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What was the best line in the movie? -=W=- tom
-- Thomas M. Terashima (tom@nucleus.com), December 20, 1997
As well as all of the ones mentioned, one of my favorite lines is "Give me my hands, man!"Bodine (the fat bearded guy who looks suspiciously like Harry Knowles of WWGN) has piloted the ROV "Snoop Dog" into the port millionaire's suite, and has to flip over some door debris. He utters the line as he reaches for the manipulator waldoes.
There's a sense throughout the scene that everything is very high tech but very quotidian, highlighted by the blue-on-red lighting on Bodine's mouth and tongue. 84 years, and human nature has denatured.
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-- Thomas M. Terashima (tom@nucleus.com), January 20, 1998.
when he handed her the note through a hand-shake it said sumthin like "Time can change everyhting-meet me at the clock" ?? i think that is what is said but i think that was the best line. or anohter on can be "promise me you wont let go"
-- kelly kopenhafer (claude1476@aol.com), December 22, 1997.
Rose leaves Jack handcuffed to a pipe, trying to find something to free him as the water's rising, and he says, "I'll wait right here."
-- Cheryl Gochnauer (cgochnau@sky.net), December 22, 1997.
I think the best line of the entire movie was at the end when the person asked her what her name was after the huge incodent and she answered: Dawson, Rose Dawson" even though she wasn't married to him
-- Stefanie (smile38@hotmail.com), December 23, 1997.
I think the best line of the entire movie was at the end when the person asked her what her name was after the huge incodent and she answered: "Dawson, Rose Dawson" even though she wasn't married to him
-- Stefanie (smile38@hotmail.com), December 23, 1997.
the best line was when they were having sex and Rose said "you are trembling" and Jack says with a laugh, "don't worry, I'll be o.k"
-- Tamara Burns (burns@planeteer.com), December 23, 1997.
I agree that it was "I promise I won't let go."
-- Emily Cole (emilymarie1@hotmail.com), December 23, 1997.
I thought that the answer she gave to what her name was after they had been rescued as being Rose Dawson was very emotional! The end had me very emotional and that doesnt happen to me in movies very often Three Cheers to James Cameron on one of the best movies of all time
-- David Hirsch (knoxtndave@postoffice.worldnet.att.net), December 23, 1997.
For the record the note says "make it count. meet me at the clock"
-- not given (cusefolks@sprintmail.com), December 25, 1997.
"I'd rather be his whore, than your wife!"
-- Angie Pascale (lpascale@penn.com), December 27, 1997.
For the record 2, the line is "Make every moment count. . .(then that stuff about the clock)"
-- M.C. (medall2@aol.com), December 27, 1997.
"I'll ... uh ... just wait right here." --Jack This was the most memorable line in this movie. I thought Titanic would be this emotional tearjerker piece throughout the movie, but it wasn't. It was indeed heartwrenching in the end, but Cameron kept the audience entertained throughout the movie with brilliant one liners such as these. :> It was the best movie I ever saw.
-- Annie Lin (annielin@pacbell.net), December 27, 1997.
The drawing scene was awesome!! My favorite line goes something like "I want you to draw me like one of your French girls wearing this. Wearing only this" What power!!!
-- Carrie (Sisro@aol.com), December 28, 1997.
The love scenes were the best, especially the one in the sitting room. My favorite line goes something like "I want you to draw me like one of your French girls wearing this. Wearing only this" What power!!!
-- Carrie (Sisro@aol.com), December 28, 1997.
The best line in my view, is when one of the Irish crew was running out of the ship and spots the rats running. He says something along the lines of "the rats are going in that direction, that's good enough for me!"
-- Pauline Vizcarra (vizcarra@tig.com.au), December 29, 1997.
I am not sure if it was the best line but it was certainly the one that really touched me. That was when Old Rose said something to the effect of 'I don't even have a picture of him, I can only remember him in my memories'.
