tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post1246781086884407233..comments2024-03-27T03:19:11.216-04:00Comments on Assistant Village Idiot: The Princess BrideAssistant Village Idiothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-68891131897883108972014-12-29T09:24:41.530-05:002014-12-29T09:24:41.530-05:00Our family still quotes from it.
Another movie we...Our family still quotes from it.<br /><br />Another movie we have watched at least 10 times (again this Xmas) is Kingdom of Heaven. But when we tried to watch Excalibur (Boy requested for Xmas) we all kept snickering at the mannered acting and the goofy ho Ygraine dancing. "this is why Monty Python made the aholy Grail movie...." we decided...Retrieverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09036341287285545932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-62045853627562215122014-12-29T03:20:55.559-05:002014-12-29T03:20:55.559-05:00the princess bride?
wtf?
it's a movie. a the...the princess bride?<br /><br />wtf?<br /><br />it's a movie. a theatrical release.<br /><br />as one producer said, "we're in the fast food business. those who come here to make money may succeed. those who come here to make art always fail."<br /><br />here are the ONLY movies worth watching more than once:<br /><br />1. Dr Stranglove<br />2. Apocalypse Now<br />3. 2001<br />4. hmmm...any good recent movies?<br /><br />yeah the two by Todd Field.<br /><br />that's all folks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-154067440757580292014-12-28T23:22:09.453-05:002014-12-28T23:22:09.453-05:00Blade of the Stranger and Stardust were ones I fou...Blade of the Stranger and Stardust were ones I found more memorable. But if they became popular, it would have benefits as well as detriments.<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-54450058690032393082014-12-27T18:02:27.746-05:002014-12-27T18:02:27.746-05:00Well of course it makes a lot of sense. It's ...Well of course it makes a lot of sense. It's the sort of thing I'm always right about.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-5909621778017170132014-12-27T17:27:40.600-05:002014-12-27T17:27:40.600-05:00I've appreciated more seeing the movie in rece...I've appreciated more seeing the movie in recent years the tonal difference and seriousness of that Patimkin line "I want my father back". I'd never quite thought of his role in the way you discuss but your explanation of why it works makes a lot of sense to me.Mark Stolerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07563914557325387563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-79536308299414750722014-12-27T14:42:16.308-05:002014-12-27T14:42:16.308-05:00I saw the movie, then read the book. I recently b...I saw the movie, then read the book. I recently bought the Elwes book, but loaned it out to my b-i-l and his daughter. Sam L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00996809377798862214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19305198.post-32860211444229468442014-12-27T11:44:13.931-05:002014-12-27T11:44:13.931-05:00I'd have missed Wallace Shawn if he'd been...I'd have missed Wallace Shawn if he'd been absent. But then I'm always happy to see him.<br /><br />I loved the introductory part of the book, recounting the author's desperate struggle to find a rare copy of his beloved childhood story in time to make it a gift to his grandson, and then finding to his horror that the real book (unlike the expurgated version read to him by his own grandfather) was full of lengthy Moby-Dick-like excursions into bizarre technical issues and obsessive asides about scholarly or political disputes, all of which derailed the plot.<br /><br />Marathon Man was good, too, both the movie and the book.<br /><br />Who can imagine Hollywood without the Jews?Texan99https://www.blogger.com/profile/10479561573903660086noreply@blogger.com