Everyone is now familiar with the famous drifting on a makeshift raft near the end of the film Titanic. Hell, I have never even seen the film, and even I am familiar with this scene. It has been suggested, that if Rose had simply moved over a little, there would have clearly been room for Jack on the raft as well. Instead Jack (DiCaprio) heads on down to Davy Jones Locker and Rose (Winslet) lives to a ripe old age. Well, I have finally found the proof that they could have both lived. I would like to thank the chive, one of my favorite web sites, and these hipsters with time on their hands for posting this valuable information today. http://thechive.com/
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I knew it! I’ve always knew that Rose took up way too much space. If she really wanted to, she would’ve made room. OR if Jack really wanted to live, he would push Rose off. Just saying.
I think Jack maybe had his full of Rose and decided to end it all.
haha…hehe…yay! This is the kind of stuff we need proof of! “They” really didn’t think that raft was way too big if it was going to fit only 1 person? Cheers
I am pretty sure I would of made some room.
Nice. And clearly they could have stayed warm with card playing–what were they thinking? What a waste.
PS I can’t help but giggle when Rose says “I’ll never let go, Jack!” as she is prying his cold dead fingers off her wrist. It is humorous to me.
Clearly a nice game of go fish would have kept Rose and Jack warm, and passed the time, while they waited for their anti-climactic rescue.
Proof that thIs film was a ridiculous piece of nonsense. I mentioned in my review, that the tagline for this film was even misleading “Nothing on earth could come between them”. This raft obviously did.
Mark, I am happy to help back up your excellent hypothesis with regards to this film.
Oh no they didn’t.
Pete I only wish that those hipsters had a camera and some PBR on that raft to complete the look.
People have been saying this for years, great to finally have a visual to support it! But I have to admit, the best part of Titanic for me is when Jack dies…for some reason I just couldn’t stand him (and for a long time, I couldn’t let Leonardo DiCaprio live it down…)
Garret, I enjoy informing people that I have never seen the film. That being said I have been unable to avoid hearing about this fateful “romantic” ? scene. In my opinion having them both visit Davy Jones’ Locker would have the best possible ending.
DiCaprio dying was the best thing that happened in that movie. I will never forgive him for being in that crapfest. Which is saying a lot because I am willing to give him a pass for being in that Romeo and Juliet movie.
this isn’t proof – sure the area is sufficient to accommodate both, but it would no longer float with twice the weight on it!
Hey Annie thanks for stopping by, The title of this post says proof that their was room on the raft. You do however, bring up an interesting point regrading the weight and subsequent buoyancy of the “raft”. The bouyancy of their raft is directly releated to the size of the raft, as objects with greater volume have greater buoyancy.
However, I think we can both agree that it’s interesting that Jack and Rose did not try every configuration possible to both fit on the raft, so they could both survive.
Also it should be noted that DiCaprio was not exactly a strapping lad when this film was shot 15 years ago. In fact Winslet may have even out weighed him at that point. DiCaprio may have been a gernerous 140 lbs when Titanic was filmed. I am not sure if that would be enough to cause the raft to submerge based upon the volume of water the raft is displacing.
I think we need to recruit some more hipsters to test your bouyancy theory.
Here is an article from the wiki machine all about bouyancy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy
Ahaha I saw this on Facebook during the week, I love it. It’s one of my biggest problems about Titanic is that there WAS room on that raft for them both. I’m glad that I’m not the only one that thinks like that!
Amy I am not sure who those hipsters are that made these photos but its a great set of pics.
The thing that always got me is that both are soaking wet, Dicaprio is in water that is only a little above freezing, and she is in air – wait for it – that is even colder. She should have frozen first. The reason the people in the boats survived freezing is that they were dry and had heavy, protective clothing on.
One other thing I’ll mention (not original to me). Titanic shows Dicaprio sinking into the ocean and Inception starts with Dicaprio washing up on a beach. It’s actually a movie within a movie.
He went down another level. Genius!
Yes! I was arguing with some friends at lunch the other day about this. Plenty of room on that piece of door/wall/whatever. They tried to bring up the bouncy argument, but I don’t think it floats. It seems to be a pretty heft and quality piece of furnishing. I mean she’s laying completely on it and it’s fine. Leo’s hanging on the end and it doesn’t seem to be sinking too much.
Too add to their stupid decisions, she let’s go of this extraordinary expensive piece of jewelry. I mean why wouldn’t you put it on or tuck it between your bossom (which, while it’s been a while since I’ve seen it, I recall that area having more than enough room to secure that necklace).
They could’ve shagged on the raft to stay warm. Would’ve livened things up at the end at least.
It’s an interesting thought, at the end of the day I think it could have been an act of self-sacrifice that Jack didn’t go on the piece of wood, because he was afraid it couldn’t hold both of them.
From my sources (a friend who has dissected the movie in and out), they do actually show a scene with Leo trying to get on the raft and realizing that it would sink under their weight.
Nice ) But it’s Titanic, the film-makers would have committed a grave crime if the film ended happily for the couple.
Maybe If Jack pushed Rose off the raft at the end, it would have set heads ablaze. lol
The amount of room was never questioned. If you remember, he did try to get on, but he kept flipping it. The question should be. “Could Jack get on without overturning it?”
Hey Clark, I actually am the last man to never see the film. So no I did not see the flipping. So it was more a question of balance than a question of room or weight?
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