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grammaboodawg
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Oct 7 2012, 12:56pm
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Happy 25th Anniversary to The Princess Bride!
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INCONCEIVABLE!!!
Since 1987, The Princess Bride has been one of the great escapes of the age!
I remember when I first saw it... my daughters and I were so excited that a virtual unknown actress (Robin Wright) from one of our soap operas (Santa Barbara) was cast as Buttercup and did a GREAT JOB!
What are some of YOU favourite quotes!?
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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Oct 7 2012, 6:26pm
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"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
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Gotta love a man with a goal. :D
25 years?? And it's still as good today as it was when it was made. 
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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squire
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Oct 8 2012, 3:24am
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"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
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Sure, that's one of my favorite quotes. But let's face it, there are hundreds of them. Goldman's screenplay, like his book, is inspired; luckily the director and actors were able to do it justice. I read the book in college, and (somewhat like my reaction to the announcement of New Line's LotR project) I doubted that a film could be made successfully...
Now, 25 years later, I watch the "Chatty Duel" on YouTube about once a week, I guess.
squire online:
RR Discussions: The Valaquenta, A Shortcut to Mushrooms, and Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
Lights! Action! Discuss on the Movie board!: 'A Journey in the Dark'. and 'Designing The Two Towers'.
Footeramas: The 3rd (and NOW the 4th too!) TORn Reading Room LotR Discussion; and "Tolkien would have LOVED it!"
squiretalk introduces the J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: A Reader's Diary
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zarabia
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Oct 8 2012, 4:08am
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No one would surrender to The Dread Pirate Wesley :)
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Love Chris Sarandon's delivery on Humperdink's line: "She is alive, or was an hour ago. If she is otherwise when I find her I shall be very put out."
Miracle Max: "The King's stinking son fired me, and thank you so much for bringing up such a painful subject. While you're at it, why don't you give me a nice paper cut and pour lemon juice on it?"
So, so many great lines, but also some great visual gags. I loved when Inigo calls for Fezzik to knock down a door for him so he can chase Count Rugan, but Fezzik is carrying the Man in Black who is still recovering from being "mostly dead", so Fezzik hangs him on a candelabrum (or something, I forget what it was exactly). He then goes to find Inigo throwing himself against a door and just bouncing off of it like a puppy, and then just gives it one easy (for him) bash and down the door goes.
Great movie!
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Ataahua
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Oct 8 2012, 6:14pm
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"bouncing off it like a puppy"
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Perfect description! :D
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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weaver
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Oct 9 2012, 4:21am
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I loved the way the way they used it in the fairy tale, and as the final words of the grandfather to his grandson at the end...
I have the 20th anniversary edition of the film, which has some cast interviews. Mandy Patinkin (sp?) tells a story about how he cried in the theater when he saw the film, and how he was just so moved to have been part of a story that had so much "goodness" in it. I cried the first time I saw it also, for pretty much the same reason.
Happy 25th Princess Bride! Thanks for this post!
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Patty
Elvenhome
Oct 9 2012, 1:33pm
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I've always felt so alone on here in my inability to love this movie.
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Same with Galaxy Quest.
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grammaboodawg
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Oct 9 2012, 2:25pm
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*pats Patty on back* There, there...
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I have the same problem with Titanic. We all have to walk our own road ;)
You love Tolkien... so you'll always be aces!! :D
I really need these new films to take me back to, and not re-introduce me to, that magical world.
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Alassëa Eruvande
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Oct 9 2012, 2:49pm
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Well, I didn't like Galaxy Quest, either.
But I love Princess Bride! 
Have you gotten your pirated copy of Season 3 of Downton Abbey yet?  
I am SMAUG! I kill when I wish! I am strong, strong, STRONG!
My armor is like tenfold shields! My teeth like swords! My claws, spears!
The shock of my tail, a thunderbolt! My wings, a hurricane! And my breath, death!
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Patty
Elvenhome
Oct 9 2012, 3:10pm
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Hah! I've pre-ordered it from Amazon.co.uk, and it's released Nov. 5th.
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That's the anniversary date of my mom's death, and my sister and I view it as a gift.
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Annael
Elvenhome
Oct 9 2012, 3:38pm
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about not liking LOTR.
And yes. You're both weird. 
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Patty
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Oct 9 2012, 3:40pm
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aha! You and Kyriel are the biggest fans of all!
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And two of my closest friends. I do feel weird.
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Annael
Elvenhome
Oct 9 2012, 10:35pm
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and usually we do like the same things!
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Maybe because I spend so much of my time learning about difficult topics like neuroscience that I just need to be silly sometimes. But I also like my humor to be quick-witted & dry - not the broad toilet/sex humor that seems to pass for comedy in so many movies. I especially love movies where the lines zip by so quickly you have to watch it repeatedly to catch them all.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Oct 9 2012, 10:44pm
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I've been watching Das Rheingold all afternoon :-)
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Ettelewen
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Oct 10 2012, 2:30am
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"You be careful. People in masks cannot be trusted."
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Thanks for the link to all those great quotes, Squire! Haven't watched The Princess Bride in years, but now I'll have to dig it out again...
Inigo Montoya: Who are you?
Man in Black: No one of consequence.
Inigo Montoya: I must know...
Man in Black: Get used to disappointment.
Inigo Montoya: 'kay.
*LOL*
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Annael
Elvenhome
Oct 10 2012, 3:14pm
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"I have no gate key." "Fezzik, rip his arms off." "Oh, you mean THIS gate key." //
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