Iconic. You keep using that word. I don’t think it means what you think it means.
I feel that way about most of the stuff Rob Reiner directed.
My name is Inigo Montoya. You’ve watched my movie, prepare to enjoy it.
I’ve never seen this movie and likely never will, because it can’t possibly live up to the over hype that the internet gives it
As a kid I ignored anything with “princess” in the title. Now I’m too old to really enjoy it. I’ll watch it with my kids, I’m sure they’ll like it
It’s a solid banger of a movie, do yourself a favor and give it a shot.
Go into it with the mindset that it’s just a really well-done film and it’s certainly not perfect but in terms of pacing, acting, story, dialogue, and characters it really does most things right.
I rewatched it recently and I remember some parts are a little cheesy and the synth soundtrack is a little wacky but it fits the time period it was made in.
I loved it as a kid but my aunt did not. Only human I know that did not enjoy it.
If you really don’t want to watch the movie, I’d say at least give the book a shot.
Imo, and at the risk of sounding cliche, the book is better.
It is the only movie from my childhood that I think more highly of as an adult. Most are fun because they are fun, but The Princess Bride has the following going for it:
Every scene drives the movie forward and also gives insight into the characters at the same time.
The lines stand on their own even outside the context of the movie as it is just well written as a whole.
The editing has excellent timing for a lot of the situational humor.
The performances are solid, Andre the Giant is probably the least capable for acting/line but it fits his character and he has charisma so he gets a pass.
The love story is a self aware love story and the contrast between the story being read to a child and the story events makes it a fun version of a fantasy love at first sight cliche without needing to subvert expectations.
Quicksand!
It really does hold up as a well made movie that doesn’t have filler scenes or a meandering plot and the third act really pays off on the prior parts. It isn’t a masterpiece of film making that broke new ground and should be watched just for the experience. It is a very competent and well done piece that is fun to watch.
That said, my wife hates it so it isn’t for everyone.
My only turn-off in that movie is the music. The compositions are good and fit the tone, but they sound like the cheaply-made music you used to hear in low-budget daytime TV movies. I feel this movie would be near-perfect if they would just rerecord the score using a full orchestra, to make it sound like the sweeping epic it actually is.
That happened to me with Monty Python Holy Grail. It was quoted so much by my friends around me in ways that I found funnier than watching the source. Kinda like being more scared in a movie before you see the monster and it doesn’t live up to your imagination.
Perhaps it won’t, for you. It’s better to see movies when you don’t know much about them if you ask me.
I saw it before there was a web to hype it and it’s one of my favorites for reasons but I’m sure a few people don’t like it much.
- how do you know it’s over hype?
- you do seem like someone who might not appreciate this movie
Every movie hyped here is not that good, the room is unenjoyable, the fifth element is not that great, so I’m assuming this one is more childhood nostalgia that keeps it beloved. I don’t enjoy bad movies, and I never liked princess movies
The Room is hyped for being terrible, The Fifth Element is hyped for being good.
If you didn’t like The Fifth Element then you probably won’t enjoy The Princess Bride.
Never seen it either and no idea what movie it is so I probably won’t realise if I watch it
Ignore the downvotes, you’re basically right. I was in the same position and was quite disapointed when I saw it.
Also I’m pretty sure that part of the problem was that I’m not native english speaker. There were multiple scenes where I said to myself “This must sound funier to native speaker”
“Non-native speakers” This is exactly why movies like this are not commonly made today. Most of the market is international. They do not translate to other languages or to non-native speakers well. It’s a flashback to earlier comedic cinema that was all fast dialogue and double meanings.
Now most movies are dominated by limited simplistic dialogue and extensive action sequences aka boring as fuck.
What if I lie and say it’s awful? Then you’ll have lowered your expectations and can enjoy it. Or just go watch it because it’s great.
But then they would assume you were doing it to convince them it’s good, so they would go in expecting a really good film. But then, in thinking that, you could have said it was bad, to convince them it’s great, when ultimately you really do think it’s bad, and you want to trick them into seeing it, so you can laugh at them.
(Swaps the glasses and then dies from poison)