The book was cool, i never saw the film, it looked like it didn’t follow the story line too closely. I’d wouldn’t mind seeing it though.
And i tried to watch Titanic i really did. I just ended up fast-forwarding to Kate Winslet’s Breasts (definitely a good band name…whoever said that) It was just so dull.
I never read the book. I’m looking for a new read right now, maybe I’ll pick it up.
I didn’t think the movie was the cat’s ass or anything, but I enjoyed it. I like the premise of this mysterious commune on a lost island. Robert Carlisle’s performance as the escaped commune member who had gone nuts was genius. And I liked the scenes where Leo had been banished and was living in the jungle, going crazy himself.
So there were elements of the movie which I really enjoyed, but I wouldn’t put it on any top ten lists or anything.
I think what I liked about Titanic is that it made you focus more on the people aboard the ship, rather than the SHIP itself.
The loss of the Titanic was not a tragedy. The loss of 1500 lives was.
I liked the nudity, but other than that, it wasn’t great.
I’d join you if I hadn’t made the mistake of seeing it already. I just wanted to see what all the hype was about. Now, know that I am a chick, and I love chick movies, but this movie left me cold over the Jack/Rose story. I cried for the old people, the children, the orchestra and captain, all those moving images everyone else mentioned. I loved the special effects. But I just did not get all the hype.
I saw the old 1953 movie with Barbara Stanwyck (I really don’t like her) and it moved me to tears, pretty much the whole way through. I am a Titanic buff myself and am fascinated by the stories of the people, the ship, the whole thing, but I pretty much thought this movie was not a good use of my time. If you are a Titanic buff, see the old one.
Oh, yeah, and my he-manly hubby loved it. :rolleyes:
I loved Titanic mainly for the exoticness of the location. I mean, I can’t remember the last time I went on an ocean voyage across the Atlantic. I’ve always been interested in ships, planes, trains, etc. I’ve made a mental note to try and rent the movie they made about the Hindenburg, too.
And as someone else has mentioned, Kate Winslett isn’t hard to look at.
I saw this thread had been given a bump, and just as I said I would, I re-watched Titanic. I will admit, it did not suck the great big grizzly dick I thought it did the first time I saw it. I still don’t see the big deal though or why it won all the Oscars it did.
Not being biased this time by the thoughts I will dislike it or being dragged to see it by a GF who I was already starting to drift away from, it is a much better movie than I originally gave it credit for. I still didn’t cry or feel any great emotional attachment to the leads, but I did find myself enjoying the story.
I wouldn’t add it to my video library, but it is better than I remembered, and I will stop my blatant derision of the film.
Crunchy, Crunchy, Crunchy . . .
. . . I can’t believe you caved!! 
Let’s talk about Legends of the Fall now. Brad is just so dreamy!
I didn’t cave, I did what I said I would do and watched it a second time with an open mind. I still don’t think it was Best Picture quality, but it was better than I gave credit for.
As for Legends of the Fall, I liked that movie. I even got a tear in my eye when Bred Pitt comes home after Anthony Hopkins had a stroke, and when Hopkins sees Pitt he writes “Am happy” on the little slate around he carried around his neck.
See, I’m not a completely dead inside emotionally. Just mostly dead.
Sorry, just ribbing you a little. I’m a bit of a pisser tonight.
I’m glad you liked it.
I know your teasing, no apology needed. And why are you feeling pissy? Need another thread devoted to you?
Must … resist … attention grabbing … thread …
[sub] I think even I would OD on attention if one more popped up … I’m already being stalked [/sub]
I’d rate it a dull, trite love story, until they hit the iceberg. Then the realism and the bathos really got me. It aroused in me an interest in the social history of the early 1900s. I thought the bit actors did an excellent job of communicating - mainly visually - the feeling of being betrayed by the promise of unsinkability: “We thought this technological marvel meant we could safely and quickly travel, but it’s all gone horribly wrong, and now we have to face death.”
Oh, and I cracked up when Jack whatshisname said “I’m going to write a strongly worded letter to the White Star Line” when he was clinging to the flotsam and turning blue.
It was an Ok maovie. Nothing overly wonderful about it at all though. Something entertaining to watch on a Saturday afternoon. I was getting annoyed at all the hype about it and all the male hate towards poor little Leo. I personally think he’s a fine actor. He’s done some very good work, like in ‘What’s Eating Gilbert Grape’. The kid was attacked just because some morons girlfriend found him attractive.
Yeah, it was a pretty decent movie, especially once the iceburg made its appearance.
The final scene was very contrived, which makes the fact that it still chocked me up a little a real pisser.
I liked it. It was long winded, trite and downright stupid at times (if only Bill Paxton had stayed burned in Trespass or hurled to the stratosphere in Twister. What a jerk) Ironic to have the museum segment (charcoal drawing/distilled water that Rose saw on TV) immediately follow the on-deck pillaging of the safe. They skipped the part about the curators on the project beating the crap out of the salvagers for busting up artifacts. The part during the disaster movie segment of the cabinet laden with White Star tableware falling slowly forward made me wish for the disclaimer ‘no period pieces were harmed in the making of this picture’. It is in my collection as two NTSC stereo widescreen 120s, and I’ll probably upgrade to DVD when the long cut comes out. I also loved The Poseidon Adventure but that’s more nostalgia.