tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post113350070465296678..comments2023-09-22T10:27:08.895-07:00Comments on Life As I Know It: "You're here, there's nothing to fear"HistoryGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02670515936852776370noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133705079912544382005-12-04T06:04:00.000-08:002005-12-04T06:04:00.000-08:00I was a Titantic hold out, finally seeing on telev...I was a Titantic hold out, finally seeing on television YEARS after the worn tape (remember the warning signs saying that the picture quality was deteriorating due to overuse?) had vanished from theatres. The movie made me furiously interested in the ship itself and pathologically anti-Kate Winslet (I've always been ant-Leo), which lasted until I saw Heavenly Creatures last month. There's not a bit about the love story that interested me - what WAS that tiptoe thing anyway? is going on pointe really that impressive? - but the boat scenes and the incidental stories (Kathy Bates, you rule my world) were very interesting.<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised to hear you think Leo is a good actor, Fox. Really? Like really really? Wow. You might well be the only person indeed...Erikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02936825052042921305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133631140452391372005-12-03T09:32:00.000-08:002005-12-03T09:32:00.000-08:00DiCaprio can be a great actor when he wants - and ...DiCaprio can be a great actor when he wants - and he hasn't wanted to be for about a decade. I like Titanic, but I can see it's flaws. The commentary on the DVD when they talk about Celine Dion is funny. Dreadful song.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05874971733723914974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133550019401562832005-12-02T11:00:00.000-08:002005-12-02T11:00:00.000-08:00I enjoyed this movie...although I also find it fru...I enjoyed this movie...although I also find it frustrating to watch for all the reasons that Charby states. The vehicle story (Rose & Jack) which gets us to the real story (the Titanic) was pretty awful. But I still did like it. <BR/><BR/>HC - I don't think they'd be surprised that I can enjoy chick-flick's...so long as they don't pretend to be something else (as Legends of the Fall did).HistoryGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02670515936852776370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133546923168646072005-12-02T10:08:00.000-08:002005-12-02T10:08:00.000-08:00Never saw it, never wanted to. If I ever see a fil...Never saw it, never wanted to. If I ever see a film with Leonardo di Caprio in, it will mean either he or I have changed our taste in films quite dramatically!<BR/><BR/>redred onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11181562821695098147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133546767860007312005-12-02T10:06:00.000-08:002005-12-02T10:06:00.000-08:00I loved Titanic I have to say but every now and ag...I loved Titanic I have to say but every now and again I need a good chick flick. And that's when I usually call Spin to join me - hee hee, sorry to out you Spin! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133540296433329522005-12-02T08:18:00.000-08:002005-12-02T08:18:00.000-08:00Well, okay, I loved Titanic. I went to see it at ...Well, okay, I loved Titanic. I went to see it at the theater several times. I dragged whoever I could find to drag to see it with me, including spinsterwitch (very tolerant of her, eh). I took my parents and my nieces to see it (and how many other movies can three generations sit down and enjoy together). I never saw it as a chick flick or as a rich girl mets poor boy flick. That is because I am a Titaniac.<BR/><BR/>As a small child I remember my grandfather telling me stories of his youth and one of those stories was about how the news of the Titanic's sinking came to them in newspapers and how it was talked about in church and community gatherings and at home. Growing up I read books, I watched documentaries, I knew the stories. On late night movies I watched Clifton Webb and Barbara Stanwyck play out their family drama on the sinking ship and David McCullum stay at his telegraph post until it was almost too late. I knew the stories of the passengers. Jack Thayer who was 17 and survived by riding the ship down (pretty much like Rose and Jack) and managed to get picked up by a lifeboat. Only to take his own life in the 40s after one of his sons went down in a plane over the North Sea. Perhaps he couldn't bear to think of his son sinking in those frigid waters. I always thought that one particular sad. I was thrilled when Robert Ballard discovered where the ship lay in 1986.<BR/><BR/>So for me this movie was definitely not a chick flick or boy/girl movie. A romance - oh, yes. Because I loved this ship and it's story. Who knows why, early exposure perhaps, the curiosity of a child that grew.<BR/><BR/>I thought that Cameron did a great job with all the details. I still watch the movie every so often and still see something I had missed previously. And there is one part of the movie (having nothing to do with Jack/Rose) that still chokes me up.<BR/><BR/>Please excuse the excessive wordage. But, you know, Titaniac.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133535072298921722005-12-02T06:51:00.000-08:002005-12-02T06:51:00.000-08:00Oh Charby! What is there to say? I LOVE Titanic!...Oh Charby! What is there to say? <BR/><BR/>I LOVE Titanic! <BR/><BR/>I agree with you in regards to its many flaws (especially the bit about the float at the end!). I also hate the awful screenplay. The entire second half of the movie is filled with nonsense like "Jack!" "Rose! We have to get off the ship, Rose! We have to not freeze!" They just yell each other's names and state the obvious over and over and over. <BR/><BR/>That said, I still think it's a magical movie. I saw it in the theaters and cried several times. The "love story" with the ship is what it's all about, as you pointed out. And even more-- it's about the ending of a cultural era. <BR/><BR/>I don't want to occupy all of Spins' comments space with a specific defense of the movie, as for me, it's mostly visceral. So, here's the bottom line-- <BR/><BR/>I agree with you about its flaws, but I love it anyway. <BR/><BR/>Isn't it possible to intensely love something that's intensely flawed? (Hell, sometimes flaws are part of the charm!)<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>hHydehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05361348356625074872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133531125306184382005-12-02T05:45:00.000-08:002005-12-02T05:45:00.000-08:00I could have talked about the awfulness of that so...I could have talked about the awfulness of that song forever!<BR/><BR/>my word Verification says "lSHIPnvh" :)Charbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00359010677822521068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133527209296979362005-12-02T04:40:00.000-08:002005-12-02T04:40:00.000-08:00I've just realised what a bad-tempered old cuss I ...I've just realised what a bad-tempered old cuss I sound in that last comment. I'm sorry. But just thinking about Celine Dion makes me cross. I'll calm down now and go back to thinking about food instead ...Teresa Bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269789337737759044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10112235.post-1133527003371339342005-12-02T04:36:00.000-08:002005-12-02T04:36:00.000-08:00I've never seen it myself, and have never wanted t...I've never seen it myself, and have never wanted to - for what I think to be three excellent reasons:<BR/><BR/>(1) I don't like Kate Winslet<BR/>(2) I don't like Leonardo di Caprio<BR/>(3) I don't like Celine Dion.<BR/><BR/>Good enough reasons, you think?<BR/><BR/>One of my housemates in the house I was living in a few years ago borrowed the video, and was watching it - with the volume turned up VERY LOUD - in the room next door to my bedroom. All I could hear was a load of screaming and crashing, with occasional bursts of Celine Dion,* and I can remember thinking: "Jeez, how f***ing long is it taking for this ship to sink? <I>Get on with it!"</I><BR/><BR/>*I wish she <I>would</I> burst.Teresa Bowmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15269789337737759044noreply@blogger.com