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Thought I was the only one who did not like Titanic (too long and

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In Reply to: An interesting perspective... posted by Victor Khomenko on February 01, 2000 at 05:23:17:

one should not feel that a movie is "too long". maybe because i was expecting something else more technical or something rather than a boy meets girl 3 plus hour drama without any real complexity.

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Latest version of Titanic was a bust for me too. gjm 15:37:19 02/03/00 (1)
Totally unbelievable characters and a general feeling of a made-for-tv
special.
- It wasn't a total loss, rooting for the iceberg was fun [nt Mart 20:24:02 02/04/00 (0)
No Victor Khomenko 07:35:36 02/01/00 (2)
While I certainly can understand someone finding redeaming values in the Private Ryan (although I disagree with that), the Titanic is totally hollow. It is basically the 1998 (or 1999, whatever...) Cleopatra. It was simply made because it could be made - grandiose and idiotic.
In essence it is like someone with loud voice and no brains - he screams loud but there is nothing in that scream, just the air pressure. It represent the rather regrettable state of the today's Hollywood ability to produce nothing but nothing for a lot of money with good financial return. It is a completely dull and dumb spectacle, one that is surely expected to draw a good crowd, though. Like someome dropping his pants in the town square.
To think that once that place was capable of producing movies with content, message, good acting, just plain fun, for petew's sake!
- Re: No Ran 09:03:02 02/01/00 (1)
  Agreed on Titanic and Private Ryan too. Just the usual big budgets stuff. Sort of like a big merger of companies (really often a merger of CEO egos rather than sound business strategy - I refer only to a few very large ones which have since been or will soon be dissolved - the brokers (read, investment bankers) will make money at the dissolution and at the merger. Not that I have a problem with that of course. I just make sure that I am in the money one way or another.
  I think too often the public falls for hype but hey, ultimately they are there to be entertained and if they feel entertained, I guess they have received what they paid for just like the story that is sold to Wall Street by the company or is it the other way around sometimes. Satisfaction is in perception and perception is subjective and deceptive too. Does it really matter if we lived in or are living in "the Matrix" to borrow from another recent movie (BTW, I liked "Matrix" even though you and many others did not, maybe because I am a sucker for sci-fi and because I am starved of good sci-fi, I will settle for anything I guess).
  Saw the Ronin yesterday as per your recommendation. It gave my surround speakers a better workout than even Matrix. Whew. I loved the car chases too.
  Another flop which I rented twice was Ishtar, just because i love seeing different countries etc. Still it was goofy - the cover on the VHS makes me want to take it home.
  Wish they invested in movies about Africa etc. But then I would not be alone when I went to these countries.
  - Ronin was cool Mart 00:28:42 02/02/00 (0)
    It could've been better if the actors tried a bit of scene stealing playful comradery. The inevitable consequence of such tactics is bigger than life presence whose tension the grips the audience for a couple hours straight.
    The director seemed like he was filming a documentary for PBS rather than an action-drama. But, it's still better than 90% of what's out there.
    Although, I nearly wet my paints laughing during their obligatory "behind the scenes" schtick. The concern expressed about shooting guns in a convincing trajectory when the film used a cutaway view was hilarious. Maybe I was supposed to see this before the actual film. Then, they worried about the case scenes being authentic enough. Is it me, or isn't this film about the interplay among mercenaries as they're forced to depend on each other in an untrustworthy business? These old world gimmicks are just as hokey as CG. Just because these gimmicks are older doesn't make them a classic. Braveheart is comparatively modern & it's a classic.
    Why not talk about Robert De Niro & Jean R�no? I still can't look at Jean R�no without remebering his problems with American coffee in Godzilla. De Niro OTOH constantly reminds me of everything he's done.

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