• otacon239@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I always love it when people refer to “this ending” or “this scene” as if everyone is supposed to know what this blurry still is supposed to be from. Even if it was a video, that still doesn’t tell me what it’s from.

    Edit: to all the haters…

    Saying ‘what kind of an idiot doesn’t know about the Yellowstone supervolcano’ is so much more boring than telling someone about the Yellowstone supervolcano for the first time.

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          The framing device for the whole movie is that they’re searching the wreck to find a priceless necklace, and bring along an old woman, who had it when the ship sank, to help them. She then tells them her story, moves them into abandoning the search, and in the end it’s revealed she had it the whole time when she throws it overboard.

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        I had no idea what I was looking at, then you writing this instantly made me realize the scene.

        So yeah, I think the commenter’s got a point

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        3 days ago

        Damn, I had a feeling, it was Titanic, because of the eerie lighting, but I’ve never watched it, never seen this scene.

        I guess, it did narrow things down, though, that it’s posted here without explanation…

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      3 days ago

      Anyone whose seen it knows where it’s from. It’s the final scene from James Cameron’s Titanic in which Rose throws the infamous jewel into the ocean.

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        Man it’s been over 25 years since I watched Titanic; 95% of the memory I retained of that film is boobs and the other 5% was actually Thumbtanic. I dunno how you expect anyone to instantly recall this scene from a single frame unless you were one of those hardcore fans who saw it nine times in the cinema.

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          17 hours ago

          😂 I guess I’m some movie savant that remembers all the frames even though I haven’t seen the movie since 2003

        • Pacattack57@lemmy.world
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          How so? It was the highest grossing film for 11 years straight, starting in 1997. Only been surpassed by Avatar 1/2 and Avengers Endgame. Pretty well known film.

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            Doesn’t mean everyone’s seen it. 1997 was over a generation ago, the “kids” conceived in those screenings have careers and acid reflux now

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        I saw the movie and had no idea. Although it was well over twenty years ago and I was more interested in the gal I was sitting next to than the movie.

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        Nah i’ve seen it atleast twice and it took me a while to have guessed titanic. Still needed the comments to confirm it. Can’t remember jewel being thrown away at all

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          Exactly the same as me. The film’s 30 years old, and I’ve definitely seen it, but probably not in the last 20 years or more. I just about recognised it was Rose but haven’t got a fucking scooby what she does at the end of the film. I thought it ended with her sat on the piece of wood watching Jack sink.

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            2 days ago

            Watched it a couple months ago with my wife. She drops the jewel into the ocean above the wreckage, then goes back home, where we see a bunch of pictures across her dresser showing that she had an adventurous and fulfilling life, inspired by Jack’s last words to her.

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        That explains it. I’ve never had any desire to see that movie, and thus I never have.

        For GenX / Xennials we grew up with a plethora of shitty ass movies not worth your time or headspace. No electronic devices, thus you’re subjected to that crap during social encounters. Multiple video rental stores in every town containing so much garbage, friends and relatives constantly naming it as the pinnacle of entertainment.

        Given choices, later, as an adult, most so called popular or romantic crap is then easily avoided. Or you just read a book on your phone instead. What I would’ve given in my teens to have a slim little book holding device no one questions in my pocket.

        Never bought the hype or music for Titanic. Thanks for ID-ing this photo.

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          Give it a shot it’s a good film. Considering it was filmed in 1997 the visuals still hold up pretty well and the writing is pretty good, especially by today’s standards.

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            I prefer things more like Amelie for romantic comedy. And old school 5hr 90s versions of Pride & Prejudice for straight romance. Besides, now you’re telling me not only does the ship sink and romance not win out, but she drops the one bright spot, future financial security for her family, in the ocean. Why would I watch that?

            That, and I’ve never been a DiCaprio fan. Winslet is cool though.

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              I mean the jewel represented way more than just financial security. I would say her reasoning to dump it is pretty valid. It also means that romance absolutely won out.

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                  For people that have been there it kind of makes sense. The jewel represented the man that was her abuser. He wanted to keep her locked up in a cage. Her dumping the jewel was her catharsis that she was free. Free to make her own choices.

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        Never seen it. Something about French ladies and floating door space?

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        I tried watching it three times and fell asleep every time. I’ve come to the conclusion, that it is a very boring movie.

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      I have never watched the movie, don’t know that I’ve ever seen an image from this scene, but instantly recognized it because I’ve read people complain about it so many times online.

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      Its ok, there can be cultural references you do not immediately understand, we don’t have to all have the exact same repetoire of concepts in our brains.

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      Until coming to the comments, I thought it was from The Others, but that didn’t fit the title.

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        Calling someone expressing their lack of omniscience “making cultural blindness their only personality trait” is a wild leap.

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          It’s bloody Titanic.

          If you never heard it seen anything about it.

          You’re either the perfect shut in that doesn’t leave the house or interact with anyone or anything. Or lying through your teeth to make yourself look cool and hipster to random internet strangers.

          It’s been talked about online, referenced in other media.

          I know the average Lemmite makes being a contrarian their only personality trait.

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            Or… and here me out… maybe not everyone has a photographic memory for every scene in every movie that they’ve ever seen going back twenty years…

            Or maybe someone just isn’t a cinemaphile and doesn’t watch every movie that receives hype.

            And just because you’ve heard people talking about a movie doesn’t mean you can automatically identify every fucking still frame and synopsis point from that movie.

            You’re the one being contrarian. Also, apparently according to you the average lemming has at least two "only personality trait"s. Do you know what that phrase even means? Is it your only comeback? Are you a bot, or just not very creative?