8 Reasons It’s Tough to Watch The Princess Bride Today

Looking at The Princess Bride today, it doesn’t quite hold up as strongly as it once did. It’s normal for older works of art to show their flaws when viewed with modern eyes, but this movie’s weaknesses are particularly apparent because fantasy fans now have higher expectations for the genre. While some of these issues are simply due to the passage of time, others were always present in the original story.