It's Tuesday and I look a sight. Thanks to an eye patch over my left eye courtesy of Dr N and his army of assistants over at the Eye Clinic at RIPAS. The eye patch not looking quite as sexy as a black eye-patch pirate one I (or Bobby for that matter) had envisaged, but a white cup-like thing secured by some sticky tape. I scared young children, and did not illicit Va Va Va Vooms from strangers, when walking the halls of RIPAS trying hard not to bump into walls.
Like I said, I look a sight.
And because I have been having pirate thoughts all day, it is inevitable that my thoughts go to The Princess Bride, THE pirate movie of the century. If you don't know what I'm talking about, you had better go find a copy of the film and WATCH IT.
I came home for the holidays one day in 1987 and heard my father and sisters rave about this movie they watched on Vhs. The video was rented from Popeye. For those who remember, and I bet there are not many who don't, in the late 80s Popeye was THE video rental shop in Brunei. It was where we can get the latest pirated movies on Vhs cassette, kinda like the Kedai Komunis of the now. It was my holiday movie of 1987, and my sisters and I watched it incessantly over the years. So much so that we still pepper our lingo with memorable quotes from the movie.
If there was an occasion for a funny exotic accent, we'll break into "My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." If we wanted to say something about marriage, we'll break into, "Mawage. Mawage is what keeps us together. Today." We are the Wyrd Sisters like that. The Princess Bride brings back great memories of sisterhood, and on a day when I am fumbling about silly, I wish my sisters were around.
The film, directed by Rob Reiner, is an adaptation of William Goldman's book The Princess Bride. The movie stars a young Robin Wright (before she added 'Penn' to her name) and Cary Elwes (I think the only other notable movie he did was Saw 1) as The Princess Bride and Wesley/The Dread Pirate Roberts, respectively. Even Andre the Giant (giant bad ass wrestler extraordinaire) had a part, as Fezzik the Giant. The movie has a fairy tale feel to it and superbly combines romance, adventure and comedy. After watching the debacle that is Spiderman 3 last weekend, I miss watching movies with scripts like The Princess Bride. Incidentally, I'll do an Emma's take on Spidey if I could get my act together since its taken me ages to write this post on account of being One-Eyed Emma.
For now, its for my sisters, with love.
she's a princess and her name is buttercup... PRINCESS BUTTERCUP!
that just proves its the perfect movie.
Posted by: =finbo= | Saturday, 12 May 2007 at 04:31 PM
Ah. Wuv... twue wuv.... :)
Posted by: inny | Saturday, 12 May 2007 at 03:27 PM
http://emmagoodegg.blogs.com/thebeehive/2007/05/the_channel_of_.html
Posted by: EmmaGoodEgg | Wednesday, 09 May 2007 at 08:57 PM
Thank goodness for good sense!! Finally someone else who knows about The Princess Bride and that quote (you would not believe how many blank faces I have gotten when trying to speak like a Spaniard!).
Love your blog...welcome back! But here's a question for you: which would you choose Princess Bride or a Johhny Depp filled Pirates of the Carribbean????
Posted by: Miracle Max | Wednesday, 09 May 2007 at 02:52 PM
As you wish... Princess Buttercup.
oh such classics! you know if i look hard in my storeroom, i think theres a couple of popeye video tapes that i havent returned. can u imagine the late charges for that?! hehehe...
Posted by: bibiran 2.0 | Wednesday, 09 May 2007 at 02:42 AM