All this Oscar buzz has reminded me of the finishing scenes from Titanic. Kate Winslet (Rose) says to a young Leonardo Di Caprio:
"I'll never let go, Jack"
Next thing she prizes off his frozen hand from the makeshift buoy he's grasping and watches him sink to the bottom of the Atlantic!!
You'd think an experienced director like James Cameron would have spotted this quite brazen blooper before the film went on general release!
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Passing yesterday afternoon, as the boys on a rare day together were downstairs fixated on some juvenile computer game, I logged on to my favorite illegal free movie channel and watched for the first time, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
Totally engrossed, I put my hand up to scratch my nose and shit myself when I saw loads of deep, and I mean, deeep wrinkles over my fingers and palm, only to remind myself that I had been watching the film with a hot water bottle tightly squeezed between my hands and knees. Mind you, given the nature of the film, I should really have been relieved.........I hate computer games.
All this Oscar buzz has reminded me of the finishing scenes from Titanic. Kate Winslet (Rose) says to a young Leonardo Di Caprio:
