• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    The fact that Cary Elwes did Men in Tights and The Princess Bride means that I constantly mix these two movies up in my brain.

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      8 months ago

      I can help you with this!

      In one, Cary Elwes plays a character who leaves his home but returns to save his true love from a corrupt king who is trying to force her to marry him. Along the way, he fights and then befriends a giant man who is friends with a man who is especially skilled with blades. He ultimately succeeds by cheating death and then placing the evil king in a precarious situation.

      In the other, Cary Elwes plays a character who leaves his home but returns and then meets his true love who he must save from a corrupt king who is trying to force her to marry him. Along the way, he fights and then befriends a giant man who is friends with a man who is especially skilled with blades. He ultimately succeeds by cheating death and then placing the evil king in a precarious situation.

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      8 months ago

      Then he did The Pentagon Wars, an HBO movie back when HBO still made good stuff. It’s a true story and I saw an interview with the military guy he was playing. Dude said something like: “I checked out the guy who was playing me and in two previous movies he wore tights.”

      If you haven’t seen it, you should. It’s a fucking hilarious comedy of errors about the defense procurement process and design by committee.