The Princess Bride: An Inconceivable Adaptation

[@razbuten]

Hey all! It has been a really exciting time for the channel. The channel just hit 200k, which, like, how? So, thank you all so much for getting us to this point. This video is obviously not about video games, so I hope that regardless of if you are familiar with or a fan of the Princess Bride, you find this piece interesting. The next video (which will be out in a few weeks) is going to be the follow up to Gaming for a Non-Gamer though, so, uh, get excited? Anyway, follow me on twitter, I guess? twitter.com/theRazbuten Check out my podcast? kzbin.info/door/yIyH5iEGEy9NeUfwJXXtGw Take a nap? (I don't have a link for that)

[@PkWolfPKW]

Hey man congrats on the growth and great video! Keep up the good work.

[@SuperDennisZ]

Dude i love your content. I am so happy the Video "What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games" got that famous so i got to see it too.^^ As i am very carefull who i am subscribing to, i first watched your other videos and... you got me.

[@Tuariq1]

Lol, because you deseve it

[@rainbowsnail4171]

Found your channel only a little while back, but love every video. I was sad to see how relatively few videos there are, but quality over quantity, as they say! I would support on Pateron if I could afford it (living my life on health insurance payouts, lol), but I hope the sponsorships and such bring you enough money to make this your job, you deserve it!

[@Arachne-qw1vr]

Whoa, when you said 'i want to pass on the one that was passed down to me' I nearly cried. The whole context of the video just came into sharp focus. That moment will be hard to forget. Thank you.

[@FunZies.]

"There's a shortage of perfect movies in this world, it would be a pity to ruin this one." Haha. I read this in Cary Elwes' voice.

[@razbuten]

Cary Elwes is a fucking treasure.

[@turtleneckrobot7714]

There are some films in which their story and structure lends themselves to being remade. “The Princess Bride is not such a film. What makes it such a great film is a confluence writing, direction, tone, and performances that creates a unique feel and experience which could not be repeated.

[@Ehh97]

Bold of one to assume that anyone could ruin the Princess Bride. Its a great film, and adaptations won't change that.

[@zdvxr]

I read it in his voice too.

[@faecreature21]

At my job, each floor has a break room with a tv in it. Usually the tv is on the same two or three channels (food stuff, renovation stuff, sports stuff). No one usually minds if someone changes the channel. One day, Princess Bride happened to be on Part way through, a guy comes in, itching to see "the game". He had already grabbed the remote and asked (out of habitual politeness) if he could change the channel. The older woman across from me, without taking her eyes off the tv, said "If you change the channel off of Princess Bride, you're going to make an enemy out of me you don't want." He froze, not sure if she was joking or not. He looked at me (in all my dark attire) and I said "Don't look at me. It's the Princess Bride." Apparently he had never seen the movie. He spent ten minutes trying to convince everyone in the room to change the channel without luck. Then, one of the floor leads (an army guy, man's-man, sports fan kinda guy) walked by and the dude's eyes lit up. "Hey man! Don't you want to see the score? They're watching some chick movie." Army guy looks at the tv, looks back at dude and said "That's not a chick movie. That's The Princess Bride. You can google the game. You don't change the channel on princess bride." Movies like the Princess Bride brings people together in a way that's difficult to purposefully create. It has to be something made out of love for story telling rather than love of profit. You can tell that this movie was made from something deeper, which is why it has such a magic to it. Out of tens of people that cycled through that break room during that movie, the only person that wasn't immediately captured by it was the one that didn't know anything about it. By the end of my break, even he was showing curiosity in it. I don't know if he ever watched it or not, but I know he won't forget it. It's the movie where literally everyone refused to change the channel. If the make a remake, I doubt I'll be interested enough in it to see it. There's not much that can be done to it to improve on it. Anything done to it would be a down grade. It's pretty much perfect, even after thirty years. Maybe in another thirty years, but I imagine it'll still stand up at 60 as it does at 30.

[@razbuten]

Legitimately, this story made my day. Thanks for sharing!

[@faecreature21]

@@razbuten glad to hear it :) thanks for the video!

[@luiginastro8831]

This has a r/thathappened vibe

[@Peachsfaithful]

@@luiginastro8831 r/nothingeverhappens

[@madkoala2130]

This has same vibe as Andres The Giants story where he would show this movie to everyone he knew.

[@Thunder-Sky]

I think the worst thing about a potential remake of this movie is that they'd cleanse the story of all its campiness, and this is a tale that lives solely on how wonderfully campy it is

[@dr.bandito60]

EXACTLY. Also I just hold the performances in such high esteem. I dunno if there's room in my heart for a new Inigo Montoya.

[@AK_allday_907]

Dr. Bandito no one would be able to deliver that line as when he kills the six fingered man as well as Mandy Patinkin did

[@actionstar23]

Agreed. I think instead of a remake, i've always suggested a film of the making of the film. I heard there were very interesting instances during the making.

[@hillelmerkin8498]

That final “as you wish” brings tears to my eyes every time

[@razbuten]

EVERY DAMN TIME

[@loneronin6813]

Inigo: "You seem a good man. I would hate to kill you." Westley: "You also seem a good man. I would hate to die." (That's one of my favorite moments of dialogue in any movie lol)

[@razbuten]

When I first watched it, that was the moment I realized it was going to be special.

[@loneronin6813]

@@razbuten Absolutely! Thanks for your response and for making this video. The Princess Bride is one of my favorite cult classic films. If I ever have kids, it's a film I will share with them as well. It's truly timeless.

