The Princess Bride Review - Off The Shelf Reviews

[@SgtRocko]

I was one of about 25 U.S. Marines were sitting around the barracks during a BAD rainstorm that kept us in of a Saturday night. We rant out of action movies, and someone put this into the DVD player. At first, LOTS of groaning and "Are you SERIOUS?" comments... then... laughter. And "yeah!" - and after the Inigo Montoya scene, guys were running back to their rooms to get buddies "You GOTTA come see this!". By the end, there must've been 50 of us crowded into the common area, and it got applause. AND by popular demand we watched it again. Combat veterans to a man, this movie had us laughing and forgetting the world. It's the epitome of escapism, and I love it to this day.

[@chadatchison145]

I usually side with Gary on a lot of movies but i'm with Iain on this one by a mile. I was just like him when I first saw this movie but by the end of it I loved it.

[@MrJohndargo1974]

the reason that mandy patinkin was so emotional in the fight with the duke, is because his father had just passed away from cancer and the final line of " i want my father back you son of a bitch" was him actually picturing the duke as the cancer and him getting "revenge" for his real father's death. just fyi

[@GamerGuysReviews]

A review of the Princess Bride? INCONCEIVABLE!!!

[@Imasuky]

I do not think that means what you think it means.

[@edwardbevington9351]

"I have a surprise for you.... ...I'm not left handed" "neither am I" GOLD 💪

[@TheBeird]

You hadn't reviewed this already? InconCEIVAble!

[@manicpixiefangirl4189]

I know it’s a weird way to describe it, but Princess Bride is like a muppet movie with real people instead of puppets. It’s got that kind of tone if that makes any sense.

[@thechosenones4375]

Gary is the bravest man on KZbin to bash The Princess Bride lol

[@darklink539]

I've just found these after being recommended for 4 years. Two normal guys discussing good....and not so good movies. Just a wonderful channel

[@NelsonStJames]

I was just like Fred Savage when I saw this film for the first time. A friend made me watch it and I was sure I was about to lose an hour and a half of my life I'd never get back to boredom, but I was really into the story 5 minutes in. It's now one of my favorite, most quoted from films. It's too bad thinking back that William Goldman never wrote for Dr. Who, because Wesley comes off like the Doctor many times with the lines he's given. One last note for fans of the film, there is a great cast reunion photo floating around the net that is worth googling.

[@alexlynn5111]

Dont forget though, in story Buttercup hasnt seen Westly in 5 years, hes presumbly changed enough she really might not recognize him

[@alexlynn5111]

Also it IS a parody! If you read the book its a bit more obvious, but much like thr Last Unicorn its both a fairytale and a fairytale parody

[@Darek_B52]

I never saw this film until I was twenty. By that point I was into Fantasy, working on fantasy novel, and heavily into HEMA. All that put together made me love films like this, Excalibur, and Conan all the more. Sure I can nitpick the sword fights but its done in such a way I can ignore it and just have fun.

[@Truthseeker1515]

I was 14 when this came out, only knew Robin from playing Kelly Capwell in Santa Barbara which was a massive hit in France.

[@koretmulder6316]

The "grandfather and grandson reading a fairy-tale book aloud" narrative is precisely why this works. That it's a fairy tale makes it possible to engage with all those improbable scenes. It's *supposed* to feel like adventure fantasy, and so that's how it looks and reads. Perfectly on point. It would not have worked at all if they just presented the in-story narrative all by itself. Without the meta-context, it loses its foundation.

[@ALoonwolf]

Cary Elwes did the voice for the main character of a video game. If the character dies sometimes he says, "Incon...ceivable...."

[@TheVardon90]

I loved this film both as a kid and as an adult. I regularly quote it. Odd fact, when I was a kid I got this mixed up with Time Bandits. I must've watched both at the same time when I was younger.

[@dawnsays1907]

It would be great if you guys did a review of the movie Raising Arizona

[@mommajcooks4096]

Dawn Says If they review it and Gary doesn’t love it ..idk what to say! I have put so many of my younger family members on to Raising Arizona! I know every line!

[@dawnsays1907]

@@mommajcooks4096 you are awesome!

[@Sweaty_Ken]

Oooh dear... I don't trust anyone who doesn't like The Princess Bride...

[@iamtrappedonanisland998]

My 3 boys now show it to their kids. They grew up saying " my name is inego monteya, you killed my father prepare to die " as they were pretend sword fighting lol

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

Awww this film is a charming treasure and it remains a joy. Shout out to the much beloved Andre Roussimoff. This film is like a hug coming home from work, and flaws given, it’s just lovely and endearing.

