a very popular saying in my house. If you've seen the movie The Princess Bride, then you know what I'm taking about. If you haven't, get thee to Netflix and watch this movie!! It has an incredible cast, very pithy dialogue, a love story, sword fighting and is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary!
A Facebook friend posted a link to this wonderful article and gave me the idea for today's post. You see, The Princess Bride started out as a book. And I confess, I started to read that book once, long ago. I didn't like it. So I stopped. And this is one of the problems with watching the movie before reading the book: you expect the book to be like the movie and it is not. This is also the case with the Jason Bourne movies and books, as well as one of my most favorite movies of all time, Gone with the Wind.
I'm going on a slight rabbit trail here. You see, I stayed at the Tarleton Oaks Bed and Breakfast in Barnesville, Georgia once (it has been renamed Antebellum Oaks since Fred Crane died in 2008 and it was auctioned off). It was owned by Fred Crane who played a Tarelton twin in the movie. He had quite the bounty of GWTW movie memorabilia. On that trip, I also visited the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta and took a tour. I also took a very similar tour in Jonesboro but it was lead by a man named Catfish who was quite a character himself (I'm guessing Catfish's tour was a lot more fun than Mr. Bonner's!). So, you see, GWTW has a special place in my heart. I've read the book and, not surprisingly, the book is different from the movie. I've also read the sequels Scarlett and Rhett Butler's People (disappointing to say the least).
Now if there was a tour or a Princess Bride b&b, I'd go.
And I guess I should give the book another chance.
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