The Princess Bride
Jun. 27th, 2005 11:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
skull_bearerFinally managed to track down the film (the biggest obstacle being getting off my arse to do so), and watched it this evening. What can I say?
It teetered between being a comedy, a fantasy spoof, an romance and an action movie, and succeeded in all four. It had me howling with laugher at all the ridiculous quips and cliche' mockeries, yet some scenes really packed a punch.
The best example of this is when the spaniard is fighting the man who killed his father; he'd finally disarmed him and the evil guy is begging for his life, offering the spaniard anything.
-Anything I ask for?
-Anything you want!
*He runs him through* -I want my father back you son of a bitch.
That whiole speech, the expressions and the way it was delivered was perfect. It wasn't funny, but it was marvelously effective.
The only grubbing point is the role of Buttercup, she doesn't seem to do anything other than stand around and try to kill herself; admittedly she did try and swim for it in the first few scenes, but still, all the managed to do was annoy pro-lifers.
Loved the ending, the bad guy is still breathing, but the heroes still ride off into the sunset. Definitly original.
Also including the most original ressurection scene ever seen, -Hello! Is anybody in there!- Hilarious.
And if anyone says it was a crap film, well, what can I say?
-Inconcivable!
Skull Bearer.
It teetered between being a comedy, a fantasy spoof, an romance and an action movie, and succeeded in all four. It had me howling with laugher at all the ridiculous quips and cliche' mockeries, yet some scenes really packed a punch.
The best example of this is when the spaniard is fighting the man who killed his father; he'd finally disarmed him and the evil guy is begging for his life, offering the spaniard anything.
-Anything I ask for?
-Anything you want!
*He runs him through* -I want my father back you son of a bitch.
That whiole speech, the expressions and the way it was delivered was perfect. It wasn't funny, but it was marvelously effective.
The only grubbing point is the role of Buttercup, she doesn't seem to do anything other than stand around and try to kill herself; admittedly she did try and swim for it in the first few scenes, but still, all the managed to do was annoy pro-lifers.
Loved the ending, the bad guy is still breathing, but the heroes still ride off into the sunset. Definitly original.
Also including the most original ressurection scene ever seen, -Hello! Is anybody in there!- Hilarious.
And if anyone says it was a crap film, well, what can I say?
-Inconcivable!
Skull Bearer.
