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why does everybody here hate titanic?
i watched the first part last night (sorry only have mar vhs), this is indeed a great movie, better than i remeber. the cinimetography is amazing and whats also good is that the story unlike many other disaster type films where you know what happens over all is that it isnt borring. also the cgi looks very real and it looks like most of the movie was indeed sets and beautiful costumes. plus the performaces are top notch, yes even leo.
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I thought it was decent at best. Not deserving of so many Oscars IMO. I'm not going to complain about the money it made because well even though I didn't like it, its quite obvious a lot of people did.
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"...the inertia of my life and the people in it..."
"You jump, I jump." :yack: :yack: :yack: |
i think it did deserve most if not all of the oscars as the majority of them were for special effects and sound. although i cant stand that celine dion song.
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The sets, the cinematography, the realism of the period and recreation of the Titanic were awesome, as were the special effects. However, Leonardo DiCaprio's acting in it was horrendous, and I hated the love story as a whole. I didn't even find it believeable that they were so "in love." If the got back to land, do you think he would have still been into Rose? Hardly.
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I really enjoyed Titanic. I don't know why some people seem to hate it.
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I thought the film was great, until I saw that it was making big money and getting critical acclaim. Since it is very important to me to appear "above the masses" on internet message boards, I learned to hate it instead.
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The story is formulaic, the dialogue is cheesy, and the acting is truly awful. All the set design and cinematography in the world won't save a film that is so deficient in the basic narrative elements. Also, it's way, way, way too long.
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Originally posted by mookiemeister I really enjoyed Titanic. I don't know why some people seem to hate it. |
Not me. I love that movie. And I'm still waiting on Cameron to come out with an SE DVD for it.
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how can the acting be bad if 2 got nominated for oscars.
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Originally posted by Rypro 525 how can the acting be bad if 2 got nominated for oscars. Academy Awards and nominations have no basis in film quality. Awards and nominations are regularly handed out primarily to films that make the Hollywood establishment feel good about itself. This tendency has gotten worse in recent years (decades) but it has always been this way. Orson Welles never won an Oscar for direction. Alfred Hitchcock never won an Oscar for direction. Martin Scorsese has never won an Oscar for direction. Both Kevin Costner and Ron Howard have won Oscars for direction. I know we're talking about acting, but I'm not that interested in acting and also I'm more familiar with the best direction awards, which is why I used them to argue my point. |
Originally posted by Groucho I thought the film was great, until I saw that it was making big money and getting critical acclaim. Since it is very important to me to appear "above the masses" on internet message boards, I learned to hate it instead. (BTW, Groucho, you are the most levelheaded user on this board.) |
i honestly did not know that. i thought that an oscar nod ment that what ever was bing nominated was top notch. so according to your obsumption, the accademy is a bunch of kiss asses.
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I don't hate Titanic. I don't love it either. I enjoyed the special effects and how visceral the sinking was. The love story was so cheesey it almost made me puke though.
L.A. Confidential should have won Best Picture that year IMHO. |
Originally posted by caiman Amen! Any self-respecting film lover should hate all movies that make over $1 million at the box office, aren’t subtitled, or don’t contain at least three apostrophes in the title. I actually liked Titanic. But I never saw it again, coz its a long movie. I like the way it steamrolled into a cultural phenomenon, overwhelming all box office records. That was a joy to watch. The Oscars had no choice but to vote for it. The only thing that ruined it, was James Cameron's silly acceptance speech, that was badly delivered. oh well, he's great nonetheless. Originally posted by wendersfan Academy Awards and nominations have no basis in film quality. Awards and nominations are regularly handed out primarily to films that make the Hollywood establishment feel good about itself. This tendency has gotten worse in recent years (decades) but it has always been this way. hope eminem goes to the Oscars this year :lol: |
With all the Money this film rake-in---they could've actually raised
the Real Titanic Up! |
I enjoyed it.... It was long but didn't feel long, I really enjoy the movie when the ship starting to go down (oops forgot to blacken the text for spoiler) and everyone just falls off the boat. Way cool :)
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Originally posted by davidlynchfan With all the Money this film rake-in---they could've actually raised the Real Titanic Up! Though on the other hand, if there was an asteroid heading towards the earth, could really do anything about it? Bruce Willis and his team of leathernecks not included. And besides no asteroid is coming towards the earth anyway. it's all media and Hollywood hype, isn't it? now the real question is, why does everybody hate Michael Bay so much :lol: |
Originally posted by Groucho I thought the film was great, until I saw that it was making big money and getting critical acclaim. Since it is very important to me to appear "above the masses" on internet message boards, I learned to hate it instead. If Titanic had bombed and faded away with little attention, people wouldn't be nearly as hard on it. But since it was a monster hit, financially and critically, the "cyber el33te movie snobs" tear it apart. How predictable. |
Originally posted by joeydaninja hope eminem goes to the Oscars this year :lol: |
It wasn't terrible, but it certainly did not deserve the Oscar, which should have gone to LA Confidential or even As Good as it Gets. The best thing about the movie for me was when Kate Winslet got naked. :D
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Originally posted by C.H.U.D. If Titanic had bombed and faded away with little attention, people wouldn't be nearly as hard on it. But since it was a monster hit, financially and critically, the "cyber el33te movie snobs" tear it apart. |
ill tell you what i think about part 2 tomorrow as i have not seen this movie in at least a year or so.
