The Princess Bride (1987) - Rob Reiner

Obviously, a film called the Princess Bride brings the thoughts of some kind of baby girl's chick flick. Thank God, this wasn't what I expected. So much better, and lovely bits of filmmaking, and action sequences and oh gosh, so good. I wish I'd watched this as a kid, because I could really have related to Grandfather reading a story to the kid when sick. Really sums up childhood. It also managed to convey two of my worst fears: fire, and the ocean. Well done, Reiner! Or William Goldman, who wrote the original book.

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