When you see this, post in your own journal with your favorite quote from The Princess Bride. Preferably not "As you wish" or the Inigo Montoya speech. (I did have Mandy Patinkin say that line to me personally, just so ya'll know.)
This was a hard choice... evrything with Billy Crystal as Miracle Max... but I had to go with this scene....
Inigo: Hello there! Slow going?
Dread Pirate Roberts: < climbing cliff >
Look, I don't mean to be rude, but this is not as
easy as it looks, so I'd appreciate it if you
wouldn't distract me.
Inigo: Sorry.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
[tersely] Thank you.
Inigo: I do not suppose you could a-speed things up?
Dread Pirate Roberts:
If you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or
a tree branch or find something useful to do.
Inigo: I could do that. I still got some rope up here, but I
do not think you would accept my help, since I am
only waiting around to kill you.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
That does put a damper on our relationship.
Inigo: But, I promise I will not kill you until you reach
the top.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
That's very comforting, but I'm afraid you'll just
have to wait.
Inigo: I hate waiting. I could give you my word as a
Spaniard....
Dread Pirate Roberts:
No good. I've known too many Spaniards.
Inigo: Is there not any way you'll trust me?
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Nothing comes to mind.
Inigo: I swear, on the soul of my father, Domingo Montoya,
you will reach the top alive.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Throw me the rope.
[Roberts reaches the top]
Thank you.
Inigo: W-w-w-w-we'll wait until you are ready.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Again, thank you.
Inigo: I do not mean to pry, but you don't by any chance
happen to have six fingers on your right hand?
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Do you always begin conversations this way?
Inigo: My father was slaughtered by a six-fingered man. Was
a great sword-maker, my father. When the six-
fingered man appear and request a special sword, my
father took the job. He slave a year before it was
done.
Dread Pirate Roberts: < admiring the sword >
I've never seen its equal.
Inigo: Six-fingered man returned and demanded it, but at one-
tenth his promised price. My father refuse. Without
a word, the six-fingered man slash him through the
heart. I loved my father, so naturally I challenged
his murderer to a duel. I fail. Six-fingered man
leave me alive. But he give me this.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
How old were you?
Inigo: I was eleven years old. When I was a-strong enough, I
dedicated my life to the study of fencing, so the
next time we meet, I will not fail. I will go up to
the six-fingered man and say, "Hello. My name is
Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to
die."
Dread Pirate Roberts:
You've done nothing but study swordplay?
Inigo: More a pursuit than a study, lately. You see, I
cannot find him. It has been twenty years now and I
am starting to lose confidence. I just work for
Vizzini to pay the bills. It's not a lot of money in
revenge.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Well, I-I certainly hope you find him someday.
Inigo: You are ready, then?
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Whether I am or not, you've been more than fair.
Inigo: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die.
Inigo: Begin.
You are using Bonetti's defense against me, uh?
Dread Pirate Roberts:
I thought it fitting, considering the rocky terrain.
Inigo: Naturally, you must expect me to attack with Capo
Ferro.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Naturally, but I find that Thibault cancels Capo
Ferro, don't you?
Inigo: Unless the enemy hasn't studied his Agrippa,
which I have! [pause] You are wonderful!
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Thank you. I've worked hard to become so.
Inigo: I admit it, you are better than I am.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Then why are you smiling?
Inigo: Because I know something you don't know.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
And what is that?
Inigo: I am not left-handed.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
You're amazing!
Inigo: I ought to be after twenty years.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
There is something I ought to tell you.
Inigo: Tell me.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
I'm not left-handed either.
Inigo: Who are you?
Dread Pirate Roberts:
No one of consequence.
Inigo: I must know.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
Get used to disappointment.
< Inigo shrugs >
Inigo: Okay.
[pause, as they continue to fight]
Kill me quickly.
Dread Pirate Roberts:
I would as soon destroy a stained-glass window as an
artist like yourself. However, since I can't have
you following me either....
[Roberts hits Inigo over the head with the hilt of
his sword]
[Inigo hits the ground, out cold. Roberts
apoligises:]
Please understand I hold you in the highest respect.
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