Titanic (Collector's Edition)

If you are a Titanic fan, you must have this DVD set. Order it, and then clear your schedule for a weekend because you won't be leaving the house for a while. Here are some of the highlights: The cast and crew commentary is certainly varied, with producers Jon Landau and Rae Sanchini commenting throughout and then Kate Winslet, Gloria Stuart, various supporting characters and even extras and stunt people chiming in with behind the scenes stories. Interesting to find out about the scene where Jack and Rose are taking their first daylight walk on the deck and Jack confronts Rose by asking her if she loves Cal. That wasn't in the original script and was only added at the insistence of Kate and Leo that there be something more than hearts and flowers in the Jack - Rose relationship. The historical commentary with Don Lynch & Ken Marschall was fun. Cal and Rose may be arguing on screen - but Don and Ken are talking about the historically accurate White Start Line ashtrays on the dresser. Of course, sometimes we are back on a set they've already dissected, so they are reduced to watching the movie and saying things like "I love that line!", just like any fan. Motor-mouth James Cameron gets his own directors track where he tries to give background on every shot: "This is on the set, and then now we cut to models with CGI water; now this is back on the set with green screen and now we're in the tank with models and the boats in the background are CGI, and now we're..." It may be more than most can take for the length of this movie. Still, Jim actually gives more historical background that Don and Ken - he obviously knows his stuff and is very passionate. Breaking New Ground - The Making Of Titanic Tv Special is a good behind the scenes feature, particularly for people who want some of the backstage story but won't be taking the time to get into the commentaries and "pods" where much of this is explored in even more detail. Titanic Crew Video is a hoot - one of the AD's took home video footage of the shoot and then edited it together with some of the movie scenes (along with a few shots from Poseidon Adventure and other old films) for comic effect. Low brow - but funny. (I particularly liked the shot of Titanic pulling out of the harbor with a big "Sink Me" Post-It digitally slapped on to the stern.) Then, of course, there's always The Movie: I realize that there are a lot of people who disagree about this - but I think Titanic is an incredible screenplay. Yes, some of the dialog is inane, and yes, Cal does everything but twirl his moustache (if he had one). But screenplays are not built on dialog. (Case in point - Star Wars. Some of the worst dialog ever written - but still a compelling and entertaining movie.) Screenplays are about structure and visual storytelling. And it's here that Titanic excels. The first problem in writing a screenplay of the Titanic story is this: how do you get beyond the tragic numbers (1500 people dead) make people care about these long forgotten people? Enter Rose, Cal, and Jack - a cross-class love triangle. Their story will show the audience the ship as well as the social structure of the day. (And you can't understand Titanic without grasping the social underpinnings.) The second issue the screenwriter has to overcome is the Apollo 13 problem: everyone already knows how the tale ends. Enter Brock and his modern-day crew. What I love about the opening of Titanic is that you are expecting to see this 1912 story with Kate and Leo, but for the first 20 minutes you are firmly in the present. This tells the audience that, like Brock the treasure hunter, they don't know this story the way they think they do. They need Rose to take them back to Titanic and paint the triumph and tragedy of the great ship. The film is visually audacious - the angles are dramatic and unimaginable. Where previous Titanic movies have shot scenes tightly to disguise the fact that the real ship isn't there - Cameron boldly goes for big helicopter views. Even the close shots have deep detailed backgrounds. Finally, the themes of the film acted out by the characters, are the drawn from the lessons of Titanic as well. Rose begins the story corseted into a beautiful, but narrow existence with limited possibilities. She leaves all that behind in the North Atlantic, and embarks on a life with no security - but unlimited possibilities. On a larger scale, Titanic was that beautiful but strictly controlled society. But, passengers and crew found out that you can't control everything, and the grand world broke apart and sank into chaos. Two years after these events, The Great War would scuttle most of the upper classes of Europe and kill or wound 30 million more. At the same time the rights of workers, women, and minorities were ascendant, so that today it is hard to imagine living under the Edwardian social conventions. Titanic foreshadowed the violent demise of the old order. We can roll our eyes at their arrogance, but we also can't help but be a little nostalgic for the lovely world they created. This exquisite DVD set will be treasured by anyone who wants to immerse themselves in the craft of the actors and technicians, or in the great ship itself.

