Movie Review of Princess Bride

     Okay, hi. So this post will be the review of the movie, 'Princess Bride'.
     This movie was produced on 1987 by Rod Reiner (director/producer). The main actors were Robin Wright (acting as Buttercup), Cary Elwes (acting as Westley) and Fred Savage (acting as a boy). It is based on the novel also called the 'Princess Bride'. The movie was filmed at the United Kingdom and Ireland. I deem that the genre of this movie is romantic adventurous comedy. You'll soon see why.

     Let me give you the abbreviated version of the plot. Buttercup falls in love with Westley, a farm boy. Westley leaves to find money for marriage. Prince Humperdinck forces Buttercup to marry him. Vizzini (leader of group), Inigo (the Spanish man), and Fezzik (a giant) kidnaps Buttercup and takes her on a ship. Buttercup tries to escape by jumping off the ship, but the huge eels frighten her so much that it makes her hop back into the ship. Then a ship starts to follow the kidnapper's ship. The kidnappers and Buttercup climbs up the Cliff of Insanity. A black masked man emerged from the ship. He also started to climb. Vizzini orders Inigo to stop him. Inigo and man in black has a duel. The Spainiard lost. Man in black moves on to find Fezzik throwing huge rocks at him. They start to wrestle then Westley chokes Fezzik until the giant blacks out. Then he beats Vizzini in a battle of wits. Man in black runs away with Buttercup while the Prince pursues them. Man in Black gets pushed down the gorge by Buttercup and he says,

     "As you wish."

     At that moment, Buttercup realized that the man in black was Westley. They faced many ordeals such as Snow Sand, Rodents of Unusual Size and the Fire Swamp. Prince Humperdinck captures them. Buttercup negotiates for Westley to be freed. Westley was tortured on a life-sucking machine instead. Buttercup eventually found out that Prince Humperdinck was torturing Westley and rebels against him, talking about her enduring love for Westley. Humperdinck, enraged, sucks all of Westley's life. Inigo and Fezzik, who became kind, found Westley's dead body. They revived him by taking him to a magician. But Westley was still weak.

     Westley composes plans to save Buttercup. Buttercup decided to suicide. Westley saved Buttercup from suiciding. Westley bluffs his way out of a sword fight with Humperdinck.

     Inigo, who met Regan, a man who killed his father, starts to duel with Regan. He recited his long-rehearsed oath of vengeance all along. They run away, riding on white horses, which Fezzik had conveniently found.

     Now I would like to move on to talk about how Westley was a leader. he devised plans to rescue Buttercup and it worked! He led the team (Inigo and Fezzik). He was not arrogant at all, which made everyone respect him.

     As you can guess, the lesson of this movie is that 'True love can overcome any obstacles'. Westley breaking in the palace while Buttercup rebelled against Humperdinck? Yep. True love, alright.

     I would like to criticize parts of this movie. The beginning was horrible. It merely consisted of kisses, tears, and long, unbearable stares at each other. It was way too classic. Even classier than Cinderella's beginning.

     I wish the movie contained more humor. I think that Humperdinck is a wonderful subject of humor. Talking in the audience's point of view, Humperdinck seemed like a dumb, mean nincompoop to me. It would be very humorous if a tad bit of dumbness was added to Humperdinck.

     The movie was not my favorite movie but it was a movie which I could enjoy. I recommend this to couples and families out there.

     So this is my opinion and facts about the 'Princess Bride'. Below you can see the characters,and the trailer of the movie. Julie out.

PHOTOS

Buttercup                              Westley                Boy

Vizzini                                      Inigo                                 Fezzik





Trailer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYgcrny2hRs

New System, New Goals

I am not a big fan of goals. Goals are not my fans either. I would make goals, then end it in an hour. I would make impossible goals, then just give up on it. So goals and I are not the best of friends. But now I am in a new system, and that might change a few thins. I decided to make 3 new goals.

     The first goal is to sleep over 7 hours a day. The abundant amount of homework, the study period all spent on debates and similar conditions forced me to sign up for the second study period. The second study period ends at 12:00. As we wake up on 7:00, this indicates the fact that I currently sleep for 7 hours. I hope to sleep more than 7 hours to not have swollen eyes and hands. I will try my best to sleep before 12:00, and will meditate to prevent from waking up in the middle of the night.

     My second goal is to keep up good handwriting in my diary. I am known for having messy handwriting. I see this new opportunity at GLPS as a chance for me to see how long I can go with neat handwriting. In order for me to reach this goal, I will make sure I am not in a hurry when I am writing in my diary. I tend to rush too much when in a hurried situation, meaning that I tend to write in a way which the handwriting is illegible when rushed. I will also try to make sure my pencil is sharp while writing in my diary because when I write in my diary with a pencil with a blunt end, it is all smudged and unruly by the time I am done.

     My last and third goal is to do 100 HSK5 words per day. By this, I mean write down the definition of the hundred HSK5 words. As this is a goal which requires my iPod, I would have to do this during the first study period or borrow a electronic dictionary to study during the second study period. I would also have to be in self-control as it is easy to be distracted, especially with a device which has entertainment apps downloaded or installed on it.

     I wish, hope, and pray to reach the goals I've set here. After all, there is no guarantee that this plan would fail.

Three Things I know to be True

     Greetings to all you people out there! My name is Julie Baik and I am currently a participant of the Global Leadership Program for Students 2013 Summer Camp. I don't want to introduce myself with a set of common, ordinary facts about me like my blood type, so I will present myself with 'Three Things I know to be True'.

        The first and only clue for the first thing I know to be true is the word 'herbs'. Try to guess. Do I abhor herbs? No. Do I abstain from eating herbs? No. The first thing is that I grow herbs. I had a love for gardening ever since I saw my friend's garden. Since I didn't like flowers (I hated that bees would come with flowers), I settled on edible plants and my favorite category of edible plants were herbs.






     Carrots. That word seems sort of random but guess what? This word is the clue for the second thing I know to be true. My bunny is named Carrots? No. I am disgusted at the sight of carrots? Nope. I am delighted at the sight of carrots? Absolutely no. I am allergic to carrots. It is an one of a kind allergy. Even the doctor was surprised.






     The third clue which leads to the third and last thing is shoe size. No, I do not have an abnormally large nor small feet. And just in case you thought of this, I do not have deformed feet. I have the same shoe size as my sister, my aunt and my mom. It is a peculiar coincidence, isn't it? I figured that out when I was organizing the shoes.






     These are my three things I know to be true and that is my way of introducing myself (acknowledgement to Miss Angela).