Errr........... I am so totally missing the point. I haven't seen "The Titanic" and I have a feeling I also haven't seen the other film it references (presumably).
How did they know his last word was Rosebud? Think about it.. Kane dies, practically whispering the word and then a maid discovers his body! Wells himself admitted they screwed that up badly, but it was too late to fix the error.
I'd suggest reading The Callahan Touch by Spider Robinson, which addresses this plot point in an annoying and aren't-I-a-clever-writer way, but that would mean you shelling out hard-earned money for it that could've gone to taco chips or grout cleaner.
In the original film, the framing sequence is Rose (ostensibly the last survivor of the Titanic, played by Kate Winslet) being shlepped out to the wreck. The vast quantity of the film is a flashback of her falling in love with Jack (Vincent D'Onofrio -- no, wait, Sonny Bono... Nino Salvagio! Of course, it's Leonardo DiCaprio). The boat sinks, he sinks....
... and, as the premise for this trailer, he gets the Captain America treatment and is cryogenically suspended by the intensely cold waters of the North Atlantic, until they find him and thaw him out.
I presume the other footage is from Gangs of New York...?
For what it's worth, I'm apparently one of the few guys who likes Titanic. (See Avenue Q: Kate Monster -- "I love Titanic!" Preston -- "Eh... it was all right.") Yeah, there are a few Abyss moments, and that one dumb window slap (you'll know it when you see it -- and, when you see it, just think the word, "Spock!")... but, overall, I think it's exciting, gripping, romantic, and scary as hell when it needs to be. And Kate Winslet is a goddess.
To be honest I didn't *not* see it intentionally, I just don't go to movies that much since having kids and well... never got around to it. Maybe it's a renter?
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Date: 2006-04-08 10:58 pm (UTC)--Jer
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Date: 2006-04-08 11:08 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-08 11:17 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-09 12:19 am (UTC)Help!?
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Date: 2006-04-09 12:50 am (UTC)The boat sinks.
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Date: 2006-04-09 01:22 am (UTC)The butler did it.
Rosebud was a sled.
Soylent Green is peeeepullllll.
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Date: 2006-04-09 01:25 am (UTC)How did they know his last word was Rosebud? Think about it.. Kane dies, practically whispering the word and then a maid discovers his body! Wells himself admitted they screwed that up badly, but it was too late to fix the error.
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Date: 2006-04-09 01:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-09 02:40 am (UTC)mmmm.. grout cleaner on taco chips...
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Date: 2006-04-09 01:32 am (UTC)Yes. Thank you Tom. I was actually pretty clear on that particular plot strand.
(shakes head and mutters something that sounds like but is not quite "achy breaky heart" - perhaps it is "icy bergy heart??"....)
I give up. ;-)
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Date: 2006-04-09 03:11 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-09 03:56 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-09 03:29 pm (UTC)Okay, Really This Time
Date: 2006-04-09 12:58 am (UTC)... and, as the premise for this trailer, he gets the Captain America treatment and is cryogenically suspended by the intensely cold waters of the North Atlantic, until they find him and thaw him out.
I presume the other footage is from Gangs of New York...?
For what it's worth, I'm apparently one of the few guys who likes Titanic. (See Avenue Q: Kate Monster -- "I love Titanic!" Preston -- "Eh... it was all right.") Yeah, there are a few Abyss moments, and that one dumb window slap (you'll know it when you see it -- and, when you see it, just think the word, "Spock!")... but, overall, I think it's exciting, gripping, romantic, and scary as hell when it needs to be. And Kate Winslet is a goddess.
Re: Okay, Really This Time
Date: 2006-04-09 01:23 am (UTC)And sadly, I'm such a geek for time travel and OOPA stories that I'd probably like Titanic II.
Re: Okay, Really This Time
Date: 2006-04-09 10:15 am (UTC)Re: Okay, Really This Time
Date: 2006-04-09 01:34 am (UTC)To be honest I didn't *not* see it intentionally, I just don't go to movies that much since having kids and well... never got around to it. Maybe it's a renter?
Re: Okay, Really This Time
Date: 2006-04-09 01:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-09 12:21 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-04-09 01:21 am (UTC)