-- Brian Knatchbull (kermit@interlog.com), December 29, 1997.
Going back to the Irish fellow from steerage, I thought one line he gave was very good although most people didn't catch it. They were on the deck and the band was playing and he said, "Music to drown by, NOW I know I am in First Class."
-- (Kabillin@aol.com), December 29, 1997.
For the record a third time....... the piece of paper says..... "MAKE IT COUNT. MEET ME AT THE CLOCK. The second person was right......third=wrong. He wrote that because....that is what she said for the toast....after he kept repeating that.... remember Rose says... "To making it count!" Anyway...My favorite line is..... "When the ship docks...I'm getting off with you."~Rose "This is Crazy!!!!"~Jack "I know. It doesnt make any sense...that's why I trust it."~Rose @-<--------
-- Christina Mare (Happy1434@aol.com), December 30, 1997.
I THINK ONE OF THE BEST LINES WAS " YOU JUMP I JUMP REMEMBER? "
-- AMY (AMIEE1209@AOL.COM), December 30, 1997.
--"That's what everyone says. But with all due respect, I am not the one hangin off the back of a ship."-jack.. --"Is that the going rate for saving the woman you love?"-rose. --"I Love you Jack"-Rose."No, don't say you goodbyes Rose. Don't give up. Don't do it!"-jack --"I promise. I will never let go Jack. I will never let go."-rose and bassically the whole movie. It is soo sad =:::(::: <---crying
-- (amaryah84@aol.com), December 30, 1997.
Rose's fiance sure was an asshole, huh? I think the best line is when she tells him, "I'd rather be his whore than your wife!". Hrm...I guess she told him! :)
-- Liz Simpson (lizzard@lcc.net), December 30, 1997.
Youd as like have angels fly out o yer arse as get next to the likes o her.That's the best line. Either that or....
Afterward, the seven hundred people in the boats had nothing to do but wait... wait to die, wait to live, wait for an absolution which would never come.
-- stephie (lolliepop13@yahoo.com), December 31, 1997.
WAIT TO DIE, WAIT TO LIVE, WAIT FOR AN ABSOLUTION THAT WOULD NEVER COME.OLD ROSE SAYS THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE MOVIE...I LOVE THAT LINE...IT KINDA SUMS UP THE MOVIE AND THE ACTUAL SINKING OF THE TITANIC. THAT LINE WAS MY FAVORITE....THAT AND THE REST OF THE ENTIRE MOVIE.
-- ANA KIRBY (KPA9@AOL.COM), December 31, 1997.
I think that the best lines were when Rose said "I'd rather be his whore than your wife." "I'm flying." Also when she said she felt her life was like she'd already lived it just polo games always the same narrow people. I know that is not exactly what she said but something like it. And last but not least Jack" I won my ticket to Titanic in a lucky hand of poker, a VERY lucky hand." ~Nicole
-- Nicole Damstetter (eeyorenkd@hotmail.com), December 31, 1997.
Forgive me for not knowing the exact line but I love it when Rose gets all snooty with the guy who had the initial idea for the ship and equates his name "TITANIC" with Freud's theory about the male preoccupation with size.
-- Gwenn Goodale (glgoodal@unity.ncsu.edu), January 02, 1998.
I don't know exactly how they said this. It wasn't my favorite line but I liked it a lot. When Jack is drawing her portrait and she say that he is blushing and that she doesn't think Monet ever blushed and he says "Monet painted landscapes."
-- Tiffany Smith (dsdahl@guymon.tebtc.com), January 02, 1998.
I think the best line is at the end of the movie and the man on the other boat asks "Name?" and she says "Dawson, Rose Dawson" It showed her true love for Jack and that she wishes that she WAS Mrs. Dawson.
-- Nikki (PJTCLH@AOL.com), January 03, 1998.
Definitely the best line was "You jump, I jump, remember?" How romantic! I also loved "I'd rather be his whore than your wife!" and when she calls herself "Rose Dawson." I cry just thinking about it.
