Comments on: There’s a Titanic Party & We’re Giving Away Tickets

By: Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:57:09 +0000

The Titanic movie is one of my all time favorites. No matter how many times I’ve watched it, I always cry! I recently did a lot of research on the Titanic while trying to win a pair of tickets for me and my son to visit the exhibit. We didn’t win but learned a great deal about the Titanic and some of its passengers. Did you know there were only two bathtubs to serve all of the third class passengers? And that two dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic!

By: Jennifer L

Jennifer L — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:07:50 +0000

My dad and I went to see it a week or two after it had been out, but the theater was still packed. I dragged him to go see it with me since I didn’t have my driver’s license yet. I’ve been a Titanic buff since around 12 or 13, when I first read about it. I knew how tragic a story it was, and was skeptical about James Cameron’s ability to bring such a complex story to life – would it be mostly a ‘forbidden love story’ that would push the larger scene into the background? Thats what I was thinking when we went to see it.

To my surprise, it was a love story but it did remain true to the Titanic’s overall story. I was awed by the careful attention to the details of the ship’s outer and inner workings – it felt like the Titanic we saw on the screen was the same one they had created back in 1912. He re-created the separation of people by classes, how immigrants were mostly third class seeking a better life in America, and most tragically, how the third class were the ones who had the most casualities.

But the thing that got to me was during the ship’s sinking, when the band had regrouped outside to try to bring some calm to the panicked passengers. The lead violinist finally told them to break up and find a way off the ship. But he remained – and the others came back as well. The song they began to play struck me, and I started to cry. They were playing “Nearer my God to Thee”. The same song the band on the real Titanic had played as the ship sank. Such attention to detail was amazing. A small detail but one that could’ve easily been left out of the movie.

Nowadays I really don’t care too much for the movie. The real story is a lot more fascinating than anything that comes out of Hollywood. But I’ll never forget seeing it the first time, and hearing that song.

By: Kim

Kim — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 10:14:43 +0000

Okay, I’ll admit this, I saw Titanic WAY too many times in the theater. I was 18 and just off to college and for months afterward my best friend (who also saw it way too many times) and I would write letters to each other addressed to and posted from different characters in the movie. Yes, really, and I was ostensibly an adult at the time. But in my defense, I was into it more for the history of the picture and much less for the actual story, which I found rather derivative. I had been a Titanic geek since Robert Ballard found it, so that’s really why I went to see the film, and then my friend and I just got into an obsession with it and, well, we’re better now. On a dare the two of us wrote to a few of the actors in the film (none of the famous ones), and I actually got a very nice letter back from Ewan Stewart, who played First Officer Murdoch (and who has been in a number of other things), that I still have. Overall, a slightly embarrassing but interesting experience. My boyfriend and I are looking forward to seeing the exhibit, and he doesn’t have Valentine’s Day plans yet, so this would be perfect!

By: Jenny Whitlock

Jenny Whitlock — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:34:13 +0000

I only just saw Titanic last year. At the time it was originally released I didn’t buy the hype. I didn’t care for how Leo was acting toward the academy and didn’t yet trust Kate Winslet so implicitly as I do now. Plus, I don’t like epics. But when I grabbed it on the dvr sometime last year and watched it just ’cause I agreed that it was a good movie.

By: Billie Fetz

Billie Fetz — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:07:51 +0000

I almost saw Titanic at Tinseltown Theatre when it first came out. We live in Indiana and had never been to Tinseltown before. My husband and I took my 15 yr old son and his 14 year old girl-friend to see the movie. After driving for quite awhile ( no GPS then) and my husband would NOT ask for directions, we finally arrived at the theatre to find that all tickets had been sold. It was a little embarrassing for my son with his new girl-friend in the back seat – actually – it was ALOT embarrassing for him. We finally saw it at Tinseltown later – without the 2 teens along!!! I bawled all through the movie!!!

By: Erica Thomas

Erica Thomas — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:42:44 +0000

The Titanic is one of the handful of movies that I have seen in the theater twice! The first time with my boyfriend (now husband) and then we went back a few weeks later with his mom and grandmother- it was their time to the movies since ET- I thought it was that good!

By: Shiloh Walker

Shiloh Walker — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 21:23:30 +0000

Egads. Well, when I first saw it, it was thirteen years ago… I *think* I’d gone to see it one night with my mom after my guy and I had had a fight.

Was a good girl’s night-those nights after fighting with your guy, hitting a romance, going for dinner, they always make a good girl’s night out.

Since then, I’ve seen it a few times but the first time is the only one that really stands out. I’ll be watching it again soon, though, another first-my oldest is a history buff and she’s fascinated by the Titanic’s history and keeps begging to watch the movie.

By: scott t

scott t — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 20:14:13 +0000

ohh boy… well in ’97 i was like 12 years old. all i know is that the movie was so long that it was put on 2 vhs tapes. i’m also pretty sure that the only part i watched was towards the beginning of the 2nd tape.

i think i’ve said enough about my experience with titanic.