I recall feeling so strongly positive towards only two other films in my life, after seeing them initially, and those moments were after seeing "Apocalypse Now" back in 1980 and "Close Encounters" back in 1977. "Titanic" became the third and like the previous two, it has remained a definite top ten for me at the very least. While I did not care for the "Redux" version of Apocalypse Now, or the various versions of CE3K, DVD's for purchase which contain all the good parts of both, are available and this particular Titanic DVD adds TONS of extra goodies, making it a must buy for any fan or even semi-fan of the film. And at a great Amazon price. In fact, I did buy this DVD and sent it off as a gift to my sister, who loves the movie as much as me. For all of its hype, awards, and budget (over $200 million), in many ways, this is a very "personal" film from director James Cameron (Terminator 2, The Abyss, Aliens, etc.), and never do the eye-popping special effects (of which there are plenty) get in the way of the very special adventure and exquisite and deep "love story" being told. That utterly and unashamedly romantic aspect, despite what some may think of such a blockbuster "disaster" movie, is at the heart of "Titanic," and it is as powerful, convincing, and passionate, as the actual FX representation of the sinking of the ship, which only begins halfway through the movie itself. Both halves however, stand on their own, and neither is less compelling and involving for the viewer. Add the two together, and what you've basically got is over three hours of absolutely spellbinding entertainment. To see "Titanic" in a way, is not so much like watching a movie, as it is to "experience" the best that cinema can possibly offer. I will not attempt to summarize the plot here (ship sails, ship sinks, okay?), to list various technical aspects of the production, nor even dwell on the historical event this fictional film uses as a backdrop for the story it tells. Such information can be found elsewhere. And what has been said since its release by fans, has not already been said? My only purpose is to present my astonishment in this work, how like the original Apocalypse Now and Close Encounters (and a few other top ten films on my list including 2001, The Apartment, The Music Man, etc.), this is basically just a perfect Hollywood film, frame to frame, and scene to scene. And to encourage anyone who loves this movie to buy this extra-packed DVD goodie. Throughout, director Cameron's techniques seem flawless. It really does seem as if every piece of film, every scene, was carefully shot and edited in as exacting, interesting, accurate, involving, and exhilarating manner as possible. In addition, James Horner's brilliant music (in many different styles to boot) gives virtually every scene, regardless of the content, extra depth, feeling, and romance. Not to mention the great title tune hit, "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. The theme of the song reverberates throughout the film and I'd strongly suggest buying the film's soundtrack as well. The movie is fascinating and completely involving from start to finish and even its three hour plus length is something almost unnoticed. The characters, the suspense, the beauty of the cinematography and sets, the great acting by the leads, and the lavish and achingly romantic triumphs and tragic story themes explored throughout are all first rate. And they only bring to mind just a few adjectives I can only think of when recommending with five stars (though it deserves ten) this masterpiece, "extraordinary," "spectacular," "breathtaking," and simply unforgettable. Despite it all, this movie does one other thing which makes it deserve my highest praise. It brings back memories of my aging, sick mom (RIP), this being the last movie I saw with her in a theater. And my main memory of that is that at the end, both of us clapped out loud, and cried. Finally, perhaps the most astonishing thing about the film however, is the power and almost cosmic taste Cameron gives to what amounts to a simple, old-fashioned (and done before), "love story." Imparting a positive, life-affirming, almost logical/rational attitude on the whole concept of romantic love itself, which is something sorely lacking in so many "modern" movies, the film often takes on an almost surreal tone on passion and desire many times throughout. None of it however, comes off in any way as "preachy" or sugary-sweet and phony. True love and its mysterious veneration for the mundane and ordinary, is treated with reverence, understanding, and subtlety by Cameron in virtually every moment. I have a feeling it will be many more years before we see such cinematic gold like this again from the studio system. And this took the combined power and money of two studios to even produce. However, I do hope that if and when Hollywood (as it inevitably must) tries something like this again, it will remember that the real power behind this particular film, has less to do with the fantastic effects or the obvious money spent to pull this off on screen, and more to do with the story and explicit/hidden, almost philosophical meanings and implications. "Titanic" is, in the highest sense of the word, not merely great entertainment throughout, but great ART. This is a treasured gem, more valuable in spirit than the heart-shaped, priceless blue diamond "Rose" leaves with "Jack" in the end, somewhere at the bottom of the ocean. For its main message is clear. True love is invaluable and "goes on." Perhaps even (wishing my mom luck in reconnecting with her own Jack, and my father in any afterlife), truly forever. A transcendent classic, and an undeniable must-buy for any fan of the movie with a still-functioning DVD player and "soul."

