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The Princess Bride
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Jun 07, 2011 04:14PM
I've loved the movie since I was a littl girl. I have read the book severa l times and I have to say that I love it more than the movie. I thoroughly enjoyed the way it was written and I really loved be able to get back stories one all the characters. As amazing as the movie is, I sometimes find myself wishing someone would do a remake that followed the books detail more closely. There was so much that was left out. Does anyone else feel the same? Who would you cast in a more modern remake?
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I agree. It would be wonderful to have more of a good thing.
No! I also watched the film over and over from when I was young. I loved the book when I read it too, but only felt the need to read it once. The actors in the film really ARE the characters for me, though. I couldn't stand to see someone else playing those roles. Especially Fezzik! You just can't replace him! And, while I said exactly the same about the film of Pride and Prejudice with Kiera Knightly not being needed, but did enjoy it, there is a risk that in remaking the Princes Bride, the original will be lost.
For example, I loved the Canterville Ghost when I was little, but you can't get it now. Only the remake. Which doesn't have Sir John Gielgud and therefore is not the one I know and love. It's pretty dire, in fact.
Agree that there is less risk of that happening if this version is already digital, but still. I can't imagine someone saying the Princess Bride is on TV and it being a different version...
I'm sad now just thinking about it.
:C
A classic tale! I loved it as a child, and I loved it as an adult!
The reasons the book is genius are the same reasons that it would be very difficult to do a more exact adaptation of the book. The narrator is the best part of the book; for example, making comments about jeans and anacronisms. It would be very difficult to insert that into a movie.Also, did the author write the screenplay?
I liked that in the book we found out how Buttercup gained the princess title, and her rise from #28 to the most beautiful girl was pretty entertaining.I really don't know who would play who in the remake. Mandy Patinkin was amazing as Inigo, and I loved Cary Elwes and Robin Wright. And Christopher Guest!
I would like a sequel more than a remake.
I fell in love with The Princess Bride thru the movie first which I watch over and over. I've read the book which makes seeing the movie all the more special for me at least.
My thought is whichever you encountered first imprinted you. I read the book first. But I still love the movie too.
If I am not mistaken (as I often am, though scarcely admit it)the self-same William Goldman wrote Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. My all time favorite movie.
Dixie Swanson
Author, The Accidental Senator
A Political Fable Begins
If I am not mistaken (as I often am, though scarcely admit it)the self-same William Goldman wrote Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. My all time favorite movie.
Dixie Swanson
Author, The Accidental Senator
A Political Fable Begins
i loved the movie. i have to read the book.
Good point Dixie. That's exactly what happened with me. When I got round to reading the book, I had watched the film so much that all the dialogue was in the voices from the film.
I've seen the movie so many times before I even knew there was a book. When I finally found out, I immediately bought the book; it was the first book I read this year, and it is now my favorite.While reading it, I couldn't help but picture and hear the actors from the movie. I was okay with that because I absolutely love the movie! I was astonished at how well the movie took after the book--aside from some of the omissions, like the backgrounds of some of the characters. (Goldman did the screenplay for the movie which I thought was a great idea! And I actually like the grandfather reading to the kid in the movie versus the father reading to the son in the book. That was a change I did like.)
I'm quite satisfied with the movie's current version; it wouldn't be the same with different actors. Elwes, Wright, Patinkin, Andre, Sarandon, and Shawn really make it come alive.
I love the book. I love the movie.
As Andrew says, Yes, Goldman DID do the screenplay.I'm honestly torn on it all, as another poster said I love Pride and Prejudice by BBC AND the 2001 version. A remake would be interesting, honestly, and my favourite movie of all time is Princess Bride.
Here's an idea, and before you hit "Reply" and type "NONONONONO" I want you to really think about it. Might it not work as a disney or pixar style cartoon? Either traditional animation or computer, just on that scale. Think about how good Tangled was and how good Brave might be. This could be an interesting way to revive Princess Bride without discrediting the live action we love so much from 1987. It would be more like a third installment, perfecting the trifecta of styles the story has seen.
