
quote:
"Finish him! Finish him! Your way!"
"Oh, thank you Vizzini! Which way's my way?"
"Pick up one of those rocks, get behind a boulder, and in a few minutes the man in black will come running around the bend. The minute his head is in view, hit it with the rock!"
My way's not very sportsman-like."

quote:
You mean, I'll put down my sword and you'll put down your rock and we'll both try to kill each other like civilized people?
quote:
GENTLY!!
quote:
I think I jogged him a little too hard.
quote:
My brains, his steel, and your strength against sixty men, and you think a little head jiggle is going to make me happy, hmmm?

 
Posted by msakaseg (Member # 3826) on :
 
quote:
"When I found you, you were so slobberingly drunk that you couldn't order WINE !
[nitpick]
I believe it's "you couldn't buy brandy," not "order wine."
[/nitpick]

But seriously, how could you expect me to pick one line? Or even just a few?
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
Sorry, had no link to cheat with then. I've corrected the problem. (Gosh, I love CNTRL+V!).

And, obviously, I can't choose one either!

Thanks again! [Smile]

[ July 20, 2003, 11:43 PM: Message edited by: eslaine ]
 
Posted by Avadaru (Member # 3026) on :
 
The whole speech by the Impressive Clergyman is great....

But my favorite:

"But Wesley...what about the R.O.U.S.'s?"
"Rodents of unusual size? I don't even think they exist."
 
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 
I honestly belived Goldman's story about having a Florinise father...even though there's no such place as Florin.

Westley to Inigo--"You'd make a great Dread Pirate Roberts."

Vizzini--"...never go in against a Sicillian when death is on the line! AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA AHAHAHA-(drops dead)"

Westly--"Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while."

Max: Get back witch!
wife: I'm not a witch, I'm your wife! But after hearing what you just said, I don't even want to be that anymore!
Max: You never had it so good.
wife: True love, Max, he said 'true love'! He's afraid, ever since Prince Humperdink fired him...
Max: What did you say that name for, I told you never to say that name!
wife: what, Humperdink?
Max: Aargh!
wife: Humperdink!
Max: Stop!
wife: Humperdink! Hum-per-di-ink, Humperdink Humperdink Humperdink!
Max: Noone's listening!

[ July 21, 2003, 12:35 PM: Message edited by: sarcasticmuppet ]
 
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
 
Let me explain how much I love this movie. No, there is too much. Let me sum up:

quote:

Inigo: Where did we put that wheelbarrow the albino had?

Fezzik: With the albino, I think.


 
Posted by Sancho (Member # 4844) on :
 
quote:
Inigo: Where did we put that wheelbarrow the albino had?

Fezzik: Over the albino, I think.

"I will not budge. Keep your 'Ho there'." -Inigo
 
Posted by Gottmorder (Member # 5039) on :
 
Ahm The Princess Bride, my uncles is obsessed with that movie. He only recently let his nine year old daughter watch it because he wanted her to be able to somewhat understand it.

Anyway.

quote:
"So...You'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword, and we'll try to kill each other like civilized people?"

 
Posted by Caleb Varns (Member # 946) on :
 
This is easy.

quote:
Won't that be nice. She kissed me!

 
Posted by Feyd Baron (Member # 1407) on :
 
I'm shocked no one has done "To the Pain" yet. I would, but I have to go to class now.

Feyd Baron, DoC
 
Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :
 
that was silly of him Gott. The Princess Bride is my older sister's favorite movie, and I've watched it and quoted it since I was five.
 
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
 
quote:
-You are using Bonetti's Defense against me

-I thought it fitting, considering the rocky terrain

-Naturally, you expect me to attack with Cappa Ferro

-Naturally, but I find that Thibault cancels out Cappa Ferro, don't you?

-Unless the enemy has studied his Agrippa, which I have.

What happened to Rob Reiner? From Spinal Tap, When Harry Met Sally and Princess Bride to North and Alex & Emma. Such a pity.
 
Posted by Kayla (Member # 2403) on :
 
Um, I think he's thnking about running for Governor of California if the recall works. [Wink]

Meathead vs. The Terminator. What a race that would be. [Roll Eyes]
 
Posted by FlyingCow (Member # 2150) on :
 
hansenj, I'm with you. For a while, any time anyone in my group of friends said the words "it's possible," someone else followed it up with "...pig."

