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
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