Thursday, July 10, 2008

The Princess Bride: A Movie Synopsis

The story of a murderer who steals goods and treasure from honest traders using a pirate ship named ‘Revenge’.

Wesley was once a farm boy who fell in love with a beautiful young girl called Buttercup. Abandoning her, he goes out to seek his fortune, reinventing himself as “The Dread Pirate Roberts”. He successfully robs and kills many, many people. Then one day, he hears from a fellow cutthroat... that Buttercup has been kidnapped. So, on a whim he tracks her down to the Cliffs of Insanity.

With the help of a drunken Spaniard, they eventually break up the princess-t0-be's wedding; Thus ruining Buttercup's chances of joining the aristocracy. What happens after the getaway we can only assume. Probably, the three retire to a sex-cult in far-off Gilder with their blood money, Buttercup thoroughly addicted to iocane powder.