Titanic
Titanic
| 17 November 1996 (USA)
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    Wordiezett

    So much average

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    FeistyUpper

    If you don't like this, we can't be friends.

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    Teringer

    An Exercise In Nonsense

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    Glimmerubro

    It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

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    Susan David Warr

    This was a great mini series and we both found this version of the Titanic story much better than Cameron's movie. We didn't understand why the movie got all the hype. The TV series had better character development. The actors were better in the TV series as well. The TV series seemed to have more time to develop more story lines as well as just having a love story. I thought that Decaprio was particularly weak. His dialog was poor. Perhaps that was the poor script perhaps. But why did he have to repeat the name "Rose" so often. As for the visuals the TV series was just as good. The only thing that Cameron had really that was better than the TV show was the theme song. Why the public swallowed Cameron's movie so much over the TV series I cannot explain. But then I do not understand the rating that some movies get. Some great movies seem to get no respect and others get high reviews.

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    Luciana Guillen

    Well... as a lot said before me, is not J.Cameron's version, but for a TV with a low budget movie, it has such a really good effects, credible, not ''marvellous'' but good enough to be nice at sight... the storyline is even more interesting than Oscar-winning TITANIC, because it has more than the ''rich girl and the poor boy love'', but a lot of stories, including historical people ones, like the John Jacob Astor and his wife story and the Allison's story, in fact are both true. And... not to spoiler you... we can add the fact that there is a lot of scenes really ''familiar'' to the people who has seen JC's Titanic... I mean... did JC take them for his motion picture? Who knows (we can suggest this but never the other way around because the first movie was the TV one). Adding more... the fact that the TITANIC have been damaged by losing her nails at the time the iceberg was hit by her is in fact a recently investigation and maybe it's even more possible than the holes explanation... things to think. Interesting movie. As a TITANIC history big fan I can say the music is outstanding, the scenes are really good, in fact as I said many of them taken and improved by J.Cameron. This movie is not about effect anyway, is about entertainment and storyline, and here we have both.

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    TheLittleSongbird

    It isn't great, but I was impressed by the overall project. It is overlong, with a somewhat corny script and some of the actors don't convince. The rape scene halfway through was very brutal, and perhaps inappropriate. Some people say this is historically inaccurate, but I need to check my history. The performances are good generally with some exceptions (Catherine Zeta Jones is lovely here), the costumes are nice and the special effects for a TV mini series were close to superb. George C.Scott is a brilliant actor, and he was quite good here. Tim Curry, as a villain likewise. Though both men have been better. I wasn't entirely convinced by Ase and Jamie's romance, as it was basically a retread of the James Cameron blockbuster, which also suffers from its length. The music is also good( my music teacher hates the 1997 film's music) and this is the first adaptation when the ship breaks into two, which was nicely done. Not a bad attempt! 7/10 Bethany Cox

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    babycakes056

    Overall, I thought this was a great, well told film.It's hard to choose which one is the best version of the Titanic, between James Cameron's 1997 version or the TV 1996 Version. Both were amazing and even though they were telling the same story, I found them both very different.The Earlier version is much more true to life, the stories were more realistic with the nanny and I really loved the way it switched between ships. The Cast was amazing and Tim Curry was so convincing as a villain. I though Catherine Zeta-Jones and Peter Gallagher had great chemistry together. I didn't like the romance between Jaime and Olsee (sorry, I can't spell her name) as much as Jack's and Rose's. For a low budget TV film, I thought it did a splendid job.What many people seem to forget is that this one was made before James Cameron version so the 1996 version was being made, they didn't have anything to go on to know whether or not the characters and sets were how they portrayed them.Overall a fantastic film that is worth seeing if you have a free afternoon.

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