“As you wish.” In 1987, Rob Reiner’s film The Princess Bride immortalized those words as a stand-in for the phrase “I love you.” Every time you hear that phrase in the movie, it really means this ...
When Westley (Cary Elwes) first says “As you wish” to Buttercup (Robin Wright) in The Princess Bride, it sounds like nothing more than a servant’s reply. He fetches water, she barely glances at him, ...