Movie Review of "The Princess Bride"

"The Princess Bride" is a fantastic movie made in 1987 by Rob Reiner. It is also a fairy tale about two people sharing true love. However, it is not just a fairy tale it is also a romantic and a comedy, it has all the elements that make a great film. This great film starts off with a man reading a story to his sick grandson. The following is what happens in the story.

Westley and Buttercup saying goodbye

The story begins in a farm and two characters are introduced: Westley and Buttercup. Westley is a farm boy and works for Buttercup, but there's more. Westley loves Buttercup. However, he was afraid to tell her, so whenever Buttercup asked him to do something, he said "as you wish". It was his way of saying I love you. What Westley didn't know was that Buttercup loved him back. As time passed, they both realized that they loved each other, so they got together and became lovers. Unfortunately, there came a day when Westley had to leave. He had to earn money, but he promised to come back after two years. Buttercup was heartbroken, but she agreed because she wanted the best for Westley.

Prince Humpherdinck and
Buttercup before the marriage

Five years passed by, and Westley didn't return. Some were even saying that he died. This left Buttercup extremely upset and lonely. At this time, the Prince, Prince Humpherdinck, was looking for a wife and he picked Buttercup.  He din't really love her though, It wasn't true love. His plan was to kill her immediately, place her dead body on a neighboring country so that he can start a war with them. Once he was married, he hired three men to initiate his plan.  They were Fezzik (a very large and strong man), Inigo (a talented swordsman) and Vizzini (a very smart man).

These three men sailed the seas after kidnapping Buttercup and stopped on the Cliffs of Insanity. Using Fezzik's incredible strength, they climbed it with a rope. Soon, they noticed that they were being followed by a man wearing mysterious, black clothes. All of them tried to defeat him, but they failed. The man then captured Buttercup and began running. On his way, they fell down a hill, and the man's disguise came off. He was Westley. Buttercup was really happy and so was Westley. But it didn't last. They were being tracked by Prince Humpherdinck. When he came, Westley was taken away from Buttercup, and put in a torture room.

Westley threatening Prince
Humpherdink

During this time, Fezzik and Inigo were planning to team up with Westley and save
Buttercup. So when the time came, they rescued Westley and stormed into Prince Humpherdinck's castle. Inside, Fezzik used his physical ability and Inigo used his sword to defeat all the guards. Afterwards, they found Prince Humpherdinck an Westley killed him. Then he reunited with Buttercup and shared a passionate kiss. In the end, they lived happily ever after.

In my opinion, this movie was really good because not only was it entertaining, but we can learn a lot from it. One of the main things we can learn is that true love cannot be stopped. This is demonstrated when Westley defies all odds to reunite with Buttercup. Secondly, we are taught to love your family as much as you love your partner. This is shown at the end of the movie. The sick grandson asks his grandfather to read him the story again tomorrow, and he replies with "as you wish". Another thing that this movie teaches us is how to be a leader. When the three men were hired (Fezzik, Inigo and Vizzini), Vizzini was made the leader of them. He showed terrible qualities of a leader, therefore he got beaten by Westley. From Vizzini, we can learn that a good leader is not overconfident, makes everyone else do the work or disrespect others.

To conclude, I think that this movie was phenomenal because this movie is very entertaining and put across a positive message: true love cannot be stopped. Additionally, it teaches us many things so I think that his movie is very entertaining and educational.

The 30 Day Challenge

Hello! It's me Oh Jun again and today, I'm going to post about something inspired by Matt Cutts. He gave a TED talk (which I would highly recommend you watching) about trying something new in the next 30 days. So after watching the speech, I decided to set myself 3 goals that I hope to achieve in the next 30 days.

My first goal is to get better at presenting in front of people and thinking on the spot. This is actually one of the reasons why I joined GLPS. I think that debate class will play a big part in this. Just yesterday, I had me first debate. I got a lot of positive and negative feedback, which is always good. In my opinion, one of the ways to achieve this goal is by concentrating a lot in debate class and following the advice that I get. Additionally, it will be very good for me if I can practice speaking alone. Therefore, I'm going to practice speaking in my free time after lunch and dinner.

Following me first goal is my second goal, which is to make self-studying a habit. Don't get me wrong here, I don't want to be one of those robot-people that study 24/7. In fact, I think that having fun is the most important thing in life. What I mean is that I want to develop the ability to just sit down, do homework and review what I've learnt for a few hours. In order to achieve this, I'm going to have to do 2 things. The first is to always go to the optional study period if possible. I've actually gone to it 3 consecutive times already so I just need to continue it. However, just going to the study period isn't going to help, I actually need to study then. One of the major distractions with studying is talking with your friends. So I believe that not talking with others while I'm studying will help me as well.

Finally, the last goal. This is something our Headmaster mentioned in his speech in the opening ceremony; it is to stay healthy. Even though I want to learn about many things like debate in this camp, I also want to stay healthy. To do so, I will need to do these things: don't eat too much in the cafeteria and exercise everyday. The cafeteria at KMLA provides a lot of delicious foods which makes it difficult to resist taking too much. However, if I want to stay healthy, I'm going to have to get rid of that greed. As I mentioned, the second thing is to get daily exercise. It is very important for our bodies to get exercise, so I think doing some form of exercise everyday will be very helpful (whether it's playing basketball or jogging). Unfortunately, walking around the huge campus is not enough.

In conclusion, during me time at GLPS, I want to improve my presentation skills, make studying a habit and stay healthy. During this summer, why don't you try something new? I would encourage you to do so. When you think of 3 goals for you, don't forget to leave them in the comments.

Bye (for now)!

Three things I know to be true

Hi! My name is Oh Jun and in this blog, I'm going to tell you 3 things about myself. I don't usually say these when I introduce myself so consider yourself lucky!

Steve Jobs unveiling iPhone 4

Let's start off by talking about a man called Steve Jobs. This was a man that was loved by millions around the world for his creativity, innovation an unique ways of doing things - I am part of the  millions. Not only do I love him because of the phenomenal products released by Apple, but he has also inspired me to learn more about computers and technology. Now, thanks to him, IT is my favorite subject.

My 2 passions in life are technology and watching football. Playing football is fun, but I don't love it. The club I support is called Chelsea FC. You may have heard about it as it is a very famous club. Withing the club, I have 2 football idols: Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba. Why o I admire Frank Lampard? It is due to his ability to consistently score goals and the way he carries the team. He isn't the captain but he is the vice captain and a very respected figure at the club. In the club, he wears the no. 8 jersey so 8 is a very special number to me. So who wears 11? You guessed it, Dider Drogba. This man is a living legend. Joining the club in 2004, his consistent, amazing performances have made him voted as the best Chelsea player of all-time. Currently, he plays for Galatasaray in Turkey, but he ended his Chelsea career in style by scoring the winning goal in the 2012 UEFA Champions League final.




Frank Lampard (left), Jose
Mourinho (center) and John
Terry (right)

June 2nd is probably my favorite day in the entire year. Not only is it my birthday, it is also the day Jose Mourinho joined Chelsea FC as manager. Before he came, Chelsea were known as the team that never won anything, we were always second. Mourinho changed that. He enjoyed 3 seasons with 6 trophies (on the way winning the Premier League for Chelsea in 50 years and Premier Legue record). Unfortunately, he left in 2007 but he dominated in Italy and Spain, and he is now back at Chelsea FC.

I hope you have leaned a lot about me through these 3 facts. Now it's your turn. Leave 3 interesting facts about you in the comments. 

 

Bye!