Westley: "Why won't my arms move?"
Fezzik: "You've been mostly-dead all day."
Fezzik: "You've been mostly-dead all day."
Directed by Rob Reiner, The Princes Bride is one of the most precious and most quotable romantic comedies I have ever watched. Two destined lovers, Westley (Cary Elwes) and Princess Buttercup (Robin Wright), battle Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) who is striving to marry Princess Buttercup. Westley and Buttercup are driven apart at the beginning of the film, and Westley must return from piracy to save his beloved Buttercup from marriage. This film is full of adventure from kidnapping to sword fighting to castle storming to even death. With the help of a giant and a Spanish swordsman, Westley saves his love to live happily ever after together in this epic romantic fairytale.
My roommate has been pushing this movie on me for two years, and we finally watched it together this past week in our dorm room. I chose this film because she is constantly quoting from it and I had always heard it was a "must see" film. I really enjoyed the clever humor throughout the movie, and I am a sucker for an unrealistic fairytale film. I was disappointed by the role of the harsh Prince Humperdinck, and I believe his character could have been portrayed in a better manner. I am not much of a fan of the wimpy victim villain.
This film is definitely a classic family film that I would recommend to anyone who desires to have a good laugh by this fairytale romantic comedy.
Poster from: www.amazon.com
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