Tuesday, March 10, 2015

When Harry Met Sally

First off, I believe that this movie is just, meh. I'm not really trying to detract from it or anything. I know that this movie (and Sleepless in Seattle) are the pioneers to modern movies, but this is just not my wheelhouse. I mean I've seen it before and thought it wasn't anything spectacular and I have said it once, now I am going to say it again. All romantic comedies are the same in one way or another. Anyways, off of my soap box and on to the prompt. The other movie that I will compare this movie is the 40 Year Old Virgin. I know that this is sort of a stretch, but they are sort of similar. The two scenes that I will compare and contrast is the scenes in the 40 Year Old Virgin where Andy thinks that he is over Trish and goes to the club and tries to have sex with Beth from the Barnes and Noble but realizes that he really does love Trish and they get married and when Harry and Sally get married. They are similar because they believe that they really don't love the other character but in fact that they actually do love each other and end up getting married (and consummating their marriage in terms of the 40 Year Old Virgin.) One main difference is that in When Harry Met Sally, Sally is at a New Years eve party when Harry shows up and professes his love for her, while in the 40 Year Old Virgin, Andy, again, was going to have sex with Beth and felt bad because he really didn't love her and chases after Trish and tells her that he is not a sexual deviant and they profess their love for each other and get married. Another two scenes that I can compare and contrast to each movie was when each of the lovers fell in love. In the 40 Year Old Virgin, it was love at first sight and it took time in When Harry Met Sally. That was the contrast, but the compare is that in the end they both get married and are actually in love. I know that this is really unrelated to anything, but the 40 Year Old Virgin has one of my favorite lines that makes me laugh every time, when the guys pay a transgender prostitute to have sex with Andy and Andy says that she "had an Adam's Apple as big as her balls!" I don't know why, but it gets me every time. I am literally laughing at it as I am typing this!

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