HottWwjdIam
There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
Melanie Bouvet
The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.
Tayyab Torres
Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.
Enoch Sneed
One of the greatest human tragedies/dramas of the 20th Century is wasted in this clichéd, poorly acted mini-series. Why do writers (and directors, mentioning no names, but with the initials James Cameron) think they can do better than re-enacting the truth? Presumably Julian Fellowes was considered a suitable writer on the back of the success of 'Downton Abbey' set in the same era (of which I have seen not one second). If he had any interest or knowledge at all about Titanic it can only have been very basic (big ship, people on it, it sinks, people die). At least Cameron had genuine passion for his subject, Fellowes just gives us a by-the-numbers approach: snooty aristo's? check; plucky steerage passengers? check; immigrants, so we have an ethnic angle? check; doomed lovers... you get the idea.Even worse are the fictitious elements. Italian waiters locked in a cupboard? There were people who couldn't reach the boats, and the first boat was not launched until an hour after the collision, because the ship was badly organised and managed - that is the *real* tragedy of Titanic.The sinking itself is completely mishandled, a confusing mish-mash of scenes with no sense of increasing danger, just a desperate effort to tie-up all the plots which started in the first three episodes. The final scenes in the lifeboats are simply anti-climactic and fill out the running time.Watch this once if you're determined to be a Titanic completist, but otherwise forget it.
kfarm2001
The James Cameron film is a big-budget Hollywood studio disaster/action movie, in which the main characters are fabrications who are not based on historical fact. This television series is a sober and serious drama that tells the story of class conflict and tragedy, based on real life characters who actually were present on the voyage. They are two different things. I was very moved by this version. It takes patience and attention to detail to appreciate the emotional momentum that builds to the final episode. Special effects are not the focus here--appreciate the subtlety of the writing and the fine performances of the actors involved.
tavm
Having been on my DVR since last April, I finally watched this miniseries "Titanic" the last few days with the final hour just now. Because each hour told the story of the before and after from various classes, there were some repeated scenes in each one but with some explanations not explored in one of the other hours. As a result, I found myself moved by some of the characters but confused by others and therefore, not as entertained, or at the least interested, as by the recent re-release of the 1997 James Cameron version, that was converted to 3-D, at the same time as this broadcast, both of which were out in time for the anniversary of that ship's going under a century ago. Really, all I'll now say is if you want to watch yet another version of what happened on that ship with yet another depiction of the ways people acted then, whether fictionalized or not, go watch this version of "Titanic". Just don't expect everything to make perfect sense, at least in my opinion.
Skynet-TX
This is the stupidest film ever about Titanic. I saw it in two parts: the first part started before the ship left England and ended when it started to sink. It could even be good though was a bit fast. The second part was mainly the repetition of the first one with some extra scenes and the ending after Titanic sunk. Less could have been more. They should have made one 120 minutes long film with no repetition of any scenes. The story would have been stupid even if they do so but had been a bit better. It take too much time to show the relationships among the people and for this reason you simply do not care about some of the characters. Watch Cameron's movie instead.