[@artloveranimation]

“I’m not left-handed either” 😂

[@razbuten]

"Who are you?" "No one of consequence." "I must know." "Get used to disappointment." Like, this scene itself is just fucking brilliant.

[@loneronin6813]

@@artloveranimation Also a great one lol That movie is overflowing with wonderfully quote-worthy lines ^_^

[@Thenoobestgirl]

We've watched this movie in class literally every time we had a vacant teacher and the sub didn't feel like teaching us. I freaking love this movie and I even read the screenplay as well, which was a masterpiece in script writing.

[@razbuten]

Honestly, English classes should have a mandatory unit on The Princess Bride.

[@kukalakana]

I read the book for a comparative essay at uni (had to compare a fantasy book with its film adaptation). Can't recall much of what I said about it.

[@rachaelknudsen8801]

Both Goldman and the film's leading man wrote well about it. Check out Which Lie Did I Tell? By Goldman and As You Wish by Elwes if you can't get enough about this magical motion picture.

[@globofgreen]

This is what I experienced in school except with The Truman Show and Temple Grandin

[@thel1355]

Okay, they can make a sequel, but only when Fred Savage is old enough to play the grandpa, and in the movie they just watch the original Princess Bride together.

[@razbuten]

so it would just be like over the shoulder of the two of them as they watch it? I am in tbh

[@paigekrome1141]

Or Fred Savage is a film maker trying to adapt The Princess Bride and then the original themes of book could be explored.

[@razbuten]

Okay. I like that actually. Like, a super meta look at a studio that keeps trying to change the original vision of the book, but the Fred Savage character tries to keep the original vision alive.

[@susanhillwig5784]

@@paigekrome1141 - I think something like that is the way to go. Since the idea of the original novel is the "good parts version", a new adaptation would be Savage (either as himself or the grownup version of his character from the movie) wanting to introduce his kids to the source material, but discovering how much was left out, so our new film is just him reading the book and the new visuals are what he imagines the previously-unadapted material to be.

[@louiseswanson8345]

I would be so down for watching Fred Savage watch the princess bride with his kids/grandkids/friends mst3k style.

[@abstract_cosplay]

This is my dad's favorite movie. He saw it when it first came out in theaters and has loved it ever since. It was a staple around my house, much to my mom's chagrin. Best part about my dad's love for this movie is video tapes of my parent's honeymoon in the Fairmont Banff Springs hotel in Canada. My dad would of course hide around a corner only to jump out and declare, "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." Drove my mom insane but yeah my family has basically treasured both this book and movie. It is still one of my most favorite book to screen adaptations

[@chromulus2225]

Honestly sounds like my family. My dad loves this movie while my mum finds it somewhat cringy. But it holds a special place in my heart and the heart of my family just for that bond. I just remember having a really bad stomach pain when I was around 11 and falling asleep on the couch with my dad as we watch this film at like 1 AM in the morning. Good memories.

[@Smashface_McBourbondick]

IMO remakes are usually only good when the source material had an interesting concept that was poorly implemented, otherwise I don't really see the point (aside from being an easy cash grab, of course).

[@razbuten]

Yeah, there are a lot of movies that I wish could get remakes because they dropped the ball the first time around, but obviously, those movies are not the ones that market well as remakes. Gimme a new Waterworld.

[@ChineseCookingDemystified]

All for a new Dune as well

[@danielmeijer4782]

Smashface McBourbondick thats why I want a legend of korra remake

[@harrylane4]

@@danielmeijer4782 see, I would agree, but that would almost require them to remake season 3, which is up there with the best Avatar content in the entire franchise

[@harrylane4]

@@razbuten how have we not gotten a Waterworld remake?

[@reepicheepsfriend]

I find it absolutely fascinating that, while people are merely annoyed by remakes of stuff like The Lion King or Beauty and the Beast, the suggestion of remaking The Princess Bride brings out a reactive fervor as if someone had suggested committing blasphemy or sacrilege. I don't even know why that is but I've just observed it, in myself and others. Great video by the way.

[@timeconquersall1789]

Because this movie is perfectly executed you can't do any better and I think everyone intuitively understands that

[@jamesguthrie9454]

Andre was litterally the perfect fit for fezzik. Andre was the gentle giant with a heart of gold who was a wrestler. The actor playing vizinni was afraid of heights and andre said "dont be scared, i will protect you." And he had no trouble for the rest of the production.

[@hillelmerkin8498]

The princess bride is the perfect movie, I watch it yearly

[@NeoComicus]

And that's exactly how my daughter describes it since I got her to watch it the first of many times years ago: "the perfect movie."

[@henrypaleveda7760]

As do I

[@adams13245]

I've watched the Princess Bride several times, and think it's a great film. It has a good sense of humor and feels kind of like a proto Shrek- only with less bathroom humor. I wouldn't say it is perfect though, as I think that makes it sound like films in its vein are finished. "We've got your True Love in a bottle and ain't nothing better going to come out! So why try?" Shrek hits a similar tone as the Princess Bride, spoofing traditional fantasy stories, should it not have been made? I can see why there is suspicion of the rumors of a remake, but let's not pretend nothing "Princess Bride-esque" will ever equal the 1987 movie. After all, said movie is based on a book, and, to my knowledge, the latter is good, but the former is great. Let's not pretend there's nowhere to go but down from here.