Last week I watched “Titanic” for perhaps the 20th time since its release in 1997. Needless to say, it ranks very high on my “Top 10” list of favorite movies. There’s not really much I can add to the plethora of reviews written about the quality of “Titanic” itself, so I won’t even try. The ratings at Amazon.com, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and Flixster speak for themselves, as does the number of awards the film has garnered over the years. Professional reviewers like the late, great Roger Ebert gave the film rave reviews. I completely agree with their assessment. My review concerns the Blu-ray version of “Titanic” that I purchased from Amazon a week ago. Before last week, I had never seen this film in high definition video or surround sound. (I had only previously owned a copy of the movie on an early, bare-bones DVD edition that was of such poor quality it was almost painful to watch.) So, when I sat down last week and fired up my Blu-ray player and HDTV, and settled into my recliner to watch this fantastic film for the first time in HD, I was completely blown away… It was immediately evident that James Cameron and his production team spared no expense and cut no corners in remastering “Titanic” for Blu-ray. I found the video detail simply astounding from the very first frame! I saw colors that are perfect, images that are sharp and detailed (but with no edge enhancement) and film grain that’s natural but unobtrusive. I didn’t see any banding, crushing, dirt, speckles, or other anomalies anywhere throughout the film’s three hour runtime. This Blu-ray version uses a lossless DTS Master Audio Multi-channel that completely filled my viewing space with 5.1 surround audio that’s completely immersive and life-like. To me, the experience was akin to seeing “Titanic” for the first time! The Blu-ray version of “Titanic” that I purchased is the four-disc “combo-pack” that includes: two Blu-ray discs, one containing the restored feature film and accompanying audio commentary tracks, and the other containing over four hours of special features. Also included are two DVDs that each contain half of the feature film. It must be noted that the DVD version of “Titanic” contained in this set has been digitally remastered, and of extremely good quality. If you’ve never seen “Titanic” in high definition/surround sound, or if you’re looking to upgrade the version in your disc collection to one having the best video and audio quality available, this 4-Disc Combo Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy version is the one to get. Highly recommended.

I’m a Titanic fanatic, and expert I love the movie and soundtrack to celebrate the anniversary of the masterpiece of James Cameron's movie, The Titanic. For 25 years and 115 years ago, the disaster accident is 28 years old for the movie and still a classic and beloved love story. On a new ONN DVD player that I got yesterday brand new at a goodwill to watch last night yeeeepy!!

Having garnered 11 Academy Awards in 1998, a reported production budget of over US$200 million (thus making news headlines in 1997) and earning over US$1 billion in box-office receipts worldwide (quite a percentage of those are due to repeated theatrical viewings), Titanic (1997) has finally been given the enhanced DVD edition many have been looking for. Having "suffered" a mediocre vanilla (single) DVD release in 1999, the title has finally been given better treatment (better film-to-video transfer and extensive bonus materials) by Paramount Home Entertainment for Region 1 or regions using the NTSC video system and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (Other regions or regions using the PAL video system) before 2005 ends. Paramount Home Entertainment will be releasing a single 3-disc Special Collector's Edition (SCE) for Region 1 (US) whilst Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will be releasing 2 editions: 2-disc Special Edition (SE) and 4-disc Deluxe/Definitive Collector's Edition (DCE) for the international markets. On Disc 1 & 2 of 2-disc SE (R2/R4), 3-disc SCE (R1) and 4-disc DCE (R2/R4) The feature film Titanic (1997) will be split onto first 2 discs (as per LOTR Special Extended Edition sets) when the