I guess everyone sees different things in movies. I really enjoy Titanic. It’s one of my favorite movies. I like some of the subtle humor that’s used in it. That being said, I have lots of friends who don’t like it, so you should know that you are definitely not the only person who is anti-Titanic. My only issue with the movie is that I always think that James Cameron is lacking the creativity to do the script justice.

Oh, and to answer the thing about the time. It’s 3 hours and 14 minutes when it was cut originally. With the extended/deleted scenes, it would be at 4 hours.

I think that the way you perceived the movie is very interesting! I haven’t seen Titanic in over 9 years so I don’t remember a lot of it, except: how can you miss that fucking iceberg? Seriously!

I do agree with you on some of the things you mentioned, like how she hogged the door. Girl, let the man use it too!

Also, I didn’t get the point of the nude picture. Maybe it was because I was ten when I saw it, but couldn’t he just have drawn a normal portrait? Must have been embarrassing for the granddaughter to find it! I know I’d been :)

Can’t wait to read your opinions about Twilight! ;)

Haha! I like Titanic, but I did find some scenes to be quite boring and the romance aspect was not my favorite. My favorite scenes were the action ones; I am terrified of drowning myself so every time I watch it I’m like O.O ohgod ohgod ohgod!

I always get mad whenever she takes up all of the room, and is like “I won’t let go!!!” but then, basically, pushes him off. Sigh.

All in all, I do enjoy watching it! It’s not nearly as cheesy as most romances, like The Notebook and A Walk to Remember. Don’t even get me started on those.

I think this is an over reaction to a very ok movie. I’m with you on the movie being boring but the analysis of the characters was pretty unfair. No, Rose didn’t want to live at first but when confronted with death, it’s not uncommon that it makes you want to live more. She came from a rich background and it was a poignant moment when she was ready to give it all up for love… especially in a time when all women had were practically their husband and their husband’s trade to support them and their children. I don’t even remember if women were even able to vote at this point. That was one of the strong points of the movie.

And what’s up with calling people bitches? Really? And for no reason. Kind of a bitch-move.

And coldhearted. Jack wasn’t really hanging on that well because he was probably afraid that the door was going to flip over and the water was below freezing so someone struggling to stay afloat, well, have you ever been in a pool of water that was cool? Was it easy to move in or were you kind of in shock when you were trying to get out? Try being in the middle of the damn ocean.

Was this my favorite movie of all time? Not by a long shot? I don’t know much about Cameron except that he did Avatar the actual script in Avatar was just ok (the actual scenery and creation of the world was gorgeous) for me. But one movie does not give you the reasonable evidence that a director sucks. Especially a movie made like 10 years ago or something.

And yeah, you could be kidding about all this but that doesn’t erase how offensive and ridiculous this post is. You just ripped a new one in a movie that while we might not find particularly amazing a lot of other people do for whatever reason. I’m not saying you shouldn’t have your own opinion, maybe a less offensive way would have been a hell of a lot better.

I guess everyone has different opinions about everything~ I honestly love that movie, but that’s just me. I remember when I was little, my great-grandma used to make me watch it all the time. I still have no idea, but all I know is that I now have almost every line and every song stuck in my head. D:

I do agree with that iceberg statement. I mean, HOW THE FUCK DO YOU MISS THAT ICEBERG?!?! I mean, it’s not really using the best camouflage in the world. Not like its hard to miss. Anyway, it’s nice to see someone who likes to write what they think and doesn’t care what others say about your writing. I honestly liked the way you wrote this post, mainly because it showed your feelings about the characters and showed your dislike about them without saying something like, “OMG I HATE HER. I HATE HER.” in every sentence. I think “bitch” sums it up. xD

Finally! State exams are over and all that’s left to deal with are finals:/

As for your blog post…that was a long post! I agree with most people, everyone has there own input on the Titanic. Whether they liked it or not, the movie made millions.

I agree with you on some parts of the movie, such as the time when Jack is taken to the room with pipes and is locked there. I thought that was pretty pointless, because how does Rose’s fiance get access to such places?

You didn’t talk about this, but there was a part when old Rose talks about her ex-fiance and what happened to him afterwards. Something about him committing suicide. I thought that was pointless since I really didn’t care for the finance at all.

But I have to say James Cameron is really talented, and well known in the movie industry.

As for how time consuming a movie is, I agree with you. If I were to was 2-4 hours of my day watching a movie, then at least it has to have a good review or rating to be worth my time. I hear X-Men: First Class was a good movie so I might check that out as soon as summer starts.