[@googlethis313]

“As you wish.” What I said to my children their whole lives until they finally watched a second hand store copy I found. “THATS WHY YOU SAY IT?!?” One of many magical movie experiences I wanted my children to experience. Along with crying for E.T. and Elliot; and learning about greed and family from The Dark Crystal, to never give up and strive for your dreams with The Never Ending Story and so many more. Thank you for sharing! It’s time for me to start collecting them again for my grandchildren. Who aren’t even born yet! Hopefully the vcr will still work! 😜😎 ❤️, A Dorothy In Red Mary Janes

[@laaangdon3390]

I have so many good memories of me and my mom watching this together

[@razbuten]

That is awesome. When my mom introduced it to me, I remember having pretty much the same reaction as the kid has in the film: "Princess?!? Bride?!?" Glad she made me watch it anyway.

[@laaangdon3390]

@@razbuten hahaha I was the exact same, my mom pulled it out and I was just ugh what's this, and within a bit of watching I was immediately just hooked and now it's one of my all time favorite movies

[@laaangdon3390]

@@razbuten Thanks man for the awesome videos, it's always a treat to see a new one :)

[@razbuten]

​@@laaangdon3390 🙏

[@magnificentsir7274]

@@razbuten that's exactly what happened to me

[@LordShadowZ]

There are few movies that can be considered a perfect movie. This is one of them.

[@WhirlingMusic]

I just saw it last night for the first time and I must say. The ending felt rushed. It just ended. Very quickly.

[@pinkajou656]

This one... blew them all away.

[@ahmedronaldokahn2352]

I never knew the existence of this film, until tonight. And I will watch it. Certainly.

[@razbuten]

It is really fun and really sweet. I hope you enjoy it.

[@hannibustoogfyrre6074]

How is that even possible?

[@ahmedronaldokahn2352]

@@hannibustoogfyrre6074 Like this: I love Forrest Gump. I love James Cameron's Avatar. It was the highest grossing film of all time. But after watching the video Top 10 movies/film of all time from Watchmojo channel, The Godfather took the 1st place. I wonder why Avatar didn't make it in the list. Then I checked IMDB. Frequently searching for 5 main category Oscar nominees...which is Best Picture, Actor, Actress, Director and Script ever since. And I still am. It doesn't have to be a winner, just nominated is enough for me to get interested in it. So, for the past few years, I've watched something like: It Happened One Night(1934), Citizen Kane(1941), Casablanca(1942), To Kill A Mockingbird(1962), Doctor Zhivago(1965), The Godfather both(1972,1974), Jaws(1975) Star Wars(1977), and so on..but never stumble upon The Princess Bride, yet. I'm still looking for any classic film.

[@alexchristian3471]

@@ahmedronaldokahn2352 Legend! its a horribly great b film from 1985

[@alexchristian3471]

@@ahmedronaldokahn2352 the Flight of the Navigator was a pretty good older film but im not so sure what constitutes as classic

[@PhantomSavage]

Oof. When you started showing Eragon footage it hit me so hard I started foaming at the mouth.

[@razbuten]

Like, I have some opinions on that book series that a lot of people get mad at me for, but I think we can all agree that the movie was just a fucking travesty.

[@PhantomSavage]

@@razbuten Never in all my years have I seen a more blatant, uninspired cash grab from a studio that did nor cared to do even the slightest degree of research to the source material outside of character names and general themes. .... except maybe the Hitman movies.

[@zalhararena4831]

If there is such a thing as a perfect movie, this is it. Even my stepdaughters who don't like anything more than a year old fell in love with this movie when I watched it with them.

[@razbuten]

It is wild how timeless the film has proved to be.

[@zalhararena4831]

@@razbuten right? I too had a similar reaction as the grandson in the movie. The first time I saw it was in school. I started out "ahh, this isn't going to be that great" but as soon as I got home, I asked my parents if we could buy it. 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@henrypaleveda7760]

This move was geared perfectly to everyone without being preachy or pandering, just overall incredible writing.

[@beskamir5977]

I now understand why this was basically my junior high, social studies teacher's favorite film/story. Basically in the 3 years he taught me social studies I think we watched it at least 5 times.

[@Supersmile330]

Ah man, first time I watched the Princess Bride was when I was sick in bed and my mum put it on for me, no joke. I'll never not like it, just for that fond memory.

[@razbuten]

That is really sweet. I am glad you have such a lasting memory from it.

[@matarthegreat803]

You deserve more attention you are making genuinely interesting and quality content

[@razbuten]

🙏🙏🙏 Thank you. Frankly, I feel like the channel has been getting more attention than I ever expected it to, but I definitely hope that it keeps growing.

[@maxpeters9194]

I feel like this channel gains 10k subs every week though Not that he doesn't deserve it

[@razbuten]

@@maxpeters9194 It might seem that way right now, and yeah, the growth has been wild cool. I will say, I went through a lot of weeks of gaining 10 subs, if I was lucky.

[@singletona082]

Pretty much matches my sentements. I don't want to go pass down the remake to my niece. Oh I'm sure it will be great with better setpieces and a bigger budget with CGI allowing for far more fantastical shots, or at the very least cleaning up practical effects and allowing for better window dressing, and an actual musical score instead of 'a guy wit ha synthesizer' (Yea the original movie only had a guy with a synth for the whole damned thing, and it is amazing.) But... I don't want that. I want to show this ersion to my niece because she's getting close to the age I first saw this, and last unicorn, and a bunch of other movies that's been either remade, talked about being remade, or in the case of last unicorn might have been but without christopher lee... I hope it never will. I don't want to say what will happen will be garbage. I might even enjoy seeing a 'truer to the original novel' take on the story' even though I kinda hated the downbeat disheartenedness to the framing device and the ending. However regardless of whatever new happens? We will always have the original. That can't be taken away.

