Titanic turns 10 today (December 19, 1997)

[Dean Winchester]

where has all the time gone? I'm not one of those people who considers it the greatest movie ever, but nonetheless, I have a hard time accepting and believing it's now been a decade since Titanic was all over pop culture and Leomania was in full swing and Celine's "My Heart Will Go On" was played to death on radio.

[Ireneparalegal]

Damn! I shouldn't be shocked because it was one of the first movie's I seen when I first met my boyfriend. :faint:

[Zoneboy]

One of the most overrated movies ever, A total snoozefest as far as I'm concerned.

[friendsfan77]

I feel old now after reading this. lol

[Mikado]

Not the Greatest movie of all time, but, certainly the best American movie in about 20 years (Star Wars is MUCH more overated)

[friendsfan77]

^ :yeahthat: I agree. I just can't get into Star Wars.

[Dean Winchester]

I enjoy the Star Wars movies, the fans are a little too creepy with their obsessions tho. You know it's a little much when every single creature in the cavern in the first (fourth technically, but forget "Episodes", it was "Star Wars" that you saw first) has an action figure based on it. People go a little too far and get a little too looney with their Star Wars worship. They're fun popcorn movies but I don't get the religious fanatic devotion they receive.

[Janice]

Wow, can this really be? A whole decade. I remember it like it was yesterday. My husband and I took my mother to see it, and then out for dinner afterwards. I remember the restaurant served the wrong meal to me. That's how vivid my memory is, of that time. I swear, if I think long enough about it, I can remember what I was wearing, lol. LOVE the movie. It's one of the few that I own. Those special effects were incredible. I was a Titanic buff before the movie came out, so it's no surprise that I'd love it.

[Stuck In The '70's]

One of the greatest movies of all time. And BTW so was Star Wars. :D

[eltonfan80]

wow 10 years that was the same year i staring working at my movie theater
and it was so busy i still work at the my thearter

[Scoobiedoo30]

Happy Anniversarry

[LuLu Rogers]

I absolutely hated this movie. I remember the first time I saw it like it was yesterday, everyone was talking about how great it was and I thought it was the most horrible movie I had ever seen. lol. :p

[catlover79]

When this movie came out I was a senior in high school. I went to see it with my mom during my Christmas vacation. That year, proms all over the country were Titanic-themed. It was all anyone could talk about, and of course Celine's song became one of the most overplayed tracks of all time.

I didn't hate the movie, but didn't love it either. I think I only saw it that one time all the way through. I never had a desire to watch it again.

[Shine]

When this movie came out I was a senior in high school. I went to see it with my mom during my Christmas vacation. That year, proms all over the country were Titanic-themed. It was all anyone could talk about, and of course Celine's song became one of the most overplayed tracks of all time.

I didn't hate the movie, but didn't love it either. I think I only saw it that one time all the way through. I never had a desire to watch it again.


The same here, Monika. I saw the movie and thought it was pretty good, but I've never really had the desire to see it again either.

[Shine]

I enjoy the Star Wars movies, the fans are a little too creepy with their obsessions tho. You know it's a little much when every single creature in the cavern in the first (fourth technically, but forget "Episodes", it was "Star Wars" that you saw first) has an action figure based on it. People go a little too far and get a little too looney with their Star Wars worship. They're fun popcorn movies but I don't get the religious fanatic devotion they receive.


I have some Star Wars action figures. :lol:

[Cactus Jack]

I absolutely hated this movie. I remember the first time I saw it like it was yesterday, everyone was talking about how great it was and I thought it was the most horrible movie I had ever seen. lol. :p
So it was your "English Patient" like that Seinfeld episode?

[catlover79]

So it was your "English Patient" like that Seinfeld episode?
:rofl:

[Cactus Jack]

:rofl:
LOL

[Cactus Jack]

LOL
No matter what shows come, everything relates to a Seinfeld episode.

[LuLu Rogers]

So it was your "English Patient" like that Seinfeld episode?

