Mike Bulgakov
G.O.A.T.
"Titanic" was a huge hit in China, and may have been the first Hollywood blockbuster there. Many Chinese girls had a crush on DiCaprio.
TITANIC
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Goosehead
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yes.i mean lets be fair..how come the iceberg gets so much blame ?Maybe it's time someone produced a sequel telling the story from the Iceberg's point of view?
After all, the iceberg could have been home to a colony of polar bears made homeless when the Titanic struck!
Leonardo di Caprio could star as Papa Polar Bear and Kate Winslet as Mama Polar Bear. Celine Dion could sing a number entitled something like, "My Berg will go on!"
They could call it something like, "Iceberg, the Untold Story!"
all it was doing was floating around minding its own business, just doing iceberg type stuff, then this big silly boat comes along and messes up. big time.
the poor iceberg didn't even win an Oscar when it dominated the film despite only appearing in it for a few minutes. utter fiasco.
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MarcusInKensington
Hall of Fame
Never seen it.
TahoeTennis
Legend
The last Jedi titanic Easter egg! Finn yelling to rose, why'd you do that?! Huh rose? Epicness
ollinger
G.O.A.T.
perhaps in the climate-change oriented "Titanic 2" when the crew tries to steer around a broken-off piece of the Antarctic shelf that's the size of Indiana
Bender
G.O.A.T.
Titanic III
Synopsis: Captain Edward Smith, an alt-right Brexiteer and Libertarian, crosses the Atlantic in record time not to win the Blue Riband (as riband sounds too close to ribbon, which like bunting and sleeping with curvy women are girly and therefore fake and gay), but to prove that the Earth is actually flat and that the Illuminati are preventing people from finding about the truth. His heroic efforts are repeatedly blocked by the leftist librul Knights Templar (played by Bernie Sanders) and atheist Mexican Muslims (played by Barack Obummer), who place ice cubes made of depleted uranium in attempts to sink the ship. Donald Trump and Poutine save the day by freeing the 1% of taxes, regulations, and feminists, all of which have been preventing them from building enough lifeboats needed to save themselves, because back then, maritime law stipulated that wymyn and born children are more important than the elusive white man and unborn children.
Bender
G.O.A.T.
On a serious note, this movie is a lot better than we give it credit for.
One of the greatest soundtracks ever too (and certainly the best selling all time).
RIP, James Horner. I'd take all your self-plagiarism if it would mean that we could have you back and stop having to hear Hans Zimmer's foghorns.
One of the greatest soundtracks ever too (and certainly the best selling all time).
RIP, James Horner. I'd take all your self-plagiarism if it would mean that we could have you back and stop having to hear Hans Zimmer's foghorns.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Yall will not be hating on Mrs Dion on my watch!
Vcore89
Talk Tennis Guru
My heart will go on and on and on...
TahoeTennis
Legend
mikespinstowin
Rookie
I was a stunt double in that movie. I had the task of hitting the propeller. Man that hurt.
TahoeTennis
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helennnnnn
Professional
Ha was obsessed with this film as were my friends. I was like 11/12 though. The Titanic set sail from my city so have always been interested in the history of it.
MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Yeah right
It's weird how many people grew up interested in the story of the Titanic. When I was a kid, I used to draw the ship and read stories about it, and watch "A Night To Remember". When the movie came out, I was stoked lol
Mazz Retic
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TahoeTennis
Legend
Watched TITANIC last night, amazing beautiful and brilliant. I shed a tear. Again 20 years later.
NonP
Legend
I think you contradicted yourself there. First you try to knock the Oscars for bestowing on Titanic "so many awards," but then you seem to inadvertently talk up the very thing you're criticizing on the shaky ground that the very existence of those numerous awards is proof the movie isn't underrated (and also that the Academy at least got the acting awards right). If you wanted to bolster your argument you should've stuck to one gun or the other, not both.
Besides you make the all-too-common mistake of conflating the Oscars with the entire critical community. It's hardly unfair to say most Oscar voters are industry figureheads that do their masters' bidding come the award season, however unwittingly, as opposed to independent critics who refuse to participate in the biggest advertising campaign in show business which the Oscars admittedly are. I can tell you that the latter generally have no use for the Oscars and there was indeed tremendous backlash from the arthouse base against Titanic, the likes of which we probably haven't seen in the past 20 years (Wiki provides a decent snapshot of said backlash).