[@razbuten]

Exactly. While funny, I didn't agree with Cary Elwes' comment that implied that a new version could "ruin" the Princess Bride. A new version can't hurt the original, nothing can--not even a thousand swords.

[@maelstrom2313]

The problem here is that many from the new generation will be seeing the new film before the old one, so there is some risk of ruining or literally 'spoiling' the plot of the old one for new viewers, who will no longer be able to watch it with fresh eyes.

[@jubb1984]

Couldnt have been commented better =) I have actively avoided the remakes of lion king etc. for the same reasons.

[@FunZies.]

@@razbuten Pretty sure Cary along with everyone else who spoke up against this simply laments the idea of yet another cash grab.

[@DrewLSsix]

@@maelstrom2313 did the film spoil the book for you? Have you ever even read the book??

[@fangsabre]

It's kinda interesting that the movie being an adaptation actually plays more like how the fictional version of the author remembers it being told to him by his father.

[@devongene9584]

i saw a meme that was basically a muppets version of the princess bride and that's honestly the only way I'd accept a tpb remake

[@TrueMohax]

That’s a reimagining, those I have no problem with. They basically take the source material and flip it on its head. Like: why don’t we have Treasure Island, but with muppets? But also in Space! Wait, Disney already did that. Alright just the muppets then. Now we have Muppets gong to Treasure Island. Did we need it? No. Did we ask for it? No. But now we have it.

[@rosem2901]

What’s funny to me about the Princess Bride is that what I love most about the movie isn’t the movie itself (even though it’s undoubtedly fantastic) but the memory of watching it, of my mom sharing it with me. This was a huge part of my childhood, my mom and I would quote the rhyming scene back and forth endlessly, and I feel like a remake wouldn’t be anywhere near as enjoyable since it would be separate from those memories. This video summarized that idea completely, excellent work!

[@SDommac]

Only thing i ever saw about this movie were the memes. Just watched it after finishing this video and it was a great time. So thanks for that.

[@razbuten]

That is amazing to hear. I’m glad you liked it!

[@TheRizGuy]

I really don't like spoilers, and even though i don’t internet much, I came across a lot of the memes about the movie and avoided watching it for the longest time, because I figured I wouldn't enjoy it because I had so much pre-knowledge of events in the movie, but a few months ago, I decided to watch it, and the movie has now endeared itself to me a lot, it is one of my favourite movies of all time, and I just love all the campiness, the dialogues, the deliveries, the acting, the set pieces, the action, the directing, the story, the writing, the everything, but most of allthe mushiness, I love it so much. Anyway, thanks for making such a nice video about the movie, it was informative, and while I always prefer books to movies, it might just be the opposite in the case of this adaptation.

[@Serai3]

That's a big problem with those kinds of memes and clips. A lot of great classic movies get chopped up and people don't understand anything about them other than whatever little bit they've seen floating around, and it can lead to some serious misinterpretations.

[@nu1x]

Imagine a meme movie in 1987.

[@StrangerListening6703]

Years ago, when my girls were little, our church showed the princess bride as a drive-in movie. We were in our cars, they put up a large screen in the parking lot and we watched it all together. It is one of my favorite memories. We had a blast!

[@hurricaneofcats]

So much of this movie's popularity comes from how infinitely quotable it as, as well as the witty humour and obvious passion that was put into every fight scene, quippy line and frame.

[@artloveranimation]

The giant character was written based off of the guy who eventually played the role. A lot of famous dialogue is from the book. The tech and music may be dated, but the charm and humor is timeless.

[@razbuten]

Honestly, I think part of the dated look brings even more charm to the film.

[@jenntall8494]

It’s incredible how this movie is so loved and is able to bring people together

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

One of THE best movies that encapsulated 80s cinema greatness. I was happy to watch this in the 10th grade, and it hooked me in completely. The idea of a remake, especially a classic for this, definitely will scare the passionate. I too am not keen to the idea, but hey, put it in the right hands, it could turn out alright. I wouldn't even mind a spiritual sequel or remake. And congrats on breaking 200k already. You skyrocketing!

[@isaachudson6902]

Even after Endgame I still refer to the Princess Bride as "The Greatest Movie of All Time"

[@razbuten]

Well, that is because it is the truth.

[@Ratchet2431]

Edngame isn't THAT good.

[@abdullahahmad4239]

Endgame isn't even good.Its decent.Take away the fan service and it's barely decent

[@con_the_artist6823]

I really liked the original movie, it always reminds me of a friend of mine and how they would make me watch it. I wouldn't mind a remake, but it wouldn't feel the same, ya know?

[@razbuten]

Yeah, like, I would probably watch a remake of it, because that is the kind of person I am, but, ultimately, it will be impossible for it to do what the first one did in terms of legacy.

[@BrodyWoelke]

This Film is the reason why i wanted to do theatre in high school, this brings back some many good memories.

[@razbuten]

The writing is just so witty. It is weird to say, but hearing some of the lines performed just, like, makes me want to act, so I definitely get it.

[@kainthedragon1]

Wow! I never expected this: this was awesome. You're critically thinking and research on these are truly an inspiration.

[@razbuten]

I appreciate that! While games are obviously the core of the channel, I like a lot of stuff, so it means a lot to know that this unexpected stuff is still appealing.

[@thegentlenerd7453]

I am happy seeing you keeping going.Please keep doing what you love and keep the content coming.

[@razbuten]

Thank you! Right now, I am fortunate enough where I can try to make this, like, my job, so I am very excited to keep writing and working on cool stuff.