-- Shannon Barrington (ewbarrington@juno.com), January 04, 1998.
Everyone already quoted the best lines, so i'm going to contribute this one by old Rose: "My heart was beating the entire time... it was the most erotic moment of my life... well up until then at least..."
-- Becky Robbins (Becky021@aol.com), January 04, 1998.
Everyone already quoted the best lines, so i'm going to contribute this one by old Rose: "My heart was pounding the entire time... it was the most erotic moment of my life... well up until then at least..."
-- Becky Robbins (Becky021@aol.com), January 04, 1998.
I love the part when old Rose says- " Titanic was called the ship of dreams and it was. It really was."
-- FoxForceFive (Kof@Idt.net), January 04, 1998.
"I don't know about you, but I intend to write a strong-worded letter...' "I'd rather be his whore than your wife!!!" "You jump, I jump, remember?" "Dawson, Rose Dawson." "Do you trust me?" "Never let go." "Make it count." "You're trembling...." "Music to drown by, now I KNOW I'm in first class!!" "I want you to paint me wearing this...ONLY THIS..."
-- Lissa Scearce (LaVanille4@aol.com), January 04, 1998.
"I don't know about you, but I intend to write a strong-worded letter...' "I'd rather be his whore than your wife!!!" "You jump, I jump, remember?" "Dawson, Rose Dawson." "Do you trust me?" "Never let go." "Make it count." "You're trembling...." "She is made of iron, sir. I assure you, she can. And she will. It is a mathematical certainty." "Music to drown by, now I KNOW I'm in first class!!" "I want you to paint me wearing this...ONLY THIS..."
-- Lissa Scearce (LaVanille4@aol.com), January 04, 1998.
"Never let go" "Dawson, Rose Dawson" "You're trembling" "I love you" "I'd rather be his whore than your wife"
-- lauren (stanley6@mail.com), January 04, 1998.
"I'm the King of the WORLD!!!!!!" I think this line is great because in a way you feel so happy for Jack that he feels so good....yet you feel so SAD for him 'cause you *know* it's going to end...soon. It's just so bittersweet...
-- Lori (jeopardy87@hotmail.com), January 04, 1998.
The best lines have been mentioned, but I think the funniest was (from a southerners point of view) when Rose said "Spit like a man" with a perfectly fake country accent. It was hillarious.
-- Nikki (n_carr@hotmail.com), January 05, 1998.
The best part in the movie is when jack pulls her into the room and she tells him "this is impossibe! I can't see you! I'm marring Cal. I love Cal" then he looks at her with a cute smile and saids "rose your no picnic. A spoiled brat even...but under that you the most astounding....amazing...girl.....WOMAN...that i've ever known" That is by far my fav line!
-- Janie (janenielson@utah-inter.net), January 05, 1998.
Yes, the best line of the movie is, "I'd rather be his whore than your wife!!" That line is so awesome, but under that, I love it when Kate says, "The last thing I need is another picture of me looking like a porcelain doll and as a paying customer, I expect to get what I want." I agree with alot of everyone else's favorties, but those are my top two.
-- Heather (ClickyLove@aol.com), January 05, 1998.
You guys already said a lot of the really good lines... butanother one that I found touching, that no one else has mentioned, and one that I feel I can relate with is when Rose says " A woman's heart is a deep ocean of secrets" I think it is very true and I find it touching that she kept this secret as hers and Jacks alone until the night she died.
-- Catherine (eaturfoot@juno.com), January 06, 1998.
I love it when Rose says, "Put your hands on me Jack."
-- Heather (ClickyLove@aol.com), January 06, 1998.
Everyone already said almost all the good lines. Here's a couple more that I liked. "So, ya gonna cut her meat for her, too, Cal."-Molly "No, the Chippawa Falls Dawsons"-Jack "Oh, stop it mother. You'll give yourself a nosebleed." The part where the Irish lady is reading her children the story when the Titanic is sinking. I love that part. It's so sad. "You wanna walk a little faster to that valley."-Jack "You mean, did we "do it". -Old Rose And of course, every movie from the movie was memorable.
