
It’s getting hot in here.
Since everybody else is revisiting Titanic, I guess I will too. Today on Jacksonville public radio they had on the author of 101 Things You Thought You Knew About the Titanic…But Didn’t. It was interesting enough, although at this point the things I don’t know about the Titanic fall generally into the category of things I don’t care to know. But listeners were lighting up the phone lines. A hundred years later, people still can’t get enough.

Sorry, no room on the door.
That’s not to say it’s the best movie ever made. Far from it. But it’s the best Big Movie, the best blockbuster. It’s one of those precious few where I emerged from the theater thinking my money had been wisely spent. Somewhere around here we have Titanic on two VHS cassettes, but we’d never watch them even if we still had a VHS player. This movie is big-screen only, and definitely not one you want to watch on your phone.
That said, I think I’ll skip the new 3D version. I’ve been mentally replaying the parts I remember best, and so far haven’t discovered any moment that would be greatly enhanced by the illusion of depth. Kate Winslet’s breasts, maybe, but that’s being sophomoric.
In some ways, Titanic is like Forrest Gump: People either love it or despise it. There doesn’t seem to be much middle ground. (Except for me: I liked Forrest Gump, sort of.) How about you? Anybody seen the 3D version yet, or plan to? Have I overlooked a lot of reasons to hate this thing? Finally, who else is waiting for the new 3D version of My Dinner With Andre?
My family loved Forest Gump. My grandson recently broke his elbow playing on the monkey bars. When my daughter called and told me about it I asked her if he had been practicing his dangling.
3D My Dinner With Andre – I love it. You’re on a roll, Dave.
My Dinner With Andre –is a gem of a movie in 2D. I forget that it basically records a conversation, because I have such images of what Andre’ is talking about, it’s so much more. I have to watch every it 5-7 years…