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3.0 out of 5 stars
Titanic Movie, with Catherina Zeta-Jones, Sep 30 2009
The cinematography of this Titanic movie is of poor quality. The story line also is weak, however the costumes are quite lovely.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Better plot than Cameron, but not convincing enough, April 17 2004
I picked this DVD up in a videostore the other day and got really curious. Having seen James Cameron's blockbuster movie from 1997 and noticing that stars like Catherine Zeta-Jones were on the role list here, I had pretty high expectations about this one. But alas, I watched it without being too overly impressed. The special effects are laughable, you can easily tell that the ocean and iceberg is computer made and some of the sailing scenes even look painted at one point. Plot-wise, it goes real in depth with many of the characters and we get to really know what they're all about. We just don't stick to one couple that bore our asses off (Kate and Leo, yawn). No depressing James Horner background music a la "The Rose" either. The raping scene was a bit off the edge but it isn't as bad as people claim. I've seen worse things in other movies. The sinking of the ship was a huge disappointment, we only see images of the people in the lifeboats with a terrified look on their faces and just small seconds of the ship sinking and breaking in two. At this point of the movie, James Cameron does a much better job actually focusing on the ship sinking and breaking in two and paid less attention to the people in the lifeboats.
If you're fascinated by Titanic like me, then this movie is worth checking out but if you also want a great movie experience that makes you feel as if you were on the boat the night of the sinking, then James Cameron's version is the one to go for. Seeing that this was a movie produced for TV, it makes sense they didn't spend that much money on it but don't let that put you off from watching it, you will enjoy it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Not the Theatrical Version but Better!, Mar 5 2003
I saw most of this movie on TV one day, I missed the beginning but I saw most of the movie and I really liked what I saw and I'm disappointed that the DVD is no longer selling and I hope to find a used copy but I also hope they rerelease this DVD. I have noticed that several reviews have gotten this George C. Scott, Catherine Zeta-Jones Version mixed up with the Winslet, DiCaprio version and mixing up movie facts, I'm not exactly 100% sure but I think the ship was only shown breaking in half in the theatrical movie but not this made for TV movie. If you are interested in movies based on the story of the Titanic and don't mind if some parts of the story are fictionalized then I recommend this movie, and you know that parts of the Dicaprio, Winslet version were fictionalized too.
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