Anyone see Titanic tonight?

Oh, yyyes, Leo!


*drool*

Heh. I've seen it a few times myself.

The first time was at the cinema with my then-boyfriend. He sat there picking at all the errors (as he saw them).

The second time was after we'd split; his best friend took me to see it again to give me an excuse to cry and blame it on the fillum. I also have it on VHS (yes, back in the day before I got a DVD player) but haven't watched it in years as I can't f***ing stand Celine Dion. Maybe I should watch it with the sound off.

I dated a fella from Glasgow (Stirling actually) that looked quite a bit like old Leo. And yes, he was a total nutter. Pretty and fun and exciting...but completely and totally mental at the end.

So when Leo sinks to the bottom of the ocean I always cheer, just once, because well...I like to pretend it's the Stirling Nutter!

But I do sniffle during that movie because it is so damn high on the mush factor!!!!!

Foinah said:

I dated a fella from Glasgow (Stirling actually)...

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Uh...what? Make up your mind; they're two separate places.

I've always been nuts when it comes to the Titanic. I didn't care a whit about the 'love story'... I just wanted to see the CGI that brought that ship back to life. I was much more moved by her breaking in half than I was by the love story.

scarletpeaches said:

Uh...what? Make up your mind; they're two separate places.

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Right. Born in Glasgow, lived in Stirling, granny in Bannockburn. Happy?

Apparently I found a hot button for Miss Tish.

I may not have watched the film because it had a sad ending but I pinched this track from it. I might as well have watched the film, because I used the track for a tribute to one of my dogs, and it always makes me cry whenever I watch it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ok1aZLPfag&feature=related

Maggie

The best way to watch it is on a very large flat screen television using a DVD. I don't have either. <sigh> I did love that movie, even though it was fiction based sort of on fact. And Leo! Oh, be still my heart.

If anyone's interested in the sequel, here's a peek.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4OnHCRd_4

stormie said:

The best way to watch it is on a very large flat screen television using a DVD. I don't have either. <sigh> I did love that movie, even though it was fiction based sort of on fact. And Leo! Oh, be still my heart.

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The best way to watch it is to switch over to the monster truck rally that's on at the same time with a bowl of popcorn seasoned with onion salt and garlic powder.

Well, somebody's gotta be the guy in here...

I loved Titanic because I love ships. I didn't give a toss for the love story. It was just made up anyway. What about all those poor people who died? That's the bit that makes me cry every time. (and yes, I've seen it I-don't-know-how-many-times. I too have it on VHS)

I laughed as Leo sank beneath the waves.

kalel32 said:

I laughed as Leo sank beneath the waves.

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No! NO! NO!

I've seen this movie many times and I don't think I'll ever get sick of it . . . one of these days I'll just break down and buy a copy! LOL

I love the Titanic story. I love reading books about the Titanic. I enjoy movies about the Titanic.

I have never seen this particular movie and have no intention of ever seeing it.

Shadow_Ferret said:

I love the Titanic story. I love reading books about the Titanic. I enjoy movies about the Titanic.

I have never seen this particular movie and have no intention of ever seeing it.

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If you can manage to ignore the love story, it really is worth it just to see the ship. They spared no expense recreating her.

This really is one of my favorite movies. A friend and I were just talking about it the other day. I did not realize when they first showed the movie to an audience there were animals in the water scenes dying with their owners. My friend said the audience could not handle seeing all the animals dying so they cut it out of the movie.

When I went to go see it (opening weekend with my better half, a major Titanic buff), the teenage girls sitting behind us chatted throughout the second half of the movie, wondering how it would end.

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Nah, K was just kidding.

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Yeah, K and I were the ones in the back of the theatre screaming THE BOAT SINKS AND EVERYBODY DIES! during the first reel.

beezle said:

If anyone's interested in the sequel, here's a peek.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vD4OnHCRd_4

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I love this!


Unfortunately I can't watch Titanic with a straight face any more. I was in college when it came out... Listening to "My Heart Will Go On" from every other room in a girls' dorm for weeks in a row means I now hear it as "The Song That Goes On and On."

And we rewrote most of the story as Titanic on the Roof and performed it at a hall party. Sorta ruined the movie for me!


(shoot, and now I've got the song stuck in my head. Again.)

scarletpeaches said:

but haven't watched it in years as I can't f***ing stand Celine Dion. Maybe I should watch it with the sound off.

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As a matter of fact, it would be enough to turn the sound off at the very end, since the music is orchestral up to that point.

Shadow_Ferret said:

I love the Titanic story. I love reading books about the Titanic. I enjoy movies about the Titanic.

I have never seen this particular movie and have no intention of ever seeing it.

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You're missing out on a good visual story.

First time I saw it was on a plane between Tokyo and Paris. I'm not kidding. We were in a plane and the imaginative leap between sinking ship and sinking plane wasn't too far from everyone's minds. I don't know which sick sicko decided to whack old Titanic in the DVD player.

Os.