[Big Grin]
 
Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :
 
All of my favorites have been said already...but here are a couple more.

quote:
King: What was that for?
Buttercup: Because you've always been so kind to me, and I won't be seeing you again, since I'm killing myself once we reach the honeymoon suite.
King: Won't that be nice?

quote:
Wrong! Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out "Dear God, what is that thing?" will echo in your perfect ears.
~Jane~
 
Posted by Marek (Member # 5404) on :
 
My favorite was always the short and to the point:

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die. "

but I forget who said it. A close second was the to the pain speach, I was also surprised not to see it, so I will add it:

Westley:
Did you say "I do"?

Buttercup:
Uh, no. We sort of skipped that part.

Westley:
Then you're not married. If you didn't say it, you didn't do it. Wouldn't you agree, Your Highness?

Humperdinck:
A technicality that will shortly be remedied. But first things first. To the death.

Westley:
No! To the pain.

Humperdinck:
I don't think I'm quite familiar with that phrase.

Westley:
I'll explain. And I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon.

Humperdinck:
That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me.

Westley:
It won't be the last. To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists, next your nose.

Humperdinck:
And then my tongue, I suppose. I killed you too quickly the last time, a mistake I don't mean to duplicate tonight.

Westley:
I wasn't finished. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye, followed by your right.

Humperdinck:
And then my ears, I understand, let's get on with it.

Westley:
Wrong! Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, ever woman who cries out "Dear God, what is that thing?" will echo in your perfect ears. That is what "to the pain" means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery for ever.

Humperdinck:
I think you're bluffing.

Westley:
It's possible, pig. I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable vomitous mass, I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. Then again, perhaps I have the strength after all.
< he stands up >

Drop... your... sword.

Okay so I had to use the link to the script, it is still a great scene.
 
Posted by Clark Kent (Member # 3957) on :
 
"Have fun storming the castle!"
-Miracle Max
 
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
Wow, how to decide?

Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time.
 
Posted by T_Smith (Member # 3734) on :
 
"But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I'm not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me."

This is my favorite scene in any movie, I think.

Just to add: I once found a link where this program was able to digitally mask in lightsabers during the fencing scene. I quite enjoyed watching that.
 
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
 
Many of my favorites have been quoted already.

quote:
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Vizzini:
WAIT TILL I GET GOING! Where was I?


 
Posted by Ryuko (Member # 5125) on :
 
The part where Wesley says "Drop your sword" makes tears come to my eyes, it's so powerful.
 
Posted by Annie (Member # 295) on :
 
quote:
Inigo: I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?

Dread Pirate Roberts: Do you always begin conversations this way?

quote:
Vizzini: Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

Dread Pirate Roberts: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Vizzini: WAIT TILL I GET GOING! Where was I?

Dread Pirate Roberts: Australia.

quote:
Buttercup: You mocked me once. Never do it again! I died that day! [pause] And you can die too for all I care! [Buttercup pushes Roberts down the hill]

Dread Pirate Roberts: < rolling > As... you... wish!!

Buttercup: Oh my sweet Westley, what have I done? [Buttercup jumps down the hill, rolling after him]

I love the oh-so-sincere delivery on that last one. I like to use it in conversation when I have the chance - "Oh, my dear sweet Westley, what have I done?"
 
Posted by AndrewR (Member # 619) on :
 
quote:
Miracle Max (whining):
I might kill whoever you wanted me to miracle.

Inigo:
He's already dead.

Miracle Max:
He is, huh? I'll take a look.

The wonderful whining way that Billy Crystal delivered the first line, and the "what the heck" tone of his second line, cannot be conveyed by the written word. But the scene always cracks me up. (Billy's incongruous Jewish accents doesn't hurt, either.)

Of course, the line I will always remember (and often quote to myself--my friends have all ready made me stop quoting it out loud) is:

"Life is pain. Anyone who tells you otherwise is trying to sell something."
 
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
 
I just had an experience that punctuated how deeply this movie has buried itself in my subconscious, and I thought this would be a good place to share it.

A couple of days ago, I went off to see Terminator 3. For those of you who have not seen it, there is a scene about 75% through the movie where the two heroes are attempting to escape in an airplane, which Kate, the heroine, is to pilot. A terminator comes through, beats her up, beats up John, and then they escape. John runs over to Kate, picks her up, and says, "Can you fly?" With no other stimulus, the following line came into my mind, and I actually expected her to reply, "You're alive... if you want me to, I can walk!"

