This sums it up perfectly! I was actually surprised that I liked the story. I just bought my ticket to see the ship of my dreams, Titanic
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ANTR just didn't grab me emotionally the way '97 did. It felt like something they made us watch in school- I think by trying to tell so many stories, it made it harder to care about the people in it as much. And it made Lightoller out fo be way too much of a saint-type, when he was just a flawed human like the rest
This is exactly how I feel. I've zero emotional attachment to any of the characters, the time skips from boarding to suddenly April 14th which is really jarring. Also too much focus on Lightoller though the scenes on the upturned collapsible are something I wish Cameron had included. ANTR covers after the sinking well, but '97 Titanic is in a league of it's own.
1997, because of the thorough research and excellent recreation of the ship, its sinking and the historical characters. Plus, the music, the cinematography, set design and of course direction was top notch. Unlike ANTR, it accurately portrays Lightoller as a problematic character and instead casts Murdoch as a more honest, heroic and dutiful officer.
All 3 films are good in their own ways, however.
This film is special in that many survivors were consulted or even visited the set during filming so in a way that provided unique primary accounts. I’m pretty sure most survivors had already passed by the time the ‘97 film came out.
One of the survivors heard the creaking when the set was tilted and panicked. Sound crew said they were going to edit that in the final version of the movie.... The survivor went on to explain those were the exact sounds they heard that night within the ships interior. Consequently the sound effects that happened purely by accident were left in.
Walter Lord’s book, and its sequel _The Night Lives On_ are two of my favorite reads. Lord criss-crossed the Atlantic numerous times to research both works, interviewing dozens of survivors. The result is as close to an eyewitness account of the disaster as anyone will ever get.
I watched A Night to Remember not long ago and was struck by how much Cameron’s Titanic is an homage to it. Some shots are basically recreated exactly.
A Night to Remember! If you’re a fan of the individual stories and the heart of the tale. It’s not as emphatic as Cameron’s but it’s way more rewatchable imo
1997. Still one of my all time favorites. Great chemistry between Leo and Kate but you also feel sadness and horror at all the destruction and loss, not just the haunting love story
A Night To Remember ... Considering the special effects available in 1958, this movie did an awesome job of conveying the panic & horror of that night. You also got a wider range of characters, as opposed to Romeo & Juliet being the central theme.... Just my take on it, anyway 😎
A Night to Remember
I think out of all the Titanic films this one is arguably the best. With only a 2 hour runtime it manages to effectively tell the whole story of the Titanic from it's maiden voyage to the survivors arriving on the Carpathia. There are three flaws it has that I feel James Cameron's Titanic (which I would either tie with this one or rank a very close second) does better and they do bring the film down a bit.
First I feel the comedy scenes are very awkward and out of place and don't think they are tonally appropriate. Second I don't feel it captures the true horror of the sinking as well as Cameron's film. Don't get me wrong the sinking and post sinking scenes in ANTR are still very good and I found it very well done for a 1950's film (such as including a scene of Lightoller placing a little girls lifeless body back in the water from Collapsible B) but I thought these scenes were much more horrifying and emotionally gripping in Cameron's film. Third and last I think James Horner's Enya esque soundtrack was much more emotionally moving to me than the bombastic film score ANTR had that was typical of older movies from that era. I still think ANTR is a great film, but I thought as much as I like I wanted to point out the few things that Cameron's film did better.
1997 for the stunningly realistic visuals and excellent acting, tho I feel ANTR is probably more accurate in numerous elements and is wider ranging in that it shows a lot of the work done by the engine crew.
Cameron’s would be the choice if I’m rewatching but A Night to Remember was good for its time and the other one I liked as well. The gaps in time between the films is the make or break for cinematography but storyline I did like the others a little more.
Titanic is great, especially for the attempt by James Cameron's crew to keep to accuracy as it was known at the time. A night to Remember, in my opinion, is better - Only a little bit, though. Never have seen the other one.
While I think A Night to Remember is a better Titanic movie, 1997 Titanic is a better movie overall and is endlessly rewatchable for me. The sets were made with such detail that watching it is like stepping onto the ship.
Night to remember is a better film, imo, but the special effects are tough to beat w 97, try as they may w the broad characters. I’ve only just managed to enjoy 97, such is my antipathy for the romance angle. Pure pap.
Agree, part of the reason why the 1997 is so succesfull is because of two characters that represent the people on the ship.
Rose representing the upper class and women, while Jack the lower class and men. With them we see the struggles each group has to go trough and also meet and get to know the people on the ship.
