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

[BroganMc]

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

Wasn't there a commercial spoofing that later. For some investment firm about spending money wisely instead of like a fool.

The old lady drops the necklace in the ocean then jumps in after it and climbs back aboard all drenched with diamond in hand.

I figured that scene was meant to A) reveal what happened to the necklace and the ex-fiancee and B) have Rose reveal who she was by having her let go of those memories of the past.

It was a bit of romantic theatre not based in reality. Who falls in love with a guy in a matter of one night, loses him then spends a lifetime pining over him?

 

[ilovepcot]

Wasn't there a commercial spoofing that later. For some investment firm about spending money wisely instead of like a fool.

The old lady drops the necklace in the ocean then jumps in after it and climbs back aboard all drenched with diamond in hand.

Hmmm...now that you mention it, seems there was a commercial about that. And too, I've never had an original idea in my life.

 

[BroganMc]

Hmmm...now that you mention it, seems there was a commercial about that. And too, I've never had an original idea in my life.

Ah yes, here it is...

http://adland.tv/commercials/verizon-superpages-titanic-2002-030-usa

Now that's a smarter solution.

 

[ilovepcot]

Ah yes, here it is...

http://adland.tv/commercials/verizon-superpages-titanic-2002-030-usa

Now that's a smarter solution.

Yes!

 

[Carly_Roach]

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)

Agreed. And I would have done exactly as Rose did - tossed that albatross over the bow right before I died. I wouldn't have been able to sell it during my life because I wouldn't want anyone tracing me. Especially if I'd have changed my name and started a new life elsewhere. And the insurance company would likely have come after me for any money I got for it.

I thought it was a very poetic ending because the necklace represented mere money or possessions, neither of which we take with us as was demonstrated in Rose's reunion with Jack and everyone else on that ship. Could other people have benefited from that possession? Probably. But it wasn't their call - it was Rose's.

Did she spend her life pining for Jack? I don't think so. It appears from the photos that she had a wonderful life filled with adventures, love and a family that she created. Since she was reminded of Jack, I think it's lovely that she was able to start a new life over with him and continue THAT adventure where she left off long after her other life adventures had been lived and she'd grown too old to fly, ride horses or even run again.

 

[MErnst]

Too funny that you asked that question...just watched Titanic last night with my kids and at the end I said to them that I can't believe she threw that necklace into the ocean....in my opinion she should have given it to her family.

 

[Skywalker]

I thought it was sweet. I always took it that since the necklace was called "The Heart of the Ocean" and she was throwing it out into the ocean near where Jack would have drowned nearly 100 years before that she was kind of saying the necklace (her heart) belongs down there with him.

Then again, it has been a while since I saw that movie but that was the impression I had.

Of course in practical terms no way would have tossed something so valuable, lol.

 

[Rora]

Throwing into the ocean was a very powerful thing but I think I would've held onto it and sold it, or made it into something else..

 

[Princess Nancy]

Let me start by saying I HATE that movie. She had 3 opportunities to get into a lifeboat. Had she done that the first time, he might have had a chance to save himself instead of whatever dumb a** game they played out on the ship!!

He could have then saved himself knowing she was safe!! I believe it was all her fault he was dead!!

There, I said it in public. One of my least fav movies of ALL time!!

 

[HonnyDipp]

after 2 hours of sitting through that movie fully knowing what was gonna happen at the end. Rose on that damn door, I couldn't believe how she couldn't have moved over to allow Jack to climb on, she got on it afterall. I was irked when that old lady tossed that necklace into the ocean. She should have given it to her grand daughter, passed the memory down. Now the only thing her granddaughter would have is a drawing of granny's knockers

 

[okeydokey]

after 2 hours of sitting through that movie fully knowing what was gonna happen at the end. Rose on that damn door, I couldn't believe how she couldn't have moved over to allow Jack to climb on, she got on it afterall. I was irked when that old lady tossed that necklace into the ocean. She should have given it to her grand daughter, passed the memory down. Now the only thing her granddaughter would have is a drawing of granny's knockers

I think he tried to climb on too and it capsized, BUT there was a whole lot of debris floating right nearby. Why couldn't he have climbed onto something else. The movie annoys me.

 

[Carly_Roach]

Let me start by saying I HATE that movie. She had 3 opportunities to get into a lifeboat. Had she done that the first time, he might have had a chance to save himself instead of whatever dumb a** game they played out on the ship!!

He could have then saved himself knowing she was safe!! I believe it was all her fault he was dead!!

There, I said it in public. One of my least fav movies of ALL time!!

First of all, there were only enough lifeboats for less than 1/2 of the passengers and they were going by the now-lost chivalrous rule of women and children first. Jack was a man. He wasn't getting on any of those boats.

Secondly, Jack held a 3rd class passenger ticket. Most of 2nd class and nearly all of 3rd class went down with the Titanic. Once again, there was no way Jack was getting on any of those boats.

Finally, Rose didn't want to be saved. To be saved meant marrying Cal. She would rather have died and, in every instance, tried to do just that. Jack kept insisting she live. Without him.

I guess Titanic was a movie full of symbolism that people just didn't get. Kind of like Jodie Foster's Contact. Just as Southpark's Mr. Garrison expressed, people thought they'd wasted all that time watching Contact just so Jodie Foster could walk with her dead father on the beach. No. That's not it and you're never going to get it. Just go back to your action/adventure movies. You'll get those.

after 2 hours of sitting through that movie fully knowing what was gonna happen at the end. Rose on that damn door, I couldn't believe how she couldn't have moved over to allow Jack to climb on, she got on it afterall. I was irked when that old lady tossed that necklace into the ocean. She should have given it to her grand daughter, passed the memory down. Now the only thing her granddaughter would have is a drawing of granny's knockers

I find your remark to be crude and highly offensive. Not to mention inaccurate.

