The Princess Bride (1987)

The Princess Bride (1987)

I first saw this film in my 9th grade english class, and I remembered that I really enjoyed the film. The only difference is that when I screened this film for my first time in high school, I was only viewing the film for pleasure. So this time, when my professor reveled that we would be screening The Princess Bride for class, I was extremely excited to view this film again, 6 years later, and with a different outlook.

The Princess Bride (1987), a film directed by Rob Reiner, includes fantasy, adventure, romance, and drama elements all in one 98 minute film. The film is a story, within a story, and begins with a grandfather reading a book to his sick grandson. The story, within the story begins with a farm boy, Westley, and a beautiful girl, Buttercup, who fall in love. The farm boy, goes to venture out to find wealth for his lover and himself, but news is brought back to Buttercup, that Westley's ship was attack and he is now dead. The film cuts to 5 years in the future, where Buttercup is soon-to-be married to the Prince. The marriage is for publicity only, and Buttercup is soon kidnapped the night before her wedding. This film, based on the 1973 novel, written by William Goldman, is a classic story that follows the heroes journey.

I really enjoyed this film, both times, and my attention was kept in tact both times, for the entire time. The week we viewed this film in class, the subject of the night's discussion was "Screenplay." I would say that this film is a perfect example of an outcome of a great screenplay. All of the characters were fully developed and had great structure to them. Also the screenplay did a perfect job of following the heros journey, and the actors, and actresses portrayed the characters amazingly. 

I only have great things to say about this film. It is after all, a classic film from the 80's. I recommend seeing this film at least once in your life, so you too, can experience the imaginary world of princessess fighting to be with there love ones, and bad guys with comedic relief. But overall I recommend viewing this film to experience a care free film that you will walk out of happy, and feeling like a child again.