Titanic is 10
Here’s something for Wricky: “December 19 2007 is the 10th birthday anniversary of … what? Some clues are in order. We are thinking of an entertainment so great that it had broken all records of expenditure, and had thereby incurred a shadow of doom and gloom. When this film was shown to the press in the autumn of 1997, it was with massive forebodings. The people in charge of the screenings believed they were on the verge of losing their jobs – because of this great albatross of a picture on which, finally, two studios had had to combine to share the great load of its making. The film was said to have cost $200m. Some of us came out of the advance screenings, and in a simple effort to spread a little comfort, we said things like “Well, really. It’s not too bad. I think some people may like it.” Happy birthday, Titanic!” David Thomson on the 10th anniversary of the box-office champion.
I’m a James Cameron fan, and I hated Titanic. I even like True Lies better than Titanic. My favorite James Cameron flicks, in reverse order: Terminator 2, Aliens, Terminator, and The Abyss. Loved The Abyss. That scene where Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio have to swim back to their vessel and they only have one suit and oxygen tank, and she tells him he’ll have to drown her and then revive her when they’re back in their own ship? That’s romantic.
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December 12th, 2007 at 03:54
I’m really wondering why people looove Titanic. Aside from the visual effects, there’s nothing special with it. It’s not even romantic. It taught me a lesson – Things that are hyped are nothing but hype.
December 12th, 2007 at 10:50
Titanic is a reminder for me not to ignore my “baduy” side, lest I be haunted by it again in midlife. :) Maybe I should scratch The Age of Innocence and The Remains of the Day off from my favorite movies list, and put Titanic and Enchanted way up there with 2001: A Space Odyssey and Mulholland Drive.
We all know that ticket sales for Titanic were from Dicaprio fans coming back for seconds, wanting to be saved from a sinking ship over and over. And William Goldman said it had been quite a while since women had wanted to be saved by a movie character like Jack Dawson. (He made a reference to an old movie star, but I don’t remember which one.) For that, he wrote, Leo deserved an Oscar nomination. Goldman also said that James Cameron had a really tin ear for dialog–that’s why he was perfect for Terminator–but he was quite deft with structure, pretty basic and quite important in writing screenplays. And that, he said, should have qualified Cameron for a writing award. I don’t swear by William Goldman, but I thought he made a pretty good argument for his Oscar choices that year.
You’re wondering now if there’s anything I hated about the movie? Of course. Some stupid dialog. Billy Zane’s eyebrows. And at the top of the list, Celine Dion and that song.
December 12th, 2007 at 19:32
I really hate this damn movie. But what’s ironic is just like you, I love James Cameron. His True Lies, Aliens and Terminator 2 are the best ever. I also love Kate Winslet and in some way – loves DiCaprio (What’s Eating Gilbert Grape).
But when all of them together in this movie…it’s awfull!
December 12th, 2007 at 21:57
that scene from the Abyss was featured in a nat geo show: Hollywood Science