Anybody want a peanut?
I was going to blog about the random old guy who said with great admiration as I walked passed this morning, "Now there's a woman who knows how to carry her purse!" (Some kind of record for random compliments, I imagine.)
But then I found out that the ABC News website had a then-and-now slide show of the stars of The Princess Bride and realized that I had a much meatier topic on my hands. If you are reading this blog at all you can probably quote at least five lines from the movie, if not the entire damn thing. On my part, I've probably seen The Princess Bride more times than I have seen all the other movies I have ever seen all put together.
Anyway, I am sad to report that this has happened to Westley. Ugh. That's just...
I am not taking the staggering decline of Cary Elwes that hard, though. There was a guy in my class in high school who looked just like him. The resemblance was pretty frightening. Also, the dud was an Olympic grade jackass. I forget his name, but I do remember that I walked out of the first meeting of my "War Years" history class junior year bitching up a storm about his presence in the same class and my wonderment that he was literate enough to be there, among other charming observations about his personality. He was of course right behind me the entire time and let me go on at length before clearing his throat and asking me if I wanted to repeat that to his face this time. I turned around and to Crazy R's mortal embarrassment told him that I'd be happy to--and I'd even use smaller words so he could understand. This is just one of the many reasons that I'm lucky to have made it out of high school alive.
Anyway, yeah, Westley got fat and strangely prissy looking, apparently marrying Sean Penn doesn't take the toll I assumed it would, and I think Mrs. Miracle Max is wearing the same earrings in both pictures. Happy 20th Anniversary to the best movie ever.
3 comments:
I am proud to say I too have watched this movie way too many times. And, have made whatever guy I happen to be dating at the time, who has not seen it, sit through the duration. I throw out way too many Princess Bride quotes not to have them watch the movie. However my curling friend has an admiration for the movie as well and he and I challenge each other with throwing out as many quotes in one stint as we can possibly summon up.
I, unlike our good friend North here, am saddened by the fall of Wesley. At least we will always have him in his beautiful stage, in one of the most magnificent movies ever put to screen.
For those who have held onto your VCR tapes, I highly encourage getting the anniversary DVD, I recently rented it through NetFlix...had a guy who had to see the movie...and the extras are great! (no I do not own the movie yet - my parents had a copy)
And I have to throw out an honorable mention to Andre....WHO DOESN'T LOVE ANDRE!
NJ
Okay, seriously now--why would you date a guy who HASN'T SEEN this movie? That's just...okay, I'll say it...inconceivable!
Get some standards. Honestly!
"I do not think that word means what you think it means."
And they get dumped if they refuse to watch it, or if they watch it and hate it.
NJ
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