Just watched it with the wife. I saw it when it came out in '97 & thought it was alright. Girlfriend @ the time loved it, as did pretty much any woman. Watching it now...I actually liked it more than when I first saw it. Hockley is a great villain. The music score is top notch. Still questioning why Jack & Rose couldn't have both gotten on the wooden door, Haha.
Pretty much the movie that made Leo a superstar & Winslet a household name.
Add in the groundbreaking visuals from Cameron and it’s a really well done, memorable movie.
Wow great pic. You can tell the aft-most smokestack is a dummy as it has no smoke rising from it. (Was non-functional and put there purely to look impressive).
I was prepared to hate the movie at the time, and I thought it was fantastic. Still holds up too.
Otherwise, it's a great film.
It's predictably schmaltz, but I love it.
But I am fascinated with the Titanic storyy.
Not sure why the poster above is anti-Rose but if she found a preferable substitute to her asshole quasi-fiancé or whatever good for her.
Leo’s work before that was pretty damn good… Basketball Diaries, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Romeo + Juliet
I remember my mom and my cousin crying hysterically and looking to my dad in confusion as to why they wouldn't shut up.
I've seen many sad movies before and this wasn't one of them.
I thought "A River Runs through it" was one of the better emotional connection rollercoaster masterpieces.
Leo’s work before that was pretty damn good… Basketball Diaries, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Romeo + Juliet
Growing Pains!!!
Celine Dion belting My Heart Will Go On? Now that’s a friggin’ 90s power ballad, baby!
The captain locking himself on the bridge as the ship sank was another great scene.
As corny as some people find it, Leo going under water for the last time was another.
Then there was the dead on accuracy of how they portrayed the operation of a large ocean liner. There was the great musical score.
I could go on and on. IMHO, Titanic is the greatest movie of my 65 year old lifetime. Everytime I see it I see something I had not noticed before. It is worth every bit of hype attributed to it
By extension the family founders of A&S (Abraham and Strauss), another old school NYC area retailer.
First half-ish wasn't bad to be fair
First half-ish wasn't bad to be fair
From the time it hit the iceberg, it took Titanic 2 hours and 40 minutes to sink.
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First half-ish wasn't bad to be fair
Lol, what? It did not sink immediately. They explained it very well in the movie.
I liked it a lot. However, "A Night to Remember" was the best version.
The Leonardo DiCaprio/Kate Winslet movie was good entertainment with a different spin.
FWIW, on the 100th anniversary on the sinking, my ship sailed almost directly over the actual position of the sinking at almost the exact hour...that was a little bit creepy.
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Also took the ship like an hour to sink In the movie. I know. Not a full hour but IIRC it sank immediately in real life an Cameron made it last like 30 minutes. Of not more . They were running around the ship in ice cold water easy. Debilitating. The ending was waaaay to improbable and long for me.
First half-ish wasn't bad to be fair
Lol, what? It did not sink immediately. They explained it very well in the movie.
It was 2 1/2 to 3 hrs.
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Also took the ship like an hour to sink In the movie. I know. Not a full hour but IIRC it sank immediately in real life an Cameron made it last like 30 minutes. Of not more . They were running around the ship in ice cold water easy. Debilitating. The ending was waaaay to improbable and long for me.
First half-ish wasn't bad to be fair
Lol, what? It did not sink immediately. They explained it very well in the movie.
The movie wasnt exactly a documentary. I was wrong. It's been like 20 years. Iit was king and boring. Sorry if I don't recall Thant from 20 years ago
This is exactly how I always felt about this movie. It's essentially a cleverly disguised retelling of Romeo and Juliet that just so happens to use the Titanic as the backdrop and setting.
It was a clever idea though because it allows for the forbidden romance story trope to be retold in a unique way.
Thant was more than 20 years ago.
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Being almost 35 now and having watched it again as an adult, it's really good. Yes it has its Hollywood dramatizations, and many things are eye rolling...
But it's actually a pretty great movie.
I've never experienced that before...
Oh, and Kate Winslet's 21 year old boobs.
Eric, the best movie on the Titanic IMO.
but I seem to recall reading (or did someone tell me this?) that -- had the Titanic hit the iceberg straight-on with its bow -- it would not have sunken. The bow would have been smashed in, but fewer below-water compartments would have been slice open. Or something like that.
Oh, and Eric is correct the 1958 “Night” is excellent also. Told from the British point of view if I’m remembering correctly.
I love the era that the Titanic took place in. My wife loved it and where I thought they missed the mark with the Rose and Jack is that she should have been pregnant with his baby.
A couple of things were based on history is:
The old couple that stayed in bed I believe were the Macy's. The department store owners.
Some other background visuals with people were based on pictures from the actual trip.
I read that the baker/chef who was drinking and got to the top of the back of the ship was based on a real baker/chef. He was seen helping people along the way and he had so much alcohol in his system that it prevented him from freezing to death. He actually survived.
Things that annoyed me was Rose tossing the heart over the side railing after they brought her out there.
They both could have fit on that door.
I read somewhere that the ship would not have caused that suction when it finally submerged.