And as someone who recently saw its 3D re-release for the first time in over a decade, and who probably has seen close to 100+ films (both new and old) in theaters this year in addition to dozens more watched at home and whose tastes usually reside firmly in arthouse, I say those naysayers were wrong. In fact among all the films I've seen on the big screen so far this year the only ones I'd rank above Titanic are Earth by Alexander Dovzhenko, Moses and Aaron by the Straub-Huillet team, Dawson City: Frozen Time by Bill Morrison and maybe From Mayerling to Sarajevo by Max Ophuls (which BTW is almost as good as The Earrings of Madame de..., one of my desert-island movies). It's no coincidence that I saw all of these films at the National Gallery of Art, which speaks volumes for their arthouse cred, but I can also say this: with the exception of Dovzhenko's Earth (hard to argue against the enduring appeal of a near 90-year-old film) I'm pretty sure Titanic will outlive them all.
There are plenty of bones to pick with Cameron's best work - the uneasy marriage of fantasy and reality, the omission of crucial historical details, and yes some of the dialogue and also the acting especially by the lead stars (though I'd counter that much of the latter's awkwardness enhances the unsullen innocence on display) - but they're outweighed by its Griffithesque mixture of chivalry and grandeur. And it's really hard to overstate what a colossal (it's tempting to substitute "titanic" here) cultural phenomenon Titanic was: I'd get weekly updates in my inbox (from the now defunct CDNow) on the film's latest record-breaking haul at the box office, and I still remember, despite being far from a cinephile back in those days, lining up at night along with my brother and many others at a local Blockbuster so we could be among the first to snap up its much-awaited VHS release. You'd be hard-pressed to think of another non-genre/franchise movie in recent years that commanded such devotion from such a wide swath of the public, and if you're ready to dismiss all that as a historically egregious case of mass philistinism, even one that seems to be going strong 20 years after the fact, chances are you're overlooking lots of contradictory evidence.
It's been ages since I read Walter Lord's A Night to Remember but I believe this is fairly recent news not covered in the book:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/coal-fire-may-have-helped-sink-titanic-180961699/
Maybe I should check out the documentary before expanding my last two posts into a full-length review of Titanic.
And speaking of which....
Haven't seen the 1958 movie (another one to add to my to-watch list), but if you haven't already you may want to read the Walter Lord book it's based on, generally considered THE authoritative account of the disaster.
Yeah, that's why it's nonsensical to take the so-called spoilers all that seriously. And there's something particularly puerile about the "beware spoilers" phenomenon that seems to have taken over the Internet of late. (Even a tennis forum like this now has an added Spoiler option! As if having an entire subsection devoted to the latest match results wasn't enough.) Are we as grown-ups supposed to consume all these works of art as some sort of a puzzle to solve first and foremost rather than as vehicles with which to see the world differently? Is it really more important to be clever than to be wise in the grand scheme of things - that is to say, are we supposed to structure our lives more and more like a business which seems to be the case these days? The implications of this pernicious development are more far-reaching than I'm afraid most people realize.
helennnnnn
Professional
1503 people died on the Titanic, and 549 were from my city so it's quite an important part of history around here.
This is the memorial we have for the Musicians who died on the ship (replica, as the original was destroyed by bombing in WWII)
And the memorial for the Titanic engineers
Antonio Puente
Hall of Fame
For mainstream Hollywood, it is a good movie. Winslet - good. Decaprio - he had a moment
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MichaelNadal
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1503 people died on the Titanic, and 549 were from my city so it's quite an important part of history around here.
This is the memorial we have for the Musicians who died on the ship (replica, as the original was destroyed by bombing in WWII)
And the memorial for the Titanic engineers
This is badass
So good to see so many people here appreciate the story/legacy and the movie.
MichaelNadal
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Since I'm in #Epiclando, we have a Titanic exhibit/exhibition here. I need to go, it's a mess that I haven't
http://www.premierexhibitions.com/e...xhibition/titanic-artifact-exhibition-orlando
http://www.premierexhibitions.com/e...xhibition/titanic-artifact-exhibition-orlando
Capulin Zurdo
Hall of Fame
I actually quite liked this film. I wasn't too bothered by the intertwined love story, however what I really liked was the ambience it has, the awesome action and sheer terror of disaster, and the haunting soundtrack all meshed so well to me. I thought the characters were solid, and my favorite was Mr. Andrews.
MichaelNadal
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Meeeee too. He slayed that role. Captain Smith and Cal were great too.
Poisoned Slice
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MichaelNadal
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Yaaas.
Im about to watch the full movie now, it's been years, it's xmas, and I feel 18
Poisoned Slice
Bionic Poster
Yaaas.
Im about to watch the full movie now, it's been years, it's xmas, and I feel 18
Enjoy yourself.
TahoeTennis
Legend
Saw this 20 years ago today!
Remember there's no one you can save that can't be saved.
Jack saved rose in every way a person can be saved.
And that's why we're going to win this not by fighting what we hate but by saving what we love
Remember there's no one you can save that can't be saved.
Jack saved rose in every way a person can be saved.
