10 Infuriating Movie Endings That Pissed Fans Off
4. Titanic (1997)
The endings of James Cameron's films often spark debate, curiosity and confusion from his vast audiences, but none of them have inspired more fury for everyone from the casual viewer to the Cameron devotee than Titanic. A story of fictional ill-fated lovers aboard an equally ill-fated but decidedly real ship, 1997's Titanic broke the box office along with the hearts and tempers of millions of fans.
In the final act, Leonardo DiCaprio's Jack dies from hypothermia in the North Atlantic sea, allowing Kate Winslet's Rose to float away to safety on a piece of driftwood salvaged from the destruction of the titular boat. It is not just the tragedy of this ending, or the untimely demise of the '90s' favourite Hollywood heartthrob, that hit fans where it hurt, but the seemingly unnecessary nature of it all.
Tweets, articles and videos have been made in their thousands, claiming or attempting to disprove the notion that Rose could have made room for Jack on her sizeable chunk of wood. This debate has included everyone from the average Joe moviegoer to scientists, survival experts, and even Cameron himself, who claims that he personally tested the buoyancy of his chosen prop to ensure only one of the couple could have survived on it.
Nonetheless, tradition dictates that new and old fans alike will still be hashing it out for many years to come.