Indieweb Movie Club - When Harry Met Sally (1989)

Yesterday I sat down to watch When Harry Met Sally. The movie was picked up by Benji the host for this month’s IndieWeb Movie Club.

I am a sucker for romcoms so I was glad to see that When Harry Met Sally, a classic, was the pick for the month. Rewatching the movie was both interesting and fun. Interesting because I thing that some of the sexist jokes haven’t aged well in today’s moral norms. And fun because some of the stereotype in both Harry and Sally are just too easy to laugh at.

One of the aspect that I like in the movie is the interspersed interviews with couples sharing their love stories and how they met. I though I should look up to see if those interviews were real stories or just set for the movie but decided not to. I like to believe they are authentic and they most likely are. In the end of the movie we see Harry and Sally recounting their story in the same set. Very clever.

Like I mentioned when I rewatched Matrix the script for the movie is well written and in the case of When Harry Met Sally it’s so well done that for a moment onwards in the movie you can’t stop but root for the main characters’ relationship to succeed.

The movie portrays the loneliness that living in a big city like New York can sometimes be. The New Years’ scenes are very emblematic in the movie and my favorite scene is when Harry declares his love to Sally in such party. His words summarizes in my opinion what love really is, knowing the loved one and accepting for what he or she really is.

The movie is a true classic in the romantic comedy genre. The IndieWeb Movie Club was once again really fun to participate and talking about classics, next month we will be watching Wizard of Oz from 1939 and I am looking forward to it.