Titanic

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

Can't watch it. It's just too sad!

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

I absolutely love the movie!

My favorite part is when Jack and Rose are waiting for a boat and Cal gives her his coat and then she jumps back on the boat and they meet up and then Cal grabs Lovejoy's gun and chases them and then remembers he left the diamond in the coat and put the coat on her.

And my sister and I always joke with each other and she'll say come back come back and I'll say Is anyone out there can anyone hear me?

I also love the history of Titanic and have been to the Exhibit they have? had? in Orlando.

 

[Neapolitan Ice Cream]

I also love the history of Titanic and have been to the Exhibit they have? had? in Orlando.

I saw the display in Las Vegas. Amazing! So many artefacts, recreations and elements - even a part of the hull. I did feel a tad uneasy though - many of the things on display may have just been left on the oceans floor, such as a pair of child's shoes.

 

[fla4fun]

Titanic is the last movie I went to a theater to see, and I saw it in the theater three times. I have been interested in the Titanic disaster since before the shipwreck was discovered in the 1980s. Although I didn’t mind the fictional love story Cameron added to the movie, my interest was in the historical aspects and how the film made you feel like you were actually on the ship. After reading accounts by survivors for years it was terrifying watching the sinking portion of the film, giving you a very close approximation of what those people went through. It was a lot more realistic than many of the Titanic films over the years, although A Night To Remember is still the best film as far as I am concerned. To me, it is sad because of what really happened to the people who perished.

There is a permanent Titanic exhibition on International Drive in Orlando that I have visited many times. I would like to go to Belfast and see the museum there one day.

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

Titanic is the last movie I went to a theater to see, and I saw it in the theater three times. I have been interested in the Titanic disaster since before the shipwreck was discovered in the 1980s. Although I didn’t mind the fictional love story Cameron added to the movie, my interest was in the historical aspects and how the film made you feel like you were actually on the ship. After reading accounts by survivors for years it was terrifying watching the sinking portion of the film, giving you a very close approximation of what those people went through. It was a lot more realistic than many of the Titanic films over the years, although A Night To Remember is still the best film as far as I am concerned. To me, it is sad because of what really happened to the people who perished.

There is a permanent Titanic exhibition on International Drive in Orlando that I have visited many times. I would like to go to Belfast and see the museum there one day.

I saw it in theaters when it first came out and also in 2012.

I've seen A Night To Remember. I felt like it was a good historical representation but I have to admit I'm all about the Romeo and Juliet of Jack and Rose.

While what happened was of course sad I love history and have a "morbid curiosity" for things like this.
One fact that pisses me off is that Ismay was so "distraught" they gave him a sedative on the Carpathia.
Wouldn't those poor people that just lost their loved ones due to him wanting to make headlines deserve a sedative.

 

[fla4fun]

I saw it in theaters when it first came out and also in 2012.

I've seen A Night To Remember. I felt like it was a good historical representation but I have to admit I'm all about the Romeo and Juliet of Jack and Rose.

While what happened was of course sad I love history and have a "morbid curiosity" for things like this.
One fact that pisses me off is that Ismay was so "distraught" they gave him a sedative on the Carpathia.
Wouldn't those poor people that just lost their loved ones due to him wanting to make headlines deserve a sedative.

It’s difficult to say how I would react in a situation like the sinking. I would like to think that I would be more like a Thomas Andrews than a Bruce Ismay. However, there are witnesses who say Ismay was on deck helping passengers into life boats trying to get as many people as possible off the ship. Ismay did leave in one of the last life boats launched and there were no women and children around the life boat when he left. It was already being lowered when he and another passenger jumped into it. It was a risky choice. He could have missed and fallen into the ocean. He did suffer from depression for the remainder of his life, so he may have had mental health issues prior to the sinking as well. My understanding is that he was sedated to prevent him being a danger to himself so he would be able to be interviewed by investigators, not for his own comfort. Of course, the longer people study the events of that night, the more details are uncovered, and that is a good thing in my opinion.

Ultimately, even if he wanted the ship to go faster it was up to Captain Smith to make that decision. Considering that he was retiring after the maiden voyage of Titanic, he would not have had much to lose by defying Ismay if such a request was made. I am not sure it was. I personally believe it was a comment in passing more along the lines of “Wouldn’t it be great if we could get into NY early?” as opposed to “I want you to get into NY by X time, no matter what.” The captain was the one who had the power to make that type of decision, no one else.

