Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

[katiesue]

I thought Titanic sucked. It was so long and incredibly boring I was praying for the ship to go down and take them all with it.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by katiesue

I thought Titanic sucked. It was so long and incredibly boring I was praying for the ship to go down and take them all with it.

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.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

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.

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.