It is pouring rain on a Friday night and my cable TV is not working. UGH! This is an epic tragedy. I was planning a nice evening snuggled under a warm blankie, with a glass of wine to watch old movies on TCM. Instead I turned to my collection of old standby DVDs.
What sounds good on a miserable night? aahhh…The Princess Bride. Who doesn’t love this movie? It has everything…. “Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles.” If you are a true lover of Chick Flicks, you have seen this movie at least 10 times and can quote all the great lines.
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father.
Prepare to die”“You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles. “
“This is true love – you think this happens every day? “
” As you wish.“
The Perfect Chick Flick
Andre, The Giant, playing Fezzik, the Giant…Billy Crystal and Carol Cane as Miracle Max and his wife Valerie…I could go on forever, but I will get back to the movie. Where was I?…Oh yeah…This is a great date movie because it has enough sword play to keep your boyfriend/husband/significant other interested. If not that, her will enjoy the lovely, young future Mrs Sean Penn, Robin Wright.
With the premise of a grandfather (Peter Falk) reading a story to his sick grandson (a very young Fred Savage), it’s a wonderful family movie because the youngsters will love the adventure of this extremely fractured fairy tale. And its the perfect Chick Flick. Why? Because it’s about true love. Do you think that happens every day?
Can you tell I really love this movie? What’s not to like? Deep down, even a hard-core , success driven career woman like me wants to be a princess. Who wouldn’t want a handsome prince like Cary Elwes (or Cary Grant) to battle giants, climb the “Cliffs of Insanity” and fight a duel for us?
I would love to hear from you. Let me know what you think. What is your favorite scene and/or line from The Princess Bride? How many times have you seen it.
You have never seen The Princess Bride? INCONCEIVABLE!
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True Story: I was at the dentist recently and I had a different hygienist than usual. We got talking about movies and she asked the inevitable, “What’s your favorite movie?” I replied that I should probably say something like Citizen Kane or The Godfather, but for great fun, action, humor, and for a movie that can be watched over and over, I would pick The Princess Bride. She blurted, “Oh my God! I love you!” Then blushing a little she told me that she and her sister had watched it all the time when they were kids and it was her favorite movie, too.
I have recommended this movie to many people and of literally a couple of hundred that I have spoken to about it I’ve only ever met one person who hated it – and that was a woman. (She’s also the only person I ever met who hated Field of Dreams, so I think we can disregard her take on movies.)
I don’t think you can really trust a person that doesn’t like The Princess Bride. It is inconceivable!
Love, love, love the Princess Bride and my boys do, too! I also loved the book, too. In fact, I read it first!
Favorite lines:
“Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father.
Prepare to die”
“As you wish” esp. as he’s falling!
Ah, Princess Bride. It wasn’t until just recently that a met a handful of people who had never seen it. WHAT!? I would be in total shock each time and recite parts verbatim in disbelief. “Mawiage….”
I’ve heard people say it’s not funny and to each their own, I suppose, but for me this movie/book belongs in your media library.
On another note, Dear Frankie (yep, i have that one too- but can only watch it occasionally) was excellent. The Phantom of the Opera, Reign of Fire, oops and Timeline (all Gerad Butler) grace my dvd collection as well.
Great site, glad I found it.
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Fabulous movie, The Princess Bride. It’s one I haven’t got in my 300+ DVD collection as yet but it’s certainly on my list!
Like you I’m a huge fan of chick flicks (hence my own blog, http://www.chickflickmania.blogspot.com) so I love your blog. Fabulous!
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@Suzy Your collection isn’t complete without The Princess Bride. Trust me, you will love it. I see from your recent post about PS, I Love You that you like Gerard Butler. If so, you will love him in Dear Frankie
Thanks for visiting my blog. We Chick Flick girls have to stick together!
The Princess Bride! What a great movie! Thanks for making me think about it again. Now I’ll have to go rent it. Oh what the heck, I think I’ll buy it instead. It’s a Classic! It gets better and better with time.
I love the new changes to your site!
@Gwen Thanks for your comments. We seem to have similar tastes in moves. I really enjoyed the Oscar show this year and I hope the Academy signs Hugh Jackman to a multi-year contract.
Re: The Princess Bride and Slumdog Millionaire, those are 2 movies that belong in my DVD collection.