When Harry met Sally, it was just one of many ways to meet

The reason why this love movie can become a classic, first of all thanks to a very good script. Screenwriter Nora Ephron used a rather peculiar approach. That's divided by time, and in the first three games, the interval between each of them reached five years. When the audience saw two college men and women taking a ride together, they thought it would be a campus love story. But the second scene will be five years later, and both of them are out of society. Just when the audience thought something was going to happen between the two, Harry got married. The most interesting thing about this method is that it can constantly break the audience's cognition of the plot at the beginning of the movie, so that the audience cannot easily predict the direction of the story.

Even though this is a romantic comedy movie, everyone knows that Harry and Sally must end up together. But the audience can't easily guess how they got there, because the movie is creating this "reasonable, unexpected" viewing experience from beginning to end, whether it's a date for two or going to a restaurant The climax of the movie, the whole movie can be said to be very fresh. Even now it's still not out of date.

Let's talk about the theme of this movie, this movie is about the relationship between the sexes. And it also raises an interesting question, can there be true friendship between men and women? The director also expressed two completely different views through the conversation between the two characters. And watching the conflict between these two completely different viewpoints is also the greatest joy of this film.

This also shows the theme that director Rob Reiner loves, the friction and contrast of many different viewpoints when facing an issue. This is quite evident in most of his films, whether it's the different attitudes men and women take to love and friendship. Also in "Our Story", two couples who have been married for many years have very different views on marriage. In his masterpiece "Walk With Me", four boys with different personalities are confused about their future. Even in his most recent film, "Heartbeat," adolescent boys and girls react very differently to their first love. This also shows how good the director is at creating all kinds of interesting characters.

In order to express the change of opinions, the director also used some interviews with real couples to intersperse the transitions. These interview shots did not reveal the intention until the very end. When the interview shots of the male and female protagonists also appeared, we also understood. There are many different ways to meet in this world, and the male and female protagonists are only one of them.

Maybe not every couple's encounter is so romantic, but whatever it is, it's unique to them. Like when Harry finally confessed to Sally, "I love that you get chills at 71, I love that you order sandwiches in an hour and a half, and I love that you wrinkle your nose and look at me like I'm a I love the scent of you on my clothes after a day with you, fool, I love that you are the last person I wish to talk to at night before going to bed. I'm not here tonight because I'm lonely, not because it's New Year's Eve, but It’s because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want to start as soon as possible.”

Since there are so many different people in the world, of course all love will be unique.

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