At some point, stuff like “Jack could’ve fit on the door in Titanic” went from silly jokes to a dominant form of online film discourse

(the Titanic eg. is especially emblematic because he does in fact try to get on and it isn’t buoyant enough, but who needs to watch the movie?)
Regardless, these Vulcan-esque “logic” readings tend to supersede a work’s poetry and aesthetics not because they bring anything of value to the table, but because snark is a commodity (whether it gets you clout or literal ad revenue)
Titanic isn’t really hurt by it (nor by that recent “Jack died because of toxic masculinity” thread that I’m surprised didn’t spring from the door thing sooner) but it’s begun to colour how a lot of other, smaller art is received as well, which doesn’t do anyone any favours
. @patrickhwillems actually made a fun vid on this. Sure, demand better of art, but “better” isn’t necessarily “more logical.” Art isn’t about machines. It’s about people & BY people, who have more beautiful, more fascinating things on their mind than logic
On that note, since we’re talking about what that scene isn’t, we should talk about what it is: https://twitter.com/babyKeveen/status/1265011968001400832?s=20
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