Great scene, but this video misses out the punchline to the scene: "They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder."
In a way Vizzini was right about where the poison is. He kept saying he could not choose the wine in front him and that he could not choose the wine in front of Westley as well.
"What you do not smell is icoane powder." "...we find out who is right, and who is dead." XD I love the exquisite phrasing in this entire movie! One of the best movies ever made.
And Vizzini lied about which cup he chose (as he had switched them) A battle of wits does not require (nor should in this case expect) honesty. Vizzini's arrogance played him.
A true master of wits never plays a game with such a high stake unless his victory is curtain. Then again in a way the game was in itself false because the rules strictly said Vizzini had to choose a cup. However if he did deduce that both were poisoned he couldn't win following the rules of the game. Then again he would be the winner by default by using his cunning nature to deduce where that the game was a setup. So in the end the smartest and better looking of the two survived.
Vizzini was only thinking that just one cup was poisoned. I don't think it would have crossed his little mind that someone would want to build up an immunity to a deadly poison.
see i always say that too but then i see the fight between inigo and wesley and think that's my favourite part of the movie too. And then i watch the rest of the move and it seems every single part is my favourite part of the movie. such a damn epic film
That's not it. When Buttercup exclaims that he poisoned his own cup, he dryly remarks he poisoned both, but he "spent the last year building up an immunity for iocane poison" :P
He fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian, when DEATH is on the line! Ahaha, ahahaha, ahaha....(dead)
I'm afraid I don't agree. You see, if Vizzini had been as smart as he claimed, he would have taken ALL possibilities into account INCLUDING the possibility that he is immune. Westly merely begins by asking where the poison is. The answer, in this case, would be, both goblets. Since Vizzini did not take all possibilities into account, his answer was, "only yours," and he was wrong. Dead wrong! ~lol~ ^_^
this is my fav movie of all time.. when I was a kid everyone in my fam had a nickname from the movie... I was the screeching eels cause of the fact that i whined a lot...lol
@mrfivegold The problem was that Vizzini was full of himself. He said 'Inconceivable' without even understanding the meaning. So, he was just a moron that made others think he knew what was going on. It's why he died :P
I think you're confusing it a little. The wine bottle itself was not poisoned. Only the glasses which the wine was poured into were poisoned with the iocane powder.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia. hahaha Love this film! Westley reminds me a little of Johnny Depp lol
I think he was referring to Napoleon's attempt to take over Asia. That didn't end very well even though he had a huge advantage in numbers (at the start)
I know this is an epic scene, but did anyone besides me notice when the wine was poured? Vizzini literally only poured about an ounce into Wesley's goblet and filled his goblet to the brim, yet Wesley's goblet was also full. Did one of the producers pre-fill Wesley's glass?
Actually they refer to these drinking vessels as both glasses and goblets in the clip. Furthermore a wine glass IS a goblet. And finally listen closely from 1:43 to 1:48; you can clearly hear that, while these don't LOOK like glass, they are indeed wine glasses. Notknown clearly does not know what he is talking about and therefore looses the battle of wits! :o)
LMAO this is not what goes through a poker players mind this is what goes through a true RTS players mind, those starcraft players are always in a battle of wits
it was fair, welsey poisoned both cups, he just never siad that one cup was poisoned and if vnni was as samrt as he said, he would of taken all the possilbites
Wesley must have equalled the amount of wine behind his back too. So he could have more to drink. Which Viceeni (or h/e you spell it) should have noticed it but he didnt. Poor VIceeni...
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"You're trying to kidnap what I've rightfully stolen."
One of the funniest scenes in the movie. Hands down.
Great scene, but this video misses out the punchline to the scene: "They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder."
I didn't notice any lie. He simply asks "Where is the poision?" He never says only one glass in poisoned.
it would have been great if he said "neither one were poisoned. He was dead the moment he inhaled the powder."
I like how at one point Vizzini correctly guesses that Westley put the poison in his own goblet "counting on his own strength to save him."
