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Getting ghosted can really hurt.
But what happens when theyve really left this world?
Movie romances with racing pulses and a rising temperature might get the most airtime on Valentines Day.
But sometimes love is so fiery and ardent it can even extend to the spiritual realm.
Each shows us a passion and devotion that transcend our mere scientific limitations on life and the afterlife.
But be warned: Its not all sickly-sweet, supernatural passions.
Yes, sometimes these movies show us that loving beyond spatial planes can be a joyous and enchanting experience.
Now, lets find those matches made in heaven.
note: Spoilers follow for each of the listed films.]
The smart script blends comedy with flirtation and portrays the supernatural romance as so lifelike and possible.
It all eventuates in a heartwarming tale chronicling the circuitous search some have when finding their forever partner.
It may be fate.
But I cannot accept it.
The specter of loss physicalized by the ghostly Fleur is one palpable and moving cinematic experience.
The wish is granted with Jamie returning one day as a ghost.
Unfortunately, the renewed romance begins to soon wither under the quotidian strain relationships can suffer.
I dont want you to go …
I dont know what I want, Nina says.
Its all a process, ironically enough, enabled by Jamies return to Ninas life.
Its amazing, Molly.
City of Angels(1998)
Sometimes Heavenisa place on earth.
I usually dont get messages unless you beep me.
With a tragic final coda, the film underscores that earthly reunions are always possible in the beyond.
Corpse Bride(2005)
Sometimes its the dead that can best show us our true love.
Or so the story goes in Mike Johnson and Tim Burtons stop-motion musical animation,Corpse Bride.
!Yourethe other woman, Victor pleads with her.
and spirited story about romance finding itself again is one poignant and fun tale of deathly love.
Problem is, only David can see her.
But Elizabeth isnt quite dead shes actually deep in a coma and living on life support.
(The fateful encounter happens after her gun fails to fire on him.)
A bullet to the torso doesnt do the trick despite Julies father Grigios (John Malkovich) good aim.
Julie cries.Warm Bodiesis a camp and unpretentious take on the classicRomeo and Juliettale, all spiritedly (!)
recut within the zombie-horror world.
Come for the lifeless fun; stay to have your own pulse raised.
(Ms grief is so great she desperately gorges on a pie until she pukes it all up.)
Vain attempts at making contact including trying to extract a long-hidden note tucked away in a doorframe crevice fail.
M later leaves, while the house is eventually bulldozed.
Even in the astral plane.
