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Titanic

year 1997decade 90sdirector James Camerongenre Dramagenre Romance

194 minutes

Cast

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Leonardo DiCaprio Jack Dawson
Kate Winslet Rose DeWitt Bukater
Billy Zane Cal Hockley
Kathy Bates Molly Brown
Frances Fisher Ruth DeWitt Bukater
Gloria Stuart Old Rose
Bill Paxton Brock Lovett
Bernard Hill Captain Smith
David Warner Spicer Lovejoy
Suzy Amis Lizzy Calvert
Danny Nucci Fabrizio De Rossi
Victor Garber Thomas Andrews

Titanic | The Rewatchables

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Most Rewatchable Scene

Dinner party and the sinking; Jack and Rose at the bow

In the discussion (11)
Approx. transcript time · 00:48:11Read transcript
  • Nothing from the first 21 minutes qualifies; the rescue at the stern and Jack nearly being blamed is offered, with an audio clip.
  • The dinner party, with Jack's borrowed tuxedo from Kathy Bates, is called the best scene before the sinking.
  • In the dinner scene, Jack's speech that life is a gift, played as a clip, is called DiCaprio's best scene and the Oscar clip he should have had.
  • A list of candidates includes the embrace at the bow, the drawing scene (reportedly the first scene the leads filmed), the chase, and the car scene with the hand on the window.
  • The iceberg collision is praised with a clip, and the ship passing the iceberg prompts discussion of practical effects versus visible CGI and a brutal shoot.
  • Rose breaking away from Cal, his drawing jab, and her spitting in his face are recalled; the line is remembered paralyzing a Baton Rouge theater.
  • The axe scene, the ship breaking and turning into a horror movie, and Captain Smith's final scene with 120 tons of water are also listed.
  • The final return to the restored ship and reunion on the staircase is called breathtaking despite the earlier criticism of Rose.
  • One final choice is the dinner party plus the ship sinking and tipping over.
  • The other side adds Cal turning gunman, likened to O.J. Simpson, and the steerage party showing Rose can live in Jack's world.
  • The second final choice is Jack and Rose together at the bow, clarified as not the earlier king-of-the-world line.

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

In the discussion (9)
Approx. transcript time · 01:02:54Read transcript
  • 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.

What’s Aged the Worst?

Rachel Lindsay possibly not having seen it; three-hour-15-minute runtime; Fabrizio's accent; Billy Zane's Cal; Altman's verdict; the Picasso scene

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:08:10Read transcript
  • The possibility that Rachel Lindsay has not seen Titanic is joked as the first aged-worst item.
  • The three-hour-15-minute runtime is daunting, and Danny Nucci's Italian accent as Fabrizio is questioned, though called better than Jared Leto's in the Gucci movie.
  • Billy Zane's Cal is called abusive and aged terribly; the performance is described as slightly sketch-comedy broad, the other host declares himself a lifelong Zane fan despite some overplaying, and the reply is that Zane dialed it up too much.
  • Robert Altman reportedly called the film the most dreadful work he had seen, which is laughed off.
  • William Goldman's critique of the Cal role and the Picasso scene as full of howlers is cited; the scene is now laughable and the film lacks subtlety, with Cal wrong about everything.

The Joey Pants “That Guy” Award

Terminator 2 lady

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:14:45Read transcript
  • David Warner, as Cal's henchman, is a nominee.
  • The winner pick is the actress recognized as the mother from Terminator 2, also in Lethal Weapon 2, whose name the host does not know.

Apex Mountain

Leonardo DiCaprio, disputed; James Cameron; Billy Zane; expensive bad-buzz movies; heroes from Wisconsin; icebergs; disaster movies

In the discussion (6)
Approx. transcript time · 01:21:43Read transcript
  • DiCaprio is a yes because he became the biggest star in the world; 2006, with Blood Diamond and The Departed, is the alternative.
  • The counterargument is that people do not associate DiCaprio primarily with Titanic, and The Departed era is offered as his better Apex.
  • Winslet is probably not, because of her mid-2000s run culminating in the 2008 Oscar for The Reader.
  • Cameron is a yes even though he later beat it, because the film was a critical and financial peak comparable to Gone with the Wind.
  • Billy Zane is a yes; for the name Fabrizio, the Godfather character who blew up Apollonia's car is preferred.
  • Expensive bad-buzz movies peak here, beating The Godfather; heroes from Wisconsin (Jack), icebergs, and disaster movies are yes, Picasso probably not.