The Princess Bride | Full Length Reaction

Watching movies is what my family did to spend time together, born in 1971. I love movies and have seen quite a few. Since this movie has come out, it has been one of my favorites. Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your reaction.

David Stivers

I am clearly very late to the party here, and you may never read this, but I'm gonna say it anyway. The Princess Bride has always been one of my favorites and I was so happy to see you react to it! I had not originally realized it was based on a book and I very recently got the deluxe illustrated edition. It contains bits of Goldman's thought processes and stories that surround making this movie come out, which it very nearly wasn't going to make it to film, several times over! I can not recommend a book higher than this one. If you ever get the chance to read it, please do not skip any of the forwards, they just as important as the story told under it all. The old man and the kid are mirroring Goldman's own experience that he'd had with his father who had read The Princess Bride to him when he was sick as a child (on his death bed really) and finding out how much boring history stuff (the original author would complain extensively in a "comedic" fashion about royalty) his father cut out for him so he would enjoy the story. Goldman would later pass the story down to his son and so on. There are many interjections in the story portion of the book by Goldman as well, similar to how the Grandfather does to his grandson in the movie. Truly a story within a story. I think I have rambled enough and again it is unlikely that you will ever read this after two years of the posting, but if you ever do get the chance, I would highly recommend.

Wonderxfull

Oh yes, this phrase: "My heart needs some healing, lets watch the princess bride" Is something often said.

LordGrailKnight

I love this film. It is in a close competition for my favourite film ever. Seeing as you enjoyed it so much (and made it so enjoyable to watch along with you) I figured you might like another of my favourites which has a slightly similar feel, at least.. it's romantic, sweet, imaginative, and has some fantastical elements - "A Matter of Life and Death". It's a cinema masterpiece from 1946, highly compared to "It's a Wonderful Life" which came out the same year. Maybe it wouldn't work for you to react to even if you might like it, but I feel compelled to recommend it to you with plenty of tissues.

Pirateman

Hot irons; clay, bone, and metal curlers; and rags were (and still are) used to cause curls like hers back in the day. Essentially, there have been curling wands for literally a known 3 or 4 thousand years in addition to simply using curlers with damp hair. Metal curling irons were just heated manually rather than by electricity.

Rumpus Parable

"Yeah her name's Buttercup, she's named after a horse." Don't know why that threw me off. 😂😂😂 If the question is "Can you make The Princess Bride even better," the answer is yes, V just did lol. This is one of those my mom and I used to watch when I was home sick as a kid. Like guaranteed to uplift.

Sam Ratcliffe

I played the movie so I could hear where you were in the movie. Your reaction is just beautiful and made the movie all the more magical. The Princess Bride is a movie that is a category all on it's own :D So happy you loved it!

Fantasylover4evr

By the way, Mandy Patinkin (Inigo Montoya) later went on to play in Criminal Minds. :-) He actually played in tons of things, but that's a recent one.

Oouga

You asked how they curled hair back in the day Not sure from way back then, but when i was little (70s and 80s), my mom would wash my hair then curl it around her fingers. She would hold each curl in place with bobby pins. then I would go to sleep and in the morning, I'd have curls. My Mom said in the fifties, she did what is called soup can curls. While wet, she'd wrap her hair around cleaned, empty soup cans and sleep n it or would wear it all day under a scarf like that, so she'd have curls for a party or in the morning or something. Looser curls than the pin curls she did on me. We couldn't afford a curling iron or perms.

Oouga

Ah such a good movie! Grew up watching this every time I went to my grandparents house. My grandpa was actually the one who showed me this movie the first time saw it. With the movie being so good and that connection to him this is one of my all favorite movies for sure.

Luis R.

Practical Magic?

EchoASMR

I love that in your mind, a child can't just be under the weather. It has to be seriously, gravely ill lol

Ryan Anderson

Your eyes and smile at the end! Exactly as expected! Also as predicted, as if it was ever in doubt, you now have a new rainy day film for re-viewing! Ron’s list above of other films for viewing is good, but I’d suggest that the following films kind of go hand in hand with “The Princess Bride” as must see original family films that will leave you feeling like you did on completion of this film. #1 Labyrinth- David Bowie is magical, and a very young Jennifer Connelly in her hey day #2 Goonies- Sean Astin, Josh Brolin and Corey Feldman (a staple of 80’s family movies) #3 Stardust- A more recent film with an incredible cast I won’t begin to list beyond the late, great Peter O’Toole (who I’m betting you don’t know, but whose credits include some of the greatest films ever made). #4 The Dark Crystal- Jim Henson’s masterpiece, though some may argue that you should watch “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance”, a prequel series, first. In this case, it may work. #5 The Neverending Story- The sequels don’t hold a candle to the original #6 Flight of the Navigator- A fun all round movie, if a little dry on plot #7 Legend- A brilliant fantasy film, back before Tom Cruise had an ego #8 Always (1989)- different from the above films, but absolutely a MUST see. If you don’t watch any of the above, I’ll cry, but you’ll be grateful for this recommendation. I could run off a whole slew of other films that are worth seeing, like Roxanne, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (not the Johnny Depp “Charlie” version), Brewsters Millions, Project X (1989), War Games, Ghostbusters 1 and 2 and the upcoming Ghostbusters: Afterlife, The Lost Boys and on and on, but the 8 above are the ones that I feel you’ll appreciate the most.