Long live Westley and Buttercup.

[ July 26, 2003, 11:22 PM: Message edited by: Speed ]
 
Posted by Euterpe~ (Member # 2235) on :
 
Fezzig in a holocaust cloak:
"I am here, but soon, you will not be here."
It's so simple, but it scared the bejeezus out of the castle guards.

Valerie: "I'm not a witch; I'm your wife."
 
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
 
"Hear me now. I will always come for you."

"But how can you be sure?"

"This is True Love. Think this happens every day?"

++++++++++++++

Humperdinck:
But first things first. To the death.

Westley:
No! To the pain.

Humperdinck:
I don't think I'm quite familiar with that phrase.

Westley:
I'll explain. And I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon.

Humperdinck:
That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me.

Westley:
It won't be the last. To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists, next your nose.

Humperdinck:
And then my tongue, I suppose. I killed you too quickly the last time, a mistake I don't mean to duplicate tonight.

Westley:
I wasn't finished. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye, followed by your right.

Humperdinck:
And then my ears, I understand, let's get on with it.

Westley:
Wrong! Your ears you keep, and I'll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, ever woman who cries out "Dear God, what is that thing?" will echo in your perfect ears. That is what "to the pain" means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery for ever.

Humperdinck:
I think you're bluffing.

Westley:
It's possible, pig. I might be bluffing. It's conceivable, you miserable vomitous mass, I'm only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. Then again, perhaps I have the strength after all.

< he stands up >

Drop... your... sword.

+++++++++

I love that scene.
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
Me too. It seems to be popular! (See previous posts) There's a great link to the script earlier in the thread. [Smile]
 
Posted by UTAH (Member # 5032) on :
 
quote:
"But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you. Are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet, or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I'm not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool; you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.
(Something, Something . . .)
"Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

Dread Pirate Roberts: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

Vizzini: WAIT TILL I GET GOING! Where was I?


Clearly the best dialogue in the movie. [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Gottmorder (Member # 5039) on :
 
quote:
that was silly of him Gott. The Princess Bride is my older sister's favorite movie, and I've watched it and quoted it since I was five.
My unlce's just a very hardcore Princesss Bride fan. At his wedding, he had the one song played from it when the bride and groom had their first dance.
 
Posted by Strider (Member # 1807) on :
 
bump, to add my favorite interchange with my favorite line bolded.

quote:
Inigo: Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.

Count Rugen: No!

Inigo: Offer me money!

Count Rugen: Yes!

Inigo: Power, too. Promise me that!

Count Rugen: All that I have and more! Please!

Inigo: Offer me everything I ask for!

Count Rugen: Anything you want.

Inigo: I want my father back, you son of a bitch.


 
Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
 
Dang it, Euterpe, I was going to bring up that second one and somebody finally remembered it! Funniest line in the movie, I thought.

quote:
I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!

 
Posted by maui babe (Member # 1894) on :
 
Wesley: Why didn't you wait for me?

Buttercup: Well, you were dead.

W: Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while.

BC: I will never doubt again.

W: There will never be a need.

[ July 31, 2003, 01:58 PM: Message edited by: maui babe ]
 
Posted by The Rabbit (Member # 671) on :
 
From the book (from memory so it may no be exact)

"This was after stew, but then everything was after stew. When the first man crawled out of the slime, what he had for dinner that night was stew."

Then somewhat later

"This was after taxes, but then everything was after taxes. Even stew."
 
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
Yay! No one has said my favorite yet!!

"You just wiggled your finger! That's wonderful!"

"I've always been a quick healer."

AND

"You just shook your head! That doesn't make you happy?"

"My brains, your strength, and his steel against sixty men, and you think a little head jiggle is supposed to make me happy? Hmmmm?"

[Big Grin] Princess Bride is happiness. Good thread!!
 
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
PS to anyone who hasn't read the book...you're missing out on some of the funniest quotable lines in all the world!! I'm not kidding!
 
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
But, a couple lines that can only be as funny as they are in the movie:

Vizzini:
FINISH HIM, FINISH HIM! YOUR WAY!

Fezzik:
Oh good, my way. Thank you, Vizzini. [Fezzik pauses, thinking] Which way's my way?