[@matusfekete6503]

Gary, you are wrong. I discovered this gem as grown-ass man and I love it.

[@zanemagers7465]

I knew Gary would be like this 😂 Thats why this channel is perfect, you are both always honest 👊

[@jolynn9764]

Oh and show it to your kids when they are young as a first comedy. They deserve it.

[@guyjperson]

I am SHOCKED! Gary doesn't like The Princess Bride? I mean everybody has their tastes, but Gary usually is a little bit more willing to go along with a suspension of disbelief. I have to go back. I think you guys did Ladyhawke as well. Did Gary hate that one too?

[@barricade1391]

Childhood favourite, great to watch on a sick day from school

[@your.dark.lord.]

Schools are that bad?

[@leecroft1983]

The Princess Bride was Shrek before Shrek was a thing. Be surprised that if this movie didn't have some influence for the Shrek movie's.

[@ashurmom2969]

If you’ve ever been sick and had an older relative read to you, you have to feel something with this… being a child of the 70’s didn’t hurt either- one of my all time favorites

[@Gaaraape]

I saw this film for the first time recently and i wholly enjoyed it. The story is stupid but it's the charm of the characters and the witty dialogue that made me love it

[@AarenJable]

I've never actually seen this, looking forward to watching another quality review, I do love Thursday morning.

[@UnCreativeDeconstructionism]

I watched it on a whim once at the request of a chick i liked and it was kinda gangsta

[@mommajcooks4096]

Gary, I can’t believe you don’t like this movie more! Movies are not made like this anymore. It is one of the greats and I want to watch it tonight..😊

[@your.dark.lord.]

Nowadays it would be an empowering feminist film where buttercup defeats everyone with no training at all, and marries another woman

[@LockeWick]

I’m with Ian with this film. This film is amazing! Oh also, I’m one of those people who loved it despite not seeing it in my childhood. I even bought the Criterion Collection release of it.

[@NelsonStJames]

Thanks for that info. Didn't know there was a Criterion release. Looks like I'll be getting another copy, because Criterion is usually the gold standard, and this film deserves it.

[@Emulous79]

Looks like Hardball for the C64 at 2:00

[@fangsabre]

This movie is a parody, but it's the kind of parody that truly loves its source material.

[@artbagley1406]

The Grandfather's reading and the grandson's bits interjected DO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING SPECIAL. It's all a set up for the very end of the story/film. Such a simple summing up of the book's meaning in just one line and look as the Grandfather is invited back to read the book again to the "sickie."

[@bryanburton6087]

I never watched this film when it came out. People talked and hyped it up so much about how hilarious it was I just had to rent it from Blockbuster. I was expecting hilarity and jokes. I didn't really like it upon first viewing. After watching it again I 'got' it. Now it's one of my favorites. "The Cliffs of Insanity!!!!!" Not sure if you've done a review on it as I have just discovered you guys, but the best 'wrestler' movie ever is "They Live" starring "Rowdy" Roddy Piper. Classic! If you don't know it you NEED to know it. Fun channel. Keep up the good work. Peace

[@c.o.n.collectingofnostalgi889]

I love that both of you lads can agree and still disagree on films you like and dislike, Ian didn't like the last Unicorn but Gary did and Ian liked The Princess Bride and Gary didn't.....I love both those films in by the way 😁 Now do Dragon Heart 💙🐲💔

[@c.o.n.collectingofnostalgi889]

@@justindenney-hall5875 Siskel and Ebert where critics to the point of viewers discrection, rating numbers and became slaves to the system in my opinion. Both very well educated people yet couldn't find the middle ground with it. If both people agree in an argument they are both wrong as there is only one answer but it can be i interpreted different ways and that's what Ian and Gary do well.

[@travellingshoes5241]

I knew it!! Robin Wright played Lieutenant Joshi in Blade Runner 2049.

[@yarsivad000.5]

This film is worth it for the dueling, and I now dream of large women.

[@rebeccamurphy4695]

I got all mad when Gary did his endgame until I realized that actually I agree with everything he said... but I still loved it when it first came out

[@leadingblind1629]

I don't understand where that annunciation of Elwes is coming from

[@johnw8578]

I recommend this film highly! I don't know anyone who dislikes it. Ok, maybe one...now.

