Most Rewatchable Scene
Jack at the bow yelling 'I'm the king of the world'; the string quartet scene; the dinner Jack gets to attend
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- The pick is 'I'm king of the world': it has to be. — Amanda Dobbins
- The bow scene is defended as tiny Leonardo DiCaprio standing at the front of a ship yelling one of the most iconic film lines: cheesy and a little funny, but the essence of the movie, sweet and pure; a host notes slacking the others when the broadcast was about to reach it.
- Being very sentimental, the favorite is the saddest scene, when the string quartet starts. — K. Austin Collins
- The quartet scene is called cathartic, the music beautiful and one of the most underrated parts of the film, and James Horner's score phenomenal before it gave way to one of the biggest hit songs ever.
- The dinner Jack gets to attend is another pick: Cal and Rose's mother try to embarrass him but he is unflappable, turns down the caviar, and, like Pretty Woman, cannot work the silverware until Kathy Bates's character tells him to go from the outside in; the clip of the exchange is played.
- Kathy Bates is very good in the film, yet her commitment clashes with some of the worst dialogue, as the lone liberated, new-money woman, Downtown Molly Brown.
- The dinner leads into a second favorite, Rose meeting Jack in steerage for the party with Irish dancers, dancing on her toes and chugging beer, like finally kicking off shoes after hours in formal wear, plus Leo telling the little girl she is still his number one girl, Cora.