Just wondering, who actually watched Titanic??? [Archive]

RendeR

02-26-2003, 06:06 PM

this disparity in opinions always leaves me wondering, am I the only person who goes into a movie not expecting anything and allowing himself to become the characters and to try and feel and react as the characters?

Movies thrill me, they make me take a moment to just "feel" and be alive.

I loved Titanic, there was young love, pomp and extravagance, and terror at the thought of plunging into that 20 degree water. The scenes were amaxingly done and the story made me feel like I did when I was a teen finding real love for the first time.

Ren

illinifan999

02-26-2003, 06:07 PM

The movie was somewhere around three hours. I wish I oculd have about 2 1/2 hours of my life back. Same thing with LOTR, the first one.

TLK

02-26-2003, 06:27 PM

Ummm.... saw it on video, around four years ago with my then girlfriend. It's a pretty decent movie.

TLK

PS- Ok, honestly I didn't make it throgh it because..... well..... I needed some lovin'....

Draft Dodger

02-26-2003, 06:29 PM

wasn't that bad

FBPro

02-26-2003, 06:29 PM

I was "forced" to as well, but heard all the HYPE and how good it was and I (foolishly) kept expecting "something".......to make it worth 3 hours+ of my time. Needless to say "something" ONLY came when the thing ended and someone woke me......

Blackadar

02-26-2003, 06:37 PM

I liked it. Thought it was well worth the time.

Joe Canadian

02-26-2003, 06:41 PM

I compare it to Pearl Harbour... the romance got in the way of the real story. Although I didn't like Pearl Harbour at all, I enjoyed Titanic.

Poli

02-26-2003, 06:43 PM

I watched it when it came out, and bought the VHS tape(s). I don't think we've ever watched the movie again, though. I think my wife may have tried to once, but she's not into watching the same movie over.

I thought it was an interesting movie. Makes me wonder how I'll react to a sinking ship!

Illinifan, how old were you when this movie came out?

vex

02-26-2003, 06:51 PM

I'm guessing 7.

Tarkus

02-26-2003, 06:54 PM

I too actually enjoyed. It didn't live up to its hype, but what does?

Tarkus

McSweeny

02-26-2003, 06:57 PM

never saw this one... have no plans to see it either

Ksyrup

02-26-2003, 07:02 PM

I guess I don't get, or get into, dramatic movies. This one is historical, so you know how it ends. I thought the historical aspects of it, even if obviously placed, were the most interesting parts. At the end, when I realized everyone around me was sobbing like their children were actually trapped on a sinking ship, I turned to my wife, honestly stunned, and said, "What in the hell is everyone crying for? Who didn't know all these people died?"

I guess I was watching it from a purely historical perspective and didn't get into the movie at all. I thought it was fascinating to watch, but at no time did I feel "connected" or "absorbed" in the movie, especially not to the point of tears.

The_herd

02-26-2003, 07:55 PM

Fell asleep, most boring movie I've ever seen. Although I only saw the 1st 20 min, and the last 15min.

revrew

02-26-2003, 08:14 PM

I saw it. Three times. Loved it. Visually stunning re-enactment. I love films on historical disasters and tragedies. Saw the Titanic exhibit and felt the steel from the actual ship at Chicago Museum of Science and Industry. Consider it one of top 10 movies all time. (Though it sickens me they had to have sex to make it a "real" love story. Hollywood has such a sick concept of romance.) Deal with it.

sabotai

02-26-2003, 08:15 PM

Being a fan of MST3K, I've seen my fair share of bad movies. So I wouldn't say Titanic sucked. It wasn't great either.

Ryche

02-26-2003, 08:17 PM

Never seen it, don't plan on seeing it unless MST3K comes back to take a crack at it.

KWhit

02-26-2003, 08:22 PM

I liked it the first time. The shots of the ship were truly incredible.

Buddy Grant

02-26-2003, 09:09 PM

I thought it was pretty good, but then again I was pretty high:). Seriously, I liked all the scenes with the ship, the scenes with the people were painful, especially the BS intro/outro angle.

illinifan999

02-26-2003, 09:13 PM

OUch guys, I don't know when did the movie come out. I'm 14 now, 15 in May, so depends on when it came out. Probably 9 or 10.

GrantDawg

02-26-2003, 09:23 PM

It was the greatest movie of all time for one reason:

Dicaprio dies!!!!!!!

bbor

02-26-2003, 09:25 PM

I watched the original

Craptacular

02-26-2003, 09:31 PM

I watched the part after the ship started sinking.

CamEdwards

02-26-2003, 09:40 PM

I was thinking about this the other day. I liked the movie as well. Kinda cheesy, but there's an emotional hook, and Kate Winslet's naked. :)

By the way rev, you saying something about it not being necessary to have sex with love... I know what you're getting at (premarital sex and all); it just sounds funny coming from a guy who just became a dad for the 8th time. :)

Kodos

02-26-2003, 09:50 PM

Originally posted by GrantDawg
It was the greatest movie of all time for one reason:

Dicaprio dies!!!!!!!

I felt the same way about The Good Son and My Girl. McCauley Culkin dies in both of them.
:)

revrew

02-26-2003, 10:09 PM

Originally posted by CamEdwards
I was thinking about this the other day. I liked the movie as well. Kinda cheesy, but there's an emotional hook, and Kate Winslet's naked. :)

By the way rev, you saying something about it not being necessary to have sex with love... I know what you're getting at (premarital sex and all); it just sounds funny coming from a guy who just became a dad for the 8th time. :)

I thought somebody might pick up on that apparent contradiction...

cthomer5000

02-26-2003, 10:13 PM

I definitely enjoyed seeing it in the theater with my then-girlfirend. I've seen it once on VHS since and still think it's an above-average movie that is needlessly bashed.

