Titanic 3D
Director: james Cameron
Starring: Billy Zane, Kate Winslet, Leonardo DiCaprio
Details: US/193mins
Who doesn't know about (up until Cameron's long gestating follow-up flick, Avatar, anyway) the biggest film of all time? It launched Leonardo DiCaprio into a level of superstardom that hasn't dipped since, and won eleven Oscars. Why then is it gracing our cinema screens again, when even the most casual movie fan probably has it on DVD? Well, firstly James Cameron has a stiffy for 3D - that we all know - and secondly it's a century since the "unsinkable ship" had a run in with an overgrown ice cube in the North Atlantic. Good a time as any then really.
Centring on the relationship between DiCaprio's peppy lower class passenger, Jack, and Winslet's well-to-do upper class totty Rose, their illicit romance grows on the maiden voyage of the most magnificent ship ever built. Apart from the impending rendezvous with an iceberg they have Billy Zane to deal with whilst eyehumping the hell out of each other. You decide which is worse.
Listen, let's be honest here; Tweneth Century Fox would re-release a George Lucas bowel movement in 3D (and they kinda did... *coughs*Phantom Menace) if they could make some extra clams off of it. But here we have one of the most beloved movies in decades finding its way, once again, to a big screen. It still works extremely well; the effects hold strong for the most part and Winslet and DiCaprio have the kind of chemistry that studio executives still reference as a template to this day. It's still a spectacle and still an impressive one.
All of that said, it's not worth the money to see again (unless you REALLY want to see it in 3D) when you can slap it into a state of the art digital home entertainment system and piss off the neighbours with Leo and Kate's panting. It also clocks in at an arse-numbing 194 minutes; when you've seen a film before, that is a long time to spend in a cinema seat.
Titanic is a hugely popular movie to this day for a reason. But paying top dollar to see it in a cinema again, be it because of the 3D or not, isn't really worth it in my opinion.
Review by Mike Sheridan
Your Comments
FilmBuff76
I recall there being an intermission during Titanic when I first saw it in Savoy 1 in January 1998. Most cinemas can't be bothered to put an intermission on long films (3 hours +) anymore. Anyway, the film wasn't shot or meant to be seen in 3D so I have zero interest in seeing it. Just another cash-in, it seems. Even Cameron himself admitted that he doesn't like 3D conversions!
Posted 04/04/2012 18:45:46
Andy Millea
FilmBuff76, there was an intermission in 3hr+ films because they had to change the reels not for aesthetic reasons, digital has made all that redundant. Anyway I've never seen it, the prospect of having to listen to Celine Dion warbling put me off it completely.
Posted 07/04/2012 12:31:26
FilmBuff76
Even if most films are in digital these days, there should still be an intermission for long films... out of courtesy to the audience and their bladders! Maybe intermissions are out of fashion in cinemas now, but I certainly like the intermission on Lawrence Of Arabia when I watched it in the IFI once and at home too. It makes it feel all the more epic.
Posted 09/04/2012 10:09:43
ShankillDublin
I'm not going to see it until it's in 4D. I want to SMELL the fear as the boat sinks.....
Posted 10/04/2012 15:45:04
cody gunning
are they showing titanic 3D in the diamond cinema navan? and if so would u b able to tell me what time on thursdays or fridays tnx
Posted 11/04/2012 19:38:01
Linda
This is the same as when first came out but still nice to see it on the bug screen
Posted 16/04/2012 16:07:16
manutdman
is this film being shown in the cinema in athlone. If not, why not.
Posted 12/05/2012 13:01:49
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