The Dark Knight - [spoilers ahead, ye be warned]

JWBear · 07-28-2008, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

oh, go ahead and get started, JW. Say what you will about its qualities as cinema, the Cameron Titantic was accurate to a surprising degree ... ya know, considering that its main characters were all fictional.

No, really... You do not want me to go into all the inaccuracies. We'd be here for days.

It may have been more accurate than the average Titanic movie, but it still had many things that made me groan outloud.

Nephythys · 07-28-2008, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by JWBear

No, really... You do not want me to go into all the inaccuracies. We'd be here for days.

It may have been more accurate than the average Titanic movie, but it still had many things that made me groan outloud.

I'm curious- like what?

Not arguing- just curious.

JWBear · 07-28-2008, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Nephythys

I'm curious- like what?

Not arguing- just curious.

Just off the top of my head:

The use of Nearer My God To Thee

3rd class being locked below decks

First Officer Murdoch shooting himself

Colonel Gracie depicted as a snobbish Brit, when really he was a nerdish military historian from Georgia.

The dismissal of Lady Duff-Gordon as a maker of naughty ladies underthings; she was, in fact, “Lucille”… one of the most famous, influential (and expensive) fashion designers of the early 20th century.

There are more, I can’t remember them all.

The entire movie was one long diatribe (and a poorly written one, at that) against the upper class. All the 1st Class passengers (with a few exceptions) were depicted as boorish, self centered, snobs; while everyone in 3rd was good. Reality was (and still is) much more complicated than that. Add to that the complete absence of 2nd class! Where were they?

They failed at recreating a believable Edwardian era. Most of the characters were written as if they were 1990’s people plopped down in 1912 – along with their late 20th century attitudes, behavior, and mores. Rose would never have behaved that way.

A movie with beautiful visuals, but an execrable script.