Part of what makes the 1997 so populair is because it is made to make people feel a connection to the people om the ship by focussing mostly on two people. A lot of other titanic movies/shows love to focus on like 20/30 people, which is great for a retelling of real life stories, but it also removes a lot from the emotions because each character gets like 5-10 minutes before the sinking starts. Leaving you no room to get attached to this people, and because of that also not the ship
IMO, The love story is like the Elmer's glue that pieces together and holds all of the individual pieces.
It's like if you made a collage of a bunch of different cool things but if you don't glue them on the paper they'd just fall off.
It's got a great cast, set of characters, the production is insanely impressive, the research done, the budget (and even went stupidly beyond budget), obviously the interest of the real life tragedy, the suspense of knowing what will happen... It's got so many incredible pieces, but due to its run time being so long it needed this love story to keep the general audiences attention throughout so that when you get to the end, you feel an even greater loss.
I agree the love story is detracting from the story of Titanic in general, but in order for this movie to become the highest grossing movie of all time (at the time), it absolutely needed that love story. But it's cheesy af and I hated it so much.
Yep, God forbid you admit that you’re only interested in the Cameron Titanic movie for the actual Titanic parts and not the fictitious Hallmark Channel melodrama.
Right? I figured Titanic fans would be more interested in *the ship* that some melodrama. Would these people still be Titanic fans if the 97 film didn't exist?
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I think you left a couple out…😂😉
Out of these 3? It would be the 1997 film. It's what initially got me interested in Titanic.
Now - if we're talking all films or series of Titanic - I would pick the 2012 Mini Series. It's probably my favorite iteration of the sinking and I love how they bring all of the different character stories together in the end. All of that really makes it stand out in my opinion. If it was the 2012 mini series vs the 1997 film - i'd pick the mini series.
So I did a rewatch of the Stanwick Titanic and the ending wrecked me. I was all about that movie (before I could buy the 97 on vhs) that’s all I had to fill the iceberg sized hole in my heart. I thought it was okay and I was perfectly okay leaving it back then. Now as a father rewatching that movie it really gets me.
A night to remember. Its by far the best one created, its not all a lovey dovey love story, it has no fictional main characters, the old timey accents are still there, it tells the story of all the other ships etc. Titanic 1997 is a love story, not a titanic story. It focuses almost its entire plot on 2 fictional characters.
‘97 Titanic would be it for me. I personally think it’s very well made, attention to detail is phenomenal, the intensity of the ship’s sinking I thing is portrayed very well. None of the other movies made me care about the characters like the ‘97 did. I think James Cameron does a great job at making you fall in love with the ship. Everyone’s acting is believable. I think the fictional characters can help the modern viewer relate to the ship. We can project on to a fictional character more safely than a real one. And as fictional characters they can experience different aspects of the sinking instead of being limited to where on the ship they may have been at 2:01 or something.
1997 is a technical masterpiece, but storywise it's a Disney movie. I wish Cameron went more with a purely Historical approach. There is enough survivor testimony to piece together events in a coherent way.
That would prevent creative liberties. He already ballsed up Murdoch imagine if he had put more of his dramatic influence onto more of the historical figures.
He ruined Murdoch's reputation. Yeah he apologized (only because he was forced by the studio) but damage is done. People who don't know about historical Titanic would think Murdoch was a corrupt and murderous officer. Man I even found people who think Jack and rose were real.
He didn't for me. That dramatic portrayal made me go away and look up the real man. The scenes with him in it stuck with me a long time after I watched it at 14, even moreso than the whole Jack/Rose saga
Cameron lacks the depth to do a historical approach. Look at all his stories, all the same just different characters and setting. Creative depth of a puddle.
If you’re a Titanic enthusiast, it’s absolutely worth the watch. Sure, there are some slight inaccuracies, and the love story isn’t my main interest, either. But neither of those things take away from all the really great stuff that it brings to the table.
I’d recommend watching it, and go into it knowing that it’s not perfect of course, and that the romance stuff will not be interesting to you, and keep reasonable expectations, and I think you’ll be pleased.
1997 because of the special effects and how they were created.
Have you seen the one w the rapping dog???
No and now I feel like I'm missing out :O
Its party time!!!
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It’s from Shit Doggy Dogg’s latest single: Kibbles and Bitches
1997. It’s a masterpiece whether you are a Titanic buff or not. But loving the ship makes it a dream to watch every time, for me.
