Poor eofs has never seen the Princess Bride.

[conuly]

No, I'm not kidding. Do you have a DVD player, EofS, (and what does that mean again, your name)? If so, I'll buy you a DVD and send it to you. You *need* to see this movie.

It's just as well. If she hadn't said that, I wouldn't've been reading the script right now. I can hear the actors as I read. I don't know why I bother, I very nearly have the whole thing memorized anyway.

Good movie, that.

Edit: Oh god, there's more of you? Well, you're just going to have to share the DVD, I can't afford that many. I'll lend it to E first, who'll send it to innerbrat, who'll sent it to oloriel, who will (hopefully) return it to me so I can watch the Princess Bride. Not that I need the DVD, it's on cable at least once a month.

Comments

[innerbrat]

*raises hand*

She's not alone...

[oloriel.livejournal.com]

I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but I've never seen that film either...

[katschakai.livejournal.com]

Oh the script! I love you!
I loved the movie when I was a kid and my love has grown stronger since this summer when they showed it on tv and I finally read the book.

[conuly]

The book is so... different, though. Like the thing with Inigo's father. In the movie, the Count didn't want to pay the agreed upon price, but in the book, was it that the father wouldn't sell the sword? Different, different.

[push-the-limits.livejournal.com]

It's one of those movies I've tried to watch many times, but it always puts me to sleep.
Just like with the Matrix Reloaded.

[katschakai.livejournal.com]

I liked the book, but I liked the movie better. I wish there had been some hunting from Humperdinck's part though. I liked the fact that he had a whole world under ground in wich he hunted. I would have liked if Inigo and Fezzik went thru there, like in the book.

[deceptica]

oloriel can send it to me, because I haven't seen it either... and I'm only a country away! ;-)

[conuly]

This may be a very inefficient shipping route we're taking....

[queenmargot.livejournal.com]

I have the soundtrack, and whenever I listen to it I can see exactly what's going on. That's obsession, I think.

You have read the book, too, right? Please say you have! I think I've read it 3 times. There's even this part where William Goldman says he wrote a scene that S. Morgenstern left out and if you write to the publisher you'll get a copy of it. So I did that and I got a letter about a lawsuit cuz Morgenstern's estate was suing Goldman or something... I was about 10 years old at the time, and I really didn't know whether or not to believe that S. Morgenstern REALLY wrote the book or not. *sigh*

[queenmargot.livejournal.com]

Whoops. Should've read other comments first. Please disregard. :P

[conuly]

*sticks fingers in her ears*

LALALALALALA! I will not listen to paranoid conspiracy theories! Morgenstern DID exist, he DID write the book, he DID write a sequel. LALALALALA!

[queenmargot.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, I know! I've been dying for someone to get me the special edition with the first chapter of Buttercup's Baby in it (because I want a shiny new hardback copy but can't justify spending that kind of money on a book for myself).

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Actually it's not - England-Midlands -> England-London -> Germany -> Austria is pretty darned efficient. Although it would be more efficient if deceptica and I just watched it next time we get together, particularly as then you could do the super-efficient route of send it to England-London, then it's sent to me (England-Midlands) I carry it in my luggage to the Netherlands (where I'll next see Deceptica) and then carry it to Germany (where I'll hopefully be going from NL) and post it on.

Unfortunately, European and US DVD players are in different regions, so our DVDs aren't compatible ;0) (Of course many people have chipped or multi-region players, but I personally don't.) I think the best solution would be for us to find our own copies ;0)

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

I have a copy of that in paperback, so I can assure you that it exists.

Come to think of it, I bought mine used.

[eofs.livejournal.com]

I can't tell you what EoS means ;0) But EofS means Emma of Saunders. Ie my firstname of my surname. I'm the youngest in my family, so the obvious borg designation is borrrrring - 4 of 4. So instead I went for initials. It used to be E of S, but somewhere along the line (about 5 and a half years ago) I forgot the spaces. It's only recently I even discovered I used to use them.

As for The Princess Bride... I have a good friend in the US who has promised to show it to me when I visit her (she was similarly appalled that I hadn't seen it) but unfortunately I don't forsee that being anytime in the next four years. It seems to me that it has a huge following in the US, but hasn't impacted in Europe

*Sticks it into IMDB* Oooh, Peter Cook and Mel Smith. Directed by Rob Reiner... 23494 US viewers have rated it an average of 8.4, 9935 non-US viewers at 7.8. I really should hunt it out some time. I oughta get myself a rental membership (although I won't live practically next to a Blockbusters as I did last year, bah) but I'm trying to cut back on leisure spending this year. Hmm.

[thetwistedsista.livejournal.com]

Sorry to say so, but unfortunatley, we don't actually have the Princess Bride in Britain at all. Or we do, but it's very hard to find. And frankly, I've never really heard of it.
That could be another reason why Britain is rather boring.
I personally don't want to borrow the DVD, though it's nice for you to offer it to people :)

[conuly]

*tackles*

Fugacious! If I promise to return it, will you lend it mihi?

[queenmargot.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. I've seen it. But for some reason, I want the harback. And I want it new. ?

This is the only book I would ever want in hardback. And I don't know why. :(

[eofs.livejournal.com]

Amazon does list a region 2 DVD of it, although it's 1-2 weeks for dispatch. There's no indication that it's an import from elsewhere in Europe (plus the main language is English) so I guess it is homegrown. But I don't believe I've ever seen it in a shop, or noticed it in the TV schedules. Or heard an English person talk about it.

[deceptica]

Oh, she was talking about you! I swear, when I first saw this post, it was talking about some guy called "eos". :-P

[eofs.livejournal.com]

*Giggles* Nope, 'twas me all along. I mentioned somewhere in comments a few entries back that I've never seen it (and therefore Humperdink just makes me think of Engelbert Humperdinck, an old singer from Leicester.)

I would tease you and say something about not being able to tell the difference between wizzard and wizard, but this time you actually were reading correctly. Well, until Uly changed the post ;0)

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

The heart has its reasons which reason does not know.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

Sure. Send me a mailing address; fugaciouslover@livejournal.com will do very well.

[rachelkachel]

The count offered to pay ten when he'd promised a hundred, and the father said he didn't appreciate the sword and therefore he wasn't going to get it. Something like "You quibbled. You haggled. There was Art involved and you saw only money."

[firingneurons.livejournal.com]

I've seen the movie about 7 or 8 years ago, I hardly remember it though.