The Titanic
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Movie Reviews of The Titanic
Movie Review: Film Review
Summary: 5 Stars
Being an incurable Titanic fan, I have attempted to collect every film made about this magnificent ship. This version of the Titanic promised to put yet a new 'twist' on the Titanic. The sinking of the Titanic is incidental, here, but knowing what is going to eventually happen to the steamer helps run the 'plot' in this on-board adventure.Movie Review: A Decent Rendering of the Story of the TITANIC
Summary: 4 Stars
Having seen just about every Titanic movie out there, I would have to say that it is a pretty decent film. At least we didn't have to put up with implausible romances, such as Jack and Rose. The romantic story lines are kept within the classes in which they occurred, rather than some ridiculous First-Class/steerage romance.
Oddly, the sinking sequence in this version has more emotional impact than James Cameron's version did. Given the low budget, it was well done. There is a sort of starkness that makes an even deeper emotional impact than Cameron's movie.
My main "beef" is the portrayal of First Officer William Murdoch. In this version, he is made to look like a serious contender for "Developmentally-Developed Merchant Officer of 1912! In the scene where Smith tells him that he should have either hit the berg head-on or kept the engines on full ahead. Poor Murdoch looks as if he's thinking "Huh? I don't remember hearing THAT in Shiphandling 101!". Then, in another scene, Lightoller apparently finds it necessary to tell him, "So don't offend anyone in First Class by blowing their brains out." Duh! (More like "D'oh!") Finally in the scene where Murdoch takes his own life, he is shown as being too stupid to even point the gun correctly. One is almost relieved when he (rather ineptly) commits suicide. It's not as bad as the way Cameron portrays him in his film, but not a true portrayal all the same. Had the real-life Murdoch been that stupid, he would have never made it onto the deck of a ship, let alone the bridge of the TITANIC.
I also found the rape scene completely uncalled-for. I think it besmirches the memory of all the stewards who died that night. Tim Curry, as always plays a great "heavy", but he would have been enough of an SOB without raping the steerage passenger.
Still, even with the exceptions noted above, "The TITANIC" is not a half-bad movie.