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The Princess Bride - Week 5

 

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Minute 29

Unconscious giant

Man in black scampers away

Off to next challenge

 

 

Back to Humperdinck

Recreating a duel

Messing up footprints

 

 

 

Goateed commander

Questions aloud which one won

Prince knows everything

 

 

 

Minute 30

Who should they follow?

The victor heads to Guilder

Loser means nothing

 

Guilder plot thickens

Prince will not be fooled by trap

Thinks all things are traps

 

 

The man in black runs

Approaches next encounter

A man and his brain

 

 

Blindfolded princess

Dagger’s edge caresses throat

Masked man slows his pace

 

 

Minute 31

There’s no arrangement

Definition of empasse

What can be done now?

 

 

Vizzini is smart

Moronic philosophers

Stand in his shadow

 

 

Ultimate battle

Vizzini’s intelligence

Versus masked man’s strength

 

 

A compromise struck

Competition to the death

The prize?  Buttercup

 

Initial setup

Two goblets, bottle of wine

Iocane powder

 

 

 

Minute 32

Masked man takes goblets

Hidden from view poison poured

Let the game begin

 

 

 

 

He must choose wisely

Avoid perilous poison

Or ingest and die

 

 

Divination time

Vizzini parses knowledge

About man in black

 

 

Minute 33

Diversion tactics

Little man’s mind is reeling

Unable to choose

 

 

Considers man’s strength

Knows origin of poison

Masked man’s study skills

 

 

Poor patient princess

Listening to Vizzini

Raging monologue

 

 

Minute 34

Masked man can’t be fooled

“What in the world can that be?”

Head turns, goblets swapped

 

 

 

Goblets are chosen

Vizzini chuckles to self

Acts suspiciously

 

 

 

Both men take long drafts

The switcheroo is revealed

Vizzini explains

 

 

Vizzini’s hubris

His ultimate undoing

For both were poisoned

 

 

Minute 35

Princess regains sight

Measures mysterious man

Veiled identity

 

 

 

Humperdinck tracking

Ascertains giant beaten

Continues the hunt

 

 

 

Princess and masked man

Running along rocky top

Slow down to catch breath

 

 

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