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Thursday September 28,2000 VOLUME 101, ISSUE 22 PULSE EDITOR: MONICA HANDE Classic film reigns supreme ■ ‘The Princess Bride' continues to captivate viewers after more than a decade of watching “The Princess Bride” Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest, Wal lace Shawn and Andre the Giant. Rated:PG By Josh Ryneal Oregon Daily Emerald Much like a Twinkie, “The Princess Bride” is still fresh, moist and tasty even 13 years after its ini tial release. Rob Reiner’s inventive comedic fantasy, apart from the “Monty Python” films, probably has the largest cult following of any come dy from the past two decades. Emi nently quotable, “The Princess Bride” will inevitably cause a room of viewers to silently mouth the di alogue along with the characters, which is not a displeasing achieve ment, considering all the forget table drivel released each year. Reiner keeps the story moving along fluidly and the complicated plot easy enough to understand. Westley (Cary Elwes) is a stable boy who falls in love with Buttercup (Robin Wright). Before their love can be realized, however, Westley finds himself kidnapped by pirates. Hearing of Westley’s death, Butter cup is engaged to marry Prince Humperdink, a cad with less than good intentions for his new bride. When Buttercup herself is kid napped by a gang of villains, who should come to the rescue but Westley, disguised as the “Dread Pi rate Roberts”? Of course, many hi larious hijinks ensue as Buttercup is recaptured, freed and lost again. Elwes’ performance here is very likely the best of his career (not a hard feat, considering his stinky roles in more recent films such as “The Crush”). Wright has little to do but to look beautiful and stare longingly at the camera, but princesses in fairy tales usually What’s Up? Why would we spend our time re viewing a movie that came out a long time ago instead of a new re lease? Because there is a plethora of cool movies out there that nobody has ever seen or that everyone has forgotten about. “The Princess Bride” represents a movie that is still in the back of everyone’s mind but maybe hasn’t been given center stage lately. You can expect to see more obscure movies that you may or may not have heard of reviewed in future issues. don’t have considerably proactive roles anyway. The rest of the cast is loaded with actors recognizable to all those not in a coma during the ’80s, and gen erally speaking, they do a decent job. Industrious film actor Wallace Shawn, who has appeared in more than 40 films, plays the maniacal Sicilian criminal Vizzini with his usual flair and personality, while Mandy Patinkin brings dignity and Turn to ‘Princess Bride/ page 10B Ring of Rre Restaurant &■ Catering Fine Pacific Rim Cuisine Specializing in Thai and Vegetarian Dishes Now Featuring: LAVA LOUNGE A full-service cocktail lounge serving specialty drinks and a full menu for dine-in or carryout until midnight, seven days a week. 1099 Chambers (11th & Chambers) EUGENE Fruit — fresh or frozen; fresh veggies, too. We blend & juice just for you. No added sugars, fillers or fluff. To have the best smoothies we use only good stuff. Bagels and baked goods and munchies abound. If you want a snack, it's here to be found. Espresso or drip — cold or hot; if you want the best coffee, Ernesto's is the spot. Mondays - Saturdays » 346-1100 In the REC CENTER * 15th & University • New Expanded Menu Dr. Ruth offers advice on college sex, uh, life ■The relationship expert guides students through college in a mere 190 pages Monica Hande Oregon Daily Emerald How old is Dr. Ruth, anyway? A lot has changed since the 72 year-old ventured off into the world of college. How much could she possibly know about college life to day? Surprisingly, a lot. In “Dr. Ruth’s Guide to College Life: The Savvy Student’s Hand book,” Dr. Ruth K. Westheimer lends advice to students regarding select issues a student faces in col lege, usually for the first time. (While Pierre Lehu is also a co-au thor, his voice is never heard.) She covers all the basics: leaving home, roommates, dorm living, drugs, friendships, dating, entering the “real world” ... oh, and sex. And as you can imagine, considering the psychosexual therapist’s reputation for speaking frankly about the mat ter, sex dominates the largest chap ter of the book: “Sex: Need I Say More? Yes!” And boy, does she say more — more than most people would care to know about the subject! If you’re looking for a book about sex, read a book about sex, not college life. In fact, she plugs one of her own books, “Sex for Dummies.” Try this if you’re desperate for Dr. Ruth’s ■sexual guidance. Despite the sipgle out-of-place chaper, Dr. Ruth demonstrates her fairly extensive knowledge of col lege life in the late 20th century, or early 21st century, as it may be. Al though she may not have personal ly experienced everything she dis cusses in her book, she tells it as if she has. I felt as if she was retelling my experience with going to col lege, pinpointing exactly how I felt about each situation. Somehow, this woman knows what she’s talk ing about. 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