[@AidanRahder]

I was in school the other day and we had all finished our final exam, so the teacher brought out this movie. I was like: “Princess? Bride? Seriously?” but some other kids said it was good so I looked up from my notebook. In that one day, it became my favorite movie ever. We didn’t finish it, but I tracked it down because I needed to watch it. Surprisingly, I found it for free posted by some guy on Vimeo and it was even better on the second viewing. That was last week, and I’ve seen it 5 times since. No one in my whole family had ever seen it, except my dad a long long time ago. Apparently it’s my aunt’s favorite movie too. Anyways, I made everyone sit down and watch it, but nobody paid attention and therefore didn’t love it. They’re missing out.

[@sethhughes7706]

my two favorite movies are sandlot and the princess bride. i used to watch them both with my family when i was younger and man has this video made me sentimental. thank you, you beautiful thing!

[@anyhonywilliams6160]

Sandlot was awesome!!!

[@remingtonlewis2000]

I love this movie, I went as Inigo for Halloween

[@razbuten]

That is amazing.

[@doka-l7v]

Commenting to try and make sure the algorithm picks this up. Great video once again!

[@razbuten]

I appreciate you.

[@williamcravat5103]

Dude, whenever I went to a friends birthday party and any of us were bored or couldn't think of something to do somebody would suggest to watch Princess Bride and I'd whine, annoyed that I would have to watch it for the 500th time, only to sit and enjoy being spirited away into a lovely and hilarious and heartfelt tale that I will never get tired of once again.

[@foxyfox9196]

I was about 10 years old when I saw the movie. My dad showed it to me. And by this point he had shown me star wars (in the 456123 order) and various comedies and generally explained and talked too much (i visited mostly in the summer since he lived a few states away). I instinctively was annoyed by his movies and he knew it I guess. Though i tended to act polite. He kept comparing me to the kid and it really annoyed me. But it still stuck as positive. Only next generation, rhps, grizzly man, and scooby doo kept that feeling when watched with him honestly and most of those came later. So it felt weird when i saw a copy at my friends grandma's house a few years later and I wanted to watch it again. So i introduced it to said friend and her dad. Then to a few other friends. Then my mom who would have hated it if she knew my dad liked it. It is honestly shocking how accurate the ripppe effect enees up being

[@foxyfox9196]

My dad also had the novel, which i started to read but then got diatracted by hia grimm brothers collection. I loved trivia about the dark origins of fairy tails even then and couldn't pass up a chance to familiarize with more of them.

[@foxyfox9196]

Also i didn't start off wanting to rewatch. I noticed it and commented about my dad making me watch it. She asked what it was about and I couldn't really explain which reminded me of the start of the movie and i insisted she just had to watch it and bagged the adults to help me make her watch it. And that's when i realizwd i did actually like it

[@matt_gally]

Wow LOVED this video amazing work. I remember my mom sharing this movie with me for the first time as a child and i can’t wait to share it with my kids in the future as well!

[@AustinNebbia]

I'm so happy I found this channel and this video. Well-constructed, well-edited, and just to show how much I agreed with its message, I gave a friend their first-ever viewing of The Princess Bride TODAY. He loved it, and I love that it's still around and people still show it to their friends and there's virtually no hate for it. It's just timeless. Earned a sub, sir. (And congrats on the 200k!)

[@razbuten]

Thank you! I am glad your friend enjoyed the movie!

[@kitkat_ricecat]

Congratz in advance with the upcoming sponsors! Good to see you get to do something you like :) That's always such a major checkpoint for KZbinrs

[@razbuten]

Thank you! It is definitely a weird opportunity to have, but, at least for the next few months, it will let me do it this as my job, which makes me pretty excited. Hopefully, it will help give me time to keep growing the channel.

[@matthewnewell2392]

Wow man, this is a really good, thoughtful video! Pretty much touched on everything I thought about the film and introduced me to a bunch of information about how and why it was made!

[@razbuten]

Thank you for watching it!

[@fionakaiser9870]

The author of the book the princess bride went to my high school

[@razbuten]

Oh shit that is awesome

[@sommer2492]

Consider- instead of remaking The Princess Bride, they remaster it- clear up the video, the audio, the background music and stuff.

[@animeartist888]

Would be very much possible- even pretty easy, actually- if the original film is still around. That is one "remake" I would 100% buy. And not just for myself, either. I'd get at least 10 extra copies to give to family, friends, coworkers, anyone really.

[@Jipettoo]

Just wanted to let you know that I decided to watch this movie for the first time today because I had this memory of a nerdwriter1 video made a few years ago about it. Once I figured out it was your video, it made me really happy that you make videos just as impactful as his. Thanks!

[@DezMarivette]

So amazingly done!! Thanks for finding the words I want to say and helping to preserve a classic!!

[@Gabriel_Moline]

Really well thought out, and structured very well. Good stuff all the way around.

[@kitthekat6844]

There's something about you... I don't know what it is, but the way you make videos makes them so interesting! I wouldn't have thought I'd watch a video about a movie about a book I never cared about, yet I watched the whole thing and it was quite interesting. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@surgeland9084]

My grandfather passed away a few months ago and even though he didn't show me The Princess Bride, he loved it when we watched it together. And the grandfather character reminds me of how he used to tell me, my siblings, and my cousins stories. There was always a bit of Métis tongue and cheek when he read to us or when―even better―he passed stories on from his mind to ours, making them up as he went, populating the narrative with us and never failing to reach a satisfying conclusion. Even though Peter Falk was a white, Jewish man and likely had no knowledge of Métis storytelling traditions, he captured a style parallel to the "let's make a joke out of this because I love it" method of storytelling that is really at the centre of how we tell our traditional narratives. And that parallel style is at the core of The Princess Bride and I love it so much for that. When I watch the movie now, I see my grandfather and I always have to fight the urge to cry. My worry is that if the film were remade, that humour would just be replaced with that meta-ironic, marvel tone that is trying to be tongue and cheek but just comes off as obnoxious. I don't think it would be intentional―if anything it would be very ambivalent―but it would end up being nothing short of disrespectful in execution, I think.

