Or at least something that you might not know--namely that The Princess Bride is fantastic representation/satire of the medieval romance. Check the clip below. Yes, you should be asking yourselves why they would not fight with their right hands from the start. It's inconceivable that they would not do that.
Also seems like it could be a comedy. Obviously he fights better with his right hand. Looks like a standard fight, but oh wait there is acrobatics involved. Are all the fights like this.
ReplyDeleteI recognize the character in black from another movie he did, "Robin Hood: Men In Tights", which was also a comedy. I have never read Robin Hood, I have only seen movies. Could Robin Hood be a medieval romance between him and the Maid Marian?
Possibly, wbrenner. I haven't curled up with Robin Hood in some time, so I can't say for sure. I do know, though, that a dancing fox is quite strange!
ReplyDeleteI've seen this movie several times and I love it, but I've been meaning to read the book too. I would definitely consider this movie a comedy. I think The Blithedale Romance aims to both accept and criticize Romanticism, especially Transcendentalism, in a much more serious manner than The Princess Bride does. (SPOILER ALERT) We talked in class today about how the definition of a comedy is that it ends in a marriage, and If I remember correctly, at the end of the Princess Bride, the two main characters do in fact end up together. Meanwhile, Zenobia commits suicide at the end of The Blithedale Romance, so this could be considered a tragedy according to its definition. So, I think The Princess Bride mainly aims to entertain its audience rather than send a certain message, whereas The Blithedale Romance accomplishes both.
ReplyDeleteSam, with all due respect, Transcendentalism has absolutely nothing to do with medieval romance and there is nothing even remotely associated with Transcendentalism in this movie. I know you made reference to something else and said "in a much more serious manner than the PB does," but it is totally unrelated. The romantic period of literature that this movies satirizes is medieval romance, as in the Middle Ages. This is a completely different era. Romanticist literature is another universe away from medieval romance. Your response was written quite some time ago so you have probably corrected yourself.
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