Exactly! That made my day! LOL! :D :lol:

[catlover79]

So it was your "English Patient" like that Seinfeld episode?
I have a good friend who couldn't STAND the English Patient. At church youth group, he wrote "THE ENGLISH PATIENT IS HORRIBLE!" in huge letters on the whiteboard. :rofl: He later saw LA Confidential in the theater 23 times!! (It was at the dollar theater, so it didn't cost him TOO much - I don't know how much he paid for snacks. :rofl:)

[Cactus Jack]

I have a good friend who couldn't STAND the English Patient. At church youth group, he wrote "THE ENGLISH PATIENT IS HORRIBLE!" in huge letters on the whiteboard. :rofl: He later saw LA Confidential in the theater 23 times!! (It was at the dollar theater, so it didn't cost him TOO much - I don't know how much he paid for snacks. :rofl:)
LMAO

[Cactus Jack]

Exactly! That made my day! LOL! :D :lol:
LOL thanks!:D

[Stuck In The '70's]

I have some Star Wars action figures. :lol:
The force is with you Mike. :D :lol:

[treky]

I read that James Cameron made a GREAT decison with that movie (TITANIC; not STAR WARS which is just as great BTW) when he put in something for everyone-action/adventure for the boys and men, romance for the girls and woman, GREAT special effects for everyone, and then there's the added attraction of it being a true story; and one that continues to fasinate people, even after all these years.

That being said though, I've also heard that a few critics like the movie "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" better. That was a movie that was made in the 50s about the Titanic disaster-which, BTW, is the biggest maritime disaster in history.

I've seen "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" and I don't think it's better than "TITANIC" but it's almost as good.

[Dean Winchester]

is Cameron ever doing another movie? I can understand after directing the highest grossing movie of all time, that you'd feel like you're entitled to a vacation, but seriously, it has been ten years and he has yet to release a new non-Imax related movie. Imagine how many great movies we would've never gotten if Spielberg decided "you know, I just did Jaws/Raiders Of The Lost Ark/E.T./Schindler's List, I think I'm gonna take a decade off". Cameron even backed out of doing T3, despite the fact six years had passed since Titanic by then. I heard he might be involved in a new Alien movie (apparently one of Sigourney Weaver's conditions is that if she does another movie, either Ridley or Cameron has to be on board) and I hope he takes it. You can only live off the memory of Titanic for so long.

[freshprinceofLA]

Haa my childhood was forever changed with this movie they showed us this in school I was like 5 or 6 (I really don't know why they let us watch it) and this movie ended up being the first time I ever saw a bare breast :eek: lol

[Shine]

The force is with you Mike. :D :lol:


:D :lol:

[Zebra 3]

I read that James Cameron made a GREAT decison with that movie (TITANIC; not STAR WARS which is just as great BTW) when he put in something for everyone-action/adventure for the boys and men, romance for the girls and woman, GREAT special effects for everyone, and then there's the added attraction of it being a true story; and one that continues to fasinate people, even after all these years.

That being said though, I've also heard that a few critics like the movie "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" better. That was a movie that was made in the 50s about the Titanic disaster-which, BTW, is the biggest maritime disaster in history.

I've seen "A NIGHT TO REMEMBER" and I don't think it's better than "TITANIC" but it's almost as good.The sinking of the ship is true, but not the implausible romance with the two main Titanic characters.The British historical drama A Night Remember is one of my all-time favourites. For what it's worth, it's rated higher than Titanic at both IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes.

[Dean Winchester]

The sinking of the ship is true, but not the implausible romance with the two main Titanic characters.The British historical drama A Night Remember is one of my all-time favourites. For what it's worth, it's rated higher than Titanic at both IMDb and Rotten Tomatoes.
well, there was such a huge backlash that there's a lot of people who have given it a "1"

[Stuck In The '70's]

I saw all 3 Titanic movies and a Night To Remember is my least favorite one. It didn't seem to have much heart.

[Mikado]

I saw all 3 Titanic movies and a Night To Remember is my least favorite one. It didn't seem to have much heart.
Thats kind of ironic because a Night To Remember is the only one that was based completely on the true events, without a fictitious love story shoehorned in....then again, I suppose that's why it "lacked heart". ;)

[catlover79]

Speaking of Titanic, I own a wonderful book called The Titanic's Last Hero by Moody Adams. It is about a Scottish minister named John Harper who was one of the ones who perished on the Titanic. He spread the Gospel to many of those who were dying alongside him. I was very moved by the book, and I think some of you would be, too. Here is a synopsis I found online:

THE TITANIC'S LAST HERO
John Harper was born to a pair of solid Christian parents on May 29th, 1872. It was on the last Sunday of March 1886, when he was thirteen years old that he received Jesus as the Lord of his life. He never knew what it was to "sow his wild oats." He began to preach about four years later at the ripe old age of 17 years by going down to the streets of his village and pouring out his soul in earnest entreaty for men to be reconciled to God.

