The Princess Bride is about a farm boy who falls in love with the girl he works for and in return she falls in love with him as well. After they both announce their love for each other Westly has to leave his love Buttercup but swears that they will be together again one day. While Westly is gone the prince decides that he wants to make Buttercup his bride. With rumors of Westly's death around Buttercup agrees to marry the prince. But once engaged the princess to be is kidnapped by three criminals who wish to make a profit off of the princess. The prince pursues the princess but she is first rescued by a man in all black going by the name the Dread Pirate Roberts. It is finally reviled to Buttercup that the pirate is actually her long lost lover Westly. Together again they try to flee the prince so that they can live a life together. Unfortunately the prince catches up to them and forces Buttercup to come with him. After life threatening battles and teaming up with unlikely friends Westly is able to defeat the prince in battle and ride off together to live happily ever after with Buttercup.
The Princess Bride is an older film and I feel as though the camera work and audio show this. I feel that the most exhilarating part of the film was the visuals of the backgrounds throughout the movie. The scenery is very vast and beautiful and the DP does a good job of bringing the scenery together. The camera work is very minimal and there aren't many abstract shots. The majority of the shots take place as a medium or long shot straight on the subject.
Even though the camera work was not very abstract the director still did well in the visuals that the movie showed. Although there was a lack of artistic visuals through shots and audio the director makes up for it through the visionary work in the scenery and props. It seemed that a lot of work went into the DP's job and it shows through the film.
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