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Jack and Rose hit the Reality of Adulthood


It's almost as if this movie shatters the young star crossed lovers fantasies of Titanic. Here we see Leo and Kate together again, 10 years after Titanic and it's almost like seeing Jack and Rose together again if they had both survived and been together. They are no longer the carefree kids they were in Titanic, here they face the boredom and mundane reality of adulthood. Ofcourse, adulthood doesn't have to be boring at all, but these characters seem like the idealistic kids from Titanic that have grown up and never felt satisfied by their more youthful teenage yearnings.

I mean you gotta wonder what Jack and Rose really would have done with their lifes had they been together. Rose would have gotten bored and Jack would be struggling to sell his paintings and then they get close to 30 and they wonder where their lives are headed. Rose probably wound up having a more adventurous, fulfilling life with the guy she wound up marrying then if Leo's Jack had survived. The characters in RR just seem like extensions of Leo and Kate's previous Titantic roles.

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Ashmi any question

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Ah, but that's what makes what Jack and Rose had so magical. Only the good memories remain.

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I was thinking the exact same thing while watching this. I'm sure plenty of others were as well. The movie that got me thinking about it again was Before Midnight. I don't know if you've seen Before Sunrise/Before Sunset/Before Midnight, but to some people Before Midnight was kinda like a come back to reality. It's ten years later and after having their heavenly romantic meeting the honeymoon is over and they're now dealing with marriage and being parents. (at least that's my very abridged version).

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Leo and Kate said themselves that they wanted to do a movie totally different than Titanic but everyone keeps running their mouths "Oh when I watch this movie I don't pretend that it's April and Frank, I pretend it's Jack and Rose and this is what would have happened if Jack lived blah blah blah". Guys both Kate and Leo are amazing actors and to be honest I like their movies today then the ones that they did back in the 90's and I'm positive they want most of their fans to be that way as well but they constantly have Titanic shoved up in their faces and even when they are at a premiere signing stuff and taking pictures with fans you will see that most people are holding up poster boards with pictures of Leo or Kate in Titanic screaming "I LOVE YOU LEO" or "I LOVE YOU KATE" when it's obvious that they really still only love them for Titanic. I also remember when Kate was going through her divorce with Sam there wasn't no one saying that they felt bad for her because her marriage was ending or because her kids would be effected. Instead the only thing her so-called fans were posting was "SHE'S SINGLE AGAIN! GO GET HER LEO!!!". When are you guys going to realize that she and Leo are only friends and that they have so much more to give than a movie that they made seventeen years ago?
Another thing is that I remember a fan tried to get a petition for Leo and Kate to be on Oprah to talk about Revolutionary Road when promotion began, and I remember the fan saying something in the petition like "They could reminise on old Titanic memories and talk about how it was working with eachother again.". So basically that fan wasn't wanting Leo and Kate to talk about Revolutionary Road, but to try and get them to promote Titanic all over again. Besides, if Jack and Rose had both survived, they would be a lot older than April and Frank by the time the 50's came around. Jack was suppose to be 21 and Rose was 17, meaning that he was born in 1891 and she was born in 1895. So by the time the 50's would have came along it would have meant that Jack and Rose would've be in their 60's. By the way, here is the link to the petition below.As you can tell not many people signed it

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/kate-and-leo-on-oprah-for-revolutiona ry-road/

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