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What's your favorite scene in the 1997 film, Titanic?

To start things off, my favorite scene in the film is the whole entire sinking scene, where the passengers are panicking, the decks are tilting, and the rooms are filling with seawater.

I voted for the sinking, but not the dramatization. I liked the part in which the treasure hunters are describing how the ship sank to the 90 y/o Rose and her granddaughter.

That was a fun movie. I saw Leo DeCaprio the other day. He was driving through Beverly Hills, or rather was being driven...

The movie is okay, but I'm personally not that fond of it. The sinking was the best part.

My main obsession from 1st-5th grade (1993-1997) was the Titanic. I knew all about the ship itself, its sister ships of the White Star Line, the stories of the passengers and crew, etc. I saw the movie when I was in 5th grade. The historical inaccuracies bothered me a little bit, but if I let that go, I was still able to enjoy the movie.

What I wasn't able to get over was that whenever anyone found out that my obsession was the Titanic, the person would always say something like this: 'The movie is really good, isn't it?', 'Have you seen the movie?', 'Are you a Leonardo DiCaprio fan?', etc. That really annoyed me, I eventually lost interest in the Titanic, and the movie is sort of to blame for that. I am over it now, and I think the movie is just okay.

Was absolutly in love with leonardo decaprio when the movie came out, so of cource, loved the entire movie. My friends thought I was crazy because I laughed during scenes they were crying. <Shrugs> I thought it was funny? Now Ive just seen it too many times to cry when I see it. At least 100. Overall, it was a good movie I thought.
P.S I have a HUGE collection of leo things,, anyone else?

I was at a Titanic thing at a science center once. Everyone got cards with names of people who were really on the Titanic and their class. I got someone in 2 class and she lived. And they had a peice of the Titanic and ice that was cold as the iceburg.

Is 'favourite' really the right word for watching panic-stricken proletariats drowning in icy water?

Personally, id rather watch the populace of sheffield futilely stumbling blindly across rubble, whilst an ICBM mushrooms up in the background
(Threads, 1984)

The tension and epic sense of scale during the sinking was easily the movies strongest part imo. The drowning scenes afterwards has to lose points becuase IRL it would have been almost pitch-black (yes, i did double-check a moment ago) The sense of grief conveyed in those final scenes was powerful enough, but the horror of experiencing it in darkness isnt something that can ever be captured on film.

Did you come across the insurance-fraud conspiracy theory?

Some people argue, very persuasively that since the near-identical sister ship had sustained massive hull-damage, the owners had disguised her as the titanic (which had full insurance cover, being brand new) and were planning to scuttle her, possibly later on in the voyage. Apparently there was an empty ship laying in wait further on, this was supposed to be the rescue boat, and was carrying the necessary supplies (taking empty ships across the atlantic, especially during that era made no economic sense)
There were lots of other little pieces of evidence either way, but ive only seen one tv documentary & that was a while ago.

Personally I've never watched all of it... it's too long... Dad and I always sit down to watch it when it's on TV or on the odd occasion that we might get it out of the video store, but we never finish it... I can't really remember the bits I've seen, I think I've seen most of it but I still don't know how it ends. I guess I'll watch it all the way through some day

how weird, i just watched this again yesterday. I was never overly obsessed with the hype when it came out originally. It was an okay film but it had quite a few weak points. Probably my favourite scene is where the white star line officer accidentally shoots an irish passenger then commits suicide amidst the sinking. Great stuff.

There was a documentary on last night where they sent one of those robotic submarines down.
The entire steelwork is being slowly disintergrated by aquatic bacteria, and the wreck will collapse on itself at so,e point. Theres a big ethical debate as to whether they should rescue some of the artifacts inside before its too late. (international law forbids this)

When Rose is naked definitely one of the most spectualur performances in the film.

When I was 10 and it had just come out, I was obsessed; I wouldn't talk about anything but the Titanic and the movie Titanic. The sinking is my favorite part. Most popular, haha! We're so disaster-happy.

I never cried at at any of this movie but I cried during Star Wars: Episode 1 when Anakin had to leave his mother.

oh come on..... how many ways can you drown???

the movie was overrated, I thought. Too much chick flick action and not ehough action action.....

I dunno, when the guy falls, hit the propeller... then DROWNS, that was okay

I can't believe though that the new DVD cut version is actually LONGER!

Director's Cut! For once CUT something. God bless Peter Weir...

I voted naked, but I liked the part while sinking when the musicians kept playing. I don't know if that counted as sinking, because they just stood there playing.

Sarcastic Name do you agree that naked scene was one of the most superb performances in film history? I though her performance was great... as well as her body.