Jan 102019
 

The Princess Bride, romantic movie
The Princess Bride – A Romantic Fantasy Movie

The Princess Bride is probably one of the first fantasy movies deliberately produced for both adults and children, most famous for the line “You killed my father, prepare to die.” This romantic fantasy can be found on many polls for the best movies to watch on Valentine’s Day. For more than 30 years its blend of off-beat humour and timeless storytelling has been entertaining both adults and children, smitten by a love story which considers plummeting down the side of a mountain romantic.

It feels like a quasi-heroic epic fantasy, and then goes for the laughs, but only in an attempt to articulate the importance of stories with princesses, brides, and perhaps a Dread Pirate Roberts. If you are looking for valentinesgiftsforher.com.au when 14 February comes around, you will not go wrong with choosing this movie as your gift as the movie both deconstructs and pays homage to fairy tales in which a young heroine becomes engaged to a prince, by using a larger story that involves multiple protagonists, exploring the idea of “true love” in modern terms, within a timeless backdrop.

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  •  January 10, 2019
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Jan 092019
 

The Old Man & The Gun

The Last Movie of Robert Redford

With deceptively easy charm and grace, Robert Redford’s swansong is based on the true story of an old man named Forrest Tucker (Robert Redford), who spent most of his adult life in jail, escaping from jail 18 times, with a daring escape from San Quentin prison at the age of 70. Between incarcerations, he robbed banks with thievish friends Waller and Teddy (Tom Waits, Danny Glover) known as the Over-the-Hill Gang. Without any physical violence, the likable and gentlemanly gang raid several banks, confounding both the judicial authorities and enthralling the public.

The focus of the film is a string of heists in the 1980s, with the hero a charmer who does what he does for the sheer thrill of it, evoking the classic thieves and crooks Redford has played over the decades, most memorably Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Johnny Hooker in “The Sting”. The movie even starts with a caption that tells us this story is “also, mostly true”, a nod to the Sundance Kid fifty years ago which states “most of what follows is true”.

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  •  January 9, 2019
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