This year, I had the privilege to take part in the third annual Decades Blogathon, hosted by the ever awesome Tom and Mark at Thomas J and Three Rows Back, where you should check out their awesome material. The blogathon started this Tuesday, May 16th and will run until Wednesday, May 24th, so go read it! This is my entry, on the excellent fantasy-comedy classic, The Princess Bride. Enjoy!

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It’s Day 2 of the Decades Blogathon – ‘7’ edition – hosted by yours truly and Tom from Thomas J.For those who don’t know (where have you been?!), the blogathon focuses on movies that were released in the seventh year of the decade. Tom and I are running a different entry each day (we’ll also reblog the other’s post) and I’m delighted to feature Ethan from ED, who is reviewing one of my favourite films, 1987’s fantasy classic The Princess Bride. Take it away!

Since the invention of the movie, there have only been five films that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. The Princess Bride left them all behind.

Set in some sort of European country named Florin, in a time period where everything seems simultaneously medieval and Renaissance live Buttercup and Westley; both commoners, though Westley is more common somehow. In an…

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