Which one? The Princess Bride or Pirates of Penzance? Because if it's the latter, Id' be concerned. If it's the former, I suspect many people just like that movie because it's got everything, as Peter Falk says: "fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, True Love, miracles...." Plus, it's sweet without beyong cloying.
(ETA: Also, for me, I have always had an appreciation for stories that see humor in what is sometimes the absurdity in life - and that movie has plenty of it. It's the reason I love Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, etc.)
Princess bride, though Gilbert and Sullivan isn't unknown.
The oddity isn't that people can quote from it, but that (by and large), it's not a film with a a high quotient of quoters in the army; outside my profession.
At least insofar as I can tell. Heck, it's 20 years old now, so that's also a limiting factor.
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Re: I quote the fights historical, from Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical!
Date: 2008-12-16 03:27 pm (UTC)(ETA: Also, for me, I have always had an appreciation for stories that see humor in what is sometimes the absurdity in life - and that movie has plenty of it. It's the reason I love Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, etc.)
Re: I quote the fights historical, from Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical!
Date: 2008-12-17 10:38 pm (UTC)The oddity isn't that people can quote from it, but that (by and large), it's not a film with a a high quotient of quoters in the army; outside my profession.
At least insofar as I can tell. Heck, it's 20 years old now, so that's also a limiting factor.