The Princess Bride

For my blog entry I am going to discuss The Princess Bride the movie which is loosely based on the book by William Goldman. I first saw this movie as child and I am not sure if it was the princess, the masked hero or the ROUS’s that hooked.

Emotional Investment and the Once upon a time….

A simple farm girl Buttercup who falls in love with the farm hand Westley, who then goes over seas to earn money and is presumed dead. Then heartbroken she vows to never love again.

The but one day….

Years pass and the prince sets his eyes on her for his bride Prince Humperdink that is. Buttercup is adored by all the commoners adore because she was one of them, her and the prince get engaged.

But then….

Following that up with a kidnapping of the princess to be, a strange, masked man coming to the rescue her and then uncovering that the masked man was no other than her Westley who not really killed overseas. He joined a pirate ship and took over for the dreaded pirates Roberts who is known to never leave survivors. The Prince was searches for his kidnapped Princess to be and chases Westley and Buttercup to the Fire Swamp forest where they cross fire shooting out of the ground, quicksand and the ROUS’s, you know the rodents of unusual size.

But then …..

Westley is capture by Princes Humoerdink and tossed into the pit of despair to be tortured and left as basically dead, so that him and Buttercup can’t be together. The kidnappers find Westley and get him brought back to life because they want helping getting into the castle and Westley needs to get in to stop Buttercup from marrying Prince Humperdink. They dress up as the great pirate Roberts to get through the gate and group of guards.

But then ……

They get in the castle and the knidnappers go after the castle main guard for killer his father. Westley finds Buttercup who thinks she is married but really isn’t and confines Prince Humperdink.

Until finally ….

They get out of the castle and ride off into the horizon together.

This movie hit everyone with investment it has comedy, a love story, excitement with fencing, fighting and escapes, it literally leaves no one out.

And ever since then …..

They lived happily ever after.