My Favourite Romantic Movie

No matter what people might say about how superficial it is to worship “Titanic” as the best love story in the film history, it is still the number one romantic movie in my heart. The movie was directed by James Cameron, with Leonardo Dicaprio as leading man and Kate Winslet as leading lady. It first came to China in 1998, which caused a tremendous stir among the younger generation. It was right at that time that Chinese society was experiencing a great transformation. The people`s values gradually shifted after images of western lifestyle began flooding the Chinese media. Before that no one had seen that kind of love story on the big screen.

The story is about a seventeen-year-old aristocrat fell in love with a kind, but poor artist on the luxurious, ill-fated ship the Titanic. The limited confines of the ship give them an opportunity to break down the class boundaries, and get to know each other as equal individuals. The girl named Rose is upset about her mother`s arrangement of a marriage between her and a rich American man so that they can carry on their luxurious aristocratic lifestyle after the death of Rose`s father, which has left them plenty of debts. She loves art, fancies some artists who were not that famous at the time, but gained their reputation later on, artists such as Picasso、Monet and Gauguin. She keeps their works in her room. What luxurious decorations! Young Jack is a typical working class man, who plays great poker and is unbridled as a wild horse. He is like a free spirit who leads Rose along the road to freedom. But the unsinkable ship hits an iceberg and sinks. Jack dies leaving Rose only memories of that unforgettable experience. 

The most touching line for me from the movie is not the widely quoted "You jump, I jump.", but what Rose says about her first impression of the ship:" It`s been 84 years, and I can still smell the fresh paint. What happenes that night is soul-stirring. Their story may fade away, but their love will last forever."