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Originally posted by k-qwick Same Here :up: I especially love that Kate Winslet nude scene -wink- Classic! |
Originally posted by joeydaninja now the real question is, why does everybody hate Michael Bay so much :lol: |
Originally posted by Rypro 525 ill tell you what i think about part 2 tomorrow as i have not seen this movie in at least a year or so. |
i got the full frame vhs tape version. i have seen it in widecreen but this is when cinemax decided to put it in widescreen for one night only. ill wait until the se comes out.
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Part II is more action, its all the ship going down.
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I love Titanic. I also like A Night To Remember. I don't know which is better.
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Originally posted by Groucho I thought the film was great, until I saw that it was making big money and getting critical acclaim. Since it is very important to me to appear "above the masses" on internet message boards, I learned to hate it instead. rotfl rotfl |
billy madison> You ain't cool unless you hate titanic <billy madison>
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I'm not ashamed to admit I like Titanic. And I also admit that the dialogue can be horrendous at times. I had more of a problem with Billy Zane's sneering overacting than anything Leo did.
I'm also okay with it having won Best Picture. While I enjoyed L.A. Confidential very much, Spoiler:
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For the record -- I loved Titanic. I thought it was an elegant example of storytelling.
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...not enough nude Kate Winslet...?
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A period film with absolutely zero credibility, akin to Road to Perdition.
Cameron has lost all ability to direct actors. The script was atrocious. Also the decision to frame the story with the modern bookends was a fundamental mistake because it excuses everything that happens: "the (miraculously) sweet old lady survived." |
I didn't hate it, but I'm annoyed at the lost opportunity. Cameron gave us 2+ hours of sappy, schmaltzy love story - fictional love story - when there was so much more human drama to be told.
The Californian, only 20 miles away from Titanic while she sank. The guy who (allegedly) dressed like a woman to secure a seat on the lifeboat. The coal fire that was raging below decks. Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, who used his wealth to put a 60+ capacity lifeboat to sea with only 5 passengers and 7 crew aboard. Captain Smith, the musicians, the White Star PR guy - there are 2,500 stores a hundred times more interesting that what Cameron put together. Instead we get a warmed over Romeo and Juliet love story. Given all that, I'll still probably get the SE if it ever comes out. The story may be sub-standard, but the set and art direction is dead on. In regards to the historical aspect, Jim kicked some royal bootie. In other matters, however, the movie was lacking. |
My biggest problem was how much I disliked Rose. Sure, I've seen films with protagonists that I didn't like and I still enjoyed the film, but Titanic didn't work for me without caring about the characters more.
Why did I hate Rose? Let me count the ways . . . Spoiler:
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Because the movie was longer than it actually took for the ship to sink.......
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I love Titanic. I saw it on opening night, and it was the only time I left the theater thinking "that's one of the greatest films I've ever seen." While I no longer hold it in such high regards anymore, I still think it's among the best films. Unfortunately it loses something when shown on the small screen. It's a huge film and must be seen in the theater to fully appreciate its scale IMO.
Now give me a good SE! |
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