"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father prepare to die."
With its fourth round pick, team
Hot Buttery Topping selects,
in the Fantasy category, Rob Reiner's Action/Comedy/Romance/Swashbuckling/Adventure tale,
The Princess Bride.
Framed by scenes in the "real world" featuring Fred Savage as a boy who is home sick in bed, and Peter Falk as his grandfather, who has decided to help make the boy feel better by telling him a fairy tale.
The fairy tale, called The Princess Bride, is the story of Buttercup (Robin Wright - not yet Penn) and Westley (Cary Elwes) and their never-ending love for each other...but don't worry, it's not one of those "kissing books".
Meathead finds the right mix of comedy, adventure, and romance in this story, with a great cast, including Billy Crystal, Christopher Guest, Mandy Patinkin, and Andre the Giant (typecast, as always, as the Giant), and a soundtrack by Mark Knopfler.
The Princess Bride is a sweet, funny, family tale, with some memorable scenes and quotable lines. How can you not like a family movie that features the line,
"There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours"?
Here's the best trailer I could find...
The battle of wits...
INCONCEIVABLE!
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.