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boulderman

This was powerful, I think I actually preferred it.

11 years 11 months ago

danhofstra

simply stunning...

11 years 10 months ago

Incredible. I'm already a big fan of James Cameron's Titanic, so I didn't think this would live up to it. I was totally wrong, and I think I liked this even more. It deserves so many more lists. I'd give it a very high 9/10. I'm almost willing to give it a full 10!

12 years 4 months ago

Siskoid

Before James Cameron's Titanic, the last cinematic word on the great unsinkable ship's tragedy was 1958's A Night to Remember... and it may still be. Cameron threw a lot of effects at his version, but the earlier film is damn impressive itself, with amazing production values and a strong British cast. Some of those shots might seem familiar, as they turned up in B-roll used in such shows as The Time Tunnel. The movie's take on the disaster is to make the innocuous mistakes accumulate to explain how it could happen (I especially like our seeing what's happening on the ships that got the S.O.S.), and it really does focus on the event, where Cameron divided its attention between the historical reenactment and the fictional melodrama of Rose and Jack. A Night to Remember introduces us to many characters (and even similar couples), but they are there to put a face on the tragedy, not to co-opt it. The sinking of the Titanic is tragic because it shattered the lives of people LIKE this, but the Cameron blockbuster makes that background to a doomed romance. I always resented that. A Night to Remember shows none of that Hollywood clap-trap was needed.

3 years 11 months ago

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