Dreem Time
Hello again readers! Guess what? I just finished rereading one of
my favorite novels:
The Princess Bride
S. Morgenstern’s
Classic Tale
of True
Love and
High Adventure
No shit, this is
the actual title. This guy had the nerve
to call his novel a classic before he even published the damned thing. Actually, the book I fell in love with is:
The “Good Parts” version abridged by William Goldman (author of screenplay
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”).
After reading this book for the tenth time I found out it was also a
movie starring none other then Carey Elwes (also in Kiss the Girls, Liar Liar
and Glory), as Westley, and Robin Wright (more commonly known for such modern
films as Jenny Corran in Forrest Gump, Message in a Bottle, and Unbreakable) as
the beautiful Princess Buttercup. Other
co-stars in the movie were Fred Savage and Andre the Giant! YES!
ANDRE actually ACTED!
Imagine a small
boy sick in bed with pneumonia; fever so hot he’s delusional. This is the state young Billy Goldman was in
when his father, a next to illiterate man from Florin (also the setting of “The
Princess Bride”), walked into his bedroom at night and said, “Chapter One, The
Bride.”
Young Billy asked
his father if the book had any sports.
His father replied… “Fencing.
Fighting. Torture. Poison.
True love. Hate. Revenge.
Giants. Hunters. Bad men.
Good men. Beautifullest
ladies. Snakes. Spiders.
Beasts of all natures and descriptions.
Pain. Death. Brave men.
Coward men. Strongest men. Chases.
Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion.
Miracles.” Now to me, this
sounds like a kick ass book. This book
not only changed, but also saved (in his opinion) William Goldman’s life. He claims that the reading of this book by
his father is what helped him through his sickness.
I am a religious
guy for the most part and believe in many things that some people would mock,
but no one had better try and tell me that True Love doesn’t exist! It DOES!
This book gave me some faith and also helped to teach me a valuable
lesson, “Life Isn’t Fair.” Don’t
believe me? Try living once in a
while. In the book, some “not nice
stuff happens.”
If you’re
interested in reading the book, scroll down till you see the lines like this ~~
across the screen. This is for our
somewhat younger readers. Hey, life
isn’t fair. The wrong people die, the
wrong people get away with stuff they shouldn’t. Just cause your friend beats the snot outta ya at basketball or
ping pong or Marvel vs. Capcom and then tells you that you had a bad day or
maybe you’ll beat him next time, don’t think he’s telling you the truth. Not for one second. He can’t make that promise. Life doesn’t always work out that way. I really do hope you either read the book or
watch the movie. Just let this piece of
art into your life.
Well, I hope you
decide to give this book a chance. It’s
an awesome piece of literature and it has provided me with a lot of
entertainment as well as priceless quotes.
Well, feel free to write me a response if you so choose. Would love to hear from those who gave it a
chance.
Dreem
