SHE liked diamonds and Picasso paintings. He slept under bridges and sketched caricatures for cash. It was a holiday romance with an unfortunate iceberg, and these wouldn’t last either:
Rose and Jack, Titanic (1997)
Rose would’ve banged anyone on that boat. But if she hadn’t hogged the door, New York would have been a rude awakening. He’d get nothing fencing the jewel, she’s got no skills other than ballet, they’d be living in a slum tenement in Hell’s Kitchen while he sold sketches door-to-door. Note how she married into wealth after Jack. He was a fling.
Sam and Annie, Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
You know who gets obsessed with a man after hearing him on the radio once, travelling to his home city and watching his house? A stalker. They have a perfect night together and the next morning she matter-of-factly mentions the messages Mossad sends her through her fillings. Turns out she’s known to the authorities. Too late for Sam.
Kathleen and Joe, You’ve Got Mail, (1998)
Another Hanks-Ryan pairing but this time he’s the sociopath. He discovers she’s who he’s been corresponding with, destroys the business she inherited from her beloved mother, puts her out of work, then aggressively moves in on her life. It’s a bad relationship with a happy ending when she kills him with a pair of scissors.
Danny and Sandy, Grease, 1978
Learning that if you become a hot, smoking slut you’ll become socially acceptable to a man is a poor basis for love. Also cars can’t fly. And however happy they were aged 18, eventually Sandy would demand to move back to Brisbane because no Australian girl can resist the siren call of sun-baked suburban boredom.
Carrie and Charles, Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
They’ve only met six times, including her wedding, his wedding and a funeral. She cheated on her elderly fiancé and ditched Charles after every shag which suggests repeated disappointments. Sooner or later he’ll realise Kristin Scott Thomas is that special posh kind of dirty.
Lloyd and Diane, Say Anything… (1989)
Standing outside a woman’s bedroom blasting the song that played while you f**ked is usually the basis of a court case, not a lasting relationship. By the end Lloyd is accompanying studious Diane to England. Theirs is a future of resentment, drizzle and sharing Tesco meals for two in student accommodation. Nothing survives that.
