I really didn't like it. Though not with...say, Pretty Woman hatred. I think part of it is, that there are some movies their fans take to so deep that if you don't like them, it's like there's a rock where your heart should be.

Mention “Titanic” to educated, cultured folk and there’s a good chance you’ll be met with condescending sniffs and, if you’re lucky, a defiant declaration that they’ve never seen it, accompanied by a proud refusal to even brook the notion.

That's not what he said, though. He's saying people who don't see it are being needlessly snobbish.

Well...no. He said educated, cultured folks condescend about it and if you are lucky they haven't even seen it, whatever sense that makes.

Side question - was it Bernard Hill in BELLMAN & TRUE (a nifty British crime movie)?

IMDb says yes.

Though not with...say, Pretty Woman hatred.

Ah, there's one I can say, "I've never seen it (sniff)."

Though it provided amusing fodder for Anne Magnuson, so it had some (verra) small reason for it's existence.

He said educated, cultured folks condescend about it and if you are lucky they haven't even seen it, whatever sense that makes.

He's condescending to all the people who have condescended to him about the movie. It's like a condescension SMACKDOWN! To hear his side, anyway.

Though not with...say, Pretty Woman hatred.

How about with Pretty Maids All in a Row puzzlement?

Probably. I just don't get it. If I had been fourteen when it came out, it might have been different.

I haven't seen Titanic. Or Charlie, or Brokeback Mountain, or Lord of the Rings. Because they didn't interest me.

Well, and also because they weren't playing at $1 movie night while I was in college, since that overcame disinterest on a number of occasions.

I didn't see Titanic because I was never that interested in the Titanic and I never rented it because I was working at Blockbuster when it came out (it should be a Human Rights violation to have My Heart Will Go On play as many times as it did). I had preteen girls squee!ing over the fact they got a cheap plastic replica necklace for pre-ordering. At least the squees drowned out Celine's wailing.

I've been watching Titanic a lot lately (when there's nothing else on the TV, HBO is almost guaranteed to be playing it on one of its many channels), and what I'm noticing (other than the great art direction) is how good actresses both Kathy Bates and Kate Winslet are, considering how much they both bring to their very underwritten roles.

Compare and contrast Dicaprio's really shallow take on his Jack (was this movie the beginning of the overabundance of Jacks in film and TV?)--he could have done so much with Jack's supposed worldly wisdom, acquired as a starving artist in Paris, but instead all we get is him bleating "Rose!" and "I'm the king of the world!" all while dodging bullets from the evil Billy Zane and David Warner.