Lingering Feeling at the End

Rating: 10/10 (12 June 2008)

The first time I saw this movie was when I was four years old and my mother covered my eyes at almost every scene. Naturally, I remembered how sad the movie was. Something that wouldn't happen for a four year old with most movies though, was that the movie had such a great effect that even years later when I heard the song that was playing at the end I felt sad. Just recently, I re-watched the movie and was blown away. We've all seen movies that leave you with a feeling afterward, whether it be one of happiness, sadness, or anger. This left the viewer with all three of these emotions. It's not hard to guess why it would leave you with a feeling of sadness, but I'd like to point out how strong this lingering feeling was. I cried not only during the whole last hour of the movie, but for thirty minutes afterward as well. I'll admit, I cry easily over movies, but usually the tears stop coming after the first two rounds. The ending of the movie was just amazing. This is left for the viewer to interpret, but when the old lady closes her eyes and the scene shoots to the men on the titanic opening the door for her and Jack is standing at the top of the stairs next to the clock the ending is just turned over from a depressing movie to a very happy one, depending on the readers interpretation. It can be implied that perhaps she is dreaming of him, or she dreams of him every night, but this isn't quite so happy. The reader could also look at it from a logical point of view and say that this is the dream people have in their last 12 minutes of brain activity when they die. However, the most happy and perhaps most common interpretation is that she has indeed died and she is now off to spend an eternity with Jack, her only true love. The movie leaves you with a feeling of anger because you know that Jack didn't have to die. You know that nobody had to die, but the maker of the ship had insisted on going faster and the people loading the safety boats didn't "Want to risk putting too much weight on" so while they could have fit 65 people on each they stuck with close to 12. You know, also, that if the dang boats hadn't been so selfish towards the end he wouldn't have died. This is by far the best movie I have ever seen and I would recommend it to anyone.