I honestly don’t agree with hardly a thing in that blog, but I suppose having an opinion is what makes us all different people, and I can respect that.

Personally, I loved the Titanic. I’m one of the people who can sit there the entire time watching it and not get bored. I mean honestly, I think the movie is beautiful. I love how it translates such a tragic event into something that is both romantic and heartbreaking at the same time.

Point 1: Consider this. What kind of story would it be if there was no main character, no side plot, or nothing in particular to become attached to? We’d be sitting in the theaters watching a ship sink going, “well, that sucks” but there is no sympathy, because we haven’t even gotten to know any of the characters stuck in the wreckage. We would have felt no attachment to the characters losing their lives without the back story. There would be NO EMOTION.

Point 2: I’m a history nut. There, I said it. I love hearing tales about things that happened long before my birth, and I like seeing how people lived their lives during those moments. If I were one of the people listening to the old woman’s story, I would have been completely enthralled. It’s just something that interests me, and we all kind of wish we were born in a different century sometimes, don’t we? At least at one point or another?

Anyways, that’s just my two cents. Haha, you can hate it all you want. I don’t mind. :)

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Thank you, I’m glad you like my layout. Have I mentioned how much I love yours? It’s very creative. I wish I could code like you do. :)

Haha, I actually have a twin brother, and he’s practically the opposite of me when it comes to interests. He’s the out-doorsy type person, who only gets on the computer to spend time on facebook. But oh well. haha. :)

I completely agree with you there. Who would want to hate something they started out loving? I wouldn’t want design to become a chore. :P

I loved reading your post and your honesty is entertaining as hell. It reminds of a parody I heard on radio a while back and though I do like Titanic, there are quite a bit of laughable scenes in the movie but see I was busy being emotional cause I’m a big ol’ sap.

Her fiance was a quite a rich bastard wasn’t he? Rich = power so I’m guessing he acted like a mofo and got whatever he wanted – that’s how he had access. The captain pissed me off, he was so high off having a big boat he just thought “Oh an iceberg? HAH My invincible ship could withstand some ice.” -_- But seeing hundreds of people tumble to their death was sad to watch but I think when I was a kid I said I wanted to slide down the ship when it was around 70 degrees in the air. WTF.

I would think there would be more floating debris for Jack to hang on to but I guess not. IDK but because of that there’s a lot of funny parodies to be enjoyed now. :D

In the end I enjoyed the movie, flaws and all and I cried loads for the film but then again I have a fondness for chessiness (I watch Korean dramas, can’t get more corny than that!).

I enjoyed Titanic, but I agree, it is very overrated. To be honest, the only reason I liked the movie is because I’m a very stereotypical girl and OMG ROMANCE. ;)

I have to say I liked reading and agreed with the points you mentioned. Especially the whole Rose-suicide-scared to die thing. That was hilarious, especially with the way you wrote it.

Haha, this blog post made me laugh. :D Don’t think I’m not reading because I am, it’s just like you know blogs that are easier to read than to comment? Okay, that may be taken the wrong way but if you understand me, yay! But if you don’t then forget it. :P

So anyway, I watched Titanic ages ago, never from the beginning but somewhere in there, I don’t think it was an amazing movie, but it wasn’t bad either. And how could people watch the movie 5 times?! Even for my most favourite movies I could never do that, especially in that span of a few months either, since it was only in theaters for so long. I don’t have James Cameron though, I haven’t seen all of his movies so I can’t say much, I think I’ve only seen Titanic and Avatar from him, but that’s about it (or other’s but I didn’t know he was involved with it).

And yeah, with the granddaughter finding the nude photo, yeah I’d be like in “ew” too. I always think of those celebrities who do those “racy” photoshoots or pose nude if they’re children were to see that’d be awkward. They would have to find out eventually. :P

I loved Avatar, I have to admit I was like wtf why does everyone like Avatar, it’s so stupid. -.- Even though I never watched it before, I judged, haha. But I watched it and it was actually really good! :D I guess everyone has a different opinion on it, I guess it really depends. :)

ahah thanks for the message! I know im in a real dire need of switching to a new cms. sigh. lol anyway your post was really entertaining cause my sister says the exact same thing. she also goes “JUST DIE ALREADY”

What!? First, you say watching Titanic was a waste of time, and then you say you watch it from time-to-time? Lol.

The last time I watched this movie was when I was around 10 years old, so at that time, I thought it was a pretty lame movie overall.

