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Summary: Will the princess be the bride?
Review: Although i have seen the move "THE PRINCESS BRIDE" over and over again, i still have enjoyed it each time. It is a movie to be enjoyed by all ages, and how ever old you are, this film will make you cry, laugh and sigh all in 89 minutes! lolThe fencing, revenge, true love, escapes and the feats of bravery in this film are incredibly "inconcievable. <--- if you have seen the film, you will understand what i'm talking about!
Although i havnt been able to get my hands on the novel of 'THE PRINCESS BRIDE' it is on the top of my list of priorities! I well and truly recommend this film to anyone who has a passion for love, intrigue and fire swamps! THE END.
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Summary: What a wonderful book!!!!
Review: I have read this book over 50 times and watched the movie even more!!!! This is my favorite book and movie of all time! Who cares who really wrote it?!?!?!?! Just enjoy it for how good it is and be quiet!!!!
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Summary: A Hilariously Fun Adventure
Review: The Princess Bride is my 2nd favorite book on earth. I think about it all the time, it is a wonderful book. I am very pleased with it after only reading it once. It is funny, dramatic, adventurous, susspenceful, it has everything a good book needs. The characters are all wonderful, everything imaginable about this book is terrific. I love this book!! So I ask you, I beg of you, please, please READ THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I loved this book. If you've seen the movie, you mostly know the plot. If you haven't seen the movie, what is WRONG with you? The book is hillariously written, entwining the story of the author's life and the fable, and the juxtoposition of the two is phenomenal. Finally, though, the joy of this book is its humor and swash-buckling plot line. I read it in an afternoon or two. I simply could not put it down. It's a great story and great read, well worth your time.
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Summary: One of my favorite books!
Review: I just love this book! I grew up with the movie, and almost a year ago, I found the book, and gave it as a gift to almost all of my girls (friends). And then like three days ago, I found out it's all a lie, the whole book is fiction, including when he tells about his family and the lawsuits and the "actual" places of Florin and Guilder. THERE WAS NEVER AN S. MORGENSTERN!!! I still love the book though, and now I know Goldman is a genius, he is either the most convincing author I have ever read, or I am just really gullible, lol. Okay, yes, definately read the book.
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Summary: I admit I was tricked :)
Review: This is actually two stories in one and that made the book so much greater for me. I'm a little chagrined to admit that Goldman actually almost convinced me that an S. Morgenstern wrote the book. I KNEW there was no such country as Florin but Goldman's so convincing! And I just found out the guy doesn't even have a son! The book was even funnier when I reread it with this in mind. Talk about a multi-layered book! Great characters, great plot. I like the book better than the movie which is funny considering that Goldman wrote both the novel and the screenplay. This is a childhood story for both adults and kids and I highly recommend it to anybody interested in fantasy and satire.
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Summary: Just see the movie....
Review: I read this book because I was a GREAT fan of the movie and I always thought the books were better than the movies. But this book proved me wrong. Better just to stick to the movie and enjoy that. They definetly made the movie more exciting. Plus in this book Buttercup didn't even love Westley at first! She suddenly fell deeply in love with him because she became jealous that the Countess loved him! Well anyway if you do decide to read the book, it explains in much more detail about some parts in the book (Like that Vizzini was hired by Humperdinck to kill Buttercup and all that stuff). All in all....stick to the movie!!
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Summary: Hello my name is Inigo Montoya...
Review: While it can be accounted as the most repeated phrase throughout the book it is also my favorite. I was a little skeptical about reading the book since I had seen parts of the movie and found it stupid, but I was completely wrong. The book turned out to be a great adventure, full of hilarious characters with even more hilarious dialogue. And the movie does a great job at giving birth to the book even though the novel is still much better (that often happens with films based on books). I recommend this book (and movie) to anyone who is looking for something fresh to read (and see), it has everything "Fencing. Fighting. Torture. Poison. True Love. Hate. Revenge. Giants. Hunters. Bad Men. Good Men. Beautifulest Ladies. Snakes. Spiders. Beasts of all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave Men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles....."
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Summary: wonderful book
Review: I loved this book. It was just so funny and warm and appealing, and totally different from what I expected it to be. With a name like "The Princess Bride", it sort of sounds like a very girly book, but it wasn't at all! Throughout the whole thing the author has a wonderful sense of humor, and there was a lot of action scenes and interesting characters (Inigo is my favorite, I must say). There's something about the characters that just makes one feel compassion for them, yet they have flaws, just like real people. I got very caught up in the story and all the different characters, and the whole thing is actually very exciting and nerve wracking. I liked how not all of it was happy and idealistic (some parts are actually a little dark). I strongly recommend that you read get the 25th anniversary edition that has the first chapter of the sequel, because it adds a lot of insight into Inigo's character, and in general shows you how things are going with Buttercup and Westley.
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Summary: A good read, but I'd have to say I prefer the movie
Review: In reading the novel form of The Princess Bride, rather than Fred Savage, we are treated to bits of William Goldman's childhood, his woes with his editor, and in the foreword and afterword, his family life. I really would have liked it better without, at the least, the bits of the editor and his family.
Goldman portrays his wife and son in less than flattering... perhaps even less than loving... manner. In fact, at times he out-and-out insults them. I found myself wishing I could smack him on the head and tell him to get on with the story. The rest of the text was somewhat tainted by the unflattering portrayal of Goldman that he brought upon himself in these areas.
In another section, we're informed that Goldman's editor forced him to cut out a large part of the adventurous text, where Inigo and Fezzik are journeying to gather the materials necessary for Miracle Max's potion to heal Westley. This bit of text seems little more than Goldman being rather hissy towards his editor, like a child who has had a toy taken away, and only serves to call that much more attention to a loss of text that nothing can be done about.
Personally, I think that "The Princess Bride" needs a 'Really Good Parts' version... as told by someone other than Goldman.
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