Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Wednesday, August 9, 2017
My Movie Ideas: "The Princess Bride" Reimagined
UPDATE August 9, 2022:
Forget everything I originally said. I was young and dumb and didn't know what I was talking about when I originally wrote it. At the beginning of this year (2022) I finally read "The Princess Bride" novel. Reading the novel made me understand just how perfect the movie is. The novel claims to be an abridgment of a historical tome only focusing on "the good parts" of the story. The movie does the same, only focusing on the good parts of the novel. Also, the actors are cast so perfectly that the characters in the movie are improvements over their book counterparts. There is no way the characters could ever be recast. So while the book could be readapted into a TV series, or the movie could be "reimagined" like I suggested five years ago, it just won't have the magic of the 1987 movie.
Half of the novel, though, is William Goldman's fictional account of his history with the fictional "The Princess Bride" tome and first abridging it and then adapting it into a movie script. A movie or TV series could be made about that.
ORIGINAL August 9, 2017:
Nostalgia for the 1980s and 1990s with lots of movies and TV shows from that time being revived or rebooted. One movie that will more than likely be remade sooner than later is "The Princess Bride", and this is how it should be done:
"The Princess Bride" is a movie about The Grandfather (Peter Falk) reading a book to The Grandson (Fred Savage). What we see as the movie is what The Grandson is picturing in his head as The Grandfather reads to him. So for "The Princess Bride" reimagined, The Grandson is now The Father reading the story to his son, and so it will be the same story with different actors because a new character is imagining what they look like. (Most characters can be recast; Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, and Wallace Shawn MUST reprise their characters.)
My other idea would be a Princess Bride 2. Not a full movie, but something like a Funny or Die sketch. Westley (Cary Elwes) and Buttercup (Robin Wright) have been married for 30 years. Their kids are now grown and have moved out of the house. It has been years since since Westley told Buttercup "As you wish." They are considering getting a divorce. Before they do, they go to Miracle Max (Billy Crystal) for counseling. Except Max is not much help because he continuously bickers with Valerie (Carol Kane). Westley and Buttercup get up to leave, but Max and Valerie tell them that they still love each other after being married for 115 years, even if they fight all the time. Westley and Buttercup leave realizing that their problems aren't as bad as they thought.
"The Princess Bride" is a movie about The Grandfather (Peter Falk) reading a book to The Grandson (Fred Savage). What we see as the movie is what The Grandson is picturing in his head as The Grandfather reads to him. So for "The Princess Bride" reimagined, The Grandson is now The Father reading the story to his son, and so it will be the same story with different actors because a new character is imagining what they look like. (Most characters can be recast; Billy Crystal, Carol Kane, and Wallace Shawn MUST reprise their characters.)
My other idea would be a Princess Bride 2. Not a full movie, but something like a Funny or Die sketch. Westley (Cary Elwes) and Buttercup (Robin Wright) have been married for 30 years. Their kids are now grown and have moved out of the house. It has been years since since Westley told Buttercup "As you wish." They are considering getting a divorce. Before they do, they go to Miracle Max (Billy Crystal) for counseling. Except Max is not much help because he continuously bickers with Valerie (Carol Kane). Westley and Buttercup get up to leave, but Max and Valerie tell them that they still love each other after being married for 115 years, even if they fight all the time. Westley and Buttercup leave realizing that their problems aren't as bad as they thought.
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