Titanic

Today is Sunday the 15th of April 2012.  100 years ago today the RMS Titanic met her fate, She sank at 02:20 on 15 April, two hours and forty minutes after striking an iceberg.  Over 1,500 people died in this disaster and to this day remains one of the most poignant disasters in modern history.  The events of the night of the 14th and the early morning of the 15th of April 1912 have been depicted in countless works of art, novels and movies.  I believe there is even a television series that is set aboard the Titanic which will air / airs currently in the USA.

I have a love hate relationship with the director James Cameron.  As far as I am concerned he sold out a long time ago and has betrayed his craft and has become consumed by profit and greed.  His 1997 production of Titanic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet is one of the few movies in his repertoire that I deem worthy of merit and would gladly watch, not least of all for my love of Kate Winslet who first won my heart for her voice acting contribution as Belle in A Christmas Carol and her melodious contribution as the singer to the soundtrack "What If" which accompanied the movie.

The Movie Titanic was massive when it was released and that fame I believe it had earned with respect.  The Movie retells that fateful night with elegance and beauty in a manner that combines both the grandeur and warmth that the story of the Titanic deserves.  Although the story of the Titanic in itself I feel would qualify enough for it to be included on this list, trying to stay with the theme of tragedy in entertainment I have chosen the Movie itself, in particular one of the final scenes.  Near the end of the Movie shortly after the Titanic goes under, our two main characters of Rose and Jack are floating in the icy waters, struggling to stay alive striving for their very existence, the inevitable tragedy strikes when Jack is overcome and passes into the night.  This scene of loss is heart-wrenching and still produces tears in my eyes when I watch.

Once again I find myself unable to post the actual clip, partly for copyright reasons and partly for a lack of appropriate content being available.  Instead I link the trailer to the Movie as on the whole the Movie is one of the greatest tragedies in my mind.