Titanic
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Movie Reviews of Titanic
Movie Review: The Old Titanic
Summary: 4 Stars
I find the old pictures have a higher standard of acting, this CD reinforces my belief. The film is in black and white but this does not detract from the strength of the performances by Clifton Webb, Barbara Stanwyc and Audrey Dalton. I highly recommend this movie to those that appreciate good old fashioned entertainment; without gratuitous violence.Movie Review: great gift
Summary: 4 Stars
Got this for my mother in law. It is what she wanted, so I am sure it is OK.Movie Review: Mixed feelings
Summary: 3 Stars
I've always had two minds about this movie. As a "movie" it's good. The acting is well done, the script, except in a couple of spots, is logical and works well, the photography is excellent, and the special effects- for the time- were well executed.
However, as an accurate account of what happened on the Titanic, it's a dismal failure. However, it was not made as a documentary.
I was excited about receiving the DVD version of this movie, because it included a commentary track. I'm not so excited now.
The contributions by Audrey Dalton (wonderful actress- never got the chance she should have) about the filming and her interactions with Barbara Stanwyck and the others in the cast- plus the crew- are excellent.
The contributions by Michael Lonza about the special effects and Robert Wagner are good also. (Mr. Lonza gets to be a bit of an irritation toward the end because he repeats himself.)
But the part by Sylvia Stoddard- listed as a "Titanic Historian" is awful. She does nothing to clarify the accident and actually gets most of her commentary wrong. This is surprising, since her credentials as a historian are beyond question- having written incisive and in-depth studies of the "Brady Bunch" and "Gilligan's Island." She is also listed as a member of the Titanic Historical Society, an organization with a membership list as exclusive as the Publisher's Clearing house mailers.
These are just a few of her egregious transgressions:
-The reason "Sir" Bruce Ismay wasn't portrayed in the movie is because he was still alive at the time it was made and the producers were afraid of a lawsuit. Bruce Ismay died in 1937 and he was never knighted.
-There was only ONE pair of binoculars on the WHOLE SHIP, and those were on the bridge. The crows nest pair had been left ashore. Actually there were several pairs aboard and the pair that were supposed to be in the crows nest was locked in one of the officer's cabins. Fredrick Fleet, the lookout that spotted the iceberg said that the binoculars furnished by the company were of such low quality that they were next to useless anyway.
-There were no historical sources available about the Titanic when the movie was made other than the record of the two inquiries. Apparently the sources we have available today sprang from nowhere later.
-Smith had decided to retire from White Star, but Ismay begged him to stay on until after Titanic's maiden voyage. Actually, it's unclear whether Smith was going to retire at all, although most historians believe that he decided to make the voyage and then leave the line.
-Ismay was pushing Smith "almost hourly" about making a record passage. Titanic's speed at the time of the accident was just about the same speed that her sister- Olympic- had been making on her maiden voyage.
-She has so much detail about the iceberg that she must have been in the crows nest herself and seen it personally.
-Nobody knows how the ship came to be tagged as "unsinkable." Actually, the reference came from a magazine called the "Shipbuilder" published in 1911.
-She tells everyone that the decision to steer to port was made because it's "traditional" for ships to pass objects on the port side. The decision to pass is made based on location and relative speeds.
-She makes a statement that the movie gets the crows nest call "Iceberg dead ahead" correct, because if the lookouts said "Iceberg right ahead" the bridge would incorrectly interpret it as the iceberg being to the right of the ship. Actually it would have meant the same to the officers on the bridge. If the iceberg was to the right of the ship, the call would have been "Iceberg off the Starboard bow." Fredrick Fleet, the lookout who reported the iceberg to the bridge stated that he did say "Iceberg right ahead."
I'm running out of room, but you get the idea.
If the producers of the DVD had looked a little further they could have found someone that actually knew something- or had at least read a book- about the voyage and the ship.
Movie Review: Historically Inaccurate, but good acting
Summary: 3 Stars
Glaringly historically inaccurate, but an ok film. The ship looks nothing like the Titanic inside or out. The actors playing the famous peoples parts were really poorly cast. For instance John Jacob Astor did not look anything like he does in this movie. He looked like he was in his late Fifty's. His wife that was supposed to be 18 I think it was looks like she is in her late 30's or 40's. The band leaders name was also in correct in the movie as well as a strange edit where it shows the ship hitting the burg on the wrong side of the ship after turning the ship to the starboard side. To bring in the inaccuracy's of what happened while sinking and such is not fair since the ship was not found till 1985. There is more to be said, but Cameron's 1997 film and Night To Remember tells Titanic's story the best. This one is good entertainment, but that is all. Rent it.
Movie Review: A lot of rich people died?
Summary: 3 Stars
The idea that this was somebody's fault has always plagued discussions of the ship wreck?
The captain and crew thought they had an unsinkable powerhouse of a steam ship that produced speeds unheard of in those days of 25 mph.
The company plan was to make a record time on the maiden voyage.
Had the steel in the hull been of any where near modern hardness,
one doubts that ice could have cut through it.
Soft steel, a bad watch and a lazy crew who were enjoying themselves
seem to have resulted in over a thousand deaths.
The reason that it got such coverage is that they claimed it was unsinkable, and many very rich people were passengers who died.
This movie isn't the modern romance, but did have Robert Wagner
as a young love interest.
I didn't like the film much.