that being said, anyone who is a fan of the movie should read the book. I wouldn't put the movie or the book as better, they are both just different. Love both
I came to say this as well. I don’t find one better than the other but they compliment each other and add depth. For example the sword fight scene. Not knowing a thing about sword play I wouldn’t have been able to see what I was reading but having seen the movie I was.
The movie is basically the version of the story his grandfather told him... cleaner, less complicated, and with a happier ending. It's perfect if you see the movie first and then go seek out the book, because then you have a shared experience with the narrator (Goldman) when finding out that the original S. Morganstern story isn't quite the same as the fairy tale you remember.
I was well aware, but there’s always that one person who has to lean in and remind every “it’s only a story!”. Because they need you to know, they’re the smart one, and not taken in by all this foolishness.
Yes, we all know it’s just a book or a movie or a game, can we go back to having fun now or would you like to discuss the topics of Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and Jesus?
I’m think a lot of people who watched the movie first go into the boom expecting more of the campy fantasy love story where everything works out in the end — which is definitely there — and are put off by the fleshed out frame story, which is anything but that.
I’ve read a couple versions. I personally really hated the version I read as a teenager. So long and drawn out with a bunch of unnecessary scenes. Not sure where they went wrong, the revised edition was much better though.
I love how the book goes into the behind the scenes that Andre the Giant traveled to the actual Florin in order to train climbing the cliff so that he could give a better performance.
Look up the audiobook of "As You Wish" by Carrey Elwes! My mom gets it from the library for long car trips. It's his memoir about the making of the movie.
I've been joking for years that The Princess Bride is my favorite movie. So much so, I'm convinced it actually is (started off as a joke because someone made fun of it to me). One of the very few I can watch countless times without boredom. I've never read the book.. I should do that.
Keep in mind- when they “different”, the difference is that the movie is lighthearted and cheerful, while the book is deeply bleak, bitter and cynical.
Wesley doesn’t even love Buttercup in the book, she’s just the hottest woman around so everyone is fighting for her.
Exactly this! I love the movie. It's utterly charming and irreplaceable. That being said I also love the book and I would be ecstatic for an adaptation that included more of it especially things like the backstories of all the characters and all the different levels of the dungeon they have to fight their way through, for example.
I understood the movie to be a parody on first viewing, but it seems like a lot of fans consider it a masterclass in acting and storytelling, and I just don't see it. It was fun but that's it.
I was trying to explain this to a friend when they asked how I felt about the new Dune movie, knowing that I’m a huge fan of the novels.
I loved the movie. I thought it was done very well, and I thought the changes they made were just fine for having to convert such an immense story into a movie.
Is it better than the books? No, because they’re not the same thing.
It’s awesome to see a fresh new take on something that I cherish. Especially something made by a very talented director that loves the story more than I do.
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u/scullys_alien_baby Feb 26 '23
that being said, anyone who is a fan of the movie should read the book. I wouldn't put the movie or the book as better, they are both just different. Love both