How are the other Titanic movies?

Dowly · 07-24-12, 07:30 AM

Besides James Cameron's '****anic' and 'A Night to Remember', are the other Titanic movies any good?

Garion · 07-24-12, 07:45 AM

My favourite version is 'A Night To Remember' It's B/W has no real lovey dovey bits and it's the one I grew up with.

Cheers

Gary

Dowly · 07-24-12, 08:08 AM

Yea, it's a great movie and stays faithful to the survivor accounts I've read.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 07-24-12, 08:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

Besides James Cameron's '****anic' and 'A Night to Remember', are the other Titanic movies any good?

Dowly.... what kind of spelling error you did with word 'Titanic' in your original post?

EDIT: Practical test '<censored>'.

EDIT#2: No... wasn't most logical one.

Syxx_Killer · 07-24-12, 08:22 AM

The 1953 Titanic wasn't too bad. Don't remember much about it. I haven't seen it in a long time. A Night To Remember wasn't bad, either.

The only thing I never liked about the old movies, and it was quite understandable why, is they always show the vessel sinking in one piece. If only one of them could have stepped out on a limb and showed the breakup.

Dowly · 07-24-12, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by kraznyi_oktjabr

Dowly.... what kind of spelling error you did with word 'Titanic' in your original post?

EDIT: Practical test '<censored>'.

EDIT#2: No... wasn't most logical one.

Fecal matter

@Syxx_Killer

Only after the Titanic was found in 1985 did the theory of a break-up become popular. Most survivors
said the ship went under intact.

Oberon · 07-24-12, 09:10 AM

What about 'Raise the Titanic'?!

No-one?

No?

I'll get my coat...

Betonov · 07-24-12, 09:10 AM

Liked Titanic: blood and steel. It aired on our TV in april and I only caught glimps of it. But it deals with the ships construction and the people involved.

Herr-Berbunch · 07-24-12, 09:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

. . . it deals with the ships construction and the people involved.

Construction - that would be the hand-fitted iron rivets that some say were the reason for the sinking. I'm not blaming the labourers, they only did what they were told. And hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Betonov · 07-24-12, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

Construction - that would be the hand-fitted iron rivets that some say were the reason for the sinking. I'm not blaming the labourers, they only did what they were told. And hindsight is a wonderful thing.

I believe it was the iron that became brittle in cold. But then again, rivets were also iron. It was a mistake made by designers and managers.
I'm surprised the whole thing was not built of steel, it was mass produced in those times IIRC.

kraznyi_oktjabr · 07-24-12, 10:07 AM

I watched documentary long time ago where they made "what if" plays. They explored that construction method and while they agreed that it wasn't perfect - it was still state of the art of its time.

What I find interesting (also from that documentary) is that Titanic's original design had lifeboat seat for every passenger. There was larger number of davits and each davit had more than one boat. In addition to those there were collapsible lifeboats in bridge roof as back up (those were retained in final design). White Star Line dismissed that design, if I remember correctly reasons were: 1) it looked bad, 2) those boats blocked first class passengers sea views and 3) it was excessive to what was required by law.

Syxx_Killer · 07-24-12, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Dowly

@Syxx_Killer

Only after the Titanic was found in 1985 did the theory of a break-up become popular. Most survivors
said the ship went under intact.

I realize that. That's why I said it was understandable. Those accounts is why the breakup is such a popular topic to debate on just about every documentary about the ship. How could so many people say the ship never broke up given that it would have been such a violent event? We'll never know. In the meantime, every person on TV feels they have to say something about the breakup, ad nauseum, in those documentaries.

Buddahaid · 07-24-12, 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Betonov

I believe it was the iron that became brittle in cold. But then again, rivets were also iron. It was a mistake made by designers and managers.
I'm surprised the whole thing was not built of steel, it was mass produced in those times IIRC.

It was a gamble to use cheaper iron to cut costs and the innocent paid with their lives. That's not a mistake but a decision based on profits and the unlikelyhood of meeting just such a disaster. Still happens all the time.

Garion · 07-24-12, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Oberon

What about 'Raise the Titanic'?!

No-one?

No?

I'll get my coat...

It's a shame about this film... I love the Book and Clive Cussler stories albiet formulated do take yoo on a rip roaring adventure. He has NOT had any luck with Hollywoods attemps to bring his books to the screen, I refuse to watch Sahara. I mean if they can't get the main character 'Dirk Pitt' right, what chance does the film actually have.

Cheers

Gary

mako88sb · 07-24-12, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Garion

It's a shame about this film... I love the Book and Clive Cussler stories albiet formulated do take yoo on a rip roaring adventure. He has NOT had any luck with Hollywoods attemps to bring his books to the screen, I refuse to watch Sahara. I mean if they can't get the main character 'Dirk Pitt' right, what chance does the film actually have.

Cheers

Gary

I made the mistake of watching it and came close to clawing my eyes out at the absurd ending. Not that the rest was any better.

07-24-12, 07:30 AM	#1
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	How are the other Titanic movies? Besides James Cameron's '****anic' and 'A Night to Remember', are the other Titanic movies any good?

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kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I watched documentary long time ago where they made "what if" plays. They explored that construction method and while they agreed that it wasn't perfect - it was still state of the art of its time. What I find interesting (also from that documentary) is that Titanic's original design had lifeboat seat for every passenger. There was larger number of davits and each davit had more than one boat. In addition to those there were collapsible lifeboats in bridge roof as back up (those were retained in final design). White Star Line dismissed that design, if I remember correctly reasons were: 1) it looked bad, 2) those boats blocked first class passengers sea views and 3) it was excessive to what was required by law. __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

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Garion Commander Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 452 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	My favourite version is 'A Night To Remember' It's B/W has no real lovey dovey bits and it's the one I grew up with. Cheers Gary

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Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,053 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Yea, it's a great movie and stays faithful to the survivor accounts I've read.

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Syxx_Killer Admiral Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Michigan, USA Posts: 2,387 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	The 1953 Titanic wasn't too bad. Don't remember much about it. I haven't seen it in a long time. A Night To Remember wasn't bad, either. The only thing I never liked about the old movies, and it was quite understandable why, is they always show the vessel sinking in one piece. If only one of them could have stepped out on a limb and showed the breakup.

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Oberon Lucky Jack Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 25,976 Downloads: 61 Uploads: 20	What about 'Raise the Titanic'?! No-one? No? I'll get my coat...

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Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	Liked Titanic: blood and steel. It aired on our TV in april and I only caught glimps of it. But it deals with the ships construction and the people involved.