Vizzini:
Pick up one of those rocks, get behind the boulder. In a few minutes the man in black will come running around the bend. The minute his head is in view, HIT IT WITH THE ROCK!!

[ROFL] I love that one! [ROFL]

And then of course is:

Westley:
Where am I?

Albino(in a gravelly voice):
The pit of despair...don't even think (disgusting throat-clearing cough)

Albino(in a low sexy voice with a Brittish accent):
Don't even think about trying to escape. The chains are far too thick.
[Big Grin]

[ August 01, 2003, 07:17 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
 
Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :
 
Westley:
Hear me now. I will always come for you.

Buttercup:
But how can you be sure?

Westley:
This is True Love. Think this happens every day?
 
Posted by Maccabeus (Member # 3051) on :
 
*added to Narnia's quote*

"My way's not very sportsmanlike."
 
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
[Big Grin]
 
Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :
 
I just love Westley's deliverance of this line: "Dear God, what is that thing?" It's a beautiful moment. The whole scene with Prince Humperdinck and Westley is fabulous. When Westley collapses after Humperdinck is tied up is an astonishingly beautiful physical moment.

I love this movie.

I also like the priest saying, "Mawwaaage". *snicker*

And of course, Inigo Montoya asking for his father back. *sniffle*

As....you...wiiiiiiiish....
 
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
 
I picked this one out before opening the thread:

I can't remember quite how it starts, and I'm not going to cheat, but it goes:

"You've made one of the classic blunders. The best known being Never start a land war in Asia. But only slightly less well known is Never go up against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha" :falls over dead:

You know, a lot of ya'll's favorite parts are my least favorite parts. Of course, I was in college when this movie first came out and everyone told me I HAD to see it, so I was very resistant for a long time.

[ December 28, 2003, 12:19 AM: Message edited by: pooka ]
 
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
The link to the script that I got from this thread shows up dead now. [Frown] I loved that bookmark and now I'll have to find ANOTHER site with the entire script of this movie.
 
Posted by MaydayDesiax (Member # 5012) on :
 
I just love Vizzini'inconceivable!', the way the actor said it was great. And Inigo's "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." line is great.

Although my favorite is Miricle Max and his wife:

"Do you think it'll work?"
"It'll take a miricle."
...
"Bye boys!"
 
Posted by Tullaan (Member # 5515) on :
 
We read this book in 10th grade for english class(Too long ago). The only book I have been forced to read that I enjoyed.

Anyway, throughout the book the author often states, "but thats another story for another time." or something like that.

One of the times, the author continues and says "if you want the rest of the story you can write our publishers at *insert address here*.

For extra credit we were asked to write the editor/publisher and get the rest of the story. I did! (I always needed extra credit in english class, no doubt you can tell by my writting).

I was very surprised when I received a letter in the mail. There it was on 2 pieces of paper, the rest of the story. I don't remember what it was about and I can't seem to find it either. Though I'm sure I saved it somewhere.

Has anyone else done this? I wonder if they still are doing it?

Sorry about my ramlings, I'm working a graveyard shift and I usually don't.

Tullaan
 
Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :
 
A new link to the script.
 
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
 
[Kiss] *luvs Koga* Thank you!!
 
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
 
*luvs Koga too* [Wink]

And NARNIA! Will you be here more OFTEN!!! I MISS YOU!!
 
Posted by Fishtail (Member # 3900) on :
 
No one's mentioned my favorite line, yet:

(At the bottom of the ravine leading into the fireswamp, after having tumbled down the hill)

Westley: "Darling, can you walk?"

Buttercup: "Walk? You're alive! If you want, I can fly."

I really, really like this line. Breaks me up every time.
 
Posted by Frisco (Member # 3765) on :
 
"I will not budge. Keep your 'Ho there'."
 
Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :
 
*luvs Raia* [Kiss]

*thinks Narnia seems pretty cool too* [Wave] Your very welcome [Smile]
 
Posted by Koga (Member # 5646) on :
 
I like this description of the courtyard seen in the script:

quote:
[Fezzik is dressed in the black cloak, and being pushed from behind in the Wheelbarrow. He now looks enormous and fearsome!]

Fezzik was played by Andre the Giant, when exactly did he not look enormous?
 
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
 
one of my MANY favorites:
"I do not thank that word means what you think it means."

