I am not sure if I should be commenting on When Harry Met Sally. It is out of the genres to which I am particular. I am not going to say that I hate romantic comedies. I find some of them bearable. Some of them can be funny at times. However, this movie did not succeed at all in my mind. I barely made it through.
This is the most recent romantic comedy that I have seen. Before this movie I have seen a multiplicity of romantic comedies. So the stories have been played to death. They are essentially all the same. Each time I see one of those movies I am entertained less and less. Maybe Harry and Sally got the bad draw. My patience was up.
Many consider this movie to be iconic in the romantic comedy genre. I would disagree. Sure this may be the more modern and risque version, but romantic comedies have been around for a long time. They all have the similar theme. Many would say that this film started the many cliches contained in today's movies. Harry and Sally laid out the archetype map for everyone else. This movie is a giant cliche and an insult to love. The woman is a stereotype that does not provide a relatable character for any normal woman watching. Billy Crystal plays the unattractive carefree man who somehow gets the pretty girl. They are successful in love in the hustle & bustle of NYC. Plus the entire movie is filed with "witty" dialogue...more like playful banter with undertones of sexual tension. This creates this falsehood that society likes to believe exists. It does not.
Don't get me wrong. I believe in love. I even believe in that true-love-fairytail-conquers all-no obstacles-soulmate stuff. This movie does not embody any of this.
Seeing as how I don't like the movie I cannot imagine that it would stand the test of time. However, to my surprise it still remains an icon of pop culture. Will this iconography fade over time? I am not sure. I hope it does fade.
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