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Won't spoil who "wins."
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Much better than the junk the movie industry is spewing out over recent past.
As a crowd-pleaser, playing to the lowest common denominator, it did well.
All depends on what you're looking for.
As a crowd-pleaser, playing to the lowest common denominator, it did well.
All depends on what you're looking for.
shocking
Off with our heads, o thee of the unwashed masses
Is anyone else hearing Hootie and the Blowfish like very, very softly?... - ( New Window )
Second, yes, it's a melodrama. It's a memory play, though. We're reliving all this through Rose's eyes. Yes, Jack is too good to be true Billy Zane's character only lacks a mustache to twirl. But I think that all works.
Third, yes, it's a young American's fantasy. They have sex in a car ON THE TITANIC. I think all that is deliberate. James Cameron is very calculating in his writing. (I've interviewed him a bunch of times. He once said that he can write like Tarantino -- would you love to see that -- but his stories need to play all over the world, they need to be simple and translate easily. "I'm earnest," he said. True.)
Fourth, some critic said at the time that yes, the dialogue is kind of corny and on the nose and the script isn't terrific. But if it was, it would be in the conversation for greatest movie ever made, because the rest of the filmmaking is so good. I agree.
Fifth, Leo and Kate are kind of mismatched. He looks very boyish, she looks very womanly. Somehow it works anyway.
Second, yes, it's a melodrama. It's a memory play, though. We're reliving all this through Rose's eyes. Yes, Jack is too good to be true Billy Zane's character only lacks a mustache to twirl. But I think that all works.
Third, yes, it's a young American's fantasy. They have sex in a car ON THE TITANIC. I think all that is deliberate. James Cameron is very calculating in his writing. (I've interviewed him a bunch of times. He once said that he can write like Tarantino -- would you love to see that -- but his stories need to play all over the world, they need to be simple and translate easily. "I'm earnest," he said. True.)
Fourth, some critic said at the time that yes, the dialogue is kind of corny and on the nose and the script isn't terrific. But if it was, it would be in the conversation for greatest movie ever made, because the rest of the filmmaking is so good. I agree.
Fifth, Leo and Kate are kind of mismatched. He looks very boyish, she looks very womanly. Somehow it works anyway.
THanks for posting. What were you interviewing Cameron for? I find him to be one of the most important film makers of my lifetime, but you rarely hear him speak like.
Lord and his officers should have been hung from nearest yardarms...
The Californian was within 10 miles IIRC. They saw the rockets and assumed they were having a party on the huge passenger ship. Remember many ships stopped at night when in the ice fields because they did not want to ram an iceberg or growler that they could not see.(about 25 years before radar - not that icebergs are good radar targets anyway even today).
Also remember there were very few radio officers on ships and they only worked day hours. Plus, IIRC, the ROs worked for the Radio Company(Marconi?) not the shipping company. At that time there was no automatic alarm or procedures when the radio room was not occupied. In fact, there was no SOS either. I believe the actual emergency call was "CQE" and all on Morse code. This incident caused those things to be changed and also started the International Ice Patrol (USCG and Canadian Coast Guard) to search, map and report ice.
You can not see a ship listing at night from 2 miles(side view as Californian had), never mind 10.
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But the officers on deck also commented on how the Titanic-the ship they observed-was listing. If they did math...listing ship + rockets...they shoulda known...not good.
You can not see a ship listing at night from 2 miles(side view as Californian had), never mind 10.
Did a quick search, estimated six miles apart. And the Titanic was not listing. It settled by the head.
I am not on the Californian's side, BTW. Just playing the Devil's Advocate. I have always felt the Californian blew it.
That is a good question. But the Captain did tell the deck officers to use the signal lamp to contact Titanic. It was not done. That is a good question too. Lots of total Eff ups that night. Since the Californian's RO was told to "shut up"(literally) by Titanic's RO, it probably did not help the situation.
Also, Californian had warned the Titanic of icebergs but was told to stop interrupting its radio traffic. Radio messages earned big money for the Marconi company and the ROs on Titanic didn't want to stop sending personal messages to receive messages.
Back then, you weren't required to have the radio on 24-7.
Back then, you weren't required to have the radio on 24-7.
After this, if the RO wasn't on duty the radio was designed to set off an alarm if a series of long dashes was received on 500kHz. The alarm sounded on both the bridge and the ROs bedroom. SOS became the call for trouble. In the US Merchant Marine a ship could not sail without the RO being onboard. Any other crew member (including the captain) could be left behind, but not the RO.
In 1990s(IIRC), ROs were removed and an automated radio distress system was installed - called GMDSS. POS in my opinion. Idea was good, the equipment, meh. All deck officers were required to have this endorsement, but I think the law said only two were required on board..the technology was antiquated before the units were installed and it was never really updated. Balky to use. In reality, Sat phones are the real safety system. You could actual call for help and have someone pick up the phone.
Of course the Californian was dead wrong and should have been found negligent and the captain should have had his license revoked. But it was fun to parry a bit.
FYI, I had the captain of Ballard's research ship when he found the Titanic as my third mate for 4 months.