...then maybe a comic book and they can finish releasing the action figures and soon all us Princess Bride dorks WILL have enough stuff to make a whole Princess Bride shelf =D
Samantha wrote: "Here's an idea, and before you hit "Reply" and type "NONONONONO" I want you to really think about it. Might it not work as a disney or pixar style cartoon?"Okay, I won't write "NONONONONO", but I will write YES. I think that would be a very interesting (and creative) spin on this excellent story--without discrediting the live action! It would keep each "version" in tact and separate from the others, making each one different in its own standards.
If they did decide to remake this story, I would rather see it as an animated film versus another live action film.
Good suggestion, Samantha!
the movie was amazing :) i loved that film and grew uo watching it. I tyis one of my favourites of all time x
Far better than the movie and I LOVED the movie. Fortunately, I read the book first! My kids watched the movie with me so often that car rides often turned into long stretches of dialog from the film with all the family taking turns at whatever lines came up next.
The story goes that Goldman wrote the screenplay first. Then, as Hollywood often does, they saw potential profit in the book market and made him write the book after the movie was released.
Well they certainly took their time making the movie then, as I read the book years before the movie came out.
Hmmm...math. Well, I can't argue with that!
The book was actually published the first time in 1973, I read it in '79, movie came out I believe in '86-87. The original had a line on the cover that I don't believe made most later covers. It was still S. Morgenstern's The Princes Bride, but then it said "The Good Parts Version" and one of the funniest things was the person reading the book and complaining about all the long descriptive passages and such that weren't in the version his father had read to him...as if there had been an even earlier publishing and this was the son, years later putting out a version with only the good parts. It really made the Peter Falk character seem to belong. Be happy, Nakeesha, Know peace.
When it came time to select which english course I wanted to do, I chose the one that was taught by someone named Morgenstern.
Dixie wrote: "My thought is whichever you encountered first imprinted you. I read the book first. But I still love the movie too. If I am not mistaken (as I often am, though scarcely admit it)the self-same ..."
I agree. I think that if I would have read the book first I would have loved it, but seeing as I saw the movie first, I got a bit bored reading the book. (Soooo much backstory)
My book list's S. Morgenstern on the cover along with William Golden.
Melissa wrote: "No! I also watched the film over and over from when I was young. I loved the book when I read it too, but only felt the need to read it once. The actors in the film really ARE the characters for me..."I agree, i love that movie, to think of somebody else acting the part is completely alien. I just read the book for the first time and it was like i was watching the movie, the actors are the characters! Its great when a movie is done so well that that happens.
I think the problem with a remake of a movie like this isn't necessarily the actors being different (although it would be very sad to see other people playing them) but just how simply it was made. If a remake were to be done there would be CGI galore and it would lose some of the whimsy and fairytale aspect of the story. . .It is funny that there was a comment on this topic today because I picked this up and started reading it yesterday.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book, just saying!!!!!!
I saw the movie before I knew there was a book. I'd never read the book until I received it for Christmas 2010. I found that the movie followed the story much more closely than nearly any book to movie translation I've seen. Not perfect, but pretty decent. After reading the book, I didn't see that much which would have significantly added to the movie. It gave some further depth in the characters, but I think the movie did a great job.
That being said, I also agree with the previous poster who said "I think whichever you experienced first is the one that imprints on you" (or something like that). So all opinions are with a grain of salt.
The first chapter of the actual Buttercup story (after all the framing devices) is one of the most enjoyable reading experiences I've ever had. But all those interjections from the modern world wasn't nearly as elegant as the grandfather device Goldman used in the movie script. And the "sequel" he tacked onto recent editions of the book just detracts from the whole. Buttercup having labour pains and Fizzik channeling an obstetrician are things I'd rather do without.
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