As John Harper's life unfolded, one thing was apparent...he was consumed by the word of God. When asked by various ministers what his doctrine consisted of, he was known to reply "The Word of God!" After five or six years of toiling on street corners preaching the gospel and working in the mill during the day, Harper was taken in by Rev. E. A. Carter of Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, England. This set Harper free to devote his whole time of energy to the work so dear to his heart. Soon, John Harper started his own church in September of 1896. (Now known as the Harper Memorial Church). This church which John Harper had started with just 25 members, had grown to over 500 members when he left 13 years later. During this time he had gotten married, but was shortly thereafter widowed. However brief the marriage, God did bless John Harper with a beautiful little girl named Nana.

Ironically, John Harper almost drowned several times during his life. When he was two and a half years of age, he almost drowned when he fell into a well but was resuscitated by his mother. At the age of twenty-six, he was swept out to sea by a reverse current and barely survived, and at thirty-two he faced death on a leaking ship in the Mediterranean. Perhaps, God used these experiences to prepare this servant for what he faced next.......

It was the night of April 14, 1912. The RMS Titanic sailed swiftly on the bitterly cold ocean waters heading unknowingly into the pages of history. On board this luxurious ocean liner were many rich and famous people. At the time of the ship's launch, it was the world's largest man-made moveable object. At 11:40 p.m. on that fateful night, an iceberg scraped the ship's starboard side, showering the decks with ice and ripping open six watertight compartments. The sea poured in.

On board the ship that night was John Harper and his much-beloved six-year-old daughter Nana. According to documented reports, as soon as it was apparent that the ship was going to sink, John Harper immediately took his daughter to a lifeboat. It is reasonable to assume that this widowed preacher could have easily gotten on board this boat to safety; however, it never seems to have crossed his mind. He bent down and kissed his precious little girl; looking into her eyes he told her that she would see him again someday. The flares going off in the dark sky above reflected the tears on his face as he turned and headed towards the crowd of desperate humanity on the sinking ocean liner. As the rear of the huge ship began to lurch upwards, it was reported that Harper was seen making his way up the deck yelling "Women, children and unsaved into the lifeboats!" It was only minutes later that the Titanic began to rumble deep within. Most people thought it was an explosion; actually the gargantuan ship was literally breaking in half. At this point, many people jumped off the decks and into the icy, dark waters below. John Harper was one of these people.

That night 1528 people went into the frigid waters. John Harper was seen swimming frantically to people in the water leading them to Jesus before the hypothermia became fatal. Mr. Harper swam up to one young man who had climbed up on a piece of debris. Rev. Harper asked him between breaths, "Are you saved?" The young man replied that he was not. Harper then tried to lead him to Christ only to have the young man who was near shock, reply no. John Harper then took off his life jacket and threw it to the man and said "Here then, you need this more than I do..." and swam away to other people. A few minutes later Harper swam back to the young man and succeeded in leading him to salvation. Of the 1528 people that went into the water that night, six were rescued by the lifeboats. One of them was this young man on the debris. Four years later, at a survivors meeting, this young man stood up and in tears recounted how John Harper had led him to Christ. Mr. Harper had tried to swim back to help other people, yet because of the intense cold, had grown too weak to swim. His last words before going under in the frigid waters were "Believe on the Name of the Lord Jesus and you will be saved."

Does Hollywood remember this man? No. Oh well, no matter. This servant of God did what he had to do. While other people were trying to buy their way onto the lifeboats and selfishly trying to save their own lives, John Harper gave up his life so that others could be saved. "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends..." John Harper was truly the hero of the Titanic!

[Shine]

Speaking of Titanic, I own a wonderful book called The Titanic's Last Hero by Moody Adams. It is about a Scottish minister named John Harper who was one of the ones who perished on the Titanic. He spread the Gospel to many of those who were dying alongside him. I was very moved by the book, and I think some of you would be, too. Here is a synopsis I found online:

THE TITANIC'S LAST HERO
John Harper was born to a pair of solid Christian parents on May 29th, 1872. It was on the last Sunday of March 1886, when he was thirteen years old that he received Jesus as the Lord of his life. He never knew what it was to "sow his wild oats." He began to preach about four years later at the ripe old age of 17 years by going down to the streets of his village and pouring out his soul in earnest entreaty for men to be reconciled to God.