[@BrotherJP333SP]

Man this movie has a great cast. One of my favorite aspects is Peter Falk as Grandpa. Wallace Sean is another fantastic highlight of this movie. I really have to re-watch this film after probably ten years.

[@anxietastic_depressionista]

I love this movie, always have ever since it came out when I was 6 years old. But no hard feelings, Gary, because my husband of all people doesn't like it either! 😂 Great review, guys! New subscriber here 😁

[@mrpepre]

6 fingers is a real thing guys lol

[@quarkbent9165]

Iain, if you haven't already gotten it, the book is a fantastic read. I think you'd love it. It's very much a post-modern fantasy story without a lot of the pretension and trappings a usual post-modern tale has.

[@Galantski]

Speaking of Chris Sarandon films, an underrated one he stars in based on a tale from H.P. Lovecraft that would make a great review is _The Resurrected,_ where he plays both a good and a bad character. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i6vWdoyGj9lkitU&ab_channel=ScreamFactoryTV

[@MikeDixieWrecked]

What kind of a sick person doesn't love The Princess Bride.

[@johndilleyjr.9620]

Always enjoy your guys reviews. I got to go against Gary and side with Ian on this one.

[@cultofthorn]

I would have put money on Ian saying he was a "rodent of unusual size"!!!

[@eldorados_lost_searcher]

I don't think they exist.

[@BobfishAlmighty]

Oh, it's on!

[@jolynn9764]

Oh stop being such a grinch Gary. I’m with Iain it’s a classic.

[@pattynjan1]

Prins Humperdinck = lord Farquaad?

[@dennydowling2169]

To some degree you have to view the action in the movie as a depiction of how the young boy's (Fred Savage's) mind imagines the words that his grandpa (Peter Faulk) is reading to him. In this scenario, the boy doesn't know that the man in black is Westley so his vision of Buttercup is unable to do so at first either. I have seen an analysis of this movie that says that the only story arc that matches the true characteristics of a hero's journey is that of the boy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5XYooumoqmjrbc I don't recall your commenting on the final line of the story when the grandpa tells the boy "As you wish" in response to his request to read it to him again tomorrow. As we know from the early part of the movie, these words mean "I Love You."

[@goodfellatim7018]

Have you all thought of reviewing 8 Mile. It’s been 20 years since that’s come out.

[@alyadanoahdaddy1113]

The only fairy tale movie I have ever loved.

[@BrotherJP333SP]

Instead of "As you wish" Westley should say "If you want me to eat your nether regions, just ask."

[@jorel4477]

Quite simply the best film from my childhood, I quote from this film daily. Well done chaps

[@edwardbevington9351]

I try but inconceivable doesn't fit well into conversation without some stares 😁

[@jorel4477]

Edward bevington I find that inconceivable !

[@wadeheaton123]

You need to watch Dog Day Afternoon to see Chris Sarandon in a very different role. Also the Bishop is Peter Cook. One of the Giants of British comedy

[@WildFungus]

it's actually adapted from the comedy relief b plot of a very long and very dry political novel called the princess bride so the framing device may only hold up through nostalgia but it is actually a clever nod to the fact that it is only the good parts of the book being told on the screen. Lots of stuff about the woman Humperdink is actually going to marry after he kills buttercups massive hat collection.

[@walternullifidian]

Mandy Patinkin was also great as the Hunchback of Notre Dame. 🖖👍👏

[@BrotherJP333SP]

Andre the Giant's character works really well in this movie but I first saw this as a young child. I've never watched wrestling in my time but I know he's the most legendary wrestler of all time.

[@yandnat1656]

So the man who recommends CHUD, won't recommend the princess bride, inconceivable!

[@BrotherJP333SP]

All I can say is if you guys saw this as a young kid, I bet you'd see it in a more light hearted, fun, and less critically analytical light. If you can get over the issues here and there, the film opens up and becomes more of an enjoyable experience. I guess it's easier for a kid to understand every character is larping and just dicking around in a fantasy story. Don't let your brain judge this as a serious film. It's on the same level as Monty Python and the Holy Grail. It was never meant to be strict or serious and we are given hits of that throughout.

[@robertplissken4825]

I like The Princess Bride, but it's kind of refreshing to hear a dissenting opinion on a popular movie.

[@adampoll4977]

Great review (as usual), now how about Stardust? :)

[@NelsonStJames]

That would be great. Stardust is a much better film than it's given credit for.

[@ironwoman2012]

Omg one of my favorite movies 😭 Thank you guys, I love you!!!!!!!!!

