Ten Years Ago Today, TITANIC Released!

elmer

whereas say The English Patient struck a chord with me, Titanic was just silly and way too predictable with the characters. When the ship sunk at the end, all the oiks are in their lifeboats gaze calmly, errrrrr, would'nt the suction action (trying to be technical here) of such a vessel going underwater create, like, somekind of disturbance??? someone know what I mean here?

Jeanie

Heineken Helen wrote:

absofuckinglutely... if he'd lived he woulda deserted her anyway... he was obviously delirious with the shock of the whole thing!

Well I have Leo problems anyway. Coz the first thing I ever saw him in was What's Eating Gilbert Grape? and I was mesmerized by this "special" kid's acting skills. I kept thinking gee he's amazing that he's been able to remember all his lines. It never occured to me that Leo was just an actor doing a brilliant job. Ever since then whenever he plays romantic lead I just can't buy it coz he still reminds me of Gilbert Grape.

I just felt the whole ridiculous romance premise was a kick in the teeth for all the poor sods that died. It kinda cheapened what they went through.

Heineken Helen

Jeanie wrote:

Well I have Leo problems anyway. Coz the first thing I ever saw him in was What's Eating Gilbert Grape? and I was mesmerized by this "special" kid's acting skills. I kept thinking gee he's amazing that he's been able to remember all his lines. It never occured to me that Leo was just an actor doing a brilliant job. Ever since then whenever he plays romantic lead I just can't buy it coz he still reminds me of Gilbert Grape.

I just felt the whole ridiculous romance premise was a kick in the teeth for all the poor sods that died. It kinda cheapened what they went through.

I agree cos there's just no need for it... it would have made an amazing film without it... actually it did! Ever see a night to remember?

Jeanie

Heineken Helen wrote:

I agree cos there's just no need for it... it would have made an amazing film without it... actually it did! Ever see a night to remember?

Yes! Now that was a good interpretation of the Titanic story.

Jeanie

elmer wrote:

whereas say The English Patient struck a chord with me, Titanic was just silly and way too predictable with the characters. When the ship sunk at the end, all the oiks are in their lifeboats gaze calmly, errrrrr, would'nt the suction action (trying to be technical here) of such a vessel going underwater create, like, somekind of disturbance??? someone know what I mean here?

Yes, I thought that too. And I'm sure I read that it happened also, that many were pulled down in the lifeboats by the suction (it'll do as the technical term for now! ) of the ship going under.

nfanel

LikeAnOcean wrote:

There's your problem, you were 8.. no wonder it sucked.. I was 18. I saw the movie before there was any hype..

Throw the hype out the window people.. stripped down, its not a bad movie at all.

agreed...i was 20 and i liked it. now that i'm older and more cynical it's a bit cheesy but still...was worth checking out.

Poncier

Solat13 wrote:

Still haven't seen it. I have a problem seeing a movie when I know how it will end.

3 words that may change your mind:
Kate Winslet's Boobs.



Plus when the dude falling off the ship hits the propeller , those 2 things alone were worth the price of admission.

nfanel

Heineken Helen wrote:

'I'll never let go jack' as she pries his frozen hands from the wood and pushes him into the water? that never made sense to me.

lol! i always had a problem with that, too! thought i was the only one.

Heineken Helen

nfanel wrote:

lol! i always had a problem with that, too! thought i was the only one.

nope... we're not the only ones... apparently lotsa people noticed, they just thought they were the only ones and didn't say anything but talk about really really SHIT continuity

rearviewmiror

Poncier wrote:

3 words that may change your mind:
Kate Winslet's Boobs.

That is the truth. One of the hottest women I have ever seen. I love her.

GreenTeaDisease

wow, I am old. that was 10 years ago?

I somehow managed to see this piece of crap 3 times in the theater. One group of friends wanted to go, so I went, then I was out with other people who decided to go, then my grandmother really wanted me to take her, and you can't say no to grandma...

blah.

jammergirl

i saw it when i was 14, and my friends made me go, insisting that it was the best movie of all time. it was kind of cool for a movie-going experience, because it was a packed house and the crowd was so into it (laughing, applauding and crying buckets). but other than that, the story was pretty lame.

then it ended up staying at my town's movie theatre for three straight months! i tolerated my friend's obsession with it, but the final straw was when i went to my friend's house and her room was literally wallpapered with pictures of leo, including the cieling! blech....

pjtaper

OMG OMG OMG!!!! OMG OMG OMG!!!! Oh! MY!!! GOD!!!!

Haha, sorry, but that was such a fffffin chick flick! I did go to the Titanic exhibit with Patrickredeyes when he came to Colorado, instead of the Chris Cornell designer jeans postponement, that exhibit was amazing...Sadly, I died, but my wife and child lived, so I guess that counts for something!
If you have a chance to see the Titanic exhibit, it is really cool, TONS of actual artifacts from the Titanic, you walk through cabins with furniture/decorations from the actual titanic, there is a hallway that looks like the hallway on the shit, it was awesome..
Check that chit out!

The Champ

Call me gay, but I loved and still love this movie..

norm

hey jim....we know the fucker sinks....we don't need to see it in real time.....you took way to long to kill leo.....he should have died in the poker game....:)

tybird

This news means that I have successfully evaded this movie for 10 years...one whole decade, I say.

smarchee

pjtaper wrote:

If you have a chance to see the Titanic exhibit, it is really cool, TONS of actual artifacts from the Titanic, you walk through cabins with furniture/decorations from the actual titanic, there is a hallway that looks like the hallway on the shit, it was awesome..
Check that chit out!

yeah I have been thinking of checking that out if it comes close to where I am

pjtaper

tybird wrote:

This news means that I have successfully evaded this movie for 10 years...one whole decade, I say.

And I'd like to say CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU! Good job!

drtyfrnk29

I was twenty when I saw this in the theater. The multiplex at city Walk in Universal Studios. The place was packed, it was in the winter so they had the heat pumping into the theater with what seemed like jet engines. I was so fucking miserable, sweating my ass off, and then I had my girlfriend in hysterics next to me cause, "they're so in love, and they just met...waka waka waka". Puleashe

SoonForgotten2

I saw it the day it opened. I was taking a film class in high school at the time too. I loved it. And so did eveyone else. Of course it later became the cool thing to hate it, but I remember everyone loving it up until that backlash.

It was awesome.