He went ice fishing where?
Jack tells Rose a story in an attempt to talk her out of taking her own life by jumping into the river. In one tale, he claims to have gone ice fishing in Lake Wissota, which is close to Chippewa Falls, to alert her to how icy the water would be.
Now, the main reason this narrative is interesting is that it makes no logic. Five years after the Titanic sank, in 1917, the Chippewa River was dammed to create the artificial reservoir known as Lake Wissota. Was Jack fabricating a tale to dissuade Rose from jumping, or did he really arrive from the future?
Glass or no glass?
Though there are many such mistakes in Titanic (which we will talk about later), this is by far the largest and most noticeable. We are referring to Rose’s attempt to release Jack when, while searching an emergency glass plane, she finds an axe and breaks the glass to retrieve the flaming axe. The glass comes out almost completely.
However, as she goes for the axe in the following scene, the majority of the glass is strangely still in the case. How is that possible? Well, observant viewers paid close notice to this small error.
An ominous hymn
A Navy Hymn named “Eternal Father, Strong to Save” is being sung by the congregation in the church during a Sunday morning scenario. It is the most beautiful hymn. Rose can be seen singing “for those in peril on the sea” in a close-up. Despite the fact that the song is featured in the film, there is no proof that it was performed on the Titanic.
Indeed, the hymn was absent from the customary Sunday onboard worship, according to letters received later from two survivors. According to The Washington Post, the song was later repeated that day during a hymn sing among second-class passengers. Not only that, but the song they performed in the film was composed for navy aviators in 1937—a full 15 years after the tragedy.
The Houdini move
Although Houdini was able to successfully unlock himself underwater, this does not imply that anyone else can. In the icy ocean waters, Jack and Rose had to open a metal gate for themselves underwater. To what extent was that likely? Not really, though.
Your fingers would have become useless in the length of time it would have taken to fumble in frigid water and unlock a gate with a key. Therefore, for the two of them, this could never have worked.
Rose’s dress was too lightweight
We can see why Kate Winslet experienced hypothermia in addition to nearly drowning while filming Titanic. She spent the entire time on board wearing a slip dress and was one of the few actors not permitted to wear a wetsuit during the water scenes. Winslet was on the verge of leaving, but James Cameron persuaded her to stay.
She was far too skinny for the paper-thin clothing to have kept her warm, and unlike Winslet, she didn’t exhibit any symptoms of hypothermia.
Boiler room escapades
The moment in which Jack and Rose discover themselves in the boiler room and have a passionate kiss is one of the most romantic scenes in the film—or any film, really. That would have been great in concept, but it would have been completely different in practice.
In reality, this would have never been permitted because it is legally prohibited due to its severe hazard.
The cars were supposed to be locked
According to all that steam in the car, Jack and Rose enter one of the Titanic’s cars and have their way with each other in a famous love scene. However, how in the world would the two get one of the cars open?
In real life, the ship did have cars, but they were locked. Strangely enough, it seems that they didn’t want a few outsiders to get into their cars and taint them. As they say, they were going to have to get a room unless Jack was skilled at car hijacking.
Read her lipstick
The film, as everyone knows, takes place in 1912, the year of the Titanic disaster. Given her privileged upbringing at the time, Rose probably wouldn’t have worn the famous red lipstick Kate Winslet wore in the film. She most likely wouldn’t have worn any makeup at all.
During the period, wearing makeup was considered uncool for upper-class English women and was mostly reserved for suffragettes and lower-class girls who had not had a “proper” upbringing. However, we must admit that Kate looks really gorgeous with her lipstick.
Visible wires
As what they do requires a lot of bravery, stuntmen have one of the toughest and least appreciated jobs on a movie set. Extreme care and safety measures must be taken to avoid hurting the stunt performer during setup or giving away the stunt to the audience. A man is drawn into a hole that has opened in the deck in one of Titanic’s scenes. And if you watch that scene slowly and frame by frame, you’ll notice that the actor is being pulled under by wires that are attached to him. It kind of spoils the illusion, isn’t it?
Rose cut Jack’s hand off
To let someone cut you free from handcuffs with an axe would take a mad person, particularly if that person closes their eyes before the cut. Rose wasn’t supposed to make that shot, as you can tell if you pay close attention to how she swings the axe.