-- nicole (nicole@iinet.com), January 06, 1998.
Everyone already said almost all the good lines. Here's a couple more that I liked. "So, ya gonna cut her meat for her, too, Cal."-Molly "No, the Chippawa Falls Dawsons"-Jack "Oh, stop it mother. You'll give yourself a nosebleed." The part where the Irish lady is reading her children the story when the Titanic is sinking. I love that part. It's so sad. "You wanna walk a little faster to that valley."-Jack "You mean, did we "do it". -Old Rose And of course, every line from the movie was memorable.
-- nicole (nicole@iinet.com), January 06, 1998.
I don't think anybody mentioned the most heart-wrenching quote which is one you all know. With death a near certainty and barely able to coherently speak Jack says with his last breath, "Winning that ticket was the best thing that ever happened to me. It brought me to you."Extremely powerful.
-- Jeff Trayner (JTrayner@pacbell.net), January 09, 1998.
I would have to agree with Jeff ("Winning the ticket was the best thing that ever happened to me. It brought me to you.") That was the line that choked me up the most.
-- Dena (bjb707@aol.com), January 09, 1998.
Okay, the best lines have been quoted but I liked Cal's line, " Any room for a gentleman, gentlemen?"
-- mo (moberlan@marlin.utmb.edu), January 09, 1998.
All the lines were so good. I can't help but think about when they were trying to get to the edge of the ship, and the guy was praying the 23rd psalm about walking through the valley of the shadow of death, and he said "you wanna walk a little faster through that valley".That just cracked me up.It was the best movie I ever saw.Am going to see it a third time.
-- Pennie Halling (Penylane25@aol.com), January 10, 1998.
"You're so stupid, Rose! So stupid! Why'd you do it?".."You jump, I jump, right?"......."Remember, Cora, you'll always be my best girl."......"You find that existence appealing, do you?"......"You're a good liar." "So are you.There's no boat around there is there?""There is...not that you'll benefit from it."...."You mean, did we do it? Oh no, Jack was very professional."...."Last week I was sleeping under a bridge. Now I'm having a [luxorious] dinner with you fine folks."..."Hold on, I'll never let go." I could go on and on. Sorry for inaccuracies.
-- Bob Gregorio (rgregori@pacbell.net), January 10, 1998.
Sorry, I couldn't resist. A few more. "I'm through with being polite!" ......"To hell with you!" (Said by guy who was punched in mouth by Rose)..."There will be order, I say!"....."Wait! Do some target practice!.....Good, now hit the same spot!....Okay, enough practice!" "C'mon, [Rose's mother], this one's for first class!" [Molly Brown coaxing her into the lifeboat] Sorry again for any inaccuracies.
-- Bob Gregorio (rgregori@pacbell.net), January 10, 1998.
Jack: "Where can I take you mum?" Rose: "To the Stars"In the car before they "do it" =)
-- Karen (ejpowell@emry.net), January 11, 1998.
I'd rather be his whore than your wife. I'd rather be his whore than your wife. I'd rather be his whore than your wife.
-- nina webb (n/a), January 13, 1998.
All of those lines are grat and got to me as well. But my favorite line by far was when jack just got done having dinner with the first class people and he meets rose and says "want to go to a real pary" or something along those lines
-- adrianna (Merlin9935@aol.com), January 13, 1998.
it wasn't just the line itself, but I like the part during the "real party" when they started to dance. Jack says something like, "we're going to have to get a lot closer."
-- gaile (lrc@usit.net), January 15, 1998.
Best Line? Here's my favorite:As the ship's string quintet finishes one tune on the boat deck, the second violinist turns to Music Director Wallace Hartley and says, "They're not listening to us," to which Hartley replies, "They never listen to us at dinner, either."
