We still need fairy tales, we need such beautiful warmth~

Pearline 2022-03-15 09:01:01

-Does it got any sports in it? -Are
you kidding?
Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge...
giants, monsters, chases...
escapes, true love, miracles.

Children ask, are story books related to sports? Grandpa replied, of course, there are swordsmanship, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, hunting and running, true love, miracles.

As I watched the film, I felt more and more that the director of the film looked like the grandfather who teased his grandson with specious answers, and the bad guy who had practiced swordsmanship for more than 20 years and wanted to avenge his father for a few rounds. Under the sword of the hero of the farmboy, the giant who can carry three people on his back was easily stunned. The monsters in the swamp could not hide the traces of man-made costumes, but all these flaws were in a 1987 movie. The movie still looks clumsy and cute. Maybe, I should soak a cup of fragrant jasmine tea on a warm sunny afternoon, bring a few biscuits and start enjoying such a warm fairy tale.

For people who are accustomed to Hollywood blockbusters, accustomed to the jealous festival where every second counts, and accustomed to the various dazzling pictures created by computer special effects, such movies seem boring, but turnip greens are originally prepared for different tastes. It's rare to be so naive, just put your ears and eyes, put down the complicated logic of the adult world temporarily, and listen to the old grandpa telling the story~

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Extended Reading
  • Magnus 2022-03-21 09:01:10

    As you wish I saw it when I was very young, but what remains in my memory is the duel at the top of the cliff. The song is very good.

  • Ivory 2022-03-21 09:01:10

    It was in 1987, oh my lady quack

The Princess Bride quotes

  • Inigo Montoya: Who are you?

    Man in Black: No one of consequence.

    Inigo Montoya: I must know...

    Man in Black: Get used to disappointment.

    Inigo Montoya: 'kay.

  • Man in Black: All right. Where is the poison? The battle of wits has begun. It ends when you decide and we both drink, and find out who is right... and who is dead.

    Vizzini: But it's so simple. All I have to do is divine from what I know of you: are you the sort of man who would put the poison into his own goblet or his enemy's? Now, a clever man would put the poison into his own goblet, because he would know that only a great fool would reach for what he was given. I am not a great fool, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But you must have known I was not a great fool, you would have counted on it, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

    Man in Black: You've made your decision then?

    Vizzini: Not remotely. Because iocane comes from Australia, as everyone knows, and Australia is entirely peopled with criminals, and criminals are used to having people not trust them, as you are not trusted by me, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you.

    Man in Black: Truly, you have a dizzying intellect.

    Vizzini: Wait till I get going! Now, where was I?

    Man in Black: Australia.

    Vizzini: Yes, Australia. And you must have suspected I would have known the powder's origin, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

    Man in Black: You're just stalling now.

    Vizzini: You'd like to think that, wouldn't you? You've beaten my giant, which means you're exceptionally strong, so you could've put the poison in your own goblet, trusting on your strength to save you, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of you. But, you've also bested my Spaniard, which means you must have studied, and in studying you must have learned that man is mortal, so you would have put the poison as far from yourself as possible, so I can clearly not choose the wine in front of me.

    Man in Black: You're trying to trick me into giving away something. It won't work.

    Vizzini: IT HAS WORKED! YOU'VE GIVEN EVERYTHING AWAY! I KNOW WHERE THE POISON IS!

    Man in Black: Then make your choice.

    Vizzini: I will, and I choose... what in the world can that be?

    [Vizzini gestures up and away from the table. The Man in Black looks backwards. Vizzini swaps the goblets]

    Man in Black: What? Where? I don't see anything.

    Vizzini: Well, I- I could have sworn I saw something. But no matter.

    [Vizzini tries to hold back laughter]

    Man in Black: What's so funny?

    Vizzini: I'll tell you in a minute. First, let's drink. Me from my glass, and you from yours.

    [Vizzini and the Man in Black drink]

    Man in Black: You guessed wrong.

    Vizzini: You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders - the most famous of which is "never get involved in a land war in Asia" - but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line"! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha...

    [Vizzini stops suddenly, his smile frozen on his face and falls to the ground dead. The Man in Black removes the blindfold from Buttercup's head]

    Man in Black: You all right?

    Buttercup: And to think, all that time it was your cup that was poisoned.

    Man in Black: They were both poisoned. I spent the last few years building up an immunity to iocane powder.