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.