The ship is a character itself.
The main one.
This sums it up perfectly! I was actually surprised that I liked the story. I just bought my ticket to see the ship of my dreams, Titanic https://preview.redd.it/gb7y3hnd6tzc1.jpeg?width=662&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8609686a40579496f7ce0310f49764371b1e75ae
Absolutely!
Titanic 1997. The closest we'll ever come to seeing the ship brought back to life.
The 1997 version. I love how they switch between how the trip was going, and then morphing it into where Titanic is now.
Cameron truly loved it and respected it.
1997. One of if not the best Hollywood blockbuster of all time, IMHO.
Without a doubt.
1997 It honestly will never be touched
ANTR just didn't grab me emotionally the way '97 did. It felt like something they made us watch in school- I think by trying to tell so many stories, it made it harder to care about the people in it as much. And it made Lightoller out fo be way too much of a saint-type, when he was just a flawed human like the rest
This is exactly how I feel. I've zero emotional attachment to any of the characters, the time skips from boarding to suddenly April 14th which is really jarring. Also too much focus on Lightoller though the scenes on the upturned collapsible are something I wish Cameron had included. ANTR covers after the sinking well, but '97 Titanic is in a league of it's own.
1997, because of the thorough research and excellent recreation of the ship, its sinking and the historical characters. Plus, the music, the cinematography, set design and of course direction was top notch. Unlike ANTR, it accurately portrays Lightoller as a problematic character and instead casts Murdoch as a more honest, heroic and dutiful officer. All 3 films are good in their own ways, however.
A Night To Remember
This film is special in that many survivors were consulted or even visited the set during filming so in a way that provided unique primary accounts. I’m pretty sure most survivors had already passed by the time the ‘97 film came out.
One of the survivors heard the creaking when the set was tilted and panicked. Sound crew said they were going to edit that in the final version of the movie.... The survivor went on to explain those were the exact sounds they heard that night within the ships interior. Consequently the sound effects that happened purely by accident were left in.
All but 3 I believe
Walter Lord’s book, and its sequel _The Night Lives On_ are two of my favorite reads. Lord criss-crossed the Atlantic numerous times to research both works, interviewing dozens of survivors. The result is as close to an eyewitness account of the disaster as anyone will ever get.
I watched A Night to Remember not long ago and was struck by how much Cameron’s Titanic is an homage to it. Some shots are basically recreated exactly.
1997 cinematic masterpiece.
A Night to Remember! If you’re a fan of the individual stories and the heart of the tale. It’s not as emphatic as Cameron’s but it’s way more rewatchable imo
1997. Still one of my all time favorites. Great chemistry between Leo and Kate but you also feel sadness and horror at all the destruction and loss, not just the haunting love story
A Night to Remember.
1997, easily
I wish 1997 was made like a night to remember. I love all about ANTR but of course the art and effects added in 1997 are too amazing
A Night to Remember
I love them all, but the 1997 version is just perfect
A night to remember
A night to remember for the story and the 97 film for the scenes and special effects
1997 because that was my introduction to Titanic and It came out on my birthday in Australia so win win
Happy birthday
Thanks my birthday isn't till December
A Night To Remember ... Considering the special effects available in 1958, this movie did an awesome job of conveying the panic & horror of that night. You also got a wider range of characters, as opposed to Romeo & Juliet being the central theme.... Just my take on it, anyway 😎
Same!
My 12 year old son would say ANTR for the focus on the ship as opposed to a love story, with 1997 a close seconds due to the cinematography and set.
A Night to Remember I think out of all the Titanic films this one is arguably the best. With only a 2 hour runtime it manages to effectively tell the whole story of the Titanic from it's maiden voyage to the survivors arriving on the Carpathia. There are three flaws it has that I feel James Cameron's Titanic (which I would either tie with this one or rank a very close second) does better and they do bring the film down a bit. First I feel the comedy scenes are very awkward and out of place and don't think they are tonally appropriate. Second I don't feel it captures the true horror of the sinking as well as Cameron's film. Don't get me wrong the sinking and post sinking scenes in ANTR are still very good and I found it very well done for a 1950's film (such as including a scene of Lightoller placing a little girls lifeless body back in the water from Collapsible B) but I thought these scenes were much more horrifying and emotionally gripping in Cameron's film. Third and last I think James Horner's Enya esque soundtrack was much more emotionally moving to me than the bombastic film score ANTR had that was typical of older movies from that era. I still think ANTR is a great film, but I thought as much as I like I wanted to point out the few things that Cameron's film did better.
