Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 19:38     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now

I thought it was a dream when I watched it as a teen. Now you've got me thinking about it, you may be right!!!

Thanks, OP.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 19:06     Subject: Re:Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
I hope her husband wasn't waiting for her in some other scene in heaven.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 18:53     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Heaven, obviously
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 18:53     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Anonymous wrote:Okay we were discussing the movie "Titanic" which I am sure you ALL have seen almost 20 (!) yrs. ago. (Has it really been that long??)

Anyway, I told her the ending where the old lady, Rose, laid down in the bed and then the audience was shown her ascending the grand staircase where she eventually ended up with Jack again was her entering Heaven. I believe she threw the necklace in the ocean for closure, then died peacefully. What we see as the audience is her entering Heaven where she has her young body again and everyone is together regardless of their social class. What we see of the deceased passengers we never saw in the actual movie since people were separated by class. But in Heaven, there is no class...Everyone is equal.

My Sister however disagrees. She said the ending was just the old lady falling asleep and dreaming.

How did you guys take the ending?? Thx.


I think the fact that Jack says "You're going to die an old lady safe and warm in your bed" (or something like that) clues us in to her dying in her sleep at the end.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 13:33     Subject: Re:Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
I detested that movie. I couldn't understand why everyone was crying.... So underwhelming....
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 12:30     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Anonymous wrote:She dies. Having thrown the necklace overboard at the site of the sinking, she is at peace and can die "an old woman, warm in your bed" as prophesied by Jack earlier in the movie. In death, she is reunited with Jack and all the other passengers who died.


Nailed it.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 12:21     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
You're right.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 12:11     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Anonymous wrote:I'VE never seen it.


I never saw it either. I can't stand Leonardo and this goes back to "Growing Pains".
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 11:13     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Tell your sister she needs to be a "deeper thinker" and learn how to read between the lines. she may find that she enjoys movies more!
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 10:38     Subject: Re:Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You're both right.

From Wikipedia: Winslet and Stuart stated their belief that the character dies at the end of the film, while Cameron states in his DVD commentary that he prefers to leave the viewers to form their own interpretation of the ending.

So, the ending is whatever you interpret it to be.


Hello! There is no right and wrong when you interpret art!


"Titanic" wasn't art, more like a huge ego stroke for James Cameron. Gorgeous sets, decent casting, but stupid, stupid plot. What of a waste of an opportunity and money.

Personally, I thought the old bag was horrible to dump the necklace overboard. If she wasn't going to wear the necklace, then she could have done something useful with it to say, cure poverty in America. I could have cared less if her character died, but that would fit in with the cliche at every turn which was that movie.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 09:44     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Def died.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 09:41     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Anonymous wrote:Died. Your sister is weird if she didn't see that.


No, you're weird if you can't see there could be another interpretation.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 09:39     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Died. Your sister is weird if she didn't see that.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 09:24     Subject: Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
She dies. Having thrown the necklace overboard at the site of the sinking, she is at peace and can die "an old woman, warm in your bed" as prophesied by Jack earlier in the movie. In death, she is reunited with Jack and all the other passengers who died.
Anonymous
Post 07/18/2015 09:20     Subject: Re:Please Settle A Debate I Am Having With My Sister Now
Anonymous wrote:You're both right.

From Wikipedia: Winslet and Stuart stated their belief that the character dies at the end of the film, while Cameron states in his DVD commentary that he prefers to leave the viewers to form their own interpretation of the ending.

So, the ending is whatever you interpret it to be.


Hello! There is no right and wrong when you interpret art!