Rose lived over 100 years. I'm sure her grand-children and great-grandchildren have much more to remember her by than a drawing.

 

[HonnyDipp]

First of all, there were only enough lifeboats for less than 1/2 of the passengers and they were going by the now-lost chivalrous rule of women and children first. Jack was a man. He wasn't getting on any of those boats.

Secondly, Jack held a 3rd class passenger ticket. Most of 2nd class and nearly all of 3rd class went down with the Titanic. Once again, there was no way Jack was getting on any of those boats.

Finally, Rose didn't want to be saved. To be saved meant marrying Cal. She would rather have died and, in every instance, tried to do just that. Jack kept insisting she live. Without him.

I guess Titanic was a movie full of symbolism that people just didn't get. Kind of like Jodie Foster's Contact. Just as Southpark's Mr. Garrison expressed, people thought they'd wasted all that time just so Jodie Foster could walk with her dead father on the beach. No. That's not it.

I find your remark to be crude and highly offensive. Not to mention inaccurate.

Rose lived over 100 years. I'm sure her grand-children and great-grandchildren have much more to remember her by than a drawing.

I'm sorry to upset you. I mean it is a movie afterall. And it was my opinion. I mean, she threw the necklace overboard. So the only thing showing that Rose was on the ship was that drawing. Again, this character was completely fiction. No mean to offend.

 

[Princess Nancy]

First of all, there were only enough lifeboats for less than 1/2 of the passengers and they were going by the now-lost chivalrous rule of women and children first. Jack was a man. He wasn't getting on any of those boats.

Secondly, Jack held a 3rd class passenger ticket. Most of 2nd class and nearly all of 3rd class went down with the Titanic. Once again, there was no way Jack was getting on any of those boats.

Finally, Rose didn't want to be saved. To be saved meant marrying Cal. She would rather have died and, in every instance, tried to do just that. Jack kept insisting she live. Without him.

I guess Titanic was a movie full of symbolism that people just didn't get. Kind of like Jodie Foster's Contact. Just as Southpark's Mr. Garrison expressed, people thought they'd wasted all that time watching Contact just so Jodie Foster could walk with her dead father on the beach. No. That's not it and you're never going to get it. Just go back to your action/adventure movies. You'll get those.

I find your remark to be crude and highly offensive. Not to mention inaccurate.

Rose lived over 100 years. I'm sure her grand-children and great-grandchildren have much more to remember her by than a drawing.

Taking this movie a little too seriously? I am not stupid, I know all the things about the lifeboats and who could get on. Logically, she could have gotten on the damn boat and Jack maybe could have saved himself somehow just like he saved Rose's life!! If he didn't have to worry about saving her not once but 3 different times, then he could have concentrated on himself! I left that moving feeling no sympathy for her and feeling that her died because of her stupidity. It was a stupid stupid FICTIONAL story told in the context of a real life tragedy. This is my opinion. It does not make me stupid and that I do not understand the class system on board.

Also to find someone's opinion of a movie crude and highly offensive is laughable!
Really?

 

[gina2000]

I love the movie. It's an epic romantic saga, full of symbolism. Hollywood doesn't make a ton of them because they are cost and time prohibitive. Think Dances with Wolves, Gone with the Wind, Reds, and War and Peace, Lord of the Rings, etc. Majestic movies, beautifully shot and played.

Oh, and to answer your question, I would have done exactly as Rose did. She walked away from that life long ago and left the trappings behind.

 

[LuvCuteBoys]

You really should have put "spoiler" in the title. I haven't seen the movie yet.
































Never will, either. Hehe.

 

[TDC Nala]

Not a fan of this movie. Although the special effects footage of the ship sinking is incredible. (Hey that's not a spoiler - everybody knows the ship sinks)

For a more historically accurate portrayal there is an old film called "A Night to Remember." But no one is a fan of "Titanic" based on historical accuracy.

 

[crz4mm2]

Not a fan of this movie. Although the special effects footage of the ship sinking is incredible. (Hey that's not a spoiler - everybody knows the ship sinks)

For a more historically accurate portrayal there is an old film called "A Night to Remember." But no one is a fan of "Titanic" based on historical accuracy.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Teresa Pitman]

My kids saw this movie when it first came out, and told me "Never go see this one, you will HATE it, Mom." I've never seen it. And reading this, I think they were right.

Teresa

 

[mdsoccermom]

Not a fan of this movie. Although the special effects footage of the ship sinking is incredible. (Hey that's not a spoiler - everybody knows the ship sinks)

For a more historically accurate portrayal there is an old film called "A Night to Remember." But no one is a fan of "Titanic" based on historical accuracy.

"A Night to Remember" is outstanding. I am far more interested in the real life stories of the Titanic than a fictional love story.

We're all interested in the Titanic in this house. My kids loved "A Night to Remember." A funny story - my son had to have a reading assessment at school to gauge his comprehension. The reading specialist gave him a passage on the Titanic and afterwords had to redo the assessment with another passage because his knowledge of the ship skewed his results. She called me and told me that apparently he's a "world expert on the Titanic." and was telling her all kinds of facts before she started the test.

I recently saw a Titanic exhibit in Indianapolis. Excellent.