This leads to her getting - surprise, surprise - kidnapped. The stupid part comes in when she decides to go riding off on her own, without an escort, even though she is now royalty and could have all kinds of crazy protection - dogs, knights, wizards, trained bears, you name it. When Westley is captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts, Buttercup agrees to marry Prince Humperdinck (Chris Sarandon) - which is understandable, I guess. Buttercup is a Useless IdiotĪside from the fact that she’s the only remotely important female character in the entire film, Buttercup’s largest flaw is that she’s incredibly stupid. But let me explain anyway why I was completely turned off by the “romance” in this story anyway. Thankfully, the other characters are so good, none of this really matters. This makes their “romance” pretty sickening, and every time they kissed, I found myself wincing and protesting right along with Fred Savage. They are toxic. Westley is an abusive jerk, while Buttercup is an idiot and a doormat to the extreme. I decided to watch the film again for the first time in years, and it occurred to my now-adult brain that the main characters, Westley and Buttercup, are actually both really horrible.īy that I mean, they don’t just have understandable flaws that any character should. Because romantic comedy adventure films are probably my favorite films ever, I loved this movie growing up and even read the book. The Princess Bride is a 1987 romantic comedy adventure film about true love and giants and witches and evil princes. Originally written 08/29/18 and published on /ReelRundown.
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