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Okay…while my favorite film of all time will probably always be Magnolia, I have to say the Princess Bride is definitely up there. I just finished watching it again (it had been at least a couple of months) and gleefully remembered some of my favorite lines as if I had just watched it yesterday.

The first time I saw Princess Bride, I was struck by the imaginative quality of it and…well, to be fair I did have a little crush on Cary Elwes (it’s my mom’s fault for showing me Lady Jane which also starred him. Of course, once she taped it and mistakenly only taped the sound which is sort of like drinking orange juice that isn’t made even from oranges) Anyhow, I digress. My favorite parts of the film will always be the kickin’ swordfight, the “inconceivable” battle of the wits with iocaine powder, Miracle Max, and “to the pain.” Oh and of course, “My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die.” Was ever a more classic phrase ever written? I think not. Perfect people. A perfect ten.

Oh and p.s. the dvd has all of these really cool extras.

Before I get to the quotes, here’s a quiz you can take to find out which Princess Bride character is most like you. Cinchel just took it and matched up with Buttercup. I can’t say I’m terribly surprised.

Click to read some of my absolute favorite quotes:

Inigo Montoya: I do not mean to pry, but you don’t by any chance happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
Westley: Do you always begin conversations this way?

Vizzini: I can’t compete with you physically, and you’re no match for my brains.
Westley: You’re that smart?
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Westley: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.

Westley: Rodents Of Unusual Size? I don’t think they exist.
[Immediately, an R.O.U.S. attacks him]

Fezzik: Why do you wear a mask? Were you burned by acid, or something like that?
Man in Black: Oh no, it’s just that they’re terribly comfortable. I think everyone will be wearing them in the future.

Miracle Max: He probably owes you money huh? I’ll ask him.
Inigo Montoya: He’s dead. He can’t talk.
Miracle Max: Whoo-hoo-hoo, look who knows so much. It just so happens that your friend here is only MOSTLY dead. There’s a big difference between mostly dead and all dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive. With all dead, well, with all dead there’s usually only one thing you can do.
Inigo Montoya: What’s that?
Miracle Max: Go through his clothes and look for loose change.

Prince Humperdinck: First things first, to the death.
Westley: No. To the pain.
Prince Humperdinck: I don’t think I’m quite familiar with that phrase.
Westley: I’ll explain and I’ll use small words so that you’ll be sure to understand, you warthog faced buffoon.
Prince Humperdinck: That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me.
Westley: It won’t be the last. To the pain means the first thing you will lose will be your feet below the ankles. Then your hands at the wrists. Next your nose.
Prince Humperdinck: And then my tongue I suppose, I killed you too quickly the last time. A mistake I don’t mean to duplicate tonight.
Westley: I wasn’t finished. The next thing you will lose will be your left eye followed by your right.
Prince Humperdinck: And then my ears, I understand let’s get on with it.
Westley: WRONG. Your ears you keep and I’ll tell you why. So that every shriek of every child at seeing your hideousness will be yours to cherish. Every babe that weeps at your approach, every woman who cries out, “Dear God! What is that thing,” will echo in your perfect ears. That is what to the pain means. It means I leave you in anguish, wallowing in freakish misery forever.
Prince Humperdinck: I think your bluffing.
Westley: It’s possible, Pig, I might be bluffing. It’s conceivable, you miserable, vomitous mass, that I’m only lying here because I lack the strength to stand. But, then again… perhaps I have the strength after all.
[slowly rises and points sword directly at the prince]
Westley: DROP… YOUR… SWORD!
[mouth hanging open, drops sword to floor]

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