As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride in Ultimate Popsugar Reading Challenge

Mar 27, 2020 Melissa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Confession: I didn't like The Princess Bride when I first saw it when I was eleven years old.

However, I saw it again when I was in college and I fell in love with it at that time. I've been a fan ever since.

I originally purchased As You Wish: Inconceivable Tales from the Making of The Princess Bride as a print book, but then I heard great things about the audio version and decided to give that a go instead. I picked up the book to look at pictures and I'm going to keep it to share with my kids a ...more

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Feb 19, 2022 Lydia Presley rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoirs, non-fiction, 2022

I have seen The Princess Bride more times than I can count. I often joke that someday I will grade essays by only leaving remarks from the movie. I have read the original book almost as much as I've seen the movie. In fact, I tell people that The Princess Bride is the only book that's as good as the movie and vice versa.

So naturally, I loved this book. I listened to it on audiotape and thoroughly enjoyed hearing Elwes and company revisiting old memories. I enjoyed hearing Elwes' imitations of th ...more

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Jul 18, 2023 Karlita rated it really liked it

Shelves: bios-memoirs-or-something-like-it

So enjoyable! I absolutely love The Princess Bride, since reading it as a child, to watching it as a kid and adult and rewatch and rewatch and repeat, repeeeeat. Who didn't dream about their own Wesley and the kiss that left all other kisses behind? I still quote from that movie any chance I get. It's like a second language. These lines are classic and memorable.

This book was very engaging and brought back so many great memories of the movie. How lovely that the cast loved what they were creatin ...more

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Aug 03, 2019 Jude rated it it was ok · review of another edition

I love "The Princess Bride," but you learn very little about the production of this movie that is interesting. Instead, Cary spends most of the book praising the brilliance of everyone involved in the production. Compliments have no meaning, because Cary offers them liberally.

This would have been an excellent oral history article that took about 20 minutes to read. Instead, it's a 7 hour audiobook.

Highlights:
1) Cary broke his toe riding on an ATV during a shoot downtime and tried to hide it from ...more

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Mar 07, 2017 Rae rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: other-non-fiction, 2017

For all fans of the movie. Absolutely delightful.

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Nov 16, 2022 Heather Wescott rated it it was amazing

This audiobook was wonderful! I loved all of the stories from the making of one of my favorite films of all time. Now I need to rewatch the movie to look for some details I missed before.

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Feb 03, 2022 Genesis Hansen rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: popsugar-2022

Nothing revolutionary here, but a fun way for fans of the movie to revisit it and hear some stories from creators and cast. The audio is a good choice for that reason - many of the cast make appearances.

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