TITANIC - Now I understand why...

Brandon Rice

Brandon Rice

Distributed Producer
For the first time tonight I watched Titanic from stem to stern... forgive the pun ;)

I had always kind of said Titanic was overrated etc. having seen bits and pieces here and there...

I think a whole lot differently now... Titanic is my new favorite film of all time... it has everything I ever wanted to see in a movie... it has the epic moments, the tense moments, the sweet moments, the intimate moments, the heart wrenching moments... it's absolutely incredible... the acting, direction, writing, cinematography, editing, music... I could go on and on...

This is the closest I've ever seen to a perfect film...

You all can have your own opinions, but this was one ride of a film that took me along and never stopped...

I just don't know what to do with myself so I had to share :beer:
 
Yep, I boycotted it for several years because I was tired of hearing about it. One day at Best Buy I finally gave in and bought it on dvd. I'll bet I have watched it 10 times. It is one of my favorite all time movies.

I know the feeling :)
 
The Academy doesn't lie!

I think a lot can be said for Kate Winslet and Leo DiCaprio being so well known for their characters in this film and with this film attaining superstar status. I think the success of this film, as well as its contribution to pop culture sort of belittle the acting abilities of these two actors.

Also, on the note of not taking it as seriously as a film Brandon, I know for me, it was because it was always just sort of a "chick flick" to me, never a brilliant piece of film history.
 
Xtopher said:
The Academy doesn't lie!

I think a lot can be said for Kate Winslet and Leo DiCaprio being so well known for their characters in this film and with this film attaining superstar status. I think the success of this film, as well as its contribution to pop culture sort of belittle the acting abilities of these two actors.
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I agree. The acting was incredible.
 
on a slight side note, I am pretty excited for "Revolutionary Road" the new Sam Mendes film with Winslet and DiCaprio... should be quite good.
 
When it was on the big screen I went to see it twice and loved it. Then a few years later everyone started to slate it. I could never understand why so many people started saying it was rubbish - after all it was the biggest film ever so some of the same people must have gone to see the original showing??

I think its the classic 'big target' - you know - so big that everyone wants to take a shot at bringing it down.
 
James Cameron is my favorite director, as well as the reason I became interested in film in the first place. And while Titanic will never be as awesome as Aliens, The Terminator, and T2 in my eyes I still agree with you all in saying that Titanic is a great film. Titanic is the kind of film that movie theaters were invented for. We need another epic adventure film like it soon. After all the super hero films and endless Saw sequels I could definitely go for a big bold historical epic = the upcoming Australia anyone?

Australia Trailer: http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/australia/

Revolutionary Road looks good too. When I first saw the trailer I got a Mad Men vibe due to the time period. While it seems to share some thematic material, the cinematography looks very different and I'm sure there will be major narrative differences as well. Same Mendes is a very talented director so the film seems to be in good hands.

Back to James Cameron. Who's excited about Avatar?
 
BAH! HUMBUG!....In all seriousness, I understand the appeal of this movie. I personally think it has too many cheap, stock elements (Billy Zane might as well have had a little mustache to twirl) to be a truly great film, and some lame dialogue, but it undeniably works. Leo and Kate have great chemistry and the last hour is pretty gripping. It's kind of like the Star Wars of chick flicks. No way in hell though do I think it deserved to win Best Picture over L.A. Confidential...Sidenote, this was the last film I saw projected in 70mm and wish they hadn't stopped, although IMAX is now making up for that.
 
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Batutta said:
BAH! HUMBUG!... No way in hell though do I think it deserved to win Best Picture.
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no way in hell should it be called a film, I'd sooner be tied to a chair, have my eye lids stapeled open and forced to watch The Gods must be Crazy part 2, 47 times before i'd agree to watch this thing they call a film agian, (unless it ment getting some play with a cut girl) lol
 
Jason Miller said:
no way in hell should it be called a film, I'd sooner be tied to a chair, have my eye lids stapeled open and forced to watch The Gods must be Crazy part 2, 47 times before i'd agree to watch this thing they call a film agian, (unless it ment getting some play with a cut girl) lol
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Ummm, it was shot on film, soooooo.........
 
The script is flat, seemingly more designed to take you to every possible part of the ship than to tell a story, some of the dialog is clunky, and DiCaprio is weak in some spots.

But it's a solid film. I saw it twice in the theater and was thoroughly satisfied.

I thought one of the most brilliant shots in the entire thing was when they were shooting off flares, and they pull back to a few miles away. The ship is tiny, you can't hear anything, and you see a flare burst in the sky.
 
I blame Celine Dion for the start of the smear campaign,

I blame her for a lot of stuff, Like that noise I hear at Christmas at my inlaws
 
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