As I hit the "publish post" button yesterday on the Titanic blog I felt like I was missing something. I had watched the movie earlier in the day on TNT and as I was watching it there were two things that stuck out to me as being bothersome in an otherwise pretty good flick. When I went to blog about it, I could only remember one and spent a considerable amount of time trying to think of what the other thing was, finally convincing myself that there probably was only one thing and I just thought there were two. But just right now while I was discussing it with my friend Sarah it hit me like a bolt of lightning...how could I forget?! Yes, the shooting scene is irritating at best, but there is something even more head scratching that comes later on. Remember how I said the ending with Old Rose throwing down the diamond doesn't bother me? Don't worry...it still doesn't...it's what happens next. There was great debate about whether or not she was actually dead at the end...she is folks. She's incredibly dead. She has to be or the whole movie has no emotional impact whatsoever and the meaning of the film is lost. It's not even really up for debate. If you were or know someone who was on the "she didn't die" side of the fence...then you need to slap them or yourself and take a basic story structure class. After Rose dies, she slips into a dream state where we see the Titanic go from sunken ship to heavenly splendor as all of the passengers and crew are there to meet here, as is Jack who has been waiting for her atop the stairs.
Come on...
If I were to die in a horrible tragedy...why would I want to return there in my afterlife? If that's heaven, then heaven is a sick cruel joke. That's like if somebody survived the Holocaust and when they died and went to heaven they were greeted by friends and family members at Auschwitz. Not only is it not an ideal location to spend an ETERNITY with Jack, but what about everybody else? Don't they have their own version of heaven to get to?
If I'm somebody who died on the Titanic and I think I'm going to Heaven and I end up BACK on the damn boat again to fulfill somebody else's sick fantasy, I'm going to be pretty pissed off.
So let us revise the statement..."Titanic is cool man...except for that lame shooting scene...oh yeah, and that gay ass ending...but other than that...solid as a rock."
Ok so I don't remember this film correctly but when did she die? also if its true that she made everyone come back to the boat to make her feel better....man what a bitch.
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