Darren Withers

I'll second that. The only reason I didn't include it in my list was I was trying to list movies that will have a similar emotional result as "The Princess Bride" by the end. FBDO is more of a straight up comedy than anything (not a criticism, and not forgetting that conversation between the 2 main actors that had so much heart).

Darren Withers

My recommendation for your viewing pleasure is the cannot-approve-upon classic Ferris Bueller's Day Off.

This movie is up there for one of my favorite films. It was also my ex fiance's favorite film and I got a chance to take her to see it in a drive in one valentines day. So it's always going to be bittersweet for me. The acting is so good because they are all fantastic actors. There isn't anything they've done I didn't like. You should look more into somre of their stuff as you'd be suprised. Cary Elwes even wrote a book titled As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride. And the Miracle maker was Billy Crystal! You also knew that line by Inigo Montoya so well cause it's one of the most quoted lines I know, up there with star wars and other famous movie lines. Every scene by him gets me every time. He was also mean to Buttercup because he was seeing if she truly loved the prince or who she had still loved Wesley. He was pushing her to know. Great reaction as always!

panacamanana

Another similar movie to this is The Fall (2006). Not as funny or witty as The Princess Bride, but its beautifully well filmed.

Tiger Chu

This was my mother's favorite movie, and the song that plays at the credits, the version sung by Paul from Peter, Paul, and Mary was her wedding song

Joel Harrison

Some feel-good suggestions: * Defending Your Life (1991, dir & written by Albert Brooks): In an afterlife resembling present-day, people must defend their worthiness to move on to the "next step." Highly recommended. * Tootsie (1982, dir. Sydney Pollack, starring Dustin Hoffman, Jessica Lange). Comedy/Romance. Nominated for 9 Academy Awards including Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress (2!), Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay among others. Jessica Lange won Best Supporting Actress. Highly recommended. * Butch Cassidy and the Sundance kid (1969; starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford in their prime, dir. George Roy Hill)). Action/Adventure/Comedy/Drama. Set in the late 1890s, * The Sting (1973, starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, dir. George Roy Hill). Long con scheme set in the 1930s. * Modest Heroes (2018, dir/written by Yoshiyuki Momose/Akihiko Yamashita). Anime. Anthology of 3 shorts. * Heaven Can Wait (1978, dir. Warren Beatty and Buck Henry, co-written by Elain May and Warren Beatty, starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, and James Mason): Afterlife drama/comedy/romance. Highly recommended. * The Last Starfighter (1984). Fun, Feel-good, video games, and 1980s goodness all wrapped into one. Recommended. * Little Shop of Horrors (1986, dir. Frank Oz, starring Rick Moranis, co-starring Steve Martin): Comedy/Musical. Theatrical cut recommended. * Lost in Translation (2003, dir. and written by Sofia Coppola, starring BILL MURRAY and SCARLETT JOHANSSON): Wonderful! * The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015, Dir. Guy Richie, starring Henry Cavill, Armie Hammer, and Alicia Vikander). Set in 1960s. Cold war spies cooperate to track down and retrieve nuclear weapons. * The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988). Comedy. Spoof. * Romancing the Stone (1984, dir. Robert Zemeckis, starring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, and Danny DeVito). Action/Adventure/Comedy/Romance. * Victor/Victoria (1982, dir. and co-written by Blake Edwards, starring Julie Andrews). Comedy, musical, romance. * Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers (1993, dir. Nick Park, 30 min.): Claymation. Animation, comedy, family. * E.T. (1982, dir. Steven Spielberg): I must assume you've seen this,but putting this here on the remote chance you haven't. --- Catharsis Bonus: * The Elephant Man (1980, dir. & written by David Lynch, starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt): No spoilers on subject, story, or ending. Highly recommended.

Ron

I gave you guys a chance ;)

Drevan

And ingnoia montoya

joshuapurvis32

He's my favorite character in the movie

joshuapurvis32

My wife quotes this movie quite often, and a few years ago as an anniversary gift (we celebrate 10 next month) I gave her The Priness Bride-opoly, the movie-themed Monopoly game.

he really is omg such a sweetheart

VKunia

gimmegimmegimme

VKunia

LOL

VKunia

Drevan, where are you?

Lars Evenrud

Andre the giant is awesome in this movie

joshuapurvis32

Anybody want a peanut? Omg I beat Drev for first?!

Noble Rabbit