In a way Vizzini was right about where the poison is. He kept saying he could not choose the wine in front him and that he could not choose the wine in front of Westley as well.
OMG I LOVE THE BATTLE OF WITTS!!!
"Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line!" I love this movie!!
Where was I?
Australia.
"never get involved in a landwar in asia"
aply that to the game risk and its soooooo true
"What you do not smell is icoane powder." "...we find out who is right, and who is dead." XD I love the exquisite phrasing in this entire movie! One of the best movies ever made.
This is one of the funniest scenes I've ever seen in any movie in my entire life. Completely priceless.
For all his supposed intellect, it never even occurred to Vizzini that both cups might be poisoned.
Some Genius.
The look on his face right before he drinks is priceless
And Vizzini lied about which cup he chose (as he had switched them) A battle of wits does not require (nor should in this case expect) honesty. Vizzini's arrogance played him.
I never get tired of watching this scene.
"Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?"
"Yes."
"Morons!"
Absolutely brilliant... you gotta love Vesini.
Never get involved in a land war is Asia!!! What a great line. His hysterical laughing is awesome too
And I choose ... What in the world can that be!
Can't get more obvious than that.
A true master of wits never plays a game with such a high stake unless his victory is curtain.
Then again in a way the game was in itself false because the rules strictly said Vizzini had to choose a cup. However if he did deduce that both were poisoned he couldn't win following the rules of the game.
Then again he would be the winner by default by using his cunning nature to deduce where that the game was a setup. So in the end the smartest and better looking of the two survived.
remember how westley had him smell a little bit of iocane before they started? This would have been a hilarious conclusion!
you're just stalling now
Inconceivable!!!!!
Vizzini was only thinking that just one cup was poisoned. I don't think it would have crossed his little mind that someone would want to build up an immunity to a deadly poison.
....why does the man in black look like zorro? I remember when i was younger i saw this movie and thought it was Zorro
"AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
AHAHAHA---
*thud*"
it's rex from toy story!
Inconceivable !!! LOL, love this movie !!!
" Truly, you have a dizzing intellect"
WHAT IN THE WORLD COULD THAT BE?!
Classic.
see i always say that too but then i see the fight between inigo and wesley and think that's my favourite part of the movie too.
And then i watch the rest of the move and it seems every single part is my favourite part of the movie.
such a damn epic film
Wesley said both were poisioned, and that he spent a few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.
Never get involved in a land war in Asia. Heheheh...
I love this scene. Heck, I love the whole movie!
This is possibly one of the greatest movies ever made. Right up there with Star Wars and The Matrix. XD
Where was I?
Australia.
Oh yes.
lol What WOULD have been smart is if the Sicilian would have used the distraction to dump the wine out of his glass and then pretend to drink.
If I was Wesley, I tell him to inhale a poison that is airborn. xD
That's not it. When Buttercup exclaims that he poisoned his own cup, he dryly remarks he poisoned both, but he "spent the last year building up an immunity for iocane poison" :P
He fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well known is this: never go in against a Sicilian, when DEATH is on the line! Ahaha, ahahaha, ahaha....(dead)
He goes from this to cutting his foot off in Saw...wow...what versatility!
Land war in Asia, hehe
I love this movie.
one of rob reiner's best films. i'll be buying the book soon.
Should have got the end, where Wes describes how he survived.
NEVER TRUST A SICILLIAN WHEN DEATH IS ON THE LINE!! HAHAHA!! *falls dead* Classic!
Wait till I Get going!.....where was I?
I'm afraid I don't agree. You see, if Vizzini had been as smart as he claimed, he would have taken ALL possibilities into account INCLUDING the possibility that he is immune. Westly merely begins by asking where the poison is. The answer, in this case, would be, both goblets. Since Vizzini did not take all possibilities into account, his answer was, "only yours," and he was wrong. Dead wrong! ~lol~ ^_^
this is my fav movie of all time.. when I was a kid everyone in my fam had a nickname from the movie... I was the screeching eels cause of the fact that i whined a lot...lol
hate to be a spoil sport, cause i love this movie too.. but just had a thought to myself.. Australia didnt exist at the 'time' this movie is set in :P
@mrfivegold
The problem was that Vizzini was full of himself. He said 'Inconceivable' without even understanding the meaning. So, he was just a moron that made others think he knew what was going on.
