Movie Analysis: The Princess Bride

I first saw The Princess Bride when I was around six or seven years of age. One of my favorite past times was hanging out with my father, watching movies. Since we both admired this movie, it spawned multiple inside jokes throughout the years as I grew. My household, now including a baby brother and a Stepmother, has seen this movie over 20 times and still, it never gets old. The Princess Bride (1987) is an adventure film with romantic, fantasy, and comical sub genres that bring families together through the subtle theme that with friends, family, and a little luck, all things are possible. The old and new styles of filming from the late 1980s contributed congruently to create a truly magical and unique film.
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One example is when Westley is first introduced to Inigo Montoya, who immediately checks to see if he has six fingers on his hand. Inigo shares with Westley the story of how his father was slain by a six fingered man. Later, Westley and Buttercup are cornered by Prince Humperdinck and his trusty collaborator, who has six fingers on his hand. As the story continues, Inigo finally comes face to face with his enemy and pursues his revenge. If the string of events had been laid out differently, the audience would not be anticipating the duel between the two, as it would seem anti-climactic and dramatic

Today, green screen is used in most films, allowing the façade of a character being somewhere they really are not. When The Princess Bride was filmed, the actors had to be filmed in real life places doing their own stunts with very little technological help. This lack of technology could have been detrimental to the overall feeling of the movie, but, in all actuality created the opposite effect. This setting is in a time before all technology, therefore the lack of special effects creates a realistic fairytale approach that added to the old feel of the