If I knew a woman who turned down a great guy for a dream fictitious guy, I'd renounce them. Thats why some people, male and female, remain single and lonely.

I personally fell in love with her eyes and God Tom Hanks looked handsome when he had hair, and the story is of the simpler time, I think for today's generation it will serve as a reminder that life doesn't have to be fast-paced. Enjoy the moment, instead of being anxious about the next one.

Ask people to name one of their favourite romantic comedies and chances are they'll name this one.I can understand why. It's got two likable stars in the lead roles, some quirky supporting characters and a love story as old as the hills.And yet it remained one of those films I felt I should be liking a lot more than I actually was. It was like I was thinking "it'll get to the bit everyone raves about in a minute" and then the film ended and I didn't get it.Films are subjective, comedies even more so. For me this film remained just OK, nothing spectacular.

Sleepless in Seattle is difficult for me to review. For the most part, I like this movie but for whatever reason I can't seem to bring myself to love it. It's somewhere between good and okay for me. I think it's to do with the idea of love this movie presents. It makes love to be somewhat of a fantasy (okay so that doesn't sound like a bad thing but stick with me for a moment). So Annie (portrayed by the lovely Meg Ryan) listens to the radio one day and hears a guy's story (said guy portrayed by Tom Hanks) about his wife dying and how he's been feeling lonely since then, unable to get back on his feet to start dating again. She begins to think that this guy sounds really sweet, she just can't stop thinking about him and it's evident that in her mind, she begins to play him up to be her Prince Charming. It's her perfect love, everything she wants, the only problem...she's never actually met the guy and I think this is where my problem stems from. You've probably heard of love being blind, well this movie plays with that idea and the idea of love at first sight...or sound/thought/whatever. Anyway, here's my fundamental issue with the movie and why I can't bring myself to love this movie. It deals with the idea of being in love in a movie which is actually mentioned in my favourite line of the movie "you don't want to be in love, you want to be in love in a movie." How true those words are for a lot of people and even for me. The idea of that perfect person makes you fall for them because you picture them to be exactly what you want them to be and that's where my problem lies, because as much as I love the idea, it's not one I believe in. To me, love is about loving someone no matter what, accepting their flaws. Not everyone is perfect and although this movie recognises that, it's not something that is dealt with (and if it was and I missed it, then it wasn't in a way that was satisfactory to me since I didn't notice it). Sleepless in Seattle is about the idea that love is blind, it can happen at any moment, at any any time and with anyone. That's how I interpret it. However, it never explores anything beyond that. It's almost like a fairy tale and maybe that was the point of it, but for whatever reason I wasn't satisfied. It only looks at the idea of romance but never explores it since you never really get to see the two leads together properly. Yet for some reason, I find myself wanting the two leads to meet despite Meg Ryan's character feeling like a stalker and when they do meet, I'm disappointed because it ends without us ever seeing them together as a couple or even as friends for that matter. Is it a romantic movie? Yes, in fact it's very romantic since as I said, it plays on the idea of blind love but at the same time, the script is written in such a way that it makes me question everything and leaves me with an ambivalent feeling about the movie. I want to love it because the idea of love being blind is great but I can't because I don't believe in such a thing or at the very least, the movie wasn't executed in such a way that made me want to believe it. I strongly believe that true love, be it in a movie or in real life, is when two people know each other and without a shadow of a doubt, love them despite everything that might drive them crazy about the other.