Bash Gangs of New York, Dainel Day-Lewis was the only thing worth watching in it.

Qwikshot

02-26-2003, 10:17 PM

I was dragged to it by my ex-girlfriend...I remember going with a group to see it, and one of the boyfriend's laughed aloud when the guy falls to his death as the ship bobs straight up before it sinks into the ocean...I'll never forget that, the audience was so into the movie and this guy laughs...I knew Leo would die simply not beforehand, but it was a predictable ending to the movie...the hardest scene was the mother helping her children to sleep while the ship sinks.

The movie was not enjoyable for me, it was a grandiose homage by Cameron for Cameron, yes it was heavily detailed to the doomed ship, but the storyline was not really original...

btw, Cameron left his wife (the Terminator chick) for the granddaughter of the survivor(Kate Winslet's character) in this film.

Another memory from me watching the movie is we had a group of kids behind us and when the movie had Winslet's face turn into the old ladies face, I heard them all scream "EW!" in unsion...

Lathum

02-26-2003, 10:18 PM

I thought it was tremendous. Think how hard it must be for a movie to keep peoples interest when everyone knows the end.

I think the love storyline didn't over-dominate to the point of where it was too sappy and the special effects were tremendous.
I think they did an awesome job of capturing the personality on the ship from the scenes with the upper=class passengers to the scene down below where the 3rd class passangers were forced to wait behind gates.

JeeberD

02-26-2003, 10:35 PM

It wasn't too bad of a movie. The special effects were pretty damn good. Kate Winslet's tits were pretty nice. I'm no movie critic, but I enjoyed it...

Chief Rum

02-27-2003, 03:18 AM

Originally posted by RendeR
this disparity in opinions always leaves me wondering, am I the only person who goes into a movie not expecting anything and allowing himself to become the characters and to try and feel and react as the characters?

Movies thrill me, they make me take a moment to just "feel" and be alive.

I loved Titanic, there was young love, pomp and extravagance, and terror at the thought of plunging into that 20 degree water. The scenes were amaxingly done and the story made me feel like I did when I was a teen finding real love for the first time.

Ren

You're not the only one, render. I have always felt that this was one of my best qualities, because it allows me to enjoy almost anything without questioning it.

I do plenty of questioning afterward, if it deserves it, but while I am in the theater, I generally give myself up entirely to the film and let it take me where it wants to. It makes the moviegoing experience much more fulfilling.

Yeah, Titanic was a cheesy romance flick, but I enjoyed it a lot, especially the first time.

Chief Rum

Darkiller

02-27-2003, 05:23 AM

one of my all time favourite movies.
After seeing it for the first time, at the theatre, I was very much stunned.

an unbelievable experience to me.

Kevin

02-27-2003, 07:20 AM

It was OK. It could have been very good if they had cut out some of the obligatory escape sequences in the passageways. Hollywood is obsessed with long mind numbing chase/escape scenes that only serve to make my ass go numb from sitting in a cramped theatre seat for too long. In the end I felt I had watched too separate movies.

cincyreds

02-27-2003, 07:47 AM

I watched it.

I had nightmares for 2 weeks, I don't know what it was but it sure was very haunting to me.

I thought it was a good movie though.

Ksyrup

02-27-2003, 08:46 AM

Originally posted by Chief Rum
You're not the only one, render. I have always felt that this was one of my best qualities, because it allows me to enjoy almost anything without questioning it.

I do plenty of questioning afterward, if it deserves it, but while I am in the theater, I generally give myself up entirely to the film and let it take me where it wants to. It makes the moviegoing experience much more fulfilling.

Yeah, Titanic was a cheesy romance flick, but I enjoyed it a lot, especially the first time.

Chief Rum

I'm just the opposite. This is akin to the "power of persuasion." I would be (and once was) a very bad subject for hypnosis. I don't allow myself to get caught up in much of anything, without looking at it from an outside perspective. I guess that's why I've never really been a fan of movies, other than those that make me think or laugh. Any other emotional aspects are usually lost on me. Call me Spock. :)

Now, music on the other hand... I don't know what the difference is, but when I'm watching a movie, I'm watching X actor, not the person being portrayed. I've rarely gotten past that issue, soe for me, unless the movie makes me laugh or is an intellectual exercise, it's just not convincing.

Strange, huh?

WSUCougar

02-27-2003, 09:31 AM

3ric

02-27-2003, 09:39 AM

Watching the boat sink was fascinating. Watching the romantic story wasn't that fascinating.

Aylmar

02-27-2003, 11:05 AM

I liked Titanic the first time I saw it. I think it gets some bad press because of Leonardo throwing his little fit that he wasn't going to the Oscars that year because the Academy 'disrespected' him by not nominating him for Best Actor. Please....like there was a snowball's chance for anyone but Nicholson (As Good As It Gets). Cameron's antics at the Oscars didn't help it either, at least not with me...

Originally posted by cthomer5000
Bash Gangs of New York, Dainel Day-Lewis was the only thing worth watching in it.

I couldn't disagree more. I was mesmorized by Gangs. Daniel Day-Lewis is awesome and DiCaprio actually doesn't get in the way of the film. To me, it was a fascinating story. I've said this elsewhere, but I think that it's going to win Best Picture.

Dutch

02-27-2003, 01:01 PM

I really enjoyed the movie when it first came out. It was a little over done, but thankfully I saw it before the hype absorbed the movie.

For those who wasted hours of their life....I wish I could say any of my free time was "wasted". :)