As John Harper's life unfolded, one thing was apparent...he was consumed by the word of God. When asked by various ministers what his doctrine consisted of, he was known to reply "The Word of God!" After five or six years of toiling on street corners preaching the gospel and working in the mill during the day, Harper was taken in by Rev. E. A. Carter of Baptist Pioneer Mission in London, England. This set Harper free to devote his whole time of energy to the work so dear to his heart. Soon, John Harper started his own church in September of 1896. (Now known as the Harper Memorial Church). This church which John Harper had started with just 25 members, had grown to over 500 members when he left 13 years later. During this time he had gotten married, but was shortly thereafter widowed. However brief the marriage, God did bless John Harper with a beautiful little girl named Nana.

Ironically, John Harper almost drowned several times during his life. When he was two and a half years of age, he almost drowned when he fell into a well but was resuscitated by his mother. At the age of twenty-six, he was swept out to sea by a reverse current and barely survived, and at thirty-two he faced death on a leaking ship in the Mediterranean. Perhaps, God used these experiences to prepare this servant for what he faced next.......

It was the night of April 14, 1912. The RMS Titanic sailed swiftly on the bitterly cold ocean waters heading unknowingly into the pages of history. On board this luxurious ocean liner were many rich and famous people. At the time of the ship's launch, it was the world's largest man-made moveable object. At 11:40 p.m. on that fateful night, an iceberg scraped the ship's starboard side, showering the decks with ice and ripping open six watertight compartments. The sea poured in.

On board the ship that night was John Harper and his much-beloved six-year-old daughter Nana. According to documented reports, as soon as it was apparent that the ship was going to sink, John Harper immediately took his daughter to a lifeboat. It is reasonable to assume that this widowed preacher could have easily gotten on board this boat to safety; however, it never seems to have crossed his mind. He bent down and kissed his precious little girl; looking into her eyes he told her that she would see him again someday. The flares going off in the dark sky above reflected the tears on his face as he turned and headed towards the crowd of desperate humanity on the sinking ocean liner. As the rear of the huge ship began to lurch upwards, it was reported that Harper was seen making his way up the deck yelling "Women, children and unsaved into the lifeboats!" It was only minutes later that the Titanic began to rumble deep within. Most people thought it was an explosion; actually the gargantuan ship was literally breaking in half. At this point, many people jumped off the decks and into the icy, dark waters below. John Harper was one of these people.

That night 1528 people went into the frigid waters. John Harper was seen swimming frantically to people in the water leading them to Jesus before the hypothermia became fatal. Mr. Harper swam up to one young man who had climbed up on a piece of debris. Rev. Harper asked him between breaths, "Are you saved?" The young man replied that he was not. Harper then tried to lead him to Christ only to have the young man who was near shock, reply no. John Harper then took off his life jacket and threw it to the man and said "Here then, you need this more than I do..." and swam away to other people. A few minutes later Harper swam back to the young man and succeeded in leading him to salvation. Of the 1528 people that went into the water that night, six were rescued by the lifeboats. One of them was this young man on the debris. Four years later, at a survivors meeting, this young man stood up and in tears recounted how John Harper had led him to Christ. Mr. Harper had tried to swim back to help other people, yet because of the intense cold, had grown too weak to swim. His last words before going under in the frigid waters were "Believe on the Name of the Lord Jesus and you will be saved."

Does Hollywood remember this man? No. Oh well, no matter. This servant of God did what he had to do. While other people were trying to buy their way onto the lifeboats and selfishly trying to save their own lives, John Harper gave up his life so that others could be saved. "Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his life for his friends..." John Harper was truly the hero of the Titanic!

Sounds really good, Monika. I might just read it myself. You seem really well read, Monika. It is shame that you don't post in my book thread. After all, it's one of the two posts I've started that people actually post in. :lol:

[Stuck In The '70's]

Thats kind of ironic because a Night To Remember is the only one that was based completely on the true events, without a fictitious love story shoehorned in....then again, I suppose that's why it "lacked heart". ;)
exactly. It was totally played straight. I had no attachment to any of the characters.

[catlover79]

Sounds really good, Monika. I might just read it myself. You seem really well read, Monika. It is shame that you don't post in my book thread. After all, it's one of the two posts I've started that people actually post in. :lol:
Let me know if you read it, Mike. It sounds right up your alley.

[Shine]

Let me know if you read it, Mike. It sounds right up your alley.