If it weren’t movie magic, she would have removed Jack’s hand by hitting the back of his hand instead of the shackles. That would also release him from his restraints, though maybe in a far more painful method.
Works of art
You definitely worried regarding what would occur to the well-known paintings by Picasso and Monet while you watched the film. They were lost in the wreckage when the ship ultimately sank with them.
Although these paintings might have been out of commission by then, it’s more likely that they weren’t on board the ship because they were originals or were too big to accommodate. Rather, the ones aboard the Titanic were decent knockoffs. Picasso’s The Guitar Player, one of the paintings on display in Rose’s collection, wasn’t even completed when the ship sank.
37 seconds is a long time
In one of the film’s initial scenes, Rose gets convinced to jump off the ledge by Jack—just as she falls and is left hanging over the sea with just Jack for support. It’s not as easy as it might seem to hold up someone for 37 seconds, so in practice, Rose would most likely wind up in deep trouble.
Being a wealthy woman in the 1910s, she was probably not into hard labor. Her attire would have made things more difficult, and the fact that she was hanging would have made it nearly impossible to hold on to her for that long. What exactly would the movie be about if she passed away at that point?
The mysterious smiling kid
An entire scene might be spoiled by one extra. It has occurred in far too many films, including Titanic. Passengers in third class try to flee to the upper deck as the ship slowly sinks and the decks fill with water.
The crew tries to keep them below, but they encounter locked gates. Everybody is going crazy, but one child is actually smiling? Any child would be upset just by looking at all these grownups yelling and sobbing, even if they were unaware of what was going on.
That Freud reference
During a scene in which Rose speaks to Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the Titanic, she skillfully makes a dig at his masculinity. She suggests that he read up on Freud’s research on men’s obsession with size, pointing out that the purpose of constructing a ship of such size is obviously to compensate for one’s lack of physical attractiveness.
Although humorous, this is somewhat impolite, and the timing seems a little strange. These concepts were first presented by Sigmund Freud in “The Pleasure Principle” in 1920. Did she have a close friendship with Freud?
Rose’s beauty mark changes sides
The Titanic had to look like it was traveling in the correct direction, so there were a lot of challenges in getting the shot just right. To make several of the shots seem correct, they had to be flipped, which created additional issues. Among these is the fact that Rose’s beauty mark shifts from side to side.
Observing a left-handed crank camera was another error that resulted from this. Since most photographers were right-handed and it made more sense to accommodate them, such were not produced in 1912.
The gloves are… on
In Titanic, a romance arises between two individuals with vastly different social backgrounds. Jack, a young man from the working class, obtains his way on the crucial ship through a game of poker, whereas Rose comes from the affluent upper class and is constrained by numerous social norms.
Rose’s mother often reminds people about formal manners, so it seems a little odd that she would break one of the most crucial guidelines. It appears that the production staff was unaware that women were not allowed to wear gloves while dining. Perhaps the set was simply too cold.
‘Unsinkable’?
The fact that the Titanic is so massive and intense that it would never sink is made into a central plot point in the film. The majority of the passengers, the crew, and the captain all agreed with it. Still, a few were a little dubious. Nonetheless, there is some historical truth to the notion that the Titanic was unsinkable.
“Is this ship really unsinkable?” a passenger named Sylvia Caldwell reportedly stated, according to Titanic: Uncovering the Secrets of the World’s Greatest Shipwreck. In response, the deckhand said, “Yes, lady. This ship was too big for even God to sink.” In the film, Ruth and Cal both stated the same thing.
A camera reflection
Despite there being other moments in the movie where crew persons can be seen in the scenes, this is the most obvious error that the director missed. We board the ship and are welcomed in first class. It seems like we are experiencing the world through Jack’s eyes the entire time.
But as we go closer to the glass doors, it becomes apparent that we are not at all in Jack’s shoes. The glass reflection shows a camera that was never cropped out.
False constellations
Famous astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson found this specific plot hole. After seeing the movie, he brought up the fact that, given their position, the constellations we see in the movie do not match what the Titanic passengers would have seen in real life.
He then gave Cameron the right version to fix this error before the 3D version of the film was released, though we doubt many people were aware of it at the time.
Multiple CGI mistakes
Cameron clearly had to rely on some computer-generated imagery (CGI) for some of the more intricate scenes in the film, even though he wanted to use as many real effects as possible. This led to a wide range of issues, such as unrealistic-looking shadows, things that appear and vanish from the ship’s deck, and pipes that alter shape throughout the film.
