#story: the princess bride

[vintageandroid]

Fuck it. 80s Fantasy Movie poll.

I ran out of space. And no, there is no "more than one" option, you gotta choose.

Reblog if you wanna for more reach etc etc.

[jenniferconelly70]

Jennifer Connelly as Sarah in Labyrinth (1986)

[belltherad]

i love you legend i love you labyrinth i love you princess bride i love you return to oz i love you dark crystal i love you the neverending story i love you hook

[skyward-floored]

wait WAIT I'VE GOT IT

THEY SHOULD DO THE ZELDA MOVIE LIKE THE PRINCESS BRIDE WHERE IT'S A GRANDPA TELLING THE STORY TO HIS GRANDKID

[dreamerslovechaos]

*wakes up in a cold sweat* the reason the black rose arc had to be forgotten by everyone is because its foundational tenet operated on giving the Brides agency to protest against their role in the dueling system and seek to leave it, further exemplified by its final shot being that of anthy's complicitness in the dueling game. the black rose arc gives a 'voice to the voiceless' and exploits their rage against their lives into rage against the Bride - which though it furthers ohtori's system of oppression (the dueling game is built upon exploiting the internal conflicts of the duelists after all), the methodology of giving 'voices' to the Brides by allowing them to Speak Their Mind within the framework of 'self improvement' via seeking out therapy is shown to be antithetical to ohtori academy as a whole because true self actualization of the bride will mean the end of ohtori academy as a system. in this essay i will

[sadsongsandwaltzes]

I’m not saying I’ve never done it before, but the “pssshhhhttt that’s not very realistic” arguments in entertainment are so annoying.

No crap. I don’t want to watch a movie about you waking up and scratching your butt and going to sit in your cubicle and coming home and watching The Office reruns while you eat Mexican takeout.

I want stories that are funny, insane, grand. Compelling. It doesn’t have to be “realistic” it just has to make you believe by its own magic. That’s what I want. There’s a reason the oldest stories that have survived time are epics

[sacrificialfae]

80s fantasy films mean everything to me

[romancemedia]

At this rate, I suspect these animes will be released on DVD/Blu Ray next year... and I REALLY want them.

[bat-snake]

Couple little things of reading to Leola, in three stages of quality. Realms Beyond Time isn't exactly at-age reading material, but it still sure makes her sleep.

Plus Discworld??? And The Dark Crystal??? (with friends)

Or at the very least, loving homages that could realistically exist 2000 years in the past. I should actually solidify what kind of stories Leola was told...

[jetra4ivor]

I need people who are “apologizing for hating MCSM” to actually PLAY the game and realize there is WAY more than just the wither storm.

There’s portals. Redstone computers. Skyblock. Murder mystery with YouTubers. Spleef. Underwater temples. Admins. Prison escapes. Identity theft. Power of friendship. Potatoes. Fighting. Giants. Torture. Revenge. True love!

[pacificwanderer]

alternatively, you can pick the one that ✨least scarred✨ you as a child! and then go have an 80s fantasy-themed party to celebrate! glitter is mandatory!

[zylphiacrowley]

Adventures in the Northern Wilds pt. 2

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[lepetitdragonvert]

Die Schlangenbraut/ The Snake’s Bride

1894

Artist : Heinrich Vogeler

[comradesummers]

not enough discussion of how fundamentally jewish the princess bride is. the film makes this explicit with the grandfather saying "shalom" to the grandson as he's getting ready to leave. and of course there's billy crystal and carol kane's performances which speak for themselves.

but especially in the book, there's this extra layer of jewishness in the form of florin. the father is from florin, an old european country, he speaks in an accent, and the reading of the book to his son is his attempt to share with him the culture of the old country. and it works! the son (a fictionalized version of the novel's real life author, william goldman, who also wrote the screenplay for the film) loves the book, or that is to say, he loves the abridged version of the book without all the worldbuilding. but he doesn't quite succeed at passing the tradition on to his son. so he decides to abridge the book the way his father did for him so his son can enjoy it as much as he did. there's so much there about the immigrant experience, the attempt to keep the tradition of the old country alive through future generations, and how the process of keeping that tradition alive may necessitate losing parts of it. all of this is deeply tied to the jewish immigrant experience in both subtle and unsubtle ways.

most notably, there's this bit from the book (for those who haven't read it, as mentioned the frame narrative is that goldman is abridging the original book by a guy named s. morgenstern from the fictional country of florin, so this bit is a part of the book, even though it reads like paratext):

Hiram, my editor, felt the Miracle Max section was too Jewish in sound, too contemporary. I really let him have it on that one [...] And so here the point is, if Max and Valerie sound Jewish, why shouldn't they? You think a guy named Simon Morgenstern was Irish Catholic?

i just think there's a lot there and i've really only scratched the surface. both the film and the book are a lot more thematically rich than i think we give them credit for, and the jewishness of the story is a big part of that.