I just watched some of the original 1997 trailers for Titanic, and compared them to the new ones. I started this because I saw one of the new commercials and I thought it seemed like there was a lot more disaster and water rushing at the camera shots than I'd remembered from the old commercials. But after looking at them, I realized something else. The 1997 commercials made is clear that the reason that Jack and Rose couldn't be together was that Jack was poor and Rose was rich, and also, included several shots from the movie that made the point that the rich people had a chance at surviving the shipwreck, while the poor people didn't. The new commercials ignore this entirely. Practically every shot used is rich people. In at least one of the trailers, EVERY post-crash shot where you can see individual people shows rich people. The original commercials made a whole lot of use of the scene where Jack's friend, with a bunch of other people behind the locked gate, shouts something like, "There are women and children down here! For heaven's sake, give us a chance!" which I don't see anywhere in any of the new ones. Same thing with the scene where Rose shouts at her mother, "The ship is sinking, and there aren't enough lifeboats! Half the people on this ship are going to die!" and her fiance sniffs, "Not the better half."
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There was a Salon piece a few days ago about the differences in trailers over the past few years, including the Titanic trailers, though it is more from a film style perspective:
Also: the camera never leers at her, but the girl is a serious knockout. I spent a lot of time just gaping at her.
Ha, me too.
As has been discussed here in the past, there are not-so-secret Hudson Hawk fans amongst the Buffistae.
BECAUSE IT IS AN AWESOME MOVIE.
Saw Wrath of the Titans over the weekend. Amazing special effects in Tartarus . But overall, it kind of felt like the original Clash of the Titans minus the sense of humor. When I saw the mechanical owl in Hephaestus' cave, I had hopes -- but it wasn't to be.
On the other hand, looking at Sam Worthington for an hour and a half is not painful. And did I mention the great special effects in Tartarus ?
Ugh. I just found out that the guy playing Moe in the upcoming Three Stooges abomination is Chris Diamontopoulus rather than Jim Carrey, as I'd mistakenly thought. Why can't actors I like stay away from trainwrecks like this?
This is very cool. A time-lapse video of scenes from Rear Window: [link]
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