However,I know that a lot of people are really touched by Titanic since it was based off on an actual and unfortunate event. I can respect that. Other than that, *yawn*, this movie is average and it was filmed over a decade ago, so I don’t know what else to say.

Oh yeah, I don’t think James Cameron sucks, but I do believe he’s an oooooOoOverrated director.

I call my boyfriend’s mom my mother in law because she calls me her daughter in law, and his family considers me family. My boyfriend and I plan to get marry right after we are done with college.

Titanic was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I guess everyone is different when it comes to movies. Not everyone likes the same genres or the story of the movie. It’s okay.

The movie has its faults as most do but overall I find the movie haunting (love James Horner’s music score), beautiful, and even a litle cheesy but I enjoy every minute of it, lol. I’ll admit it always tugs at my heart strings and brings a few tears to my eyes. I’m all for that sappy romance stuff. :]

I did however enjoy your rant about it and had a laugh. Your honesty is fabulous and I can appreciate your point of view.

I’m a total movie person though and I tend to enjoy every one I see. It’s just the way I am I guess. I own more movies than I have space for at the moment. I’ve actually had to put all the movies in DVD cases and take the actual movie boxes to store at my parent’s house until I move out of where I am. :P

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I agree there haven’t been too many good movies in theaters for a little while now. The next movie I can think of that I want to see in theaters would have to be Harry Potter in July. I’m nervous about seeing X-men: First Class. I really don’t want to be disappointed because I really like the originals. I hear Hugh Jackman makes a cameo appearance and Wolverine being my favourite character I can’t wait to see just that part. :D

Fool’s Gold is a movie that came out in 2008. I’m pretty sure its the first movie that Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey are in together since How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days (if you’ve seen it). That’s what led me to see it in the first place. It’s just a fluffy, predictable romantic comedy but if you’re in the mood for something like that it’s just a feel good type of film.

That movie really was way too long. I didn’t mind the movie, but I don’t understand how they manage to drag it on for three hours (though I always thought it was longer than that). I’m a fan of the romance stories, but it all seems improbable that she would leave her fiance and be so impacted by this guy she’s known for five minutes. I mean, I get it because I believe in love at first sight but. That’s stopping your whole life for a guy you don’t know.

I did apply for financial aid. I’m pretty sure I should get enough to cover my tuition and everything, but I still need work to pay off the loan after. I’ve looked for scholarships, but a lot are only for highschool students which I’m not anymore. I’ll have to keep looking, though.

I rarely watch movies, but I get really tempted when I see movie trailers on television, which happens almost every week. Oh scram, temptations.

Oh Titanic. I haven’t seen it yet and neither do I know of its story line and all that crap, but I heard it was a good movie. I’ll take your advice though, if maybe one day I’ll be taking the time to watch it on YouTube or a DVD.

Exactly! I’ve finished coding a layout, but I’m still stuck at the graphics since I’m kinda lazy to start on it. But I guess I’ll just put it up in a couple of months’ time.

Yes! I haven’t done anything for Father’s Day yet either. Jeez.

I enjoyed Titanic too, because it was based on a true story – although Jack and Rose were fictional characters.

LOL. There was TOTALLY enough room on that door for them both. If she loved him as much as she said she did, you know half of her body would have been in that freezing water too, and they would have either both lived, or died together.

I am not a movie enthusiast because I prefer to do things that will make me think that it’s worth the time. however, there are instances that we need to appreciate the talents and skills people put into a movie/music/art pieces. making a movie is not just some hocuspocus. i believe, they deserve a little bit of a credit. :)

i dont hate movies like titanic. i dont love them either. what matters to me are the artists behind those. :)

I sort of agree with you on this one. I didn’t quite enjoy it as much as my friends did. I didn’t even want to watch the whole movie once I started. It was REALLY boring. The only exciting part was when the ship sank, sorry to say lol. But anything before & after that was boring.
Rose could’ve shared the damn door, or found another piece of wood/whatever that Jack could’ve gone on. The whole thing was absurd. He should’ve lived instead! That would’ve made it a much better story lol.

I haven’t seen that movie in a while. I think I watched it for the very first time 2 years ago. I remember I thought it was pretty sad though. I’ve never thought of this way at all. LoL. xD I can’t even remember if it was boring or not either. o_O Maybe I should re-watch it.