In my opinion there were many people who could in some small way shoulder a portion of the blame for what happened. So many little things went wrong, culminating in the sinking of the ship, like missing binoculars for the lookouts or wireless messages about ice that didn’t make it to the bridge because the wireless room was backed up with outgoing messages. I don’t think Ismay is the villain many of the Titanic films have made him out to be, although I do think as the owner of the ship he should have listened when the builders proposed having life boat space for every passenger (although there is debate as to whether there was enough time to launch that many boats). The shipbuilders weren’t innocent either though, for example, they could have built true watertight compartments to contain the damage. If Thomas Andrews had survived, would he have been vilified like Ismay for being alive when so many others had died?

Yes, the other passengers deserved something to deal with the shock of their losses. I have often wondered how many of the rescued passengers had a decent quantity of liquid courage once on board the Carpathia. . .

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

While what happened was of course sad I love history and have a "morbid curiosity" for things like this.

There is a YouTube channel called Fascinating Horror that has short documentaries (usually 10 minutes or so) about a ton of different historical tragedies. They're done in a very matter of fact way; not sensationalizing. You might like the channel.

 

[Kooks and Bay Bay]

There is a YouTube channel called Fascinating Horror that has short documentaries (usually 10 minutes or so) about a ton of different historical tragedies. They're done in a very matter of fact way; not sensationalizing. You might like the channel.

Thanks I'll check it out.

 

[amcnj]

I was one of those who became fascinated by the Titanic story at a young age. I know one of my junior high book reports was on A Night to Remember. I appreciated the recreation of the ship in the film Titanic by Cameron. When I watch the film A Night to Remember, I still hold out hope that the rescue ships arrive in time!

 

[fla4fun]

There is a YouTube channel called Fascinating Horror that has short documentaries (usually 10 minutes or so) about a ton of different historical tragedies. They're done in a very matter of fact way; not sensationalizing. You might like the channel.

I love that channel! I like the fact that they keep the narrative very low key instead of going all melodramatic about it.

 

[barkley]

I just can't get over the fact that they are sloshing through water on the boat and having no physical reaction to it's frigid temperature. there's even a line earlier in the movie about how cold the water is and how quickly someone would succumb if exposed to it. I get it-it's a movie but that aspect drives me nuts.

this said-when we used to go on cruises it was always my tradition to either watch 'titanic' or 'the posidon adventure' within a couple of nights of our departure (titanic for what NOT to do, posidon for what TO do)

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I love that channel! I like the fact that they keep the narrative very low key instead of going all melodramatic about it.

Yes! And their April Fool's documentaries are excellent as well.

 

[Where'sPiglet?]

I just can't get over the fact that they are sloshing through water on the boat and having no physical reaction to it's frigid temperature. there's even a line earlier in the movie about how cold the water is and how quickly someone would succumb if exposed to it. I get it-it's a movie but that aspect drives me nuts.

this said-when we used to go on cruises it was always my tradition to either watch 'titanic' or 'the posidon adventure' within a couple of nights of our departure (titanic for what NOT to do, posidon for what TO do)

That's....kind of insane!


And yes, I agree about the no reaction to the frigid water. I wonder if it was an intentional decision or a detail that was overlooked.

For a parallel example, there's an informational children's book about bees that has illustrated bees. While some are anatomically correct diagrams, there are many bees throughout the book's illustrations. The author/illustrator made a note that bees actually have four wings, but they drew them with two because too many wings cluttered the images and detracted from the text.

 

[Kathryn Merteuil]

I loved the movie. The whole atmosphere was beautiful, everything was so glamorous. Too bad the film broke about halfway through and I didn't get to see the rest of it.








j/k.... yea I loved the movie, but wow yea very tragic. I find the whole thing fascinating. I am glad that I got the opportunity to go to that "Titanic Museum" in Branson. I really enjoyed that experience.

 

[footballmouse]

Same here. I've only seen little clips here and there, not even close to seeing the entire movie.

Somehow my youngest son became interested in the Titanic when he was around 6 years old. He asked for a Titanic birthday cake, I told him that I don't think bakeries make cakes for this occasion. I was going to make one myself, but I won't go into the ideas I had for the cake. For Xmas I found him a pop-up kids book about the Titanic. He loved it. We've never made it to a Titanic museum yet, I would love for him to see the one in Gatlinburg (closest to us).