Abby’s Comments (group member since Dec 19, 2008)

Abby’s comments from the The Classics group.

I can see why some events were cut for time and continuity...
the "first bride" who Humperdink proposes to, for instance is not essential in any way to the story. (turns out, she's bald, and this discover is made in a banquet hall full of people. A humiliated Humperdink angrily yells, "Madame: feel free to flee!" She leaves.)
While this would have been a hilarious scene to include, it doesn't really move the story along or tell us anything we don't already know about Humperdink.
I found the film to be as true and faithful an adaptation of the novel as one could ask for...

I'm not sure if this has a lot to do with the original question, but it's what immediately came to mind, so I thought I'd share...
things seem to end well at the end of the book, but then Goldman tells us that what really happened was that Inigo's wound reopens, the castle guard catches up with them, and that things probably don't end as well as we'd like.
After getting so caught up in the book (in 7th grade, it literally made me forget I was at school), and seeing the film, this came as a HUGE disappointment to me.
The book is actually very cynical throughout - some of this comes through in the film, as well. Perhaps Goldman is telling us that swashbuckling tales of pirates and giants and miracles are great, but you are eventually going to have to return to your own world and live your own "unfantastic" existence.
Just my 2 cents... :)