The actor portraying Wallace Hartley ad-libbed that line; Cameron liked it better than the line he had written (rare for a writer), so it stayed in the film.
Cheers!
-- Kip Henry (kip-henry@ouhsc.edu), January 19, 1998.
The character of old Rose says something along the lines of: "A woman's heart is a deep ocean full of secrets!"
-- (stekf01@moravian.edu), January 19, 1998.
By now, everyone has brought up almost all of my favorite lines. But here are a few more good ones:R: "I know what ice fishing is!" J: "Sorry, you just seem like more of an "inside" girl.
R: "Hello, Jack. I changed my mind." (This is one of the most pivotal lines of the movie, I think. It comes right after she rebuffs him in the weight room. She says it as she approaches him in the "I'm flying," scene. From this scene on, Rose is with Jack pretty much the entire movie.)
J: "Don't mind us! You guys are doing a great job! Keep up the good work!" (As they are running through the boiler room being chased by Cal's henchman. I just found this one funny for some reason.)
R: Jack, this is where we first met!
Old Rose: "And so now you know that there was a man named Jack Dawson... who saved me. In every possible way a person can be saved."
-- Jen Alexander (jmalexande@mofo.com), January 20, 1998.
"Gentlemen, it has been an honor playing with you this evening." "I want you to draw me like one of your French girls. Wearing this. Wearing ONLY this" "Over on the..bed, I mean couch" "He does LANDSCAPES" "I trust you." "I'd rather be his whore than your wife!" There are sooooooooo many more!! I could go on and on. The whole movie was great!
-- Miranda Swearingen (Kylen1@hotmail.com), January 21, 1998.
I love every single word in the movie.
-- Colleen (Colleendi@earthlink.net), January 25, 1998.
Everybody seemed to name funny or heart touching lines. How about the line that brought out the most anger in a lot of people: After Rose says this to her mother, Ruth...... "Don't you get it mother? Over half the people on this ship are going to die?"Cal, the biggest A$$hole on earth, says,
"Not the better half"
What a totally ignorant thing to say. Hey, way to go Cal! Whimper off the Titanic using the cover of a little girl, then do something even more cowardly: Committ suicide over losing $. What a loser. As you can see, that line still makes me mad!
-- steve parkin (steveparkin@hotmail.com), January 25, 1998.
"wait to die, wait to live, wait for an absolution which would never come." in retrospect, no other line has remained with me as this has.. the reason it strikes such a cord, at least with me, is because of the nature of the lost absolution.. they "wait" (do nothing) and yet expect an "absolution" (remission of sins). "if you don't change your direction, you will end up where you are headed" (forgot who said that, not titanic releated though).. well, rose saw the direction she was headed, and she didn't like it, so she jumped off the life boat (ironicially saving her life in the process), changed her direction, and got her absolution. i don't just like/enjoy/obsess over titanic because of the ideal love portrayed, i like/enjoy/obsess over titanic because of the ideal salvation portrayed.
-- Jordan Gray (Yek401@mailexcite.com), January 25, 1998.
"I'd rather be his whore, than your wife." The "promise" scene at the end, and the final words from Rose: "Dawson, Rose Dawson." I just about jumped out of my seat to cheer her on!! What strength, what courage and most of all what love she had for Jack. (sob!)
-- Caron (bianchi@iser.net), January 25, 1998.
Apart from all the Jack and Rose lines, my favorite line was when the Captain tells Mr. Ismay something like - I'm afraid you may get your headlines, Mr. Ismay' when they find out the ship will sink.
-- Donna Sadoway (donakyle@oanet.com), January 25, 1998.
" Are you ready to go back to the Titanic?" ----the older Rose
-- Connie Ostlund (sorka@teleport.com), January 26, 1998.
The best line ( at least one of the funniest) is when they are running and Tommy Ryan says "Music to drown by. Now I know I'm in first class!"
