Jack is the epitome of a gentleman (Ah Leo), so it would make sense that only Rose would live. But that still bothers me! Did the creators of Titanic only do that so that the movie would have an unforgettable ending? It worked, clearly. Which makes me think of the movies that are most popular among my peers; tear-jerkers. If you look at other movies people love (The Notebook, for instance. Yes, even guys like this movie) I think it's that ending that is not quite happy, but not quite sad either. To most, it's a horribly tragic ending, *SPOILER ALERT*, both the man and the woman die. But to others, like myself, it's oddly a happy ending. They end up dying together, just like they wanted, and the woman ends up remembering her past. So I suppose the interpretation of the movie is in the eyes of the beholder. Mayhaps this is why Titanic sticks in my mind so badly. Normally I can decide if I think the ending is completely tragic or if it's happy. But Titanic's ending confuses and annoys me. There were other possible solutions to that ending, I know there were. Maybe they could have rotated. Maybe they could have tried again with sitting on the door. Or maybe, Rose could have just stayed in the stupid life boat to begin with and Jack would have had the door all to himself (Where he would have LIVED). But that would not have been the unforgettable ending that it is today.
So does this mean tragedy tends to stick in human's minds more so than happy endings? I would believe that. It's often the hardest memories that are the most difficult to forget. Tragic endings evoke so many emotions: Sadness, anger, confusion, so this may be why they are so very popular. Happy endings are, for the most part, just that-happy. Maybe this is just me who thinks this, but I think it's the movies and books with tear-jerker endings that sell the best.
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