[@Kathy_Loves_Physics]

Actually read the book before the movie came out and I love both the movie and the book. And now my seven-year-old daughter and my four-year-old son love the movie too. I’m waiting a couple years on the book.

[@Craw1011]

Your best video yet! Thanks so much for the time you put into making this. It was really fun to watch.

[@razbuten]

Thanks for watching it!

[@Shalakor]

I'm just glad you can get decent views on videos outside your main following. This deserves to be seen. As soon as I saw you had done this video I dropped the course of the things I was watching.

[@scottsch6505]

I happened to be reading this novel right now(creepy), and the movie strikes me as a perfect adaptation. I hope those culture vultures leave this one alone.

[@kaleb749]

It’s such a perfect film, I’m always in awe when finding out how close some of these masterpiece films were to never being made

[@JayK_RLE]

Just arrived as a new subscriber. Your videos are amazing. The delivery and presentation are great. Glad I got to find this channel through the "Videogames for someone who doesn't play them" -video.

[@razbuten]

Thank you! I appreciate the kind words, and I am glad you enjoy the stuff I've been putting out.

[@UpRoaryus]

I still remember my friend calling me and telling me we were going to see this movie, and I was baffled because I hadn't heard of it, and could find NOTHING about it in the papers or advertising anywhere. It looked like a weird girly flick from the one still used as the poster, billboard, showtime listing, etc... But my friend had seen it already, and had decided I must also, and wouldn't say anything more about it than simply, "Trust me. It's YOUR kind of movie." So trust her, I did, and thirty years later, it STILL is my favorite movie ever. I think it isn't really that tonally different from the book, though. I made it my mission to find a copy shortly after seeing the movie, and even sent away for the reunion scene at the ravine bottom, IIRC... I think the only difference is that the book is a little more jaded while the movie is a bit more optimistic, essentially the difference between how one might actually view the film first as a child like his daughters were, and then later as an adult might find a different somewhat rueful laughter at the same scenes for different reasons twenty years later after life has worked them over a bit. The movie is the same satire, just leaves out some of the adultness of the book while keeping the awareness of it in the quick witted and ever so quotable dialogue quips that I appreciate so much that I could probably recite the entire film from start to finish. To remake the movie would be like rewriting the book - anything that was the same would be the same and anything done differently would just seem wrong. Why remake something that is highly unlikely, perhaps even impossible, to match the original, let alone improve it. Any new adaptation would have to be done in an entirely new medium which could not be measured by the same yardstick as this film. It worked as an adaptation TO film because of it being a different medium than the story in its original form. He wouldn't have rewritten the book framed as the movie was and tried to call it a new edition of the novel. Perhaps in the future there will be an interactive feature where one can view the story as each of the characters and participate or something else bizarre or unusual enough to try and tell the story in a whole new fashion we have not yet imagined, but with this film in existence and still relevant in its original glory, to try and make another film will only ever have hope of being second best at best, if not a total disaster. If they want money, re release the original in theatres. I'd rather pay to see that than a new reboot with alternate players. Animated might be the only potential avenue, come to think of it. Voice overs would probably have to be done by the same actors to give it any chance of success though.

[@ISashaI]

You are a good steward of the movie Raz! Great takes and stuff I didn't know!

[@mynciee]

I loved this movie a lot as a kid- it had the perfect balance of romance and humour and engaging characters you want to see more of. Nice vid!

[@razbuten]

I think I quote this movie in some way pretty much every day, and that shit is rare.

[@Tacom4ster]

A neat scene I could think of would be if adult Fred Savage was reading to his daughter, and tries to rewrite the giant rat scene to make Buttercup less useless. A meta commentary on narrative change with culture.

[@helenl3193]

Oooh, nice!

[@Tacom4ster]

@Zack Arthur meh

[@ezrastardust3124]

That’s the only way a remake could work

[@chrisj403]

That's the problem with modern remakes, they aren't made out of passion and desire to make a good film, they're made with the intention to make money

[@TheHardFandomLife]

Films were always made with the intention to make money. I don' think that has changed. What has changed is that the studios no longer trust the teams who do genuinely want to make good media to do it on their own. Everything must be approved via the Studios' idea of what will sell.

