Titanic

[Cheeky Monkey]

Spotting this bum-numbing James Cameron 'epic' on BBC2 last night reminded me of seeing the 'Collectors Edition' DVD in HMV a while back, which boasted an 'alternative ending.' Does anyone own this and can enlighten on the alternative ending? Short of the ship defying history and not sinking I can only think that Di Caprio survives?!?

 

[Grendel]

James Cameron appears on screen and apologises for wasting three hours of your life watching his abomination of a film, then ritually disembowels himself.

 

[Braders]

The Titanic “special edition” is
packed with bonus features.

Among them is a nine-minute
alternate ending that has never
been seen before. It involves the
elderly Rose (Gloria Stuart), shipwreck explorer Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) and granddaughter Lizzy (Suzy Amis) and the diamond
necklace. It was the scripted ending, director James Cameron says, “but when we screened the film for ourselves, we didn’t like it.
It worked on paper and it even
worked as a scene, but you watch
it as part of the movie and it just
doesn’t work.”

The edition also contains:



A branching feature that lets
viewers access 50 minutes of
behind-the-scenes footage as they
watch the movie.


Three new commentaries,
including one from Cameron.


More than 45 minutes of
deleted scenes, including the passionate kiss between Jack and
Rose and the pair’s final moments.


A TV special, Breaking
Ground, about the making of
the film.

 

[Titanic]

Never seen it, don't want to.

 

[Gazwag]

Most DVD's contain a commentary by its actors and/or directors - does anybody actually watch a film with the commentary on

 

[sten_super]

Never seen it, don't want to.

You lucky, lucky bastard. It was the most boring three and a half hours of my life.

 

[Cian]

Most DVD's contain a commentary by its actors and/or directors - does anybody actually watch a film with the commentary on

Occasionally useful if you're wondering "what the f***?" at a certain scene.

 

[chez]

James Cameron appears on screen and apologises for wasting three hours of your life watching his abomination of a film, then ritually disembowels himself.

I thought Titanic was a great film as was Pearl Harbour which I also watched yesterday. I also watched Deliverence yesterday which wasnt quite as good as the previous 2.

 

[Easy 10]

I enjoyed Titanic. However, obviously because it was a MASSIVELY successful film, it became (and has remained) almost obligatory to slag it off and say its a pile of shit etc. I did get fed up with the totally OTT media hype at the time, that f***ing song, and the constant sight of those dribbling morons inevitably featured on the news who went to see it about 20 times at the cinema.

But taken on its own merits its well scripted, well acted, has excellent special effects and is, I think, a very entertaining film. No need to call a film cack just cos the media hype went OVERBOARD on it.

(do you see what I did there ?)

 

[Icy Gull]

I enjoyed Titanic. However, obviously because it was a MASSIVELY successful film, it became (and has remained) almost obligatory to slag it off and say its a pile of shit etc. I did get fed up with the totally OTT media hype at the time, that f***ing song, and the constant sight of those dribbling morons inevitably featured on the news who went to see it about 20 times at the cinema.

But taken on its own merits its well scripted, well acted, has excellent special effects and is, I think, a very entertaining film. No need to call a film cack just cos the media hype went OVERBOARD on it.

(do you see what I did there ?)

I thought the sub plot was absolute shite and very hammy but I loved the film for the special effects which were stunning and all the more so if seen on the big screen.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I just thought the whole story was too far-fetched.

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

Most DVD's contain a commentary by its actors and/or directors - does anybody actually watch a film with the commentary on

I watched Love Actually with the commentary in a bonding moment with my daughter. It was quite entertaining - with Richard Curtis, Hugh Grant and Bill Nighy.

 

[Grendel]

But taken on its own merits its well scripted, well acted, has excellent special effects and is, I think, a very entertaining film. No need to call a film cack just cos the media hype went OVERBOARD on it.

The acting was reasonable at best though the special effects were impressive, I'll grant you. The script, however, is an atrocious, hackneyed pile of shite.

 

[sten_super]

I enjoyed Titanic. However, obviously because it was a MASSIVELY successful film, it became (and has remained) almost obligatory to slag it off and say its a pile of shit etc. I did get fed up with the totally OTT media hype at the time, that f***ing song, and the constant sight of those dribbling morons inevitably featured on the news who went to see it about 20 times at the cinema.

But taken on its own merits its well scripted, well acted, has excellent special effects and is, I think, a very entertaining film. No need to call a film cack just cos the media hype went OVERBOARD on it.

(do you see what I did there ?)

But am I allowed to call it cack if it is actually cack?

 

[Easy 10]

But am I allowed to call it cack if it is actually cack?

No. You must say you feel it is \"cinematically challenged\".

 

[NMH]

James Cameron appears on screen and apologises for wasting three hours of your life watching his abomination of a film, then ritually disembowels himself.

Where can I buy this version?

 

[Muzzman]

That film was scheduled for 6pm yesterday.. did anyone see it.. would like to know how much they edited as I can't imagine the beeb showing a topless Kate Winslet at around 7pm in the evening.. and that scene is kinda important for the love story.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

As with that U-boat film, which re-wrote history by suggesting the American's cracked the Enigma Code rather than us Brits, Cameron's film takes liberties by suggesting that British White Line staff kept third class passengers locked below deck as the boat sank, even apparently shooting at them to keep them there! As far as I am aware there is no surviving evidence to suggest that any of that ever happened.

 

[Icy Gull]

As with that U-boat film, which re-wrote history by suggesting the American's cracked the Enigma Code rather than us Brits, Cameron's film takes liberties by suggesting that British White Line staff kept third class passengers locked below deck as the boat sank, even apparently shooting at them to keep them there! As far as I am aware there is no surviving evidence to suggest that any of that ever happened.

The only U- boat film worth watching is Das Boot, God I hated those English by the end of that film

 

[Easy 10]

As with that U-boat film, which re-wrote history by suggesting the American\'s cracked the Enigma Code rather than us Brits, Cameron\'s film takes liberties by suggesting that British White Line staff kept third class passengers locked below deck as the boat sank, even apparently shooting at them to keep them there! As far as I am aware there is no surviving evidence to suggest that any of that ever happened.

But it was just a movie, not a documentary.
It never ceases to amaze me when people pick to bits a film based on actual events that takes some artistic licence with the subject in hand. If you want facts on the sinking of the Titanic, have a trawl through the Discovery channels, or read a book on it. Don;t watch a special-effects laden blockbuster movie from Tinseltown and expect a serious and sobering analysis of the events that took place. Its just a slab of entertainment, nothing more, nothing less.

I didn;t go and see Braveheart expecting a history lesson. I went to see some dirty peasants getting bludgeoned to death, and on those terms, it delivered in spades.