My daughter is obsessed...

[Marseeya]

with Titanic!!!



A month or so ago, she wanted to watch the movie, but I couldn't find it on television for her, then it took me a couple of weeks to remember that we had it on DVD... so one day when she had off school, we watched it together so I could answer all her questions. She would pause that movie so many times to ask me questions. It was just unreal.

Anyway, she loves the movie so much and has watched it a few times since then. Now she's constantly asking me "what ifs" and "whys" and I can't help but wonder if it's an unhealthy obsession!

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

I can relate. My DS is 9 and we're heading on another Disney cruise in December. I thought the movie would scare him and never let him watch it since we cruise....well he loves the movie and is also excited about the cruise. Since he tivo'd it, he watches it several times a week.

How about that other movie coming out about a ship and a tsunami, I think??!! That one looks scary....not the love story that Titanic is.

 

[carolfoy]

I must admit to being a bit the same, I just think it was a fascinating thing, all those hopes and dreams dashed by human oversight. It also sank on the very day and time that my grandmother was borm so it's always been a hot topic for discussion in my family.
When the film first cam out I was working on a newspaper and someone sent in an article about a novel that was published about 10 years before the ship went down that was a story of a guy who built a ship that he claimed to be unsinkable, it was built in Ireland but sailed out of London (not southampton) and carried immigrants and workers, it was heading for Nova Scotia (rather than New York) and sank after hitting an iceberg. The ships name? The Titan. an amazing coincidence! I just wish I'd kept the article or reference so I could track it down but at the time we were inundated with 'real life' experiences, memories, pics etc and I didn't bother.

 

[Big V]

Our 13 yo DD is the same way! She watched the VHS of it at her Grandma's and then we had to go buy the DVD of it for her. I think she's watched it 3 times already.

 

[poohandwendy]

How about that other movie coming out about a ship and a tsunami, I think??!! That one looks scary....not the love story that Titanic is.

Are you talking about 'Poseidon' (Kurt Russel is in it) or is there another cruise ship disaster movie in the works? If it's the one I am thinking of, it's a remake of The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and I can't wait to see it!

 

[cactus]

aww..I remember my good ol' Titanic obsession days. Its too easy to get addicted to that movie!

 

[maddhatir]

My bet.....it MAY just have SOMETHING to to with Leonardo.....he can do that to us gals!

 

[WebmasterMaryJo]

My dd was probably that age -- hmmm, 4th grade because they were working on their mission projects at the time -- and she and her friends loved that movie. We saw it at the theater twice, and they got the cd and listened to the music over and over. She & her friends also watched the the movie when it came out on dvd.

 

[disneyfanforever]

My sister definitely went through a Titanic obsession phase. She was in her teens at the time and couldn't get enough of it. She loved Leonardo (and still does). She even bid on ebay and got autograph pictures of Leonardo and Kate. I think she even has a piece of coal from the Titanic. Good news is that now she has moved on to new obsessions.

 

[Disneynutbsv]

When I was a teen, I was fascinated by the Titanic (way before the movie came out). I researched everything I possibly could on it! I remember doing a report on it and got an A
It is quite a story....

 

[BuzzBoyMom]

Are you talking about 'Poseidon' (Kurt Russel is in it) or is there another cruise ship disaster movie in the works? If it's the one I am thinking of, it's a remake of The Poseidon Adventure (1972) and I can't wait to see it!

Yeah - that's it...I didn't have my coffee and just remember vaguely seeing the previews...since we don't get to the movies too often, I don't really pay attention to movie titles.

 

[Marseeya]

I'm glad to hear my DD isn't the only one!

But she doesn't really care for Leonardo all that much. She's still at that "boys are yucky" stage, and she closes her eyes at the love scenes.

This, too, shall pass far too soon.

 

[tpayne]

Is she more obsessed than all of us "Disney Fanatics"? She may need a doctor then..hehehe. I think she'll move on to something else soon if you just let it go..But be sure to take her to the Titantic Attraction at the Mercado in Orlando if you go...it's great!