enhanced DVD edition is release during the months of Oct - Dec 05 worldwide due to the limitation of the DVD format. For all editions of all regions, the feature film (HD transfer) is presented in 16 x 9 Anamorphic Widescreen (2.35 : 1) with the usual Dolby Digital Surround EX 5.1 soundtrack, there is also the DTS-ES 6.1 soundtrack included. Hopefully, the part of the feature film on the first disc ends on the appropriate scene for a short toilet/snack break. The bonus materials included in the first 2 discs of the DVD set (Applicable for all regions) are listed as follows: 3 AUDIO COMMENTARIES WITH DIRECTOR, JAMES CAMERON (Run Time 194m 46s) CAST (Kate Winslet & Gloria Stuart) AND CREW (Producer Jon Landau and Executive Producer Rae Sanchini) (Run Time 153m 47s) HISTORICAL LOOK ON TITANIC BY DON LYNCH & KEN MARSCHALL (Run Time 194 min 46s) BEHIND THE SCENES FOOTAGE VIA BRANCHING (Run Time 62m 16s) / Spread over first 2 feature discs. POD 01 - DEEP DIVE POD 02 - UPSIDE-DOWN - WRECK MINIATURE POD 03 - ESCONDIDO UNDERWATER SET POD 04 - TWO ROSES POD 05 - SINKING SIMULATION POD 06 - 1912 - MORPH TRANSITION VFX POD 07 - SOUTHAMPTON FLOP POD 08 - A VIEW FROM THE PUB VFX POD 09 - LEAVING PORT VFX POD 10 - MELTING POT POD 11 - THE MILLIONAIRE'S SUITE POD 12 - THE ENGINE ROOM POD 13 - TITANIC AT SEA POD 14 - DIGITAL PEOPLE POD 15 - THE MILLION DOLLAR SHOT POD 16 - THE BIG EXTERIOR SHIP SET POD 17 - ROSE SUICIDE POD 18 - BIG SHIP SET VFX POD 19 - TUX STORY POD 20 - THE GRAND STAIRCASE POD 21 - COSTUME DESIGN POD 22 - FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM POD 23 - DINNER SHOOT POD 24 - THIRD CLASS PARTY POD 25 - A WOMAN'S PLACE POD 26 - THE ETIQUETTE KID POD 27 - THE BOILER ROOM POD 28 - FLOODING HOLD MINIATURE POD 29 - ICEBERG/DECK VFX POD 30 - BOILER ROOM FLOODING POD 31 - FIRST CLASS LOUNGE MINIATURE POD 32 - SHOOTING IN STEERAGE POD 33 - KATE'S ACTION COSTUME POD 34 - CRANE AS HELICOPTER POD 35 - LIFEBOATS 13 & 15 POD 36 - FLOODED FIRST CLASS DINING ROOM POD 37 - STAGE 2 SINKING SET POD 38 - FAKING A TILT POD 39 - THE SINKING RISER POD 40 - SHIP EXTENSIONS POD 41 - FALLING FUNNEL POD 42 - GRAND STAIRCASE FLOODING POD 43 - MINIATURE HALL FLOODING POD 44 - JUMPING STUNTS POD 45 - TILTING POOP DECK POD 46 - DECK SLIDERS POD 47 - DIGITAL STUNT PEOPLE POD 48 - SINKING VIDEOMATIC POD 49 - SHIP SPLIT MINIATURE POD 50 - VERTICAL POOP DECK STUNTS POD 51 - THE TOILET PAPER SHOT POD 52 - FINAL PLUNGE VFX POD 53 - UNDERWATER GREENSCREEN POD 54 - INTERIOR TANK SHOOT POD 55 - BREATH SHOTS POD 56 - EXTERIOR TANK SHOOT POD 57 - ICE MAKEUP POD 58 - OPEN LIFEBOATS AND THE CARPATHIA POD 59 - CARPATHIA MEDAL POD 60 - THE FINAL SHOT POD 61 - MAKING THE MUSIC VIDEO MY HEART WILL GO ON MUSIC VIDEO (Run Time 4m 42s) ALTERNATE ENDING "BROCK'S EPIPHANY" WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY BY JAMES CAMERON (Run Time 9m 15s) Bonus Materials on Disc 3 (R1) and Disc 3 or 4 (R2/R4) 29 DELETED SCENES (COMPLETE SCENES WITH FINISHED EFFECTS) WITH OPTIONAL AUDIO COMMENTARY (Run Time 45m 57s) #1 - I'LL BE THE FIRST #2 - ROSE FEELS TRAPPED #3 - BROCK'S DILEMMA/ ROSE VISITS THIRD CLASS #4 - ROSE'S DREAMS #5 - COME JOSEPHINE... #6 - EXTENDED SNEAKING TO FIRST CLASS #7 - EXTENDED ESCAPE FROM LOVEJOY #8 - A KISS IN THE BOILER ROOM #9 - WIRELESS ROOM/ THE CALIFORNIAN #10 - HOW 'BOUT A LITTLE ICE? #11 - FLIRTING WITH ICE #12 - THE FIRST S.O.S. #13 - ISMAY PANICS #14 - MOLLY BROWN'S ROWING SCHOOL #15 - IRISH HOSPITALITY #16 - IDA STRAUS WON'T LEAVE #17 - FAREWELL TO HELGA #18 - BOAT SIX WON'T RETURN #19 - RELEASE THE HOUNDS #20 - ROSE GETS A HUSBAND'S LETTER #21 - JACK AND LOVEJOY FIGHT #22 - GUGGENHEIM AND ASTOR #23 - I'M NOT GOING #24 - CORA'S FATE #25 - EXTENDED JACK AND ROSE IN THE WATER #26 - OUT OF THE QUESTION #27 - HOW DARE YOU! #28 - CHINESE MAN RESCUE #29 - EXTENDED CARPATHIA SEQUENCE 1912 NEWS REEL WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY BY ED MARSH (Run Time 2m 11s) CONSTRUCTION TIMELAPSE SEQUENCE WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY BY ED MARSH (Run Time 4m 19s) DEEP DIVE PRESENTATION NARRATED - BY JAMES CAMERON (Run Time 15m 29s ) TITANIC CREW VIDEO (Run Time 17m 26s) A SHIP'S ODYSSEY (THE TITANIC CREW VIDEO) SHIP'S TOUR MONTAGE WITH OPTIONAL