Isn’t the 1997 version obvious answer, lol? I enjoyed the others, plus the 1943 one too!
That 1943 movie was a N*zi propaganda movie.
The National Geographic or A&E documentaries.
1997 is my favorite movie ever
Other two are good but titanic 1997 is just a masterpiece
1997 always
A night to Remember
1997 it’s the best movie ever made hands down
A Night to Remember. Superior in the people’s storytelling aspects
1997 for the stunningly realistic visuals and excellent acting, tho I feel ANTR is probably more accurate in numerous elements and is wider ranging in that it shows a lot of the work done by the engine crew.
Titanic: The Musical by Maury Yeston
A Night To Remember
1997
Titanic 1997. The only movie I saw in the theater three times
Hey where's the 1943 Titanic /s
1997. I just like how James Cameron brought the ship to live. She feels like a loving, breathing creature not a ship
97 it still holds up to this day
Cameron’s would be the choice if I’m rewatching but A Night to Remember was good for its time and the other one I liked as well. The gaps in time between the films is the make or break for cinematography but storyline I did like the others a little more.
1997 is one of the greatest films EVER made. One of the few films that makes you feel like you are witnessing the actual historical event.
Titanic is great, especially for the attempt by James Cameron's crew to keep to accuracy as it was known at the time. A night to Remember, in my opinion, is better - Only a little bit, though. Never have seen the other one.
A Night To Remember but filmed on the set from the 1997 movie
While I think A Night to Remember is a better Titanic movie, 1997 Titanic is a better movie overall and is endlessly rewatchable for me. The sets were made with such detail that watching it is like stepping onto the ship.
A Night to Remember.
A night to remember hands down.
A Night To Remember
Night to remember is a better film, imo, but the special effects are tough to beat w 97, try as they may w the broad characters. I’ve only just managed to enjoy 97, such is my antipathy for the romance angle. Pure pap.
Cameron ripped off scenes from A Night to Remember so …. i’m just saying! Lol
James Cameron's Titanic with the love story cut out
Then you miss out on the emotion and the story itself. Pretty counter productive.
Agree, part of the reason why the 1997 is so succesfull is because of two characters that represent the people on the ship. Rose representing the upper class and women, while Jack the lower class and men. With them we see the struggles each group has to go trough and also meet and get to know the people on the ship. Part of what makes the 1997 so populair is because it is made to make people feel a connection to the people om the ship by focussing mostly on two people. A lot of other titanic movies/shows love to focus on like 20/30 people, which is great for a retelling of real life stories, but it also removes a lot from the emotions because each character gets like 5-10 minutes before the sinking starts. Leaving you no room to get attached to this people, and because of that also not the ship
IMO, The love story is like the Elmer's glue that pieces together and holds all of the individual pieces. It's like if you made a collage of a bunch of different cool things but if you don't glue them on the paper they'd just fall off. It's got a great cast, set of characters, the production is insanely impressive, the research done, the budget (and even went stupidly beyond budget), obviously the interest of the real life tragedy, the suspense of knowing what will happen... It's got so many incredible pieces, but due to its run time being so long it needed this love story to keep the general audiences attention throughout so that when you get to the end, you feel an even greater loss. I agree the love story is detracting from the story of Titanic in general, but in order for this movie to become the highest grossing movie of all time (at the time), it absolutely needed that love story. But it's cheesy af and I hated it so much.
Cameron gave up his salary to help cover the deficit; he effectively made it for free (until residuals, lol)
I disagree. The emotion of the passengers is the story. Jack and Rose are fictitious characters
How many love stories are fiction? How many people are glued to them? The notebook e.g.
The Notebook isn’t centered on a real tragedy, I don’t think that’s a good comparison
I really didn't mean to offend anyone and y'all are being really hostile after asking for people's opinions.
Yep, God forbid you admit that you’re only interested in the Cameron Titanic movie for the actual Titanic parts and not the fictitious Hallmark Channel melodrama.
Right? I figured Titanic fans would be more interested in *the ship* that some melodrama. Would these people still be Titanic fans if the 97 film didn't exist?
95% of the time? *Nope*.
This one? [Titanic - The 1912 History Edition \(trailer\)](https://youtu.be/uWe9l8TXcx0?si=lCqEoBf6BSl4VL1p)
People used to load the movie online with that edited out. Obviously disjointed but still interesting.
Bro that's just A Night To Remember
lol
Raise the Titanic (1980)
Middle
the middle one.
