# TITANIC 3D- Does anybody plan to see it? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 30, 2012, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294 "2012-03-30T16:12:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![asterion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4da419/32.png) [@asterion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asterion)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/41 "2012-04-02T00:32:09Z")
The 15-year old boy in me (who was talked into seeing it back then as “it’s got boobs and a sinking ship”) kinda wants to see it. But at close to $20 a ticket, it’s hard to justify. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/42 "2012-04-02T00:58:35Z")
I have my own 3D clip-on glasses. I’ll pay for something else as a matinee and duck into Titanic. not only do I rarely pay full price for films (matinees and discount theaters are my friends), I refuse to pay extra for 3D, even if it is one of the greatest movies ever. I just hope some theater somewhere shows the non-3D version too. My husband loves the movie as much as I do, but he can’t see 3D. I’ll see it in 3D on my own, but I want to see it with him again too. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/43 "2012-04-02T00:58:55Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > Absolutely. I unapologetically love this movie, after I tried very very hard to hate it. I’ve hung out with the guys in the Irish band playing underdecks. I first saw the movie with an ex-boyfriend (he was an ex when we saw the movie, I mean) who dragged me to the theater because “Rose is just like you!” (And yeah, he was right.) I think it’s a great, uncynical old school romance with a beautiful backdrop and heartwrenching dramas of both the fictional and nonfictional type. I cry like a baby when we see all the dead people at the bottom of the stairs at the end. Let’s face facts here. Titanic is the best movie ever made and will likely ever be made. There is no need to beat around the bush on this one. I am unapologetic about the fact that I am 30 something male and have seen the movie well over 500 times. If there is nothing on TV, Titanic is always there to bail me out (no pun intended). I am not a big fan of 3-D movies but I have gotten this far and there is no way I will miss an enhanced version of it. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/44 "2012-04-02T01:13:13Z")
**Shagnasty** , I love you and **WhyNot**. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/45 "2012-04-02T01:24:19Z")
> [@asterion](#): > > $20 a ticket, it’s hard to justify. Where do you live? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/46 "2012-04-02T01:26:16Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > I have my own 3D clip-on glasses. **I’ll pay for something else as a matinee and duck into Titanic.** not only do I rarely pay full price for films (matinees and discount theaters are my friends), I refuse to pay extra for 3D, even if it is one of the greatest movies ever. So, it’s one of the greatest movies ever, and you’ve decided that you’ll reward all that talent and all that commitment to the art form by effectively stealing from the people who made the movie. Nice! ---
**Author:** ![kittenblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ba8739/32.png) [@kittenblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kittenblue)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/47 "2012-04-02T01:28:52Z")
Normally I wouldn’t go see it. Saw the original once and it was ok. But my company is a corporate partner for the film and I have a free ticket to a Sneak Preview screening tomorrow night at 7:30, and since it’ll be my first 3D movie as well as being free, I’m going. Since I currently have no friends who want to see movies with me, I will be forced to sit with coworkers I barely know, but I will do it in the interest of the Board and report back! ---
**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/48 "2012-04-02T01:41:01Z")
Just popping in to say that I feel so relieved that I’m not the only person who reacted to all of the Titanic hype the first time around by deciding to miss it completely. There was such a small chance of me seeing it anyway to begin with (I really don’t like Celine Dion, and thought that the world would have been a better place if Leo had keeled over dead at around age 14) but the overenthusiastic fanbase really put the final nail in for me. Never saw it then, never saw it on DVD or on TV, don’t really like 3-D anyway now, so I don’t feel any big loss. I don’t begrudge people who liked it and want to see it again, I just must have missed the boat. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/49 "2012-04-02T02:01:11Z")
> [@mhendo](#): > > So, it’s one of the greatest movies ever, and you’ve decided that you’ll reward all that talent and all that commitment to the art form by effectively stealing from the people who made the movie. > > Nice! They’ve gotten plenty of money from me. I saw it 5 times when it was first released, I bought the DVD, and I saw it in the theater again a couple of years ago. I just refuse to pay extra for 3D. ---
**Author:** ![Mijin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mijin/32/9369_2.png) [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/51 "2012-04-02T12:33:36Z")
What was great about seeing it the first time was I managed to miss all the hype + hate. Obviously I knew about the disaster, and I had heard there was a love story, but I had no idea about the budget, length, actors and the high and low regard others have for the film. And the cinema I was in was almost empty. I was blown away by it. I felt really shaken up as I left the cinema, but in a good way. It wouldn’t be the same watching it again (well, the cinema might be almost empty :p). ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/52 "2012-04-02T13:45:03Z")
I think it’s a fantastic movie, and I love the whole 3d phenomenon. I’ll definitely see it. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/53 "2012-04-02T14:22:04Z")
I liked the movie, but probably not. I voted “maybe” because somebody might talk me into it, or maybe I’ll be really bored on a rainy day, but I kinda doubt it. Not a huge fan of movies shot in 2D and then rendered–is that the word?–into 3D. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/54 "2012-04-02T15:23:44Z")
I’ll see it. I love this film - saw it 5 times back in 1997-98. To this date it’s the only soundtrack (other than _Beauty and the Beast_) that I’ve ever purchased. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/55 "2012-04-02T16:47:40Z")
> [@Gabing\_Gaboing](#): > > We have visited the Titanic Museum in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, I cannot help but be curious why there is a Titanic musem in Tennesse. Why not a [Sultana](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Sultana) museum? ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/56 "2012-04-02T17:51:27Z")
> [@Scumpup](#): > > If everything involving fictional characters got edited out, I might consider it. This. I will never understand why they didn’t focus on the real-life passengers instead of inventing characters. The real people were SO much more interesting (including Margaret “Molly” Brown–no filmmaker ever gets her right). ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/57 "2012-04-02T18:07:46Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > Let’s face facts here. Titanic is the best movie ever made and will likely ever be made. There is no need to beat around the bush on this one. I am unapologetic about the fact that I am 30 something male and have seen the movie well over 500 times. If there is nothing on TV, Titanic is always there to bail me out (no pun intended). I am not a big fan of 3-D movies but I have gotten this far and there is no way I will miss an enhanced version of it. April Fool’s…? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/58 "2012-04-02T18:34:33Z")
> [@Maiira](#): > > This. > > I will never understand why they didn’t focus on the real-life passengers instead of inventing characters. The real people were SO much more interesting (including Margaret “Molly” Brown–no filmmaker ever gets her right). Liability lawsuits (they still got them) and potential risk of having to pay royalties for using “real stories” are likely reasons. ---
**Author:** ![well\_he\_s\_back](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/3ab097/32.png) [@well\_he\_s\_back](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/well_he_s_back)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/59 "2012-04-02T19:35:31Z")
If only there were some way to redo the horrible horrible dialog in parts of the movie. That’s what makes me want to avoid it. and the horrible script is what keeps me from thinking of Titanic as any kind of great movie. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/60 "2012-04-02T20:29:48Z")
I’ll see it. I want to find out what happened to Rose’s husband’s manservant (the guy who was guarding Jack). ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294/61 "2012-04-02T21:05:18Z")
He died when the ship split from underneath him. Prior to that, he and Jack had a fight, but that scene was cut from the final edit. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/titanic-3d-does-anybody-plan-to-see-it/617294.md?page=4)