Comments on: Books on Screen: The Princess Bride

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By: Books on Screen: Better than the Book?

Books on Screen: Better than the Book? — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 19:25:09 +0000

[...] yes, I’ve done that a few times… the most memorable is with The Princess Bride, which, as you noted on your site earlier this year, most people don’t even know was originally a book. I saw the movie when it first came out in the [...]

By: Rochelle

Rochelle — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:55:37 +0000

I read the book 30 some years ago as a pre-teen and have considered it my all time favorite book since then. I am a 44 year old 4th grade teacher and have had the opportunity to read MANY books over the years. I have not found another book that has stuck with me the way The Princess Bride has. Such clever writing. I believe that is what hooked me even more on reading than I already was way back then. I do enjoy the movie, but nothing will ever convince me that the movie is better than the book! Sorry,folks!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:24:46 +0000

Stop rhyming, I mean it!
Anybody want a peanut?

My favorite movie ever! The book has been on the TBR list for a long time. Though the previous comments that the movie is better aren’t making it move up the list any faster.

Thanks to Amanda for her expert opinion!

By: Stephanie'sMommyBrain

Stephanie'sMommyBrain — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 03:19:16 +0000

I have the book but haven’t been able to get into it. I could watch the movie weekly! I can’t wait until my guys are old enough to watch it. I have met one person who didn’t care for it. I think it’s because she doesn’t like plays on words and goofy humor. We think it’s great in our house. In fact, every time I watched Criminal Minds I always thought – that’s Inigo!!

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:21:28 +0000

Add me to the list of people who like this movie better than the book. The only thing the movie truly misses out on is the scene where Humperdink proposes to Buttercup. Otherwise the movie is better.

By: Katrina (Callapidder Days)

Katrina (Callapidder Days) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:08:26 +0000

One of the few times that I liked the movie better than the book. The book was okay, but some suggestive stuff and some way-too-wordy stuff just made it not as good as the movie, in my opinion.

By: Dawn

Dawn — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 04:20:40 +0000

This is one of those movies that I know I saw years ago, and I know that I enjoyed, but I can’t quite remember a whole lot about… I had no idea it was a book, though. Something for my oldest in a few years, perhaps!

By: Shauna

Shauna — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:28:38 +0000

The Princess Bride is one of the only movies I like better than the book it was based on.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:39:19 +0000

We own the movie and my kids have seen it many times, but we never knew it was a book. My daughter got a copy for Christmas and she is enjoying it, although we’re so used to the movie that the book is a little hard to get into. It was hard to find and we ended up getting it on eBay!

By: Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts

Barbara H. @ Stray Thoughts — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:10:10 +0000

This is one of my favorite books and movies. Like others, I was familiar with the movie first and read the book last year (review here).

I didn’t realize til after reading the book and getting ready to review it, while looking for more information on S. Morgenstern, that there was no such person — the whole backstory and Goldman’s asides were all a part of the fiction. That made me realize how clever he really was, to write in two different styles in the same book.

Besides a little bit of language, there were one or two suggestive elements — the only one I can remember specifically was Goldman’s being distracted by a lady’s chest. I don’t know if younger kids would catch that.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:39:23 +0000

I LOVE the movie The Princess Bride. Oddly enough, I wasn’t as fond of the book- maybe because I considered the movie to be the “original” for so long.

By: Amy @ Hope Is the Word

Amy @ Hope Is the Word — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:09:18 +0000

Okay, I’m adding yet another to my TBR list! I just saw the movie for the first time last year, and I thought it was HILARIOUS!

By: All Rileyed Up

All Rileyed Up — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:00:10 +0000

I love that movie, and the book is one of my all time favorites to recommend when someone says they like to read humor. I’d have to agree with your daughter’s take on the book’s ending, though I still think that the movie is one of the few to live up to its book’s high standards.