-- Natalie Lent (mlent@erols.com), January 26, 1998.
I think that two of the best lines in the movie were the "You Jump I Jump" and Dawson, Rose Dawson." And of course the entire rest of the movie. :)
-- Rachel Bergman (Kbergman@bitterroot.net), January 26, 1998.
Well You all have said all of my personal favs, but I have to add - J: "Winning that ticket was the best thing that ever happened to me Rose, it brought me to you" - Oh my gosh I love that line J: "You must promise me, no matter what happens no matter how hopeless, that you'll go on, that you'll survive, promise me now, and never let go of that promise" R: "I'll never let go, Jack, I'll never let go" R: " I changed my mind Jack"Those are my absolute favorites, plus everything all of you have mentioned!
-- Andrea!~ (ExMusic@AOL.com), January 27, 1998.
"This ship is made of iron, sir! I assure you--it *can* sink!"--Thomas Andrews"Pick up, you bastards!!!!"--crow's nest lookout on telephone
"Smell ice, can you? Bleedin' Christ!"--one crow's nest lookout to the other after hit
"Shut the dampers!!! Shu' it!!" Head stoker (?) before collision
and finally....
"Which key is it, Rose?"--Jack "The small one, I think it's the small one!"--Rose (said at locked gate while neck deep in freezing ocean water)
Are there really guys out there who would sincerely ask a woman's advice as he was about to die?! What a man...
-- Amy M. (amym@sirius.com), January 27, 1998.
I have to agree with Andrea that the best line was.. "Winning that ticket was the best thing that ever happened to me Rose, it brought me to you" It is the saddest part to me. For one moment Jack is saying that he is happy and he would trade anything (even death) for the chance he had to be with her. That emotion just devoured me and it really makes you think about what is really important in life.This movie is the saddest (and best) I have ever seen. I just saw it once (about three weeks ago) and it still is on my mind.
-- BK (brian.kush@ey.com), January 27, 1998.
Rose to Cal: "You unimaginable bastard"Rose to Cal: "I'd rather be his whore than your wife."
-- Cara (sammons@mint.net), January 27, 1998.
HI MOM!
-- Bob (me@here.com), January 28, 1998.
I ove the line when Rose says to Jack: "You see people" and then Jack says: "I see you" I just thought that was a great line :-) THIS MOVIE ROCKS!!! My whole family and I just luv it!! Mr Cameron you have done a great job!!
-- Emma Bell (clrbell@ozemail.com.au), January 28, 1998.
I read all the messages and surprisingly only one person said my favorite part... Ruth~ "Will the lifeboats be saeted by class. I hope it isn't too crowded." Rose~"Oh mother, shut up. There are not enough life boats on this ship...not by half! Half of the people on this ship are going to die." Cal~"Not the better half." Rose~"You unimaginable bastard!" That is one of the greatest parts, (But the whole thing is wonderful!)
-- Laura PLiner (pliner98@hotmail.com), January 29, 1998.
Not my favorite but a few I would throw out there are:" I know how hard it is for people who care greatly for money to give some away."
"The moment of truth boys. Somebodys life is about to change."
Both are very ironic.
-- BK (brian.kush@ey.com), January 29, 1998.
i just want to let you all know, while i scrolled down this post reading your "BEST LINE" it made me emotional, hence, getting all choked up. it brings me back to the theater watching TITANIC all over again. TITANIC, sure isone EXTRAORDINARY piece of film----for me to get emotional just by reading lines from a movie, it really says "something" about this film, does it?
-- M.M. (masima@earthlink.net), January 29, 1998.
M.M.: I totally agree! Evertime I come to read or post a message, It happens all over again! I cry, I laugh, I want to go back!! I'm going back tomorrow night, I CAN'T WAIT!!! My husband likes to tease me about it, it's my birthday and he asks "Are you sure you want to see Titanic again!? (smirk)" (I've seen it twice already). I say YES!!!!! If I had the time and cash, I would have went many other times.