That they weren’t left on the floor of the editing room is still a problem, but that is the risk associated with employing computer-generated imagery in movies, particularly in the 1990s.
A green Statue of Liberty
Upon her final arrival in New York following the disaster, Rose is shown gazing up at the stunning Statue of Liberty, which seems to be glowing green with a golden hue. While this makes great sense now, it didn’t make as much sense in 1912.
The statue was closer to its original brown color back then than it was when it was truly green. The statue’s current hue changed throughout the course of more than 35 years. The original flame was lighted from within, and the golden flame was an afterthought, added only in 1986 to commemorate the statue’s 100th anniversary.
One bloody punch
We scow at how badly classic movies from the 1990s performed action scenes and combat scenes because it was really difficult to make them look real at the time. For instance, in a moment from Titanic, Rose slaps at a crewman who is attempting to pull her to safety. She was attempting to set Jack free, in her defense.
He has blood on his hands even before he grabs his nose. Then, giving the impression that he had a bloody nose, he washes his face with his bloodied hands. In the end, the 2012 rerelease fixed the problem.
They had enough lifeboats
Although the movie portrays the Titanic’s lack of lifeboats as the reason behind the disaster, in reality, the ship had more lifeboats than was necessary. The Titanic carried twenty lifeboats in all, although only sixteen were used because of antiquated safety laws and the ship’s owners’ carelessness. These twenty lifeboats could accommodate 1,178 passengers.
This was still far from sufficient for the more than 2,200 passengers on board. The alarming thing is that only eighteen lifeboats were used, and many of them carried only half their maximum load. Merely 712 individuals managed to escape the collapsing vessel.
Jack wants to ride the rollercoaster
Even though Jack had just won his tickets to a poker game, he had huge plans for his return to America. He talks about this when they are on board the ship and about his plans for when they get there. He says that, well, who wouldn’t want to ride the roller coaster at the Santa Monica Pier?
However, in 1912, this attraction didn’t even exist. In 1916, the site for an amusement pier was purchased by Charles I.D. Looff, a carousel builder, and the Blue Streak Racer roller coaster were constructed.
Not so historical
The first officer of the RMS Titanic, real-life Officer William Murdoch, suffered damage by this specific historical error. In the film, he is shown shooting multiple passengers while under a lot of stress before killing himself.
He died a hero, giving up his life jacket and eventually drowning, yet there is no historical evidence to suggest he did either of these things. After criticism, a representative from 20th Century Fox visited Murdoch’s family to express regret for his unfavorable portrayal.
Here comes the sun
In defense of James Cameron, he did make every effort to make sure the ship’s voyage seemed realistic. However, we can also determine precisely when he was mistaken because we are aware of the Titanic’s actual course.
Jack and Rose are seen spitting over the deck at sundown, right before supper, in the well-known deck-spitting scene (did we really need that, by the way?). The fact that they are on the port side of the ship indicates that they are moving northwest, even though the ship was actually traveling southwest. Even if we realize it’s not much to get worked up over, it’s still a mistake.
Smashing windows
When the Captain stands on the bridge, and he sees the water smashing through the glass as it gives in, it is one of the most emotional scenes in the movie. Knowing that this was a potent shot, Cameron reshot the scenario using a variety of camera angles to provide a dramatic effect. Every time it was photographed, though, the water entered differently.
As a result, whereas in one view, the windows shatter in the sequence one, two, three, and four, in the subsequent angle, the sequence is reversed and reads one, two, four, and three.
The case of the missing suspenders
Everyone is familiar with the iconic moment from Titanic, where Rose uses an axe to assist Jack remove his handcuffs. However, did you catch this small detail? Jack wears suspenders at the beginning of the scene, but they vanish instantly.
Did he merely take them off because he felt they were restricting his style? Since the cuffs shackled his hands, he was actually unable to remove them!
He wasn’t a coward
While the movie did show Cal using a child in order to get on board a lifeboat, there was another story that didn’t make it into the film itself but was widely rumored after the Titanic sank.
It says the White Star Line chairman, Bruce Ismay, had masqueraded as a woman in order to sneak into one of the lifeboats. In the movie, we see him taking a spot along with women and children on one of the boats. But in real life, he helped many other passengers before finding a place for himself on the last lifeboat.
