WHEN HARRY MET SALLY is the archetypal RomCom. All other RomComs are measured by its excellence. As for MY BLUE HEAVEN, my dad accidentally took my brother and I to see it in the theaters. We meant to go see MEN AT WORK. The theater was playing these two movies on the same screen with rotating times (a practice more common then), but I had read the times wrong, so we ended up seeing MY BLUE HEAVEN instead. The line I remember to this day from that film is: "What's the difference between a lightbulb and a pregnant woman? You can unscrew a lightbulb." I really enjoyed this movie. And while I can't site a singular film, this is certainly was another that added to my love of atypical loveable "bad-guy" protagonists.

Thank you for this, Scott.

I am so sad to hear about this. Nora Ephron is one of the greats. Having written the standard by which all contemporary romantic comedies are measured sets her in a category all her own. When Harry Met Sally might just be a perfect film, not a wasted scene and every one of them funny. What a damn good writer she was. I already miss her.

Thank you for posting these links, I like this one as well: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP2T6ibTnmM&feature=related She always makes me laugh and think. I've been so sad every since I heard. She was the first writer I idolized....the first writer I wanted to be like...to write like..to make people think and laugh and love and cry...like. From her essays to her screenplays to her stage plays....her unique way of seeing and talking about the world always shone through. I would describe her as realistically optimistic. I *love* the Affair to Remember/Dirty Dozen scene from Sleepless in Seattle (I read that the Dirty Dozen part was ad-libbed): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coOYa4h98M4&feature=related And I love the "essay" scenes from You've Got Mail...fall making you want to buy school supplies, coffee shops selling a defining sense of self... She was one of the best...comma dammit

Though rom-coms have never been my thing, Nora Ephron was a hugely talented writer who blazed a path into Hollywood for female directors. She will be sorely missed.

This is sad news. She was a very talented writer who, as other posters said, could make you both laugh and think at the same time. She had a great feel for human nature that was evident in what she did. I always find myself sucked into When Harry Met Sally no matter what point in the film I come in on.