COMMENTARY BY ANDERS FALK (Run Time 7m 33s) VIDEOMATICS AND VFX (Run Time 8m 38s) VIDEOMATICS INTRODUCTION SINKING SEQUENCE DEEP DIVE VFX SHOT BREAKDOWN: "ENGINE ROOM" VFX HOW-TO FOR "I'M FLYING" VFX HOW-TO FOR "FIRST CLASS LOUNGE" TITANIC SINKING SIMULATION STILL GALLERIES TITANIC SCRIPTMENT STORYBOARD SEQUENCES PRODUCTION ARTWORK PHOTOGRAPHS KEN MARSCHALL'S PAINTING GALLERY BY THE NUMBERS BIBILOGRAPHY BREAKING NEW GROUND - THE MAKING OF TITANIC TV Special (Run Time 42m 50s) TITANIC FEATURETTES - ELETRONIC PRESS KIT (Run Time 18m 10s) NEWSPOD #1: STORY FOCUS NEWSPOD #2: ACTOR FOCUS NEWSPOD #3: BUILDING THE SHIP NEWSPOD #4: POPULATING THE SHIP NEWSPOD #5: SINKING THE SHIP NEWSPOD #6: JAMES CAMERON FOCUS NEWSPOD #7: DEEP DIVE FOCUS CONCEPT POSTERS AND ONE SHEETS Bonus Materials Exclusive to 4-Disc (R2/R4) Release - Not Applicable for Region 1 Release HBO FIRST LOOK THE HEART OF THE OCEAN (Run Time 27m 30s) TITANIC IN 30 SECONDS WITH BUNNIES (Run Time 0m 47s) MTV MOVIE AWARDS TITANIC SKIT (Run Time 4m 21s) TITANIC (1997) S.E. - EASTER EGG - SNL SKIT WITH BILL PAXTON AND JAMES CAMERON (Run Time 4m 47s) TRAILERS & TEASERS IN WIDESCREEN OR FULL FRAME (Approximately 25 minutes) TITANIC TV SPOTS IN FULL FRAME (Run Time 5m 26s) DESTINY OPPOSITE WORLDS KNOW THE LEGEND NOTHING YOU EXPECT HEART WILL GO ON SEE IT AGAIN:15 HONORED TITANIC - SINKING SIMMULATION RTLT TV SPOT - GERMAN SOUND QUALITY 2-DISC SET - 2.0 / 5.1 / 6.1 DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND WITH DTS 3-DISC SET - 2.0 / 5.1 / 6.1 DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND WITH DTS 4-DISC SET - 2.0 / 5.1 / 6.1 DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND SOUND WITH DTS PICTURE QUALITY 2-DISC SET - WIDESCREEN ANAMORPHIC 2.35:1 3-DISC SET - WIDESCREEN ANAMORPHIC 2.35:1 4-DISC SET - WIDESCREEN ANAMORPHIC 2.35:1

No induction needed love this movie 4k highly recommended

I have just gotten this on DVD after having the VHS tape. The DVD adds a lot to the movie's rich look. I've always thought that the movie was miscast. I can never see Bill Paxton without remembering the scene in the movie where he was such a piece of crap character and got so scared he peed on himself. He just isn't a good actor. I've seen him in several movies and he just isn't a good actor. Sounds too fake no matter what he says. If he hadn't been a good friend of Camerons I don't think he'd have been cast. I also don't care for the casting of Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack. If they were going to use Kate Winslett who does a really good job, then they should have cast a man who was bigger than she is. In their scenes together her head is larger than his. She is apparently a big woman. And, he looks like a 15 year old kid. In the first parts of the movie her makeup, especially her lipstick, is very distracting. High class women in that period of time did not wear dark lipstick or any lipstick at all. She is actually a pretty woman but the makeup is garish. The first time I saw this movie on VHS I was very disappointed in everything about it. But, it look better on DVD and is more enjoyable. The fact that they hint that she and Cal have already been sleeping together just isn't believable. A well bred girl who was trying to marry money would never have given away samples so to speak. They certainly made Cal despicable. His only saving grace was that he did apparently love Rose or was obsessed with her. Other than that he was painted as the worst cad imaginable. I saw no purpose in the last scene where the old Rose throws the diamond into the sea. She apparently needed money badly so why didn't she sell it in order to get a new start. Things like that can be handled discreetly. The diamond had no real significance regarding the romance she had with Jack. Didn't make sense for her to hold on to it for all those years then throw it into the sea. The least she could have done after he had arranged for her visit back to the Titanic site and listened to her story would have been to maybe slip it into his pocket before she left the ship. Now,, THAT would have been a good ending. I liked the part at the end where she believes she is meeting Jack on the stairs again. Through out all their scenes together