[@UpRoaryus]

@@TheHardFandomLife I think they meant the ONLY intention is to make money. There has not been a great movie made that was not created to bring about some particular vision and share it with others. In order to make a decent film you must recognize that it's purpose is to tell a story, t o transport the audience into someplace other, or even someone other. Many producers today have not done the work on the fundamental elements of storytelling, but seek to farm content from already proven popular ones, and think that applying some formulaic timing and eye candy visuals will make it something people want the same way those original stories were received. They have hype and release dates set, announce casting decisions and preview costume design before they have a f'n SCRIPT. And then have the audacity to be surprised or disappointed when it doesn't get the love they expected to cash in on. There are so many stories yet to be told on screen, but they have no interest in crafting new journeys. They think that tweaking the old ones or touching up the look of it qualifies as something new, but it doesn't. Why would I want to see the Disney films I loved in animated form be re-imagined in live-action? It is not a new experience just so I can ooh and ahh at the cgi. It doesn't make it better, or even different enough to be worth seeing at all. I did the Jungle Book because my mother wanted to see it, and was barely kept awake because the story wasn't something I needed to experience again. I won't bother with any others even as a freebie on the internet. I'd rather watch the originals with that time. Filmmaking used to require a healthy degree of faith - GOOD filmmaking still does. You have to have a story that wants telling first, then a script which effectively tells it, then you must find the cast and crew to bring it to life in the artistic design that vision demands. If you cast people that bring the characters to life, it doesn't matter if people knew their names before or not, because they will be known AFTER. Do the best you can do with the right tools, even on a budget and you can believe that the money will come if you craft something decent enough to tell the story effectively. Nobody wants to risk investing in the unknown anymore, and that though, is really what art is and greatness lies in bringing attention to what was unseen. Perfect example is Deadpool vs Batman V, Superman. I predicted the fate of those two films immediately upon hearing how Deadpool finally came to be. And that was a KNOWN property that had a tappable fanbase that studios still seemed reluctant to mine. I saw the leaked footage, knew they had a script and vision first, as well as enough LOVE for the character to take risks in MPAA ratings to stay true to the right way his story should be told, and I said it would be a better film than the Batfleck hype and anticipation would ever develop into. Deadpool broke records and BvS broke a lot of fans hearts. I loved Batman as a character, didn't even know who Deadpool was and I knew it would go that way. Deadpool is one of my new favorite things because they did the proper job of telling me a new story, and I loved it. Budget and expectations so much lower and SO much better to watch than the other. At least television has come back to form after the reality tv blight. And I will not set an eye on any remake of the Bride. No. Never. Not. Nope. No. I'd happily watch the original three times over than see a new version even once. I like that journey the way it is ... Perfect.

[@magnificentsir7274]

@@TheHardFandomLife Star Wars was a passion project of George Lucas that also made lots of money

[@lastmanstanding7155]

So you want us to take away a heartfelt message? As you wish.

[@dissonanceparadiddle]

This movie is kinda perfect remaking it would be an act in futility

[@williamcravat5103]

Just thought I'd add that while yes, updating older media with flashier newer graphics and spending money on making things fresh makes classics more accessible to "young people", I feel it shouldn't be understated how timeless a good story can be. I mean, to this day many of my friends consider their favorite stories to be the ones that hit them the hardest, not the ones that looked the prettiest. It's why games like Final Fantasy VII and Shadow of the Colossus are well loved to this day, despite having aged dramatically in the years that have passed since their release. I work at a retro gaming shop, and I am delighted and surprised everyday by the amount of young people who come in wanting to buy a retro game console because they don't want to miss out on the timeless storytelling of gaming past. And, I may add, we sell lots of old dvds and the amount of times I hear, "Wow I haven't seen this movie since I was a kid, how could I have forgotten about this," is insane and we sell so many things because of nostalgia alone. Let me tell you, movies like Princess Bride never stay on the shelf for long.

[@lukebouchard1164]

I have to watch princess bride again. Thanks Raz!

[@razbuten]

Yes, yes you do.

[@lukebouchard1164]

@@razbuten haha!

[@KennethSee]

If a remake is made, I'll refuse to see it on principle. The original stands on its own. They won't get a single florin from me!

[@angeloffish]

“And God, does that final line make me want to cry every time I watch it”. You too 😢😭. When I first saw The Princess Bride, the fight with the 6 fingered man had parts cut. Indigo was saying his line about him preparing to die, then it cut straight to where he stabbed him, which was confusing at the time, as the man he stabbed then had cuts on his cheek that you did not see happen. Anyone else seen it like that? Edit: When the “As you wish” line came up, I chocked wanting sob 😢. I don’t know why, but it gets me every time.

[@koala8083]

Another beautiful work by Razbuten.

[@razbuten]

🙏🏼

[@dmitripopov8570]

Wonderful essay. Thank you!

[@StephenKatt]

Thanks for this video. Really insightful and heartwarming.

[@razbuten]

Thank you for the kind words.

[@latedala07]

I remember getting to introduce my little brother to this movie when he was about the kid’s age. His reaction was, initially, exactly the same. He watched it, loved it, and brought it on nearly every car trip as we grew up. What a wonderful movie :)

[@SkyFlame27]

Wow, this really hit home for me. I was a freshmen in high school when my mom wanted to sit down and watch this movie with me (freshman in college now). I basically acted like the kid in the beginning of the movie. I didn't want to watch it because one, it was a live action older movie (both of which I wasn't a fan of at the time) that I've never heard of before, and two, because of the title. But, with the promise of something I can't even remember anymore, I reluctantly watched the movie. Well, I absolutely loved it. I don't even know why but I just fell in love with the movie. It's really not my type of movie to watch but for some reason I absolutely loved it. It is definitely something I tell my friends and family to watch and will eventually make my children watch.

[@connellquercia]

I always love your videos, it literally doesn't matter what it's about you're just a great fantastic creator.

[@razbuten]

That means a lot. While I know a lot of people like this movie, obviously putting something like this on a channel that is mostly about gaming/cartoons means it won’t appeal to everyone. Knowing people wanna watch something of mine, regardless of what it is about, is awesome.

[@Krittera]

Dude, I love your approach to your videos. Can’t believe I hadn’t subscribed yet.

[@kimberlyabbott2767]

This was a good video, thanks buddy

[@razbuten]

You're welcome! I am glad you enjoyed it.

