Probably. I just don't get it. If I had been fourteen when it came out, it might have been different.
Wait. People? She eats people? 'To Serve Man.' It's 'To Serve Man' all over again.
Gunn ,'Power Play'
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erikaj - Aug 14, 2006 11:02:13 am PDT #3497 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Strega - Aug 14, 2006 11:09:39 am PDT #3498 of 10001
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.
askye - Aug 14, 2006 11:18:58 am PDT #3499 of 10001
Thrive to spite them
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.
Kathy A - Aug 14, 2006 11:23:13 am PDT #3500 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
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.
P.M. Marc - Aug 14, 2006 11:42:07 am PDT #3501 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I liked Victor Garber. And the band that went down with the ship.
I hated the movie, but I loved Victor Garber.
Hayden - Aug 14, 2006 11:46:31 am PDT #3502 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I started to write a long defense of not seeing the movie based on what I know about it and what I know about movies that I hate, but, y'know, it's easier to just call me a snob. I'd prefer "aesthete," but they may be the same thing.
Jessica - Aug 14, 2006 11:49:30 am PDT #3503 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
beekaytee - Aug 14, 2006 11:52:55 am PDT #3504 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
And people are bidding for it.
End times...end times.
Strega - Aug 14, 2006 11:55:18 am PDT #3505 of 10001
I think "snob" implies that you judge other people for seeing (and/or enjoying) Titanic.
ChiKat - Aug 14, 2006 11:56:24 am PDT #3506 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I hated the movie, but I loved Victor Garber.
I am Plei. Only good moment of the movie was VG staring at the painting of the ship as she was going down.
The SFX were good, but I'm a character/plot person for movies and astounding effects will never make up for bad character/plot.