Posted on 02/03/2023 3:59:56 PM PST by nickcarraway
Just like Rose, James Cameron can’t let go. After decades of debate about whether his “Titanic” heroine actually could have enabled Jack to survive in the Oscar-winning blockbuster, the director has finally settled the score.
For the staunch believers who are convinced Rose could have spared some room on the floating door for her maritime fling, their hearts might sink when they learn the truth.
In the preview for his upcoming celebration of the film with National Geographic, dubbed “Titanic: 25 years Later With James Cameron,” the “Avatar” filmmaker heads a science experiment to determine if there was really enough room for the lovebirds aboard the floating piece of debris. “We’ll find out once and for all whether Jack could’ve survived the sinking of Titanic,” Cameron says in the teaser for the special, which will debut next week.
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Not for me.
First off, I was a Titanic nut before they found it. In middle school I read the “Night to Remember” Bible of the disaster, built a model, and even gave a talk to high-school kids (emotionally disturbed) about it.
So though I knew it was some soapy teeny-bopper flick, I went to see it as I feel obliged to.
The guy had great sets, a great near-size model, but I felt it was squandered. On an immoral story of infatuation and sex, a caricature of an abusive selfish man, rather than the real story. I wanted to slap that bearded bastard in the sub scene so badly. So disrespectful. Even at the end the soulless staring at the fellow victims as the “couple” clung to the outer stern railing, not a hint of help.
So much great scenery, settings, but so much missed and abused.
Anyway, that’s my view. I say this also as a fan of old movies, Code days when they wouldn’t be showing all this brazen exploitation of sex. It is not old-fashioned, not that way!
The real heroes were the men in the Boiler Room.
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Hmmm. It almost sounds like the Nazis were socialists.
The good thing about this movie was that for an entire generation it made the Titanic story something that was real, emotional and relatable rather than just a story of something that happened long ago.
Funny because ther is a fascinating documentary, all within the last decade (anniversary time), about the unmanifested German guest who witnessed so many things. Allegedly. I think this one had Ed Asner in it, perhaps as theGerman. They recreated this woman author interviewing the alleged German.
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What bothered me is Rose has a 2-3 day fling with Jack but is married to another guy for 30-40 years and when she dies, she’s in heaven with Jack? My wife says I think too much.
Next up: we consider if Jabba The Hutt could have survived his treacherous strangling by Princess Leia...
Well, the flamethrower scene where Susan Atkins gets burned was epic.
Scientists?
“Come on, iceberg! “
I've often contemplated this.
If you've loved more than one person (say, you were a young widower who remarried and lived and long, love-filled life with someone else) who do you spend eternity with?
Lord’s book was my intro at an early age. Have always thought myself to be “in the know” as a result of that reading. Was a member of the Titanic Historical Society in the early 90’s. The details can wear you out. As for the movie under discussion, I’ve enjoyed it while trying to distance myself from the artistic liberties. The story line is decent, if not false.
I think his best performance was in “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.”
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That 1958 movie was “A Night to Remember,” based on the book of the same name by Walter Lord. That was a very good portrayal of the events.
“The real heroes were the men in the Boiler Room.”
And the Marconi operators.
I got dragged to it also. The total SCREEN TIME of that interminable scene, which included about four or five time lapses, was longer than he could have survived.
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