Controversial Cinema-Related Opinions

[GulDukat]

Cal was really the good guy in Titanic. He offered Rose financial stability and put up with her brattiness. He did yell at her and flipped the table, ordered her food without asking and was possessive. But this movie is set in 1912 and he was a man of his time. Jack was just a bum and Rose was a dumb 17 year old who fell for "the bad boy." Rose winds up having a happy life and Cal shoots himself after losing his fortune, but only because the script has to make it turn out like that, given we are supposed to believe that Jack is the hero and Cal the villain.

Some good points.
https://bestlifeonline.com/4-reasons...d-cal-titanic/

[eversonpoe]

Cal was really the good guy in Titanic. He offered Rose financial stability and put up with her brattiness. He did yell at her and flipped the table, ordered her food without asking and was possessive. But this movie is set in 1912 and he was a man of his time. Jack was just a bum and Rose was a dumb 17 year old who fell for "the bad boy." Rose winds up having a happy life and Cal shoots himself after losing his fortune, but only because the script has to make it turn out like that, given we are supposed to believe that Jack is the hero and Cal the villain.

Some good points.
https://bestlifeonline.com/4-reasons...d-cal-titanic/

seriously? he was a misogynist asshole who stole a lifeboat from a family

[GulDukat]

seriously? he was a misogynist asshole who stole a lifeboat from a family

Watching it now for the first time in 20 years. I don't remember stealing a lifeboat, just picking up a random kid so he could get in a lifeboat.

[GulDukat]

seriously? he was a misogynist asshole who stole a lifeboat from a family

Yeah, rewatching it now (in segments). Cal actually was a bastard. I didn't remember a lot of the movie.

[onthewall2983]

Yeah, rewatching it now (in segments). Cal actually was a bastard. I didn't remember a lot of the movie.

Never knew why the film needed a villain, unless it was to make Leo that much more the heartthrob. Replace his character with Rose's father who still has conflicts with Jack, but is more heroic towards the end as the you-know-what sinks.

[GulDukat]

Never knew why the film needed a villain, unless it was to make Leo that much more the heartthrob. Replace his character with Rose's father who still has conflicts with Jack, but is more heroic towards the end as the you-know-what sinks.

Billy Zane was a great villain for the movie, classic baddie for an over-the-top melodrama. I love Titanic. Yeah, the plot is super predictable and the characters are one-dimensional, but the cast is superb and the movie just looks so good it doesn't matter.