Right up my alley? What's that supposed to mean? :lol:

[catlover79]

Right up my alley? What's that supposed to mean? :lol:
I think it's a book that will really speak to your heart, is what I meant to say. :D It's fantastic.

[Mikado]

is Cameron ever doing another movie? I can understand after directing the highest grossing movie of all time, that you'd feel like you're entitled to a vacation, but seriously, it has been ten years and he has yet to release a new non-Imax related movie. You can only live off the memory of Titanic for so long.
Actually, he has been working on a film for the last 2 years: It's a live-action version of the futuristic cyber-punk anime "Gunm" (Better known here as Battle Angel Alita), the story of a cyborg girl (only her head and brain are human, her body is a machine) who becomes a bounty hunter in the post-apocalyptic Earth. Last i heard, the movie was slated to come out in late 2008 or early 2009.

[Shine]

I think it's a book that will really speak to your heart, is what I meant to say. :D It's fantastic.

I thought so. I wasn't sure though. I thought that maybe you were taking a shot at me. :lol: ;)

[catlover79]

I thought so. I wasn't sure though. I thought that maybe you were taking a shot at me. :lol: ;)
I'd never do that, Mike!! :)

[Shine]

I'd never do that, Mike!! :)


I know. I was just giving you a hard time. :)

[catlover79]

I know. I was just giving you a hard time. :)
;) :D

[Mikado]

ok, enough flirting you two..... ;)

[Shine]

ok, enough flirting you two..... ;)

Why? Is it making you jealous? :lol: ;)

[catlover79]

ok, enough flirting you two..... ;)
:p

[Mikado]

Why? Is it making you jealous? :lol: ;)
Of course, all the guys like Cat (AKA Monica) ;)

[catlover79]

Of course, all the guys like Cat (AKA Monica) ;)
:blush: :D

[Shine]

Of course, all the guys like Cat (AKA Monica) ;)


What's not to like? :D

[catlover79]

^ ;) :D

Has anyone ever seen Raise the Titanic? Wasn't it supposed to be a comedy?? Please enlighten me.

[Mikado]

No, it was a movie made from a serious book by Canadian diver-author Clive Cussler....unfortunately, the movie was so bad that it was funny!

[catlover79]

No, it was a movie made from a serious book by Canadian diver-author Clive Cussler....unfortunately, the movie was so bad that it was funny!
Ah, an UNINTENTIONAL comedy...:eek:

[Mikado]

This webpage has a synopsis of the movie, sounds pretty hokey alright

http://150.101.211.210/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6428

[catlover79]

This webpage has a synopsis of the movie, sounds pretty hokey alright

http://150.101.211.210/Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=6428
Thanks, Mikey. :lol: That was an entertaining read.

[Mikado]

btw, they actually DO raise the ship with compressed air (At the time, most people believed the ship was in one piece) and they tow to the USA it with a Russian ship in hot pursuit :rofl:

[catlover79]

^ :eek: No wonder that flick flopped!

[Mikado]

another weird bit of trivia; Raise the Titanic was also a serialised comic strip, meant to promote the movie!

[Mikado]

:crazy:

[Pus$y Galore]

Wow, can this really be? A whole decade. I remember it like it was yesterday. My husband and I took my mother to see it, and then out for dinner afterwards. I remember the restaurant served the wrong meal to me. That's how vivid my memory is, of that time. I swear, if I think long enough about it, I can remember what I was wearing, lol. LOVE the movie. It's one of the few that I own. Those special effects were incredible. I was a Titanic buff before the movie came out, so it's no surprise that I'd love it.


OMG - if I didn't know better, I would have thought we went together!
When we went, we met Frank's brother and his wife down in the city. There was a horrible ice storm that day and I just wanted to cancel it was so bad. We went anyway and had dinner afterwards and mine was horrible! :lol: It was the right meal, but I wished they had gotten it mixed up.

I enjoyed the movie, but rather than being moved about the young leads, I started to cry when the old couple laid down in bed to die as peacefully as possible TOGETHER. It showed they had devoted a lifetime to each other and were perfectly willing to meet their maker happily together.

I got mad at the end when only she climbed on the door - there was enough room for Jack!!!! Had she distributed her body weight properly to support the door for him to climb on board, they could have huddled together.

:lol: - maybe that's what Frank hates seeing movies with me - I tend to over-analyse the screenplay a LOT.