It's why he died :P
This is a good example of what happens in the mind of a poker player...
I think you're confusing it a little. The wine bottle itself was not poisoned. Only the glasses which the wine was poured into were poisoned with the iocane powder.
He poisoned both because he had spent years developing an immunity to iocaine powder.
You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia. hahaha
Love this film!
Westley reminds me a little of Johnny Depp lol
I think he was referring to Napoleon's attempt to take over Asia. That didn't end very well even though he had a huge advantage in numbers (at the start)
Lol that part is always great putting in both glasses
lol that has gotta be the most realistic death ive ever seen XD
its like hes been hooked around the neck and pulled sideways :L
I know this is an epic scene, but did anyone besides me notice when the wine was poured? Vizzini literally only poured about an ounce into Wesley's goblet and filled his goblet to the brim, yet Wesley's goblet was also full. Did one of the producers pre-fill Wesley's glass?
Just noticed calls them glasses but I'm pretty sure they're metal goblets :P
this is a great movie
"Where was I?"
"Australia"
HA!
come on now.... the best is the scene right after when he explains the catch.
best part of the movie. hilarious.
For all his supposed "wisdom", it never even occurred to Vizzini that both the cups were poisoned.
Some genius.
hahaha yes... but... I don't think victory is ever "curtain." ;)
wallace shaw is so awsome
Actually they refer to these drinking vessels as both glasses and goblets in the clip. Furthermore a wine glass IS a goblet. And finally listen closely from 1:43 to 1:48; you can clearly hear that, while these don't LOOK like glass, they are indeed wine glasses. Notknown clearly does not know what he is talking about and therefore looses the battle of wits! :o)
for the princess? ...to the DEATH??? ...then I accept!
But technically he did outsmart Vizzini because Vizzini died ;-)
They're more like goblets.
Australia... wow :) i love this guys logic...
4:10 I love his face! XD It is so hilarious!!!
Not really. Westley simply didn't want Vizzini to ever know he was fooled.
only people i have noticed who have almost conquered asia was the mongol,s but then against, they were in asia
LMAO this is not what goes through a poker players mind this is what goes through a true RTS players mind, those starcraft players are always in a battle of wits
LOLLLLLLLLLLL. I love the bit were he just like, flops to the floor.
Wait till I get going
ha ha ha ha! ha ha ha ha! ha ha ha ::thud;:
oh crap its stewie's brothe bertrum!lol
inconceivable
Never get involved in a land war in Asia.
love this movie
who would be the sicilian then?
it was fair, welsey poisoned both cups, he just never siad that one cup was poisoned and if vnni was as samrt as he said, he would of taken all the possilbites
At least he died with a smile. XD X_X
Yeah, uh, that's because Vizzini isn't smart. At all. He just thinks he is.
True, but was thinking that only ONE cup was poisoned.
he could have put it in both glasses and declined to drink the one he had
Wesley must have equalled the amount of wine behind his back too. So he could have more to drink. Which Viceeni (or h/e you spell it) should have noticed it but he didnt. Poor VIceeni...
this is great xD
No matter how you look at it politically, geographically the vast majority of Russia is in Asia.
The man in the mask cheated. Vicini actually intended to play fair that is why he accepted teh challenge. You can't trust anybody in a mask.
this movie is awesomely hilar
"It was really anthrax."
Curtain?
On the contrary, I think 80 percent of the people got the "land war in asia" comment. But really, do you consider Russia part of Asia?
they shoot the scene several times and cut and splice peices from different takes
The most classic blunder is
"never get involved in a land war in Russia"
He sniffed it at the beginning.
say what?
You make an interesting point there