The Princess Bride Film Analysis
analytical Essay
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Though the film may be unbelievable at parts such as the swamp containing RUS (Rodents of Unusual Size) the film does make sense. Even though you meet some villains, they may turn out to be good or partially good. This film does go for 98 minutes (1 hour 38 minutes), so get comfortable and don’t forget the popcorn. Review: Throughout this fanciful story of fantasy and romance, appear smaller genres of more favourable selections such as comedy, revenge, action and adventure. Revenge occurs in a few of the characters, romance mainly in Westley and Buttercup and adventure/action all throughout the movie. At the beginning, there is an ill child lying in bed and he has a small conference with his mother about how he doesn’t like it when Grandpa pinches his cheek. When his Grandad comes to visit, he reads the Princess Bride to him, at first he doesn’t like it because he asks if it is full of kissing and romance and the Grandad replies with something along the lines of ‘I bet it is’. The more the man reads the story the more and more engaged the grandson and you, the audience will be.
In this essay, the author
- Opines that though the film may be unbelievable at parts such as the swamp containing rus (rodents of unusual size), it does make sense.
- Analyzes how the fanciful story of fantasy and romance features smaller genres of more favourable selections such as comedy, revenge, action and adventure.
- Analyzes how buttercup's love, the innocent farm boy, must earn his riches in a distant land, but years later, he is informed that westley was brutally slain by barbaric dread pirates.
- Analyzes how buttercup and a dread pirate have small interactions and meetings in which sometimes are unknown by one or the other, which intensifies the volume of suspense and makes us await for the love between the two burst.
- Analyzes how indigo montoya, which mandy patinkin acted as fantastically, tells the story on how he’s been searching for revenge for his father all his life.
- Opines that the camera work is impeccable and inconceivable, and the crappy special effects in the movie are comical.
- Recommends watching the film and reading the novel no matter what style audience you may be as becoming captivated by the classics is the best way to actually appreciate what we have now and how we can do with it.
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- Explains that the story begins on a beautiful and secluded farm in the country of florin where everything is peaceful.
- Analyzes how westley's decision to leave the farm causes a cascade of events to follow. on his journey he is captured by the "dread pirate roberts who never leaves captives alive" and assumed to be dead for five years.
- Analyzes how buttercup falls in love with westley at the beginning of the film. humperdinck, the prince of florin, wishes to cause a war with their neighboring country.
- Analyzes how westley's journey to save buttercup from the wicked prince who wishes to use her for his own gain depicts the typical pattern of the hero.
- Analyzes how westley from the beginning is shown to be ambitious, which is why he leaves the farm in the first place. he trusts inigo, who at this time was his enemy.
- Analyzes how westley's ambition keeps him willing to go through trials to reach his goals. he doesn't fear death, and is ready to rescue buttercup.
- Explains that the princess bride was written in 1973 by william goldman and later adapted into a film in 1987. the book pokes fun at many themes and ideas in literature.
- Analyzes the symbolism of each character in inigo's story. the scars on his face and his father’s sword remind him of his quest to revenge.
- Explains that westley is the archetypal hero, leaving the land that he knows in pursuit of riches, and returning to an unfamiliar world to conquer numerous tasks to restore order.
- Analyzes how the farm in the film represents the archetypal garden of eden. the sea represents fortune, change, and the unknown, while the guilder frontier represents danger.
- Analyzes how the central conflict of the narrative is the separation of westley and buttercup. the idea that nothing can destroy true love is put to the test.
- Analyzes how the princess bride is a fairy tale in that there are some great morals to be obtained throughout. the side story of inigo's quest for revenge resembles the myth of osiris.
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- Explains that the nine fellowship of the ring got the elvish symbol for the number nine after the filming began on october 11, 1999.
- Describes the stars that immortalized the characters, including elijah wood, ian mckellen, liv tyler, viggo montessen, samwise gamgee, john rhys-davies, and orlando bloom.
- Analyzes how the film portrays that a human's one weakness is being greed by position and power.
- Narrates how sauron created a ring on the mount of doom in mordor. isildur's mind corrupted by it and refused to destroy it.
- Analyzes how the themes of the movie were referring to responsibility, friendship and greed. frodo has a chance to escape from the responsibility he chooses to take it to avoid the chaos.
- Analyzes how the film's visual appearance is impressive. the motion is neither fast nor slow and every scene is interesting to watch because of the attractiveness of locations.
- Analyzes how frodo found a gem in sam's character. greediness in the heart fulfills what it aims.
- Opines that frodo sacrificed to bring peace to the middle-earth. get rid of greediness in our hearts because it will lead us to do badly.
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