-- Caron (bianchi@iserv.net), January 30, 1998.
I think you've already named all the best lines, but here are a few memorable ones, as well as I can remember them: Rose: "Something Picasso" Cal: He'll never amount to anything. Trust me." Mother to little girl: "They're putting the first class people on the boats now. When they're finished, they'll be starting with us. And we'll want to be all ready, won't we?" Father to children: "It's goodbye for a while, but only a little while. This boat is for the mommies and children. There'll be another boat for the daddies later." Molly Brown: "I don't understand a one of you. What's the matter with you? Those are your men out there."
-- Cindy (CydWalker@aol.com), January 31, 1998.
My favorite line as of my 3rd viewing has to be when Jack says to Rose, "I got everything I need right here with me". Because at the time he said it, he had no idea how true it actually was.
-- Kyle (Kyle@NG.COM), February 01, 1998.
Most of my favorite lines have already been said. But to add another which I *think* has not been added yet-"It's been 84 years...and I can still smell the fresh paint."
-- Amber (Savershena@aol.com), February 02, 1998.
I POSTED A MESSAGE WAY BACK IN DECEMBER.....I COME BACK HERE OFTEN TO READ WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE THOUGHT.....IT'S SO COOL TO READ EVERYBODY'S FAVORITE......ONLY FOUND ONE WHO AGREED WITH ME...YO, YO JORDAN GRAY!!!
-- ANA KIRBY (KPA9@AOL.COM), February 03, 1998.
I think the whole movie was perfect but I was really choked up when Rose turns around on the door and sees jack is gone and says "Jack, there's a boat Jack"I also loved the line "Rose, your so stupid Rose, why'd you do it Rose Why?"
This film has given me an experience of a lifetime, I am forever grateful.
-- ~kelly (klliven@ibmnet.com), February 04, 1998.
My fav line is: "We go to America", "No mate, Titanic go to America in five minutes".
-- alyssa (aalongwell@hotmail.com), February 05, 1998.
I like the part where Rose said "Mr. Anderws. I saw the ice breg and I see it in your eyes." "The ship will sink tell only you must I don't want to be responsible for a panic".
-- alyssa longwell (aalongwell@hotmail.com), February 05, 1998.
One of my favorite lines was "Sit on the bed, I mean the couch" . That part was actually a mistake Leo made, but Mr. Cameron thought it was funny and left it.
-- Allison (allisonelizabeth@mb.sympatico.ca), February 08, 1998.
By the third showing, some lines not directly related to the narrative -- but just as important to the character -- start to come out; this time I noticed much more Rose's comments on Picasso's paintings, saying "They're like something in a dream ... there's truth but no logic."
-- Alison Kaufman (akaufman@worldbank.org), February 10, 1998.
And who can forget the overwhelming tact and eloquence of Mr. Bodine?-"Okay, so she's a VERY OLD goddamned liar." -"S'cuse me, I have to go check our supply of Depends." (in script) -"She hits the burg on the starboard side and it sort of bumps along . . . punching holes like morse code . . . DIT DIT DIT . . . -". . . with her ass sticking out of the water, and that's a big ass. We're talking 20 or 30 thousand tons." (excuse the profanity - just quoting)
-- Rose (rosemarie17@hotmail.com), February 11, 1998.
Yes, and Bodine was also the one who said "Oops, someone left the water running" when they're diving at the wreck. - Another sensitive comment!
-- Cindy (cydwalker@aol.com), February 11, 1998.
Here's aanother nobady's mentioned yet. I didn't catch it until like my third viewing : )... When Jack and Rose are at dinner in the 1st Class place and Jack is leaving, Rose says, " Jack, must you go?" He replies, "Time for me to go row with the other slaves." : )
-- Cara (sammons@mint.net), February 16, 1998.
