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"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.
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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?"
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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."
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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!"
"This is True Love. Think this happens every day?"
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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.
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Me too. It seems to be popular! (See previous posts) There's a great link to the script earlier in the thread. Posts: 2506 | Registered: Jul 2003
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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?
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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.
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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!
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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!!
I love that one!
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.
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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*
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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.
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The link to the script that I got from this thread shows up dead now. I loved that bookmark and now I'll have to find ANOTHER site with the entire script of this movie.
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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!"
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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*
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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!
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I loved that bookmark and now I'll have to find ANOTHER site with the entire script of this movie.
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