Princess Bride

Princess Bride starts out with a farm boy named Wesley, who worked on Buttercup’s family farm. They began to fall deeply in love with each other. Wesley sets out to make money so that he can afford to marry Buttercup. Word comes back that Wesley has been killed by the Dread Pirate Roberts. Five years later, Buttercup is set to marry Prince Humperdinck. Humperdinck hires a trio of outlaws to kidnap Buttercup and kill her. Wesley, as the Dread Pirate Roberts, comes back to rescue her. When Buttercup realizes that Wesley is the one saving her, she wants to escape from Humperdinck. He soon catches up and promises Buttercup that Wesley can live. Humperdinck tortures and kills Wesley in order to marry Buttercup. Two of the outlaws, Inigo and Fezzik, join ranks with Wesley to save him and Buttercup from Humperdinck. And they live happily ever after.

Something that I felt that was done really well was the non-diegetic sound. The score added to the comedy of the movie. The music followed the atmosphere of the film and kept good tempo with it. I think that the score was performed very well for the type of film that it is. People so often remember the dramatic score like Jaws or the scores from popular movies like Harry Potter (an amazing score all around). I think that without the score as it is in the Princess Bride, the film would just not be the same. It gives the movie life.

I also like the use of the camera angles. There are close ups of Wesley’s eyes. It makes him seem more mysterious in his mask, as well as more intense when he faces Humperdinck. I found the film quite enjoyable. I liked how the story jumped cut from the story to reality in the grandson’s room.  I found it comical, but it did kind of take me out of the story. That would be my only critique to this film, but I can see why the director did this.