[@jamesfitzgerald1021]

Wesley was more of a serf than a slave!

[@TheMattypoo21]

This movie has everything!!!

[@АлексейЛогинов-ж1ц]

Ian has grown long princessy ponytail on occasion , 😂

[@Luvie1980]

As you wish

[@edwardbevington9351]

Inconceivable!!!

[@RottenDoctorGonzo]

Wallace Shawn in: My Dinner with Andre the Giant. XD

[@GEMINIEARTHWALKER]

It is Inconceivable to not like this movie... How dare you sir.

[@zarasbazaar]

The Princess Bride is like Monty Python doing a fairy tale. If you don't like the combination of silliness and pithy social commentary in Python, you proabably won't like the movie. That being said, never start a land war in Asia.

[@Krylovix]

Such great commentary!

[@williamchristian2032]

you should review waiting for guffman

[@MrLorenzovanmatterho]

Great choice although I always wondered about the relationship between him and the Prince?

[@frankvenero7137]

I love off the shelf reviews

[@BrotherJP333SP]

Wallace Shawn/ Rex from Toy Story is hands down the best character in this film.

[@BrotherJP333SP]

Peter Falk makes the movie way more fun for the audience and this movie wouldn't be nearly as strong without Grandpa.

[@thomaskphillips2582]

Gary & Ian the boys you got to review 3 Dan Brown Tom Hank films

[@Protoman85]

So that's how Elwes was supposed to be pronounced...

[@kimbooley90]

No, they're mispronouncing it. It's "El-wez."

[@kialoves2543]

Love love loooove this movie. Have it on dvd.

[@katyrye]

Actually didn't care for this movie too much either because I was a older teenager by the time I watched it. I think you have to watch it when you're young.

[@gRinchY-op5vr]

Eh, I didn't watch it until adulthood and really enjoyed it. Varies from person to person it seems

[@rickykeim2005]

Review The Brave Little Toaster please. on the this video though I had a friend that made an edit of this movie in which he cut out all of the Fred Savage scenes he was calling it the good version of the movie.

[@TacereMortem]

Love this movie, and its one of the reasons i got into historical fencing. I'm mightily impressed that long before you could easily get the period manuals they actually bothered to use the names of the old masters like Ridolfo Capo Fero and Camillo Agrippa, considering 99 percent of the audience would never have known the difference.

[@ghostlightx9005]

I love this movie, like all good-hearted people.

[@edwardbevington9351]

Awesome review. And others recently. Fyi tho...it wasn't based on the book... It said it at beginning of movie to give it some weight as the studio wasn't expecting much of it. However it became so popular the script guy felt he had to write the book?! This is what I heard. You can treat the book as a novelisation with extras. 😁 love this fucking movie 💪 Edit. Buttercups in wonder woman too. Humperdinck is the vampire in Fright night and mandy patinkin said it was his favourite role to this day.

[@juliet116]

This was a book before it was a movie. Actually, its a book within another book. The book 'The Pricess Bride' by the fictious S. Morganstern exists inside the book 'The Princess Bride' by William Goldman. I only know this because when I was younger I tried to find the S Morganstern version only to find out it wasnt real. Lol

[@edwardbevington9351]

@@juliet116 thats right lol its hilarious imo

[@neverfinishedstory]

good gods, it's a sarcastic fairy tale about subverting tropes, it's brilliant! gary you fiend! :D :D :D it was never supposed to make sense :D

[@tomarchanfel6030]

Gary's beard is not fucking around whatsoever 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@omalleycaboose5937]

I love this film. One of my favorites.

[@shallendor]

Great movie and Peter Falk is one of my favorite actors!

[@voodoochile333]

shallendor thanks for telling us

[@jaderains1421]

Can you guys review a movie called Phantom of the Paradise? It's one of my favorite films and I'd love to see you guys review it!

[@c.o.n.collectingofnostalgi889]

As you wish 😍

[@yadatso]

Princess bride lightsaber duel, is waayy better than the rey & kylo fight.

[@ComradeCommissarYuri]

I do love this movie

[@jamiefarrell6049]

it's an adult comedy pretending to be a kids film. It's fantastic!

[@gtviper1158]

I love this movie so much!

[@sheilasaari9692]

having more than five fingers on each hand is an actual condition called polydactamey or something google it

[@voodoochile333]

Stick with listening to Hawkwind, Gary.

[@AubreyTheKing]

This movie isn't my type. But I'll watch it for Iain's sake ^^ Good review you guy! :)