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hjsnapepmI've been cross-referencing the timeline of Titanic with the timeline of events on the actual ship--yeah, don't ask, I'm very obsessivestrange sometimes--and I seem to have hit a snag. As far as I can tell, they lost a whole freaking day in the movie timeline. WTH? Why has it taken me twelve years and countless viewings to notice this? Speaking of not noticing things for twelve years and countless viewings, this scene?
Guess what I never noticed until I watched last night. With the commentary on. And somebody pointing it out to me.
Yep, the Hair-Comb-of-Recovered-Artifactia. Four viewings in the theatre alone and numerous viewings since and every stinking time, since I was eleven years old, I must have been watching the scene like this:
Bloody Garber-induced tunnel vision. Jack/Leo who?
Anyway, back to the timeline...
The only explanation I can think of is that the lunch with Ismay, Andrews and Brown with Rose storming out and catching Jack's eye was the day before the suicide dinner, instead of the same day. Going by my cursory memory of the deleted scenes, I don't think there was anything to make me think it wasn't the same day, but I'll have to check to make sure. Jack was wearing the same clothes, save an added vest during the (much colder, nighttime) rescue, but that doesn't mean much. He doesn't have a huge wardrobe. If I figure it out I will post my findings, but I can't help wondering why the heck I care.
All real life timeline info from this website.
Guess what I never noticed until I watched last night. With the commentary on. And somebody pointing it out to me.
Yep, the Hair-Comb-of-Recovered-Artifactia. Four viewings in the theatre alone and numerous viewings since and every stinking time, since I was eleven years old, I must have been watching the scene like this:
Bloody Garber-induced tunnel vision. Jack/Leo who?
Anyway, back to the timeline...
| Real Life | Movie |
| Wednesday, April 10th -En route to Cherbourg, France by 1:00 PM -274 Cherbourg passengers board by 8:00 PM -Leaves for Queenstown, Ireland by 8:10 PM | -Rose, Ruth, Cal, Lovejoy, Jack and Fabrizio board Titanic in Southampton -Molly Brown boards at Cherbourg (IRL, too, but specifically mentioned) |
| Thursday, April 11th -113 3rd-class passengers board in Queenstown by 11:30 AM -Titanic leaves Queenstown harbor by 1:30 PM | -Old Rose narrates, 'By the next afternoon [after Cherbourg], we were steaming west from the coast of Ireland ...' -Jack's 'the king of the world!!1!' -Rose, Cal and Ruth have lunch with Molly, Ismay, Andrews. Rose storms out. She and Jack catch each others' eye. -Hopelessness at dinner prompts Rose's suicide attempt -Jack saves Rose, earning him an invite to dinner 'tomorrow evening.' |
| Friday, April 12th -Smooth sailing. For now. | -Sometime after lunch, Rose goes to speak with Jack and they discuss art and life as they walk around the ship deck through tea time until the dinner bell. -Dinner, then Jack and Rose go to a real party |
| Saturday, April 13th -Sailing still smooth, but for the ice warnings | -Doesn't bloody exist |
| Sunday, April 14th -Hits iceberg at 11:40 PM | -Suddenly, Sunday morning. o__O -Rose and Cal's breakfast argument over how her 'exertions below deck' were to tiring for her to come to him 'last night.' -Ruth tightens Rose's corset and they attend service at 10:30 AM -Rose, Ruth and Cal tour ship with Andrews, Jack steals jacket, sneaks into first class to speak with Rose -Rose meets Jack for kisses and flying lessons -The drawing, the running, the car scene, the iceberg |
| Monday, April 15th -Sinks at 2:20 AM | -You know the rest |
The only explanation I can think of is that the lunch with Ismay, Andrews and Brown with Rose storming out and catching Jack's eye was the day before the suicide dinner, instead of the same day. Going by my cursory memory of the deleted scenes, I don't think there was anything to make me think it wasn't the same day, but I'll have to check to make sure. Jack was wearing the same clothes, save an added vest during the (much colder, nighttime) rescue, but that doesn't mean much. He doesn't have a huge wardrobe. If I figure it out I will post my findings, but I can't help wondering why the heck I care.
All real life timeline info from this website.
