Rob Reiner Rant

I've read the script, watched it and acted out various scenes at the request of directors and teachers. I know that AFV thinks it's one of the best romantic films of all time, but I absolutely hate When Harry Met Sally from beginning to end. It's a bad script, it's an ignorant premise. The dialogue is trite bullshit that only someone with a lack of imagination and social tolerance could love, let alone bear. The timing of the film makes you want to stick a metronome up the ass of the producer, who is no longer available for taking it up the ass with a metronome (except on South Park). It's just stupid. It's not romantic and it's not even funny. I didn't laugh once; I waited the entire film for Harry and Sally to get it on, and when they actually did, it was so anti-climactic that as a result of my despising both of them -- I swore I'd never let Rob Reiner waste my time again. Why am I writing this here? Because if you hate When Harry Met Sally as much as I do, I want to hear from you. The question of this movie's potential for humor and romance should certainly be a match question on a dating site.

I've been invited to the pre-screening of Flipped tomorrow. I'm not looking forward to it: the idea of a coming-of-age love story does not appeal to me, nor does a coming-of-age story in general terms. The last coming-of-age movie I could tolerate was The Wackness, and that's only because Peck is a pretty gnarly dramatic actor when it comes down to it. Ben Kingsley, too. But the reason I liked it was almost entirely due to the stoner comedy, the sex, the drug references and the 90s (which is pretty much the same thing, when you think about it). And some of it was funny. Anyways, since I have no expectations of enjoyment for Flipped, I figure I'm in the best place for reviewing this film.