I love it when Jack is standing at the top of the stairs, in front of the clock, in his tux and turns around, smiles and says, "Want to go to a REAL party?"
-- Linda (Ashokan4@yahoo.com), February 16, 1998.
i have to agree with almost all the lines already listed but i have to add a few: Cal: i thought we had a deal? murdoch: your money can't save you anymore than it can save me! and then he throws the money into cals face. no one ever puts that line down but it is one of my favorites. another one is: lee:will ya look at that!theyre a bit warmer than we are. fleet: if that's what it takes for us to get warm, i'd rather not!
-- melissa (susy8795@aol.com), April 04, 1998.
"Are you nervous?" Jack in the car with Rose.
-- Jill (jill@ucinet.com), April 04, 1998.
My favorite line from the Oscar program was James Cameron telling his daughter, "Honey, this what I told you about. This is an Oscar, and its REALLY cool to get one."
-- Thomas Shoebotham (cathytom@ix.netcom.com), April 06, 1998.
I've really enjoyed reading these comments and have to contribute my favourite: Cal (or Ruth, I forget) asks Jack about the accommodations in steerage. "Just fine, ma'am; hardly any rats!"
-- Lynda Watson (watso92@ibm.net), April 09, 1998.
This line is one of my favourites, only it didn't make it into the film. It's in the script.Lovett says: Look, Rose, I... I don't know what to say to a woman who tries to jump off the Titanic when it's not sinking, and jumps back on when it is..
-- Lianne (liannegraham@one.net.au), April 10, 1998.
Y'all missed it! THE VERY BEST LINE IS:"Oh, stop it, mother. You'll give yourself a nosebleed."
-- Gilded Age Junkie (GildedAgeJunkie@yahoo.com), July 28, 1998.
When old Rose looks at her mirror and comments that it looks exactly the same as the last time she saw it and then turns it over and says the reflection has changed and she shrugs it off. That one says a lot about her. And when Rose disrobes for the portrait and Jack says "on the bed, the couch." He is so flustered. Also when Lightholler (misspelled) says to keep order or he'll shoot everyone like dogs. A couple lines I missed the first four times I saw the movie and caught on the fifth was when Cal and Ruth were going down the staircase for supper and Cal mentions that the ship is made from Hockley steel and Ruth says if something goes wrong we know who to blame. Cal was a jerk all the way around, wasn't he? And while this isn't a line, I really liked the scene when Jack and Rose were on the stern when it's up in the air. Leonardo looks really and truly terrified. That's either fabulous acting or he was really scared to death.
-- Bonnie (Bonnie@dmrtc.net), July 28, 1998.
This is one of my favorite lines because of the way K. Winslet said it: "No, not without you" (When Jack is trying to convince her to get on the lifeboat without him). You can hear Rose's heart breaking at the thought of leaving him. And, of course, she can't--she jumps off the lifeboat and reunites with Jack (another of my favorite scenes!)--"You're so stupid Rose...Why?" "You jump, I jump, remember?"
-- Nonnie Parker (x96smock@wmich.edu), April 19, 1999.
I have 2 favorites. 1)while they're in the water and Jack is floating by the piece of wood Rose is on, Jack: "I intend to write a very strongly worded letter to the White Star Line about all of this." 2)Rose: "I'd wrather be his whore than your wife."
-- Bethany (beth174@hotmail.com), February 09, 2002.
I think the best line of the movie and also one that no one mentioned and also one of the most romantic is......"Now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson, and that he saved me, in every way a person can be saved!" and also when Rose leaves Jack handcuffed to the pole while she tries and finds something to break him free and he says, "I'll just wait right here" or something like that, and also when she finally reaches America and she's staring up at the statue of liberty and a crew member says to Rose "can I take your name love?" And Rose says "Dawson, Rose Dawson" that's a very sad part, and also "I'd rather be his hore than your wife!" and spits in his face!
-- Jessica (princess_jessie375@hotmail.com), January 11, 2003.