Murky water
Directors occasionally have to make choices based only on appearance, and they have to give up some credibility in the process. We never realized that even the water doesn’t appear exactly as it should have when we viewed Titanic.
The water would actually be muddy, considerably darker, and teeming with marine life. That would have been far more true to life, but it would have been extremely difficult to film and would have presented a challenge for cinematographers as well.
Up and down we go
Jack asks Rose to board a lifeboat as the ship falls, and they struggle to get to the upper deck. She agrees to sit in one of these boats because he is so persistent about it, but she later changes her mind when she notices Jack on the deck and realizes she might not see him again.
It appears that the boat dropped roughly ten feet from its starting point when they lowered it. Subsequently, the camera captures Jack and Cal conversing for almost forty seconds. The next time we see Rose in the boat, she’s only around five feet down, despite the fact that the crew kept lowering the vessel while they conversed. That is illogical!
Gravity is overlooked
For the viewers to find the ship’s sinking convincing and scary enough, Cameron had to employ a number of techniques. But it was one of these camera methods that resulted in this strange error.
The ship is obviously tilted to one side, but the lifeboat that is suspended from its side is perfectly balanced. That doesn’t actually represent how gravity functions, therefore the final effect wasn’t very accurate.
Jack’s hair slicks itself back
Leonardo DiCaprio had amazing hair during his Titanic era, no doubt about it. It was so excellent, in fact, that it did anything it pleased. It was mysteriously untucked in one scene after being tucked behind his ear in another.
In a different scene, Jack has his hair styled naturally, but the next, it’s precisely styled back, as though he applied hair gel. Did he just rapidly slick back his hair with his spit?
Port or starboard?
This isn’t a mistake at all; rather, it’s an alleged error that everyone takes to be real, even though Cameron was accurate. The crew yells “hard to starboard” and “hard to port” as they attempt to escape the iceberg, and the helmsman responds by seemingly going against the grain.
However, in 1912, starboard was regarded as the left side and port as the right side. After a while, this shifted, but contrary to popular belief, Cameron nailed it in the film.
The gaps look different
They had to construct multiple sets that gave the impression that they were on board the ship in order to make the movie. However, this raises the question of just how many ship replicas there were. The rails appear as they do in the above picture in one shot.
The distance between the rails appears smaller and has a distinct appearance in a different angle. Although viewers might not notice it much, this should have been noticed during editing.
That famous ‘door’ debate
The floating door mystery has fascinated moviegoers ever since it was released. Could Jack have fit through the door to prevent Rose from freezing to death? Some admirers even depicted how Jack would have fit on it and how he may have lived to see his tragic end.
And although it appears as though he is attempting to climb up and that the entire thing is on the verge of collapsing, a lot of people contended that they would have given up on him after attempting to pull him up a couple of times.
The type of flashlights
Another historically incorrect detail has come to light. Instead of using a typical flashlight’s 2500k yellowish light, the officers using pure white flashlights with 7000k light are hunting for Jack and Rose. However, in 1912, this kind of flashlight was nonexistent.
Although the movie’s spotlights appear fantastic on camera and are quite bright, they are not historically correct.
No escape
Ignore all the errors we’ve already discussed in this article. What were Rose and Jack’s prospects of surviving on the Titanic, even if they had met? Risking their lives, they had to get out of the third class floor and past multiple locked gates to get out.
Rose and Jack didn’t actually have a realistic possibility of making it to the upper deck, as much as it pains us to state that most individuals weren’t able to accomplish that.
The first film’s biggest mistake
Although we are all familiar with James Cameron’s version of the Titanic, the original film about the catastrophe was released much earlier. Only 29 days had passed since the incident before it was released. The biggest error, in our opinion, was releasing a movie on the Titanic sinking less than a month after it actually happened. Wasn’t that premature? Whatever errors Cameron committed in his movie, at least he avoided the most serious one—disrespecting the victims.
Everyone involved found filming Titanic to be extremely difficult, especially given all of the issues that arose on site, such as individuals falling seriously ill and Kate Winslet almost drowning. James Cameron, the filmmaker, performed brilliantly on it in spite of the difficulty. If you exclude the errors that were incorporated into the movie, that is. Viewers initially unnoticed these mistakes, which ranged from continuity issues and historical inaccuracies to visible cameramen, but today, they are unavoidable.