 

[Disney1fan2002]

When my DD was 5 or 6, she watched the Titanic with my DH. That started an obsession that lasted a few years. She still loves anything Titanic, but at least she does not watch the movie over and over again.

Before anyone flames me for letting my DD watch it at that age, she is going to be a horror fan. She has always liked scary, and she has never had nightmares. Her favorite show when she was 4, was Buffy the Vampire Slayer. My DS would freak if he walked in the room and found Buffy on TV, but she would just laugh.

The same sensitive DS does not like the Titanic because "so many innocent people, including children, died." My DD would make up the Titanic game, she would be Rose, and she would tell him he was Jack, and they would run through the house, like they were trying to find a way off the ship. My DS, would decide, he needs to become a helicopter pilot, so he can fly a rescue helicopter and save the people in the water. Oh, my DD would get so mad, because, she would scream, there was no rescue in the movie!!!

I am actually considering taking DD to see the Poseidan movie.

 

[Marseeya]

I am actually considering taking DD to see the Poseidan movie.

Same here. I'd love for the old version to come on TV, which it should since the movie will be out soon. That was one of my favorite movies, ever!

 

[cactus]

Any one played Titanic: an Adventure out of Time?

boy, that game gave me the creeps

 

[Dax]

I can see where she is coming from. When I was about 9(almost 20yrs ago) I was the same way. I read the books about it, and had read A Night to Remeber a few times. I knew a lot about it for being only 9.

Fast Forward to 2006, and I am still a MAJOR Titanic buff. I have been to the exhibit in Orlando, and it makes me cry. Its very moving. I have seen the movie, and was more interested in the ship itself and how they played out the sinking.

I wouldn't worry to much about it. This too shall pass eventually. I would get her some more books on it so she can learn more about it.

 

[AmazingGrace]

That's so funny. So is my son. He watched a very supervised version when he was like five, and he's been hooked ever since. He actually used to have all the neighbor kids playing titanic in the back yard. All the kids would be playing and pretending to get in the life boats, and all of the sudden, Josh would stop and start singing, "near, far, wherever you are, I believe that my heart will go on."
He knows the names of the crew, who stayed, who left, the whole story about the Kinard line vs. white star line. Last night, he found this book online called Futility, the wreck of the titan. It was written in like 1896 and it very eerily forshadows the Titanic. He's saving up his money right now to join some society where he'll get a Kenneth Marschall painting and an autographed note from Walter Lord. He has to do an essay on a person for school. He picked Molly Brown!! He's a man on a mission!! We'll have to take him up to Branson some time!! Maybe your dd and my son can be pen pals and share their obession a little. If you'd like for them to email each other, just send me a pm.

 

[sweet angel]

You're going to think I'm crazy but, when is your daughter's birthday?

My son was born on April 14, 1991. Since toddler-hood he was fascinated with pictures of the Titanic. If given a coloring picture of a boat, he'd add or remove stacks and color them the unusual Titanic colors.

When the movie came out in 1997, he was 6 years old. He saw it with us 3 weekends in a row and, as lengthy as the movie is, did not fidget or chatter at all. He simply sat there mesmerized.

He's done numerous reports over the years on Titanic and is really very knowledgeable about it for his age.

Titanic hit the iceberg on April 14....

Weird, huh?

 

[RoyalCanadian]

I've been in the position of counselling brides-to-be who want the theme song from Titanic (My Heart will go on -- or something like that) played during their wedding service in the church. Beyond the fact that it's done by Celine Dion and I have an incredible dislike for her style of singing I have to remind the brides of the context of the song and the cheating ways, the torrid love scene in the Peugot and how the main character decided to make her fiancé think she had died in the sinking. Hardly the way we want to start a marriage. Of course, then I tell the brides that it wasn't ever an option in the first place and "please pick something more appropriate to a church worship service."

I rank James Cameron's "Titanic" right up there with Michael Bay's "Pearl Harbor" and whats-his-name's "The Patriot" -- nice entertainment, but hardly a historically accurate picture of the events.