Tuesday, May 22, 2012

The Princess Bride

I've never seen the movie "The Princess Bride" based on William Goldman's book, but now I want to. The book was very cute and funny. Goldman tells it as if he's abridging it from a longer version by an author named S. Morgenstern, which made for some interesting commentary. It is a story of love and adventure: Buttercup and Westley fall in love, but when Buttercup believes Westley's been killed by a pirate she vows never to love again, and agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck. Westley returns before the wedding to save Buttercup, after learning Humperdinck's evil plan to murder her and blame it on a neighboring country as an excuse to start a war. It was funny and sweet and very charming.

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