Most horrible Titanic movie ever

[Matthew R. Boswell]

IMO, this was the worst Titanic movie ever. There were so many errors.

 

[Bill Wormstedt]

It was made before any serious research had been done into the sinking - even pre- Walter Lord. If they had went to find a book, all they would have found was the 1912 'rush' books - things cobbled together from the wilder newspaper articles of the time.

In all probability, the people making the movie had little interest in the 'historical' side of things. They got a few basic facts, and built a fiction around it. This kind of thing is done all the time.

 

[Inger Sheil]

As I always say...at least they quoted a verse by AE Housman! If that isn't a redeeming feature, I don't know what is.

 

[Kyrila Scully]

There are worse ones. See the thread about the 1996 made-for-tv movie...and this one was made with plenty of accurate information available!

Kyrila

 

[Richard A. Krebes]

I watched the Webb-Stanwyck film after the horrific 1996 travesty just to wash my eyes!
I still say the Webb-Stanwyck one captures the mythic Titanic perfectly, IMO.

Richard

 

[Danielle Gastineau]

My vote is SOS Titanic. I thought it was not very good.

 

[Denise A. Hunyadi]

I agree that the 1996 TV mini series was the worst. The 1953 Barbara Stanwyck-Clifton Webb film was not accurate in its details but did a good job conveying the tragedy, heroism and loss involved. I saw it on TV as a youngster when I was a Titanic newbie and it really impressed me! I think it's still a good story. And...where else can you learn how to do the "Navajo Rag" from a handsome tennis player from Purdue?! ;-)

Denise

 

[Matthew R. Boswell]

I think I saw parts of the 1996 one. Was it the one with the mourning woman and Alice Cleaver going crazy?

 

[Steve Olguin]

Got to love that big sculpture shaped like a heart in the place of "Honour and Glory Crowning Time"

Interesting movie. I'm quite shocked they didn't turn Titanic into a German liner.

 

[Shelley Dziedzic]

SOS Titanic, the three hour version, had a lot to offer. I never met a Titanic movie I didn't like. The casting was right on the money for Ismay and most of the main characters. I will say David Jansen was a poor candidate for Astor -beard and all.Very wooden and unconvincing. Too bad the 2-hour version chopped out some of the best deck scenes including the great sequence when Madeleine was doing a little shopping from the vendors allowed to show their wares. The price on that Irish lace bed jacket was pretty steep! The only bit which did not quite ring true was the Susan St. James and Beesely pairing. The look into steerage was the first time we got a bigger picture of how it might have been in any detail. The scenes with Martin and the steerage girl were so poignant and believable. The Turkish bath scene was also very convincing with the boys gazing wistfully at the Countess of Rothes. When I think of the times, and lack of special effects technology, the matte work for SOS was superb as was the sinking sequence. There was a lot to like about the sets and costumes too. I'm not sure I quite bought Cloris Leachman's treatment of Molly Brown, but most of the legendary figures we wanted to see made an appearance, without having to make up a lot of fictional people and story lines. In praise of this attempt, I would also add it was such a thrill to see the Titanic in color for the first time-for other than ANTR what else was there? My least favorite if I had to pick one would be Raise the Titanic. But for the magnificent score, breath-taking sequence of the ship rising from the deep, and haunting scenes of her interiors and arrival in New York, there was very little to be commended, and huge historical errors, horrendous casting and acting.

 

[Michael H. Standart]

I don't know that *any* actress can ever do justice to Margaret Tobin Brown. The people who best understand her aren't the people writing the scripts. That's why one tends to see the mythic caraciture as opposed to the reality.

 

[Raymond Leggs]

The worst has to be that titanic Cartoon Which i refuse to watch. I havent even seen it and will not see it.

aaND TITANIC 2000 WHICH WILL NOT WATCH EITHER and never had
Now that's bad cinema

Raise the titanic wasnt bad in my opinion.




If I traded it all
If I gave it all away for one thing
Just for one thing
If I sorted it out
If I knew all about this one thing
Wouldn’t that be something

 

[Kyrila Scully]

MICHAEL!!!! I could!!!!

Kyrila

 

[Michael H. Standart]

>>MICHAEL!!!! I could!!!!<<

I suspect that's because you've done your homework. It would be nice if the same could be said of some scriptwriters.

 

[Kyrila Scully]

The proof is in the pudding.


Kyrila