I enjoyed Titanic for the most part. I do agree that there were quite a few flaws throughout the plot. But I honestly probably wouldn’t have watched Titanic if it weren’t for Leo … HAHA.
I think the movie was a bit boring at parts because everything was so expected. You could just see things coming. If it weren’t as predictable, I probably would have enjoyed it more.
It peeved me about how long it was though. I own the cassette tapes as well and it really does take 2 whole tapes. It’s crazy how such a simple love story has to be explained in two tapes …
The first time I watched Titanic was when I was in the 5th grade & I was watching it with two of my good friends. While the ship was sinking, they started crying but I accidentally let out a little giggle. I’m not a psychopath, I don’t like seeing people die, it was just that it was getting a bit ridiculous by then.

I enjoyed his movie, Avatar, more than Titanic, but I just think James Cameron has the problem of making movies too predictable.

I really hated that movie too. As a love story, it’s not fresh and I find it quite cliched and honestly, there isn’t much about it that makes it different than any other romantic movie I’ve seen. It’s just another take on people from two different worlds falling in love with each other. To me, I think there is something wrong when artistic integrity is sacrificed to feed the romantic void of teenage girls and general population of women.

I have actually never seen Titanic. LOL. Even my boyfriend has seen it, and is like ‘How have I watched it and YOU haven’t? You’re a girl! It’s like compulsory’ I said whatever and rolled my eyes.

I’ll probably see it through force, though. I did make him watch Dirty Dancing after all. Lol :) x

I agree-ish with your bloggy thingy. Titanic is boring. The only entertaining thing for me was when the ship was sinking and everybody was all slanted XD
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i think thats one of the mistakes i never do like ya know checking the reviews first before watching movies.. thats the reason why i always end up watching crap and wasting my time and money.. grrr

Actually they claim that it was set on true events like everything happened but duh? they absolutely made some things up.. thats how movies go.. I didnt like titanic though coz its bullshit.. esp when Leonardo died.. im not much of a leonardo fan but i hate it when a movie has endings like that.. a total waste of time

Oh cool! I like Coldplay too :)Yeah I was scared of getting rained on as well but luckily we were sat down under the next tier up so it wasn’t that bad.
I hope you go to Coldplay one day.

Glad I’m not the only one who didn’t like Titanic. LOL! I thought it was boring, too, but then again…I was young. I would probably enjoy watching it now.

We all have different opinions. Different taste, kumbaga.
I actually enjoyed Titanic very much since it showcase not only the love between two different kinds of people, but also the socioeconomic differences in our nation. And the fact that its based on actual events regarding the biggest ship that sank. I think its actually really awesome.

I didn’t read anything past the cut, because I actually still haven’t seen Titanic and I don’t want to spoil it for myself if I ever choose to see it. However, after reading what I did read of this post, I’m even less inclined to watch it! I’m not a big movie person either and it takes a lot of convincing to get me to watch a movie. This is wonderful anti-convincing. xD

I have seen Avatar though, and that movie was shit. I actually hated it. I thought three times that it was over before it actually was. It was boring and I almost fell asleep. SO BAD. Now I’m worried Titanic will be like that. Plus I have kind of gotten the sense that it was over-hyped over the years. I will probably still watch it eventually, though. Just to see what all the fuss is about.

Oh my goodness how could you!!? Haha, ok, I sort of understand how you feel. I bet in 10 years from now when some teen is watching Twilight they think “what the heck??? Why was THIS ever popular?” But you see, a lot of the hype was about Leonardo Dicaprio. Aww, I remember being erm, too young to go and watch Titanic by myself and my mom wouldn’t let me see it so I had to wait until it was released on VHS. And oh boy did I cry once I finally saw it. But I must admit I’ve only seen it a couple of times since. It was great back then, the most expensive movie ever made and so on.. it’s usually all about the HYPE when a movie becomes a “classic”.

Titanic isn’t one of my favourite movies either but I don’t share most of your opinions. Cause most of them are how you would react to scenes in the movie that you’re not in. BUT it has a billion little mistakes. Like somewhere Rose refers to a book that hasn’t been written in 1912. Things like that annoy me. But for its time I think this was just such a grand movie, that people couldn’t help being touched by it.

Now, my question is – if you feel sorry for wasting hours watching movies like this, why do you waste time writing about it?

I actually only watched the movie about a year or so ago when my friends found out I’d never watched it and forced me to. I didn’t even end up watching the entire thing; they skipped through a part in the middle so I could finish the movie.

I didn’t think it was a terrible movie. It was boring at times, but it’s not like I was falling asleep or anything.

While it wasn’t that bad a movie, it wasn’t as great as everyone said it was either. I don’t think it deserves all the awards and praise it had gotten because, honestly, it wasn’t that great a movie. Pretty overrated.

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