Unlikely couple.

This week there was an article in HuffPost suggesting that if you only see one film this fall, make it When Harry Met Sally. The author, unnamed, described it as "the perfect movie to curl up with while the leaves fall." Like everyone else, I saw this film when it came out, and I recall almost nothing about it, except that I found it—like most romantic comedies—predictable and insipid. What I do recall, because it is played so often, is the delicatessen scene, which I found unbelievable at the time and still do. I can't imagine why anyone thinks this absurd scene is so comical when it is so unlikely, so out of character, and so stupid. And even if it weren't so obviously made up, it would be incredibly rude and I would find the young woman (Meg Ryan) crude and narcissistic.  Bad enough people think this fake orgasm hilarious (not), but they also think the other customer's comment,"I'll have what she's having." hysterical when it's such a non sequitur. I think I resent this movie most because it reminds me of how little it takes to manipulate the average movie-goer, which is why we don't have more intelligent romances like Brief Encounter, which even Nora Ephron referred to reverentially in her slightly less dippy effort, Sleepless in Seattle. 

Unrelated note:  While I doubt that I have met more than two actual Harrys in my entire life, the movies and tv are populated with thousands of of them. When Harry Met Sally, Harry and Tonto, Harold and Maude, etc. Why is this name such a popular cliche?