If you where the old lady in Titanic....

[of the seas]

What would you would have done with the necklace? Would you have sold the necklace after the ex-fiance killed himself? Would you have given it to a museum? Would you have given it to your kids? Would you have just worn it around the house? Maybe pry some of the smaller diamonds out and make a ring? Given it to the guy who was searching for it?

 

[eh24fan]

I definitely would NOT have thrown it in the ocean! LOL

 

[Jennasis]

Aside from the MANY other reasons I hate that movie, the tossing of the necklace was a huge slap to the viewers face. Made me desest Rose even more.

That said, if I owned a priceless artifact from a historical disaster I would either have donated it to a museum or left it to my family.

 

[kathie859]

AND hated the scene where the necklace gets thrown over!!! The silly twit should have cashed it in and used the proceeds to endow an art chair at a university in her lover's name!! Sheesh....talk about no imagination

 

[momof1princess]

yes, the dropping of the necklace into the ocean showed a serious lack of imagination on cameron's part. personally, i would've kept it, or donated it to a titanic museum. i like the endowment of the art chair idea too.

 

[Captain Brain]

I never saw throwing the necklace into the ocean as uncreative, I always saw it as her way of 'giving her heart' to Jack.

 

[TDC Nala]

Sell that sucker.

 

[LadyZolt]

She couldn't have sold it because I'm sure Cal (I think that was his name) had reported it as having gone down with the ship and so the insurance company would have paid him for it. It therefore was "owned" by the insurance company. Had she donated it, the insurance company would have swooped in and taken it. I think she figured that, since the world viewed it as having been lost at sea (and so had her real identity, which she changed when she was rescued to "Rose Dawson"), it rightfully should be "lost at sea."

I like thinking that she gave her heart to Jack, too. But I think that in practical terms, the re-emergence of that artifact would have caused a big legal problem for whoever she decided to give it to.

-Dorothy (LadyZolt)

 

[Jennasis]

I never saw throwing the necklace into the ocean as uncreative, I always saw it as her way of 'giving her heart' to Jack.

I didn't think it was "uncreative" either. I thought it was a giant middle-finger to her ex-fiance, and inadvertently to Bill Paxton and the rest of her family as well.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I never saw throwing the necklace into the ocean as uncreative, I always saw it as her way of 'giving her heart' to Jack.

I did not see it as uncreative either.

My interpretation is that Rose detested everything about that society and what it represented to her. She did not need money to be happy and lived a full life. Tossing it was like a "neener neener", but--the search crew likely would keep looking and she had tossed it over the wreckage. I figured that it would eventually be found. (That theory of course doesn't figure in ocean currents and such---but that is just what I pictured would happen.)

 

[aaarcher86]

I saw this movie in 8th grade. What I always thought (I guess the idea just stuck with me) was that their ship was docked over the Titanic since they were doing the exploring obviously. I figured she was dropping the necklace down to the wreckage so that the guy looking for it could finally find what he'd been looking for.

It never bothered me, but I think I can safely say at that age the only appreciation I had for that movie was Leonardo DiCaprio.

 

[Lisa loves Pooh]

I didn't think it was "uncreative" either. I thought it was a giant middle-finger to her ex-fiance, and inadvertently to Bill Paxton and the rest of her family as well.

Lol---similar thought that we posted at the same time.

 

[browneyes106]

There was alternate ending that was put on DVD edition a few years back. In that ending Rose reveals to Brock and her granddaughter that the reason she never sold the necklace is because she didn't want to use it to survive on Cal's fortune and she decided to support herself from that point on and in that ending she still drops into the ocean.

 

[Jennasis]

There was alternate ending that was put on DVD edition a few years back. In that ending Rose reveals to Brock and her granddaughter that the reason she never sold the necklace is because she didn't want to use it to survive on Cal's fortune and she decided to support herself from that point on and in that ending she still drops into the ocean.

Ah. Then I change my answer. She should've handed it over to Brock and let him claim it was salvaged. Throw the guy a bone.

 

[snarlingcoyote]

I would've gotten rid of it in the 1930's when people were starving to death on the streets. Just made up some ****-n-bull story about actually being the illegitimate, but much beloved, daughter of some Russian noble who'd been sent over to the US as a young child with some diamonds (to explain a lack of knowledge of Russia or of the Russian language, don't'cha know) who now needed the money and discretion, as several English members of the family would be mortified to learn of my existence, especially their beloved cousin and his legit family had been offed by the Russian peasants, but I was alive and kicking. ;-) I'd prize dimonads a few at a time and sell those suckers, in bits and drabs, then use the money to feed my own children and to help out my neighbors.

The big diamond, okay, so I'd still have it, but the rest would be long gone.

 

[cm8]

What would you would have done with the necklace? Would you have sold the necklace after the ex-fiance killed himself? Would you have given it to a museum? Would you have given it to your kids? Would you have just worn it around the house? Maybe pry some of the smaller diamonds out and make a ring? Given it to the guy who was searching for it?

I would have given it to my Grand daughter.

 

[PixieDustandEeyore]

I would have stolen it for a Britney Spears music video in the 90's called oops I did it again and she'd wear a red plether suit... Oh wait my bad they already did that:|

 

[AprilRenee]

I saw this movie in 8th grade. What I always thought (I guess the idea just stuck with me) was that their ship was docked over the Titanic since they were doing the exploring obviously. I figured she was dropping the necklace down to the wreckage so that the guy looking for it could finally find what he'd been looking for.

Me too!!

 

[WeLoveLilo05]

Show me the money!

 

[ilovepcot]

I think the old lady should have jumped with the necklace.