03-15-2015, 09:01 AM
Ever wanted to know the inside dirt on the making of 'The Princess Bride' by one of it's stars? That is the thrust of the book 'As you wish' by Cary Elwes the man who plays Wesley in the classic movie.
All I can say is meh. Seems a bit too pandering, tries very hard to be funny. Too much gushing. And there is not a lot of dirt. Basically, they all went out and had a great time with great actors for a great director working from a great screenplay. Woohoo.
Granted, he did talk a lot about training for the greatest sword fight ever. Turns out learning how to fake fence is hard work. I wish someone would pay me thousands of dollars to take lessons from Bob Anderson.
I think I've been on too many film sets for the revelations about film production to have too much interest for me. Nothing of any excitement happened during the making of the movie except for one accident but it seemed kind of minor. It's kind of hard to have an interesting book when there isn't any conflict.
All I can say is meh. Seems a bit too pandering, tries very hard to be funny. Too much gushing. And there is not a lot of dirt. Basically, they all went out and had a great time with great actors for a great director working from a great screenplay. Woohoo.
Granted, he did talk a lot about training for the greatest sword fight ever. Turns out learning how to fake fence is hard work. I wish someone would pay me thousands of dollars to take lessons from Bob Anderson.
I think I've been on too many film sets for the revelations about film production to have too much interest for me. Nothing of any excitement happened during the making of the movie except for one accident but it seemed kind of minor. It's kind of hard to have an interesting book when there isn't any conflict.
So much for the flickr badge idea. Dammit