What’s Aged the Best?
Leo and Kate; James Cameron; the score; the band; the mother reading to her children; the Celine Dion song; Cal's evil line; Andrews and Smith sports comparisons; Bill Paxton; shipwreck-search TV; the Rose YouTube video
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- Leo and Kate, given their subsequent careers, are the number one answer, with James Cameron added.
- The score and its variations of the song are praised, and the film is likened to a first-class dinner where every detail was considered.
- Cameron reportedly sketched how people would behave facing death; the band playing to the end is another aged-best pick.
- The mother reading to her children below deck, reportedly played by the actress from Terminator 2, is recalled as emotionally brutal.
- The Celine Dion song is one of the most identifiable songs ever attached to a movie; Winslet's nude scene is also cited as a generational milestone.
- Cal's line when Rose breaks away the second time is called a great evil-guy line.
- Mr. Andrews and Captain Smith are compared to the executive realizing the Westbrook trade failed and to Frank Vogel.
- Bill Paxton is fondly remembered, and the salvage crew's work now resembles History Channel shipwreck and search programs, called Titanic spin-off content.
- The hosts' YouTube video about Rose is jokingly expected to age well, with a call for Rachel Lindsay's take on Higher Learning.