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Saw The Princess Bride this afternoon. I think my family discovered this movie on HBO back in the late 80s as I have a vague memory of a BETA tape with a hand-written "Princess Bride" sticker on the side of it, so this was my first time seeing it on the big screen. I went with Mathew, Tim, and Tim's daughter Sylvia. I had shown the movie to Sylvia probably about a year ago (I feel it is my mission to show her all the 80s classics because she should be familiar with them since 1) she watches Psych and Shawn quotes them ALL THE TIME and 2) she hangs out with me and I quote them ALL THE TIME) but she didn't realize it was that movie until she saw the trailer in the theater.

It's still good. It is just a FUN movie, through and through. Yeah, these are not Oscar award winning performances or effects or anything but it's just 100% FUN.



Oh, and did I mention quotable? My mom will refer to a love interest in a movie as the character's "to blave" and who can resist saying "mae-widge" any time a wedding scene appears? It's inconceivable! And you know you're among fellow geeks when you can start Inigo's rhyming game and have someone else in the room do Fezzik's lines.

And, like Last Unicorn, I feel like the story manages to find this happy balance of all the fairy tale stories you love as a child with the snark and cynicism of adulthood. We are both the Grandson, hanging on every word, wanting to know how the story will end, and the Grandfather, knowing how it must all end, how it might not be fair but that doesn't mean it can't be a happy ending. And that we all enjoy "kissing books" every now and then.

Sylvia said she really liked it. She got an extra kick out of it because Cary Elwes has guest starred on Psych several times now and his character on their is very Wesley like (dread pirate, international jewel thief...same thing). I think I might need to get a copy of the book for her as a birthday present this year...