Kate simply carries DiCaprio along with her. She is a tremendous actress. I was glad to see how her love and passion for him made her go back into the bowels of that sinking ship to rescue him. I believed her - that she was doing it. Anyway, it's a good movie of it's type. Of course, I've seen many movies about Titanic and the sinking of it. This sinking may be a bit prolonged. It seemed to last on the screen as long as it did in real life. That was the best Molly Brown I've even seen in a Titanic movie. What an actress she is. If you haven't seen it - and I can't believe that there is anyone who hasn't, then get it and look at it.

For the product itself, that is, the DVD, it was perfect, BOTH of them! I ordered a used one, and it took too long so I ordered a new one. They both came, and so far I've played only the used one! That a DVD is good is not much of an issue. The bigger issue is the movie, that is, the story. I got interested in the movie because of some YouTube videos of James Cameron going to the wreck of the Titanic and elsewhere to the bottom of the ocean, especially the Challenger Deep, about 7 miles down, the deepest part of the ocean. Then I decided to watch his movie 'Titanic' again! Well, the movie had enough in it on the actual ship, the weaknesses in its design, and the mistakes in its operation. Okay, got that, but it took only maybe 10% of the time of the movie. Next the movie was a story about the strong class differences between first and third class. Okay, the first class eats rare lamb with mint sauce for lunch and caviar with champagne for dinner! Next, get to see something of the style and mannerisms of rich/royal people then. The few times I've been in a yacht club dinning room, the style and mannerisms are still in force. Next the movie is a love story between a surprisingly bright third class boy, Jack, and a gorgeous but scared, confused, and frustrated first class girl, Rose, already engaged to a son, Cal, of the wealthy owner of a Pittsburgh steel company. The first class sex role differences are really strong: The men are concerned with business and politics as it affects business, and the women are wildly over dressed, cared for, and limited to narrow, empty versions of social small talk and gossip. Rose is afraid, terrified, of the "inertia" of her life that is pushing her beyond her control into the emptiness of the first class female roles. In particular she is terrified of the power of her future husband Cal. He's actually a pretty nice guy, adores Rose, but has zero insight into her fears and other emotions. If she would just go along with the established wife's role, then he wouldn't need insight. She didn't have to be afraid: She COULD have played the empty role some times and done interesting things other times. And the story had a woman who punctured the role, Molly Brown, a new-rich woman from the US West, Rose could have used as an example and/or tutor. So, in a peak moment of fear and frustration, Rose decides to jump off the back of the ship. As she is outside the railing ready to jump, Jack sees her and talks her back. They have a friendship. He has some, not a lot, of good insight into Rose's problems, and that comforts her. They have a fast love affair. She decides that when the ship reaches NY, she will exit the ship with Jack. The ship sinks, and Jack dies of the cold water. Rose lives from being on top of some floating wood and being picked up by the rescue efforts pulled in by wireless SOS calls a little before the ship sank. Cal also lives, on the rescue ship looks for Rose. She sees him, ignores him, and he doesn't see her. She was REALLY afraid of the rich life style! Cal was really slow on the uptake! With her love affair with the boy, she was REALLY eager to give up financial security and jump into poverty. The love affair was a bit of a strain to believe, but I've seen some women that were that mixed up! But the costumes, sets, music, acting, directing, computer animation are all so good it is very good story telling!

Recebi um produto diferente do anunciado, porém fui bem atendido, devolvi o produto e eles me enviaram o produto correto. O produto em si chegou sem alterações, de excelente qualidade e conforme anúncio.

