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The book was good, but I think the movie is better. They are very close to each other, but I think the movie cleaned it up quite a bit.
So good it's utterly
inconceivable
.
It's the memory of growing up with this movie with an added edge. The humor is a bit darker and more devious. It is often hard to translate clever writing into film, but overall they did a pretty good job as far as I remember and mostly that would seem to be due to the fact that the dialogue is often verbatim and the plot in the film diverges from the book only the slightest. The most significant change has to do with how the story within the story is prese ...more
It's the memory of growing up with this movie with an added edge. The humor is a bit darker and more devious. It is often hard to translate clever writing into film, but overall they did a pretty good job as far as I remember and mostly that would seem to be due to the fact that the dialogue is often verbatim and the plot in the film diverges from the book only the slightest. The most significant change has to do with how the story within the story is prese ...more
What?!
Like many readers, I was prepared to look past the irritating author intrusions. I figured Goldman was just experimenting with the contrast between lovable characters and an unlovable narrator. I figured the metafictional element was just some Pale Fire homage that could be ignored for the sake of the fun parts. I enjoyed the fun parts, too; I thought they were a wonderful combination of fairy tale tropes with modern prose styles. My illusions, however, were shattered by the ending, in whi ...more
Like many readers, I was prepared to look past the irritating author intrusions. I figured Goldman was just experimenting with the contrast between lovable characters and an unlovable narrator. I figured the metafictional element was just some Pale Fire homage that could be ignored for the sake of the fun parts. I enjoyed the fun parts, too; I thought they were a wonderful combination of fairy tale tropes with modern prose styles. My illusions, however, were shattered by the ending, in whi ...more
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It's all there. Inconceivable; I'm not left-handed, either; mostly dead; the rhyming; I'm not a witch, I'm your wife!... And, of course,
"Hello," he said. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
That dastardly 6-fingered murderer!
My favourite fake-classic fantasy story. Because of the performances and because the movie was written by Goldman, I must admit the movie is more fun, but the book is incredibly close. Although, unfortunately, Buttercup is mostly a beautiful, av ...more
"Hello," he said. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
That dastardly 6-fingered murderer!
My favourite fake-classic fantasy story. Because of the performances and because the movie was written by Goldman, I must admit the movie is more fun, but the book is incredibly close. Although, unfortunately, Buttercup is mostly a beautiful, av ...more
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