Rose's mother was a biatch.
I hope that she died in the poorhouse.
(I don't think we're in Kansas anymore.)
I agree that Ruth didn't come across a nice person. Nevertheless though, I don't believe that she was completely rotten. It is too bad that she could never really connect to Rose before they never saw each other again.
shareI've admitted that I've criticized Ruth priorly because of her snotty attitude and bad sides. Yet however, she wasn't completely one-dimensional either. She did genuinely love her daughter and urged her to marriage because of their financial circumstances. Yet it's a pity that the conflict between mother and daughter (for what was shown in the movie) was never restored.
shareAbsolutely. And as much as I do like Rose otherwise, I find it cold-hearted of her that she (as far as we know) never got in touch with her mother again and told her that she had survived the Titanic disaster. And yes, I know that they'd had a lot of different opinions. But surely what had gone wrong between them could have been resolved as the years went by?
shareWell, to be fair, we don't exactly know if Rose actually got in touch with her mother again. But it's easy to assume a story, hahahahaha.
I think the characters in "Titanic" are far more nuanced and dimensional that people give them credit for and Ruth was one of them.
True, nothing in the movie specifically states that Rose never got in touch with her mother again. But that is the feeling I get, because it was so important to her to completely break away from her old life. Then again, I guess that since the movie never really addressed the issue, well, that means that we're free to assume the best instead of the worst.
And I agree with you about Ruth. Sure, she is very snobbish. And for the longest time, she doesn't seem to notice that her daughter is unhappy enough to attempt suicide (Rose would have jumped into the ocean, if it hadn't been for Jack arriving there at the exact right moment). But she can't help that she acted like an upper class lady in that era would have acted.
Well, that's true.
When it comes to Rose, I'll admit that there were times in later viewings where I did found her grating. Mostly in the way she rebelled throughout the second and last third of the movie. It's logically understandable, but somehow she became even more of a brat by rebelling.
I guess that Rose had to rebel or commit suicide, as extreme as it must sound. She was simply not the type, who could fake a demure exterior and suffer through a marriage to a rich but abusive asshole. Tragedy would come sooner or later, even if she had married Cal according to her mother's wishes. Because even though Rose was a beautiful girl from the upper class, she was not trophy wife material. And it was sad to see how little Ruth understood that.
shareI can't see any reason why she would get in touch with her mother again. It would render changing her name as largely pointless. If she had gotten in touch with her mother again she would have dealt with was the pressure to marry Cal or some other rich suitor unknown to her.
shareBut if you ask me, she should have let her mother know that she had survived the Titanic disaster. Because no matter how strained their relationship had been, they still were each other's closest living family member. But yes, she should have also told her mother that meeting and losing Jack had totally changed her life. So from now on, she would make her own choices.
share" I don't believe that she was completely rotten."
Unless you were rich, I don't think she cared much for anyone.