1997 vsn of Titanic reissued again in 4K UHD this time U.S Distributor 20th century Fox made a big effort to give the film a new 4k make over Looks incredible 5 5 5 times better upgrade than standard 1980p HD amazon's product info on the new 4k blu-ray set is confusing so heres the truth details Disc 1 is 4K UHD transfer of the 3hr Theatrical cut so you need an actual 4K player for the Disc to work i don't own a 4k player so can't comment on the Picture quality theres is another 2 discs inside the plastic case thou. 2 blu-ray Discs Disc 2 is the standard 1080P 2:35:1 HD transfer of the 3hr Cut this new reissue has been given new 4k restoration supervised by Jim Cameron and i tell you the picture quality does look amazing quality 5 times more sharper than standard 1980P prob' give 9.8/10 PQ it look that amazingly sharp/clear plus excellent colour restoration sound quality is excellent aswell new 7.1 master mix plus 5.1, 2.0 mixes aswell BONUS EXTRAS are the usual Audio commentary tracks carried over from the older dvd release plus Audio setup, scene selection, Language options etc Disc 3 has all the Bonus extras, i mean over 10 hrs worth of bonus extras has all the older dvd extras plus the 2012 Blu-ray reissue bonus extras one of them is the REFLECTIONS OF TITANIC featurette and many others added lots of making of featurettes, over 1hr of Deleted scenes/extended scenes in HD quality plus all the older archive behind the scenes footage in HD quality aswell plus Teaser trailer, many vsns of TITANIC Theatrical trailer's plus Stills Photo Gallery plus TITANIC skits plus a new filmed 2023 retrospective featurette with Jim Cameron, Kate winslet & many others Jim cameron made sure all the extras were carried over so you can spend all day watching so much bonus content all 3 Discs are ABC coded so will play worldwide 5 stars for sure

** HOW GOOD IS THE BLU-RAY DISC TECHNICALLY? The image on my modest 32-inch widescreen is clear but not huge. However, the quality of the rendering in this blockbuster is so good that it is due to the rendering possessing a much wider palette of colours, brightness, and contrast levels, and topped off with great sound mixes. In fact, I thought, at the time, there was a fault with the Blu-Ray device, as it was like comparing chalk and cheese in quality terms when comparing this Blu-ray to the DVD and DVD player I previously used. This film was my first encounter with the Blu-ray format on a second-hand Sony player. This idea that the DVD quality was the reference continued until I realised how superior and different this Blu-ray copy is by possessing these attributes, and how really good it looks even on my standard quality, wide-screen, typical telly. The usage of wooden panels on the set coloured this Blu-ray, and was a more delicate image colour quality than i saw on the DVD edition. The quality of the Blu-ray is held back a bit by my ordinary telly. I have seen my sister's TV, and it is of much better quality, and these discs would be even more improved with a better set. ** ERRORS IN THE STORY SETTINGS? I have met casual viewers of this movie who say that its recreation of the event is full of inaccuracies. And that 'A Night to Remember' is more accurate. They are, I.m.h.o. Both are mostly accurate to each other and to several points. At the time I saw it first, I bought seven books from Amazon about the Titanic and read each at least twice. Overall, its retelling is accurate. *MAJOR ERROR IN THE FILM The major possible error is that the ship would not have been beyond 23 degrees from the horizontal, as its keel would break. This was in a program I watched on Channel 4 a while ago. And this American TV station paid $4k to have the shipyard designers accurately create the Titanic parameters in CAD and test its performance on a computer. * SMALLER ERRORS The other error is that when Jack wins the card game, he boards the R.M.S. Titanic at noon. The last time a person could, in reality, board the ship was actually 11:15. Another small part, some people suggest, is another error in the film's depiction of the film is when the sailor is instructed to turn the ship. He's instructed to turn the ship to the starboard (right), but turns the wheel to the port (left). All ships before 1928 had this somewhat counterintuitive way of steering. Another error is when Officer Will Murdock shoots two people and himself. This wasn't true, although it was due to its sources being bogus. Being based on anti-English propaganda from the Irish in Eire at the time. Another fact that is accurately shown, but others say is not true, is that the sinking in the ocean around the ship has no waves. Amazingly, the earlier part of the sinking was so gradual that it allowed plates to float off tables. The lack of waves was unique in the calm of the ocean. The crew even said they had '...never seen such a flat calm. Like a mill pond.' Jack says he was ice-fishing close to Chippewa Falls (Wisconsin). This was only built in 1917. The Titanic sank in 1912 The flares of ships were not standardised. The colours meant different things, depending on the line of the ship it belonged to. The outrageous idea is that when Jack and Rose