Cogito & Microcosmos

今天我算好了該念的書的頁數，唸完後，我便開始看電影。

電影是The Princess Bride. 就是William Goldman同名小說改編的作品。故事內容其實很簡單，十足的歐洲中古世紀風格。

公主Buttercup愛上了貧窮的農家小子Westley, 不幸的，Westley在乘船出海時，遭海盜Robert殺害。Buttercup在傷心過度下，匆促答應了Humperdink王子的婚約。

Humperdink王子其實是Buttercup的鄰國王子，他為了挑起戰爭，假意愛上Buttercup, 卻打算僱用殺手Vizzini將Buttercup殺害，好達到開戰的目的。沒想到，Buttercup在被殺手Vizzini和其手下綁票後，誤打誤撞跟Westley重逢了。

原來Westley確實被海盜Robert抓了，但是海盜Robert並沒有殺害Westley。海盜Robert其實是個象徵性的名稱，真正的海盜Robert早在十幾年前就引退了，將他的海盜船跟名稱，傳給了Ryan, 也就是抓了Westley的人。Ryan很欣賞Westley, 乾脆就將海盜Robert的名稱跟海盜船又過繼給Westley, 而Westley就用了海盜Robert的名義通行。

Westley打聽到Buttercup的事情，於是裝扮成黑衣蒙面人拯救她，兩人重逢後，卻遭Humperdink王子拆散。

最後Westley靠著一個巨人跟西班牙人的幫忙，打敗了Humperdink，順利地跟Buttercup遠走高飛。

雖然我講故事的功力很爛，但這部片子拍得很倉促啦，很多地方接不起來，我看過原著，不應該是這樣的。搞了半天，只有配樂有水準。

所以其實今天只是要聽一下音樂而已。

要聽的曲子就是該片的片尾曲︰Storybook Love

Oh, and by the way, gotta admitt that Cary Elwes was so cute 20 years ago, well, but time flies...haha

if you're interested in him , just goole "Cary Elwes", he was so..."yummy" in the movie, though a little bit of stupid, i should say. (but trust me, the original novel is way much better than the movie)

Storybook Love

by Mark Knopfler & Willy DeVille

Come my love I'll tell you a tale
Of a boy and girl and their love story
And how he loved her oh so much
And all the charms she did possess
Now this did happen once upon a time
When things were not so complex
How he worshipped the ground she walked
And when he looked in her eyes he became obsessed
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
It's as real as the feelings I feel
This love was stronger than the powers so dark
A prince could have within his keeping
His spells to weave and steal a heart
Within her breast but only sleeping
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
It's as real as the feelings I feel
Now he said, "don't you know I love you oh so much
And lay my heart at the foot of your dress? "
She said, "don't you know that these storybook loves
Always have a happy ending? "
Then he swooped her up just like in the books
And on his stallion they rode away
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel
My love is like a storybook story
But it's as real as the feelings I feel