Titanic Box Set

[TheAbominatrix]

I like aspects of this film. Movies like Titanic and Pearl Harbor, which take a huge real tragedy and boil them down to a cheap love story set in said tragedy have the tendency to annoy me. I didnt like Jack and Rose at all, and I really hated my peers becoming so obsessed with the film.

That being said, there are some good aspects of the movie. I did cry when I saw it, mainly because of the scene with the mother putting her children to bed as the water rushes in. I was way more interested in the other passengers than in the main characters.

[Shlup]

I didn't cry 'cause of the woman tucking in her children as much as the old couple cuddling together. xD

But, yeah, ditto what fatty said.

[TheAbominatrix]

That got to me too. Seeing all these innocent people trapped below decks, not being allowed so much as a chance to survive because they were too poor (the lower decks sealed off was just screwed up), all those screwed up things that really happened were a lot more heartbreaking to me than some infatuated fictional couple.

fatty xD

[Winter Nights]

I think the biggest problem is focusing on just them for most of the movie. Making it more of an ensemble cast and telling multiple tales would have worked better than a three hour movie focusing on two character alone.

[Shlup]

I agree. The sex in the car was hot though.

[Winter Nights]

I agree. The sex in the car was hot though.

Can't deny the truth.

[Little Miss Awesome]

The bits what get me crying the most are when Jack and Rose are on the top deck and you see everyone falling when the ship breaks in half, and when the poor people die too, me and my mates always have a discussion about how sick we think it is they weren't even given a chance to live after the film has finished.

[Wuggly Blight]

In reality, Titanic was able to carry enough boats on board plus 60 extra, as noted in Tom Andrews Note Book, but a red line was threw the notes. The third class was neevr kept below because they was simply poor and third class, the barriers was always locked at all times to prevent class mixture, of the American port officals found out the ship would be moored for weeks while everyone underwent health and safety checks, costing a hell of alot of money, those ships always had tight schedules. During the sinking, the order was never given to release the barriers, at first nobody knew the situation understandably, why it was never given after is anyones guess, easy to slip the mind when you know 1300 are going to die. In the investigation one of the crewman said even when the bow was nearly under, we didnt think it would sink, we belived it would just stay like that and correct itself abit.

[Chris]

I think it's a good movie, but I don't feel the need to buy this edition. It's way too extensive, a little too much Titanic in one place.