And that's why we're going to win this not by fighting what we hate but by saving what we love
mikespinstowin
Rookie
Titanic part II is from the point of view of Billy Zane's character(Cal Hockley). A hard working man is cheated on by his fiance, who we find out is only after his money and is lying about who she truly is. After rightfully seeking revenge on a dirty street dwelling con man(Dawson), Cal Hockley saves a baby on a sinking ship.
TahoeTennis
Legend
I heard he married and inherited his millions, but the crash of 29 hit him hard, and he put a gun in his mouth, or so i read.
Comb Over Champion
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Yes, there is. Sometimes you have to cut yourself lose before you get dragged down under. Don't listen to Hollywood, it's all crap.
TahoeTennis
Legend
Dude don't bah humbug my all you need is love lyrics.
Unplug from the internet and celebrate Christmas with some gin and tonicas with Seattle supersonicas 1997 TITANIC style
Comb Over Champion
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I don't get you at all. You start a thread asking for boycotting of Last Jedi, then in another thread you rate the movie as 4/5 (or was it 4.5/5). Do you even know what you post half of the time, or do you just plug along, spewing whatever cliches and politically correct drivel come to your mind at the moment?
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MichaelNadal
Bionic Poster
Lol u better slay
TahoeTennis
Legend
This is one of the greatest scenes in movie history:
Rafaisdabest
Hall of Fame
I watched Titanic last night...20 years ago yesterday here!
Bender
G.O.A.T.
Honestly the 1997 film is simultaneously under and overrated. Underrated by those who hate everything about the film and overrated by those who insist it can do no wrong. I get that the same is applicable to every movie, but with Titanic, it's a bit different because it was one of those films that women loved, and men loved but pretended to hate, then in hindsight everyone ripped on, then in second hindsight think it's not so bad.
But if there's anything that most people can agree on, it's James Horner's incredible score for the film. Rarely does an OST capture the attention of the general public; usually they are appreciated in the cinema then forgotten immediately at the end of the show. There are a few exceptions of course, like the John Williams classics (eg Star Wars, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones), Hans Zimmer classics (Lion King, Gladiator, the criminally overrated dumpster fire that was Pirates of the Caribbean and Inception), and a few titles here and there by industry veterans like of Danny Elfman, Alan Silvestri, etc, but even those do not match the album sales that Horner's work on Titanic pushed in the years following that film. It's unfortunate that people have since forgotten that the rest of the soundtrack is miles better than the Celine Dion song, but it's all anyone remembers now.
You should have given the stunt coordinator a stern talking to.
Same here! Except the part about that ship setting sail from my city of course. I grew up in an apartment facing the harbour, so I saw ships sail in and out of the harbour all the time, so I naturally gained an interest in ships. I am / was an avid drawer too (I was pretty good at it too), and the Titanic was the first vessel I learned how to draw from memory...good times!
That reminds me, I still need to watch that film. That, and Raise the Titanic, for the lulz. The idea of Obi Wan Kenobi telling the iceberg that the Titanic is "not the ship you're looking for" cracks me up...not that it happened in the film, but still...Yeah right
It's weird how many people grew up interested in the story of the Titanic. When I was a kid, I used to draw the ship and read stories about it, and watch "A Night To Remember". When the movie came out, I was stoked lol
Bartelby
Bionic Poster
The Titanic is class privilege in a hull-shell.
It's always interesting when people miss the obvious.
But third class passengers do, indeed, all look clean and seem like jolly good fun.
And then they drown with their faces pushed up against gated doors.
Very romantic in an odd sort of way.
SPOILER AlERT (ENDING): It's almost as if they are sacrificing themselves.
It's always interesting when people miss the obvious.
But third class passengers do, indeed, all look clean and seem like jolly good fun.
And then they drown with their faces pushed up against gated doors.
Very romantic in an odd sort of way.
SPOILER AlERT (ENDING): It's almost as if they are sacrificing themselves.
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junior74
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TheGhostOfAgassi
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MichaelNadal
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ojo rojo
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Icebergs are so 20th century.
It's all about the fatbergs now
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/21/huge-10-ton-fatberg-removed-chelsea-sewer-london
It's all about the fatbergs now
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2015/apr/21/huge-10-ton-fatberg-removed-chelsea-sewer-london
ojo rojo
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Capulin Zurdo
Hall of Fame
While I did like Dion's singing, Sissel made the soundtrack even more haunting; her vocals are mesmerizing.
MichaelNadal
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Not only should you watch it, but you need to have snacks, popcorn, and devote your full attention. Truly a spectacle man!
MichaelNadal
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Titanic is on AMC rn
Sum Buddy Ells
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TahoeTennis
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Promise me Rose, and never let go of that promise.
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Most overrated movie of all time.