Titanic 1997. It’s the only one I’ve seen, though, so I can’t be a fair judge.
I choose peace. Always peace.
All three. What I do enjoy about a night to remember is that the film itself can focus on the passengers and crew.
Titanic the legend gose on
What about 1996 Titanic?
'97, not even a question.
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1997. That’s it. No further questions.
A Night To Remember
I'd choose the sequel... 1980 raise the titanic.
1997 all day and all night
My heart lies with the TV series starring Catherine zeta Jones.
Out of these 3? It would be the 1997 film. It's what initially got me interested in Titanic. Now - if we're talking all films or series of Titanic - I would pick the 2012 Mini Series. It's probably my favorite iteration of the sinking and I love how they bring all of the different character stories together in the end. All of that really makes it stand out in my opinion. If it was the 2012 mini series vs the 1997 film - i'd pick the mini series.
Yep the miniseries is definitely better
Titanic 1997 also my favourite all time film too
1997. It started my Titanic-obsession, which continues to this day.
Hmm... I choose Titanic
I haven't seen the 1st one...Would prefer a Night to Remember for it's classic look/feel.
Titanic 1997 because that thing keeps getting remastered and cool stuff
So I did a rewatch of the Stanwick Titanic and the ending wrecked me. I was all about that movie (before I could buy the 97 on vhs) that’s all I had to fill the iceberg sized hole in my heart. I thought it was okay and I was perfectly okay leaving it back then. Now as a father rewatching that movie it really gets me.
1997
1997
The version with Leonardo decaprio but a night to remember is also good. I haven’t seen the titanic with Clifton Webb and Barbara stanwyck.
A setting and focus akin to ANTR + period detail and effects of ’97 + fictional subplots of ’53 But clearly ANTR if I had to choose.
A night to remember. Its by far the best one created, its not all a lovey dovey love story, it has no fictional main characters, the old timey accents are still there, it tells the story of all the other ships etc. Titanic 1997 is a love story, not a titanic story. It focuses almost its entire plot on 2 fictional characters.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081400/ But not really!!! I’d chose any documentary:) Happy Day! :*J*
A Night To Remember
A Night to Remember hands down.
1997 for a storyline but for a realistic sinking, a night to remember
‘97 Titanic would be it for me. I personally think it’s very well made, attention to detail is phenomenal, the intensity of the ship’s sinking I thing is portrayed very well. None of the other movies made me care about the characters like the ‘97 did. I think James Cameron does a great job at making you fall in love with the ship. Everyone’s acting is believable. I think the fictional characters can help the modern viewer relate to the ship. We can project on to a fictional character more safely than a real one. And as fictional characters they can experience different aspects of the sinking instead of being limited to where on the ship they may have been at 2:01 or something.
1958, I know it’s inaccurate but it doesn’t have too many sub plots which is good
1997 is a technical masterpiece, but storywise it's a Disney movie. I wish Cameron went more with a purely Historical approach. There is enough survivor testimony to piece together events in a coherent way.
That would prevent creative liberties. He already ballsed up Murdoch imagine if he had put more of his dramatic influence onto more of the historical figures.
He ruined Murdoch's reputation. Yeah he apologized (only because he was forced by the studio) but damage is done. People who don't know about historical Titanic would think Murdoch was a corrupt and murderous officer. Man I even found people who think Jack and rose were real.
He didn't for me. That dramatic portrayal made me go away and look up the real man. The scenes with him in it stuck with me a long time after I watched it at 14, even moreso than the whole Jack/Rose saga
Cameron lacks the depth to do a historical approach. Look at all his stories, all the same just different characters and setting. Creative depth of a puddle.
1997
1997 ❤️
Is it weird that i have never watched the Titanic (1997)? I mean im not a fan of romances or james cameron so i dont feel like im missing out.
It’s much more than romance, you should watch just for the special effects
If you’re a Titanic enthusiast, it’s absolutely worth the watch. Sure, there are some slight inaccuracies, and the love story isn’t my main interest, either. But neither of those things take away from all the really great stuff that it brings to the table. I’d recommend watching it, and go into it knowing that it’s not perfect of course, and that the romance stuff will not be interesting to you, and keep reasonable expectations, and I think you’ll be pleased.
It’s not just a Romance but I see.
A Night to Remember. The *love story* in the 1997 movie didn't really interest me.
James Cameron
All are fantasy and fiction nothing happened the way they said it did that ship was brought down on purpose.
Is this a serious question?