A Timeless Movie

One of my all time favorite movies is the Princess Bride. For those who haven’t seen it, the basic plot is about a medieval girl whose love dies, resurrects, and eventually saves her from the evil Prince Humperdinck. It has absolutely everything you could want in a movie and relates to all kinds of audiences. It has the chick flick factor for all those romantic girls who love a good romance. Buttercup is beautiful and Westley is a handsome man. “As you wish.” It has the action for those guy hormones; the sword fight with Inigo and brute strength wrestling with Fezzik. The plot twists are great. Who would have thought up someone to be “mostly dead.” Not only are there the serious, “fire swamps” and “pit of despair”, parts with damsels in distress, but the comedy is what makes me watch this movie over again. The stupid jokes I find hilarious and the characters, like Vizzini are funny without even trying (as I found in the Bonus Features).

But what is so good about the movie is that it is both entertaining and completely appropriate for all ages to watch. It’s not filled with innuendos like so many kids movies seem to be now. The action isn’t overly violent but still exciting enough. It also gives a part to someone atypical like Fezzik the giant, and shows people who are different are still like anyone else. Finally, even in our digitized world, I still often prefer this simple and dated film. It doesn’t have many parts that would make it inconceivable to graphics now. Even the parts that do show its age, to me make it even funnier. I would fully recommend this to anyone and enjoy.