The
Princess Bride - a re-post from my old site
1987
Director: Rob Reiner
Starring: Cary Elwes, Robin Wright,
Peter Falk, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon
There
are some movies that I appreciate on a pseudo-intellectual, pretentious
level. I like these movies. I like them a lot. The way someone likes a really good,
interesting college lecture. And there
are some movies that I honest to god truly love, regardless of what the content
of the film is. I honest to god truly
love The
Princess Bride.
A
modern-day grandfather (Falk) reads a fairytale to his sick grandson (Fred
Savage). The story he tells his grandson
is of the beautiful Princess Buttercup (Wright) who loves the handsome and
virtuous Westley (Elwes), but she believes him killed by pirates. She is engaged to the evil Prince Humperdinck
(Sarandon). In order for true love to
prevail, duels must be engaged in, giants must be fought, and evil must be
vanquished. As the grandfather says,
“Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true
love, miracles!”