[@christianwilson6739]

When I was 5 my dad and the rest of my family watched this on Christmas Eve and I’ve loved it ever since

[@razbuten]

That's awesome. I kinda wanna make that a personal tradition now...

[@stevebusam2911]

I've never watched this film. You make me want to watch it with my wife and kids.

[@razbuten]

Please do! It is a lot of fun. If you do check it out, I hope you all enjoy it.

[@anyhonywilliams6160]

You really should, it's honestly awesome!!

[@kylespade5958]

It's been 2 weeks...have you seen it yet. For real though, a good father would make it happen on the next family movie night...No pressure.

[@stevebusam2911]

Kyle Spade Ha. No we’ve been watching Disney+ movies since that just came out. Do you know if The Princess Bride is on any streaming platforms?

[@animeartist888]

@@stevebusam2911 Not that I know of? But I've found the DVD in bargain bins at Walmart and such before. Wouldn't surprise me if it's on Amazon in DVD form, either.

[@alexchristian3471]

I'm so glad you're making this channel! i love the princess bride, i just watched halo 2 video before this one, and the first one i saw was about the lady you live with trying out 9 or 10 video games C: (keep up the good work, my man!)

[@razbuten]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@roadtripwarrior]

Wow. What a great video. So many video essays these days are just people dumping their opinions on you. This was more akin to videos like Kaptiankristian. Thanks man.

[@alexjew2827]

I felt this video and I also wanna pass down this version of the princess bride! No reason to change something if it’s already amazing! Awesome video Raz! Keep up the great work!

[@razbuten]

🙏

[@alvi-fab336]

Congrats to 200k. U deserved it ;)

[@razbuten]

Thank you!

[@NatsuDragn33I]

Sponsor away, you're fine my dude. Your content is amazing and deserves every drop of support you can get.

[@razbuten]

🙏🏻 I appreciate ya

[@michaelblosenhauer9887]

I've been watching your vids the last couple days. As I watch more, more are suggested. This one made me subscribe. The one about the lady you live was the first one I watched and definitely made keep an eye out more.

[@razbuten]

Thank you for checking out my stuff. I appreciate ya.

[@dr.bandito60]

Hey hey loved this vid! I hope you can keep making the videos you are passionate about, regardless of their performance on KZbin. Hopefully algorithm gods will start to shine upon your non gaming stuff too.

[@JonathanEBoyd]

Interesting Video essay learnt quite a bit Congrats on 200k subs well done

[@razbuten]

Thank you!

[@diegolopezpena3156]

Very good video my friend. I havent watched this movie in ages. I must watch it tonight.

[@razbuten]

When you rewatch, I hope you enjoy it!

[@heyicantswim9545]

I've never heard of the book or film, but I still enjoyed the video very much. I always enjoy your content. Thank you, Razbuten.

[@razbuten]

Oh, I would very much checking out the movie then. The books is good, but like the film is about an hour and a half, and a fun little time.

[@CrystalFaceGuy]

This was such a great video man, and HUGE congrats on the 200k subs!! This video really makes me wana sit down and watch this movie again, it's been far too long since I revisited it. Also this might be kinda weird to say but your voice is really nice and comforting lol, congrats again! :D

[@razbuten]

I appreciate all of this! Personally, I hate my voice because I have to listen to it all the time, but I am glad that it isn't annoying to everyone else lol

[@tophtopherson8920]

Wait the framing device for the book is like House of Leaves? Holy hell, did Danieuski borrow from the original Princess Bride ?

[@razbuten]

Yeah, when I was reading The Princess Bride, I definitely wondered if Danielewski drew any inspiration from it. I am sure that there are plenty of other stories with a similar frame, but I would not be surprised.

[@Sarcasmitron]

More likely they both borrowed it from Don Quixote.

[@kayh9477]

really good video but im commenting mainly to say that i love the thumbnail !

[@razbuten]

Jesse (the channel's in-house-out-of-house editor) made it, and he did a fucking amazing job on it.

[@dreary_giraffe]

i recently got back into writing in the fantasy genre because i recently watched this movie again. my boyfriend (of about two months, heh heh,) invited me to his house to watch movies with him over the holidays, and he'd told me about how he had never watched the movie. i was so fucking excited to show it to him, because this movie was my all time favourite movie as a kid (except maybe the yellow submarine movie). this video kinda made me realize that the point of this movie was to pass it down to those you love that hadn't seen it, and that it was something to be shared, and the fact that i had done that myself without even realizing, i'll admit, made me tear up a little. just something as simple as sharing movies you like with someone can mean so much, and what i would give to go back and re-watch it with him is inconceivable.

[@litoandsnitch]

I remember seeing this channel at 70k when I first saw a video on this channel, good job on 204k dude.

[@razbuten]

Thank you. The last two months have been pretty neat/wild.

[@ravaen87]

I've seen this movie about four times so far, it was my friend's favourite. He would not only quote it, but also at times act out entire sequences. I wish I could watch it with him again. Well, instead I will watch it with my son, as soon as he is old enough to, which won't be long.

[@jbrisby]

I can't remember if it was Siskel or Ebert who said that he wished studios would remake bad movies instead of good ones.

[@blueobsidian1056]

I vividly remember being told I was finally old enough to watch this movie that I'd heard my family quoting my whole life. I remember where I was sitting, who was over, and the distinct sense that I was engaging in a rite of passage. Absolutely love this movie

[@oneofthefools0]

This has always been one of my favorite books and movies, and you perfectly voiced why I would never want a remake of it!