(we got the DVD for christmas...and I had recorded it off tv the night before [ROFL] )
 
Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :
 
A nitpick, a question, a quotation, and a moment:
quote:
"Jou seem a nice enough fellow--I hate to kill you."
"You seem like a nice fellow, I hate to die."

The exchange is actually:
"You seem a decent fellow--I hate to kill you."
"You seem a decent fellow--I hate to die."
quote:
As to Fitz's quote: That ancient Booer was Robin Wright, who played Buttercup....
The credits list the Ancient Booer as Margery Mason, who does seem to have been a real person (she was in Howard's End, Love Actually, and Les Misérables, to name a few). Was this some sort of chicanery on the part of the filmmakers?

I think my personal favorite quote, or at least the one that makes me laugh the most is: "Move the thing! And... that other thing! Move it!"

But my favorite moment in the whole movie is during the fencing scene when Inigo brings his feet together and thrusts both arms out, with the little castanet rattle in the background. But that's just because I'm a big fencing nerd.
 
Posted by peterh (Member # 5208) on :
 
Thanks to those that bumped this thread. Following the Sparrow vs. Roberts thread, this is fun.

I, like most have so many favorites. The only ones I can think of that haven't been mentioned are from Fezzik
quote:
And I thought there are four of us, if we ever find the lady. [Buttercup and Wesley run to the window to see Fezzik on a horse] Hello lady!
Mostly this is funny because of the way my brothers and I would immitate Andre's voice, but it's still one of my favorites.

and this exchange:
quote:
Fezzik: I'm on the brute squad. Max: You are the brute squad

 
Posted by butterfly (Member # 5898) on :
 
quote:
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: But death cannot stop true love...all it can do is delay it for awhile.


 
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
 
Did anyone else have a problem with this movie...

or actually, the actors after this movie.

It was bad enough watching Inigo on ER with no accent...

but then...

blasphemy of blasphemies...

In the Live Action version of "The Jungle Book" to have Dear Wesley being a bigoted, snotty, totally unlikeable villian.

How could they do that to Wesley?
 
Posted by TheRatedR (Member # 5190) on :
 
Wesley: Why won't my arms move?
Fezzik: You've been mostly dead all day.

After seeing it so many times more obscure lines make me laugh more.
 
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
 
Thank you.

For what?

For always being so nice to me. *Kisses* I'm going to go kill myself now.

Oh, Isn't that nice... She kissed me *grins*
 
Posted by Rhaegar The Fool (Member # 5811) on :
 
Oh, there must be more.
 
Posted by DarkWyndre (Member # 6402) on :
 
Bump, and the link is broken earlier in the thread... anyone got a link to a copy of the script?
 
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
 
Here is one (there are many - just do a google search).
 
Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :
 
"Sleep well, big fellow, and dream of large women."
 
Posted by beatnix19 (Member # 5836) on :
 
"good luck storming the caslte boys"

"Think it will work?"

"It would take a miracle."

Miracle Max and Wife
 
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
 
The part where the grandpa answers his grandson's request to read the story again "As you wish" makes tears come to my eyes just thinking about - in fact I LOVED the whole juxtaposition of the "real life" commentary around the movie.

*goes off to find a kleenex as thinking about Grandpa makes Shan lonely for hers*
 
Posted by Vána (Member # 3262) on :
 
*hugs this thread*

*plans to watch the movie over the weekend*
 
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
 
He's only mostly dead.

Man, we quote that movie all the time. I couldn't believe it didn't even make the "Top 100 Best Comedies" countdown they had a few years back. And "The Graduate" got number one? That movie was more sad than funny.

Anyone ever seen the extras on the lame DVD of "The Princess Bride"? (Lame meaning there are no good extras.) They have some of the old commercials and trailers and they are soooo poorly done. It was somebody's brilliant idea to try to market it as a rosy, fairy-tale romance/drama! I like to think that if it came out today, it would have been marketed properly. After all, they seemed to have honed the art of previews to perfection. Many trailers are better than the movie!

[ April 02, 2004, 05:44 PM: Message edited by: beverly ]
 
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
 
We definitely need to watch that movie this weekend.
 
Posted by eslaine (Member # 5433) on :
 
Wow, what is this doing here?

The little thread that could!
 
Posted by Phil Tice (Member # 6370) on :
 
Valerie: I'm not a witch, I'm your wife, but after what you just said I'm not even sure I want to be that anymore.

Miracle Max: You never had it so good.

-PT
 


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