The Princess Bride, a Movie Review about the Movie, the Princess Bride

The Princess Bride, a 1987 film, based on the book by William Goldman, is a very enjoyable

movie with many intricate and somewhat complex story lines. The story takes place in a country

called Florin, which seems to take place in our medieval times, as it mentions Asia, Australia,

Greenland, Sicily, and also mentions the historical figures Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates. This

action yet “twue wuve” story is exciting for all, and also brings good humor. Even with its many

intricate plots, one does not need to understand it all, as it is an enjoyable movie for elementary

and junior high children, whether or not the plots are fully grasped. With this in mind, we are

going to take a look at all the different story plots and how they all tie together to make this

incredible story.

The first and main plot we’ll be looking at is the “twue wuve” between Wesley, the farm boy,

and Buttercup. This “twue wove” is introduced to us in the very first scene. It then moves onto

how Wesley must leave to get money, but never returns, and so Buttercup gets engaged with

Prince Humperdinck of Florin, yet it states she did not love him. This is the overall theme in the

story, as Buttercup must escape the clutches of Prince Humperdinck, and discover her love

Wesley is still alive. This represents the large portion

of the movie as its story plot is the basses of all the

activities.

The second plot that we will be discussing is

probably the most complex, and the most

challenging for young minds to grasp. In the early

part of the rising action, Buttercup is kidnapped by

Vizzini, played by Wallace Shawn, Fezzik, played by André the Giant, and Inigo Montoya,

played by Mandy Patinkin. The audience hears a mention of using Buttercup to start a war, by

killing her and throwing her body onto the lands of Gilder, a neighboring country, so it would

seem they kidnapped and killed her, starting a war. We are unsure why this certain band of men

are completing this task, but we find their plan obliterated as the man in black follows them and

takes back Buttercup. This plot ties in with the one above as we find out the man in black is

actually Wesley and now starts the plot of keeping Buttercup from Prince Humperdinck. Back to

this plot, later in the movie, there is a small mention made by Prince Humperdinck, in which he

states that he in fact hired Vizzin to kill Buttercup and to frame Gilder for it. This brings a whole

new plot to the story, and therefore is very important in this review.

Our last plot we shall look at is the minor of the three. It is the plot of Inigo Montoya the

Spaniard, one of the men who

kidnapped Buttercup; however it

is revealed that he only worked

for Vizzini to pay the bills. As

the man in black prepares to

fight him, Inigo asks whether the

man in black has six fingers. He

then goes onto explaining that his father worked hard on a sword for a man, however the man

demanded it for one tenth of the original price, and when Inigo’s father refused, the six-fingered

man killed him. The audience is then told that Inigo dedicated his life to finding the man, and

seeking revenge. This ties in with the other plots, as we find out that the six-fingered man works

for Prince Humperdinck, and therefore bonds all these people together at the last scene for all to

reach their goals.

The Princess Bride has many complex and intricate movie plots that all are weaved together

into an amazing movie and book. The “twue wuve” between Wesley and Buttercup, the war

between Florin and Gildor, and the search for the six-fingered man are all three different plots

yet they are connected and make the movie intense. The Princess Bride is phenomenal and is

definitely worth seeing.