Ha! I knew it.

:snap:

And it was really difficult for me to feel tension during the many, "OMG, Rose is in danger, will she make it out?!" scenes when it was old Rose telling the story.

Well, I liked it as a massive display of cinematic spectacle. Which is why I haven't seen it since.

It's a much better movie if you fast-forward through the Rose and Jack scenes.

We had it on video (yes that long ago) and it got to the end of the first tape and I thought good lord there's a whole other tape left I may slit my wrists.

One other thing I like about Titanic is it is like Reagan in 1984. Nobody voted Reagan and apparently nobody liked Titanic.

I disagree. In fact, the only scene I'm interested in seeing in 3D is a Rose and Jack scene.

To hell with Titanic.

A Night To Remember (1958) remains the best movie on that topic.

In front of Tintin, I saw the trailer for Titanic 3D, and to my eye, the people were not very "well-rounded" but tended toward the flat, planar look of lesser quality post-conversion. (Some conversions have been pretty good - some, like Clash of the Titans, have been legendarily lousy.)

The best quality 3D experience I've had in some time was in my own home. (I have a "passive" 3D HDTV set from Vizio, and it's pretty great, especially for the price.) Last night I watched Carmen, captured live at London's Royal Hall, and I loved it. The high-def 3-D provided what the producers called a "shifting best seat in the house" effect. During duets, especially, the performers looked like living holograms being beamed into my living room (without the George Lucas-y static). It was a perfect illustration of the real difference between a true stereoscopic illusion, and the third-rate cheat of post-production 3D conversion. Plus, it was a really good performance. (I always forget how much I enjoy Carmen until I revisit it.)

Ever since I got my swell HDTV, I've amassed 12 3D Blu-rays, and am hungry for more, especially those that boast true stereo. The home 3D experience, for me, far surpasses the best theatrical 3D I've yet come across.

Most dazzling 3D eye candy ever? Rio!

Kind of ironic, considering nothing in the movie should have suspense - ya know, being that it's pretty well known the ship sinks. Heheh.

Actually, in the far better Titanic movie, A Night to Remember, it's absolutely amazing how much suspense was created from The Californian situation (completely left out of the Cameron film). You practically had to restrain yourself from yelling at the screen, even though you knew darn well the Californian never comes to Titanic's rescue. That kind of thing, where the outcome is known, but suspense is raised nonetheless, is brilliant filmmaking.


The Cameron film is not brilliant filmmaking - but it is visually striking.

I've heard that Cameron filmed some stuff with the Californian, but it got dropped from the final cut.