When I think of classic films I tend to go fairly old-school. My thoughts run to Casablanca or The Third Man, or perhaps On the Waterfront.
Our lab recently decided to start a weekly movie night. We created a Slack channel where people could contribute suggestions for what to watch.
There were a number of interesting suggestions, but one in particular jumped out at me, mainly because of the wording:
the princess bride is classic
“Wait a minute,” I thought to myself, “that’s a good movie, but how is it classic?”
Except what I was actually doing was staring intently at the word “classic” and thinking to myself “I do not think that means what you think it means.”
And that’s when I realized he was right — it’s a classic.
Princess Bride?
It is in the same pantheon as Big Lebowski. Clearly this should be a double feature.