Ghost

Sam (Patrick Swayze) and Molly (Demi Moore) are a very happy couple and deeply in love. Walking back to their new apartment after a night out at the theatre, they encounter a thief in a dark alley, and Sam is murdered.

Sam finds himself trapped as a ghost and realises that his death was no accident. He must warn Molly about the danger that she is in. But as a ghost he cannot be seen or heard by the living, and so he communicates with Molly through Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg), a psychic who didn't even realise that her powers were real.

Besides the fact that Patrick Swayze is at his sexiest in this chick flick - who could ever forget the now infamous scene with the pottery wheel when Sam possessed the body of Oda Mae to reconnect with the love of his life.

Sam embraces Molly as they work the pottery wheel together, it’s an absolutely magical scene that’s augmented by the Righteous Brothers rendition of the classic love song Unchained Melody.

Titanic

After winning a trip on the RMS Titanic during a dockside card game, American Jack Dawson (Leonardo De Caprio) spots the society girl Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate Winslet) who is on her way to Philadelphia to marry her rich snob fiancé Cal Hockley (Billy Zane).

Rose feels helplessly trapped by her situation and makes her way to the aft deck and thinks of suicide until she is rescued by Jack. Cal is therefore obliged to invite Jack to dine at their first-class table where he suffers through the slights of his snobbish hosts.

In return, he spirits Rose off to third class for an evening of dancing, giving her the time of her life.

Deciding to forsake her intended future all together, Rose asks Jack, who has made his living making sketches on the streets of Paris, to draw her in the nude wearing the invaluable blue diamond Cal has given her.

Cal finds out and has Jack locked away. Soon after wards, the ship hits an iceberg and Rose must find Jack while both must run from Cal even as the ship sinks deeper into the freezing water.

I don’t believe anyone who says they never cried at all during this two and a half hour love story. I can’t seem to hold back the tears every time I see Jack shivering in the water telling Rose that she shouldn’t give up and that she will have plenty of babies and grow old.

By the time Rose realizes that Jack is dead, I’m sobbing and running from the room to grab tissues to wipe the dripping snot from my nose.

The Death and Life of Charlie St Cloud is released 8th October.

 

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