[ SECRET POST #7065 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #7065 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[fscom]

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[(Anonymous)]

I revisited this movie as an adult because I remembered liking it as a kid, and man did I find it boring. I found the ROUS bit funny but that was it. I haven’t watched it again and am mildly baffled at it’s popularity in fandom as a great movie.

[(Anonymous)]

I alove this one still. It is a fun plane movie or background movie for me, but I feel surprisingly bored by other "classics" the internet loves from the same era. I was so sad to not feel the joy for the dark crystal when I tried to rewatch as an aduot. That movie was so magical to me as a kid.

[deleted_scenes]

Just curious, did you watch the Netflix prequel series?

[(Anonymous)]

I tried watching that. Didn't make it to the end of the first episode. It was so awful. The backstory of the movie was entirely discarded, replaced by a cast of characters that seem to share a single, half-dead brain cell. If the rest of the series wasn't going to be them being tortured to death like some puppety snuff film, there wasn't a reason to watch it.

[deleted_scenes]

Fair enough. I liked it for what it was. My biggest critique was it didn't include my boy skekNa.

Transcript - The Princess Bride

[(Anonymous)]

This movie is so overrated. It is okay. But honestly the secondary characters are the better part. The main characters are boring. And I cannot get past that slap. It has not aged well.

[feotakahari]

"The secondary characters are better than the main characters" is a common complaint about old adventure movies. And modern party-based RPGs, come to think of it. And I think there's some of this in shonen manga. I guess something about action-adventure invites bland protagonists.

[(Anonymous)]

Is this bait? Because you're so fucking wrong I don't even know where to start. Just enjoy not watching Princess Bride and tell your meatspace friends your thoughts on how "bad" it is. I'm sure it'll be fun.

[(Anonymous)]

This is a weird comment. How is one wrong about personal taste?

[(Anonymous)]

Either bait or the movie went straight over OP's head.

[(Anonymous)]

Not OP

I mean, speaking as someone who lived through the 80s, I've never gotten the hype outside of some memeable dialogue. I don't hate it, it's just okay.

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Not getting the hype is one thing. Disliking it for OP's stated reasons is bizarre.

[(Anonymous)]

You don't have to agree with OP's criticisms, but they didn't say they disliked it. And even if they did, no, it's not "bizarre" to dislike it for those reasons.

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Not OP, obviously.

I've seen this movie several times and it always went in one ear, out the other for me. I don't get the hype either. And I grew up an Andre the Giant fan.

Also I have a visceral dislike of Carey Elwes. When people hear this I always hear "But he was Wes!!!" and my answer was always "...so?"

[(Anonymous)]

It's a free country (for some), you're allowed to be wrong.

[(Anonymous)]

Dude. The romantic relationship is meant to be trite and overblown and exist only as a mechanism for the adventure and comedy. The movie makes it so clear that I recognized that even as a kid.

It's the story of a grandfather's love for his sick grandson, trying to cheer him up with a ridiculous tale. I think that's why it's held its appeal for a lot of people, along with the incredible ensemble cast you mention and a horde of quotable lines that made it a pop culture phenomenon before memes existed.

And nobody got slapped. JFC.

[(Anonymous)]

Er, yes, there is a slap

[(Anonymous)]

In what scene?

[(Anonymous)]

I think they mean when Westley raised his hand like he was going to slap Buttercup.

No other scene even came close to a slap.

[finlaena]

Eh, it didn't click with me when I finally saw it, tbbh. But I can see why so many people love it, though.

[(Anonymous)]

Wow, you got some heated replies to this one. Anyway I'll just say that I don't agree, I really enjoy the movie, but I think you're 100% valid for not liking it. It's ok for people to have different preferences and enjoy different things.

[(Anonymous)]

I am not American, so it wasn't my childhood movie. So I really don't understand the hype. It's like, okay