go on C deck after having sexual relations, and they interest the men in the crow's nest, Fredrick Fleet and he lose night-sight acuity. And take several more seconds to recognise the faint image of the oncoming iceberg. And that Jack and Rose are the reason the ship hit the iceberg and sank! ** BRIEF BACKGROUND FACTS NOT MENTIONED IN THE FILM, BUT HAVE A BEARING ON THE SINKING OF THE R.M.S. TITANIC The ships in the White Star Line had names ending in 'ic'. Such as Britannic, Olympic, and of course, the Titanic. The R.M.S. is 'Royal Mail Ship', as it involved taking post both to and from the U.S.A. for $50k a year. Titanic's home port was Liverpool, UK and not London, as seen on some items on sale. It was also granted a tax break by the U.K. government, which stipulated that, in the event of a war or conflict, it would be commandeered by the armed forces and used as a troop ship. The wage of a waiter or seaman at the time was £5 a month. The wage of the captain of the Titanic, E. J. Smith, was £300 a year. The musicians on the Titanic committed to memory over 330 pieces of music. This is an equivelent of a master's degree in complexity, a technical topic. There was a coal strike, and the Titanic needed to buy coal from several ships around it. This ship was the last major ship to use coal. All later ships following this used crude oil. The radio wouldn't work. So it was stripped down and rebuilt in 24 hours. The radio was tested and was powerful enough to both reach and receive from Cairo, Egypt. If it had not been fixed, then the wreck would have been a total loss of crew and passengers, with no records of what went on. The reason why the radio was promoted so heavily as a security measure by White Star is that, before this incident and a few years prior, the ship RMS Carmania (1907) was crossing the Atlantic when it struck an iceberg. This time was head-on. Crunching the bow by 17 feet. But their radio called other ships. This saved all the crew and passengers, and no fatalities. This was a reason why the 'unsinkable' ship myth was strengthened. R.M.S. Titanic no longer required more lifeboats. The Titanic was the last ship to use manually powered methods to lower lifeboats. All major ships after this used electric motors to lower lifeboats into the ocean. * SPEED AND DESIGN The fastest ship at the time was Maritainia, as it could reach 27 knots. And its power-to-weight ratio was in its favour. It was smaller than the Titanic. The Titanic could reach 22 knots. The Titanic was a bigger and heavier ship. But slower. The third class of the Titanic was equal to other ships' second class * COAL BUNKER FIRE. However, the remaining main catalyst, not mentioned in the film, of the sinking is that a coal bunker was spontaneously burning and superheating the side of the ship. This extreme heat and very cold ocean water really stressed the ship's hull, which was made of Siemens-Martin formula steel. The stokers let others know of this. But this was common, as coal can spontaneously start burning. Photographs taken of the exterior of the ship while in Northern Ireland show this in the discolouration of the hull on the outside of the related coal hopper. This, retrospectively, is the major reason for the weakened hull to fail in the collision with this ship and the iceberg. Under examination by the ship investigators of the Titanic hull, the actual summation area of the damaged plates spread along the side of the hull, which allowed the ocean water inside the ship to be a total area of only 12 square feet. It's stripped rivets and buckled plates, spread over 300 feet of the ship's skin and not a big gaping hole as previously thought. * SOUTHHAMPTON DEPARTURE INCIDENT When the R.M.S. Titanic's engines started at exactly noon, off in Southampton Harbour, they had so much force that it almost caused the S.S. New York to hit the Titanic. There was a comment that the third-class passengers were locked below by White Star, stopping their progression to the lifeboats. These were actually policies instigated by Ellis Island immigration in New York for the control of the spread of any contagion. And not an inhumanity crime carried out by White Star workers. The film, overall, was the best they could do at its time of creation. The sailor in the crow's nest of the Titanic, Fredrick Fleet, was the first to see the iceberg and said exactly as seen on the screen, "Iceberg right ahead." He survived. And helped with the inquiry into the disaster.. Then had a long career in shipping. He became suicidal in 1964 as he blamed himself for not seeing the iceberg obstacle sooner. This is the so-called curse of the Titanic. * THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SINKING OF THE R.M.S. TITANIC The Board of Trade investigated the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic. It investigated the Board of Trade itself. The lead investigations by Lord Mersey. Not surprisingly, it found itself not responsible. The then Board of Trade code for shipping linked the lifeboats to the smaller size of shipping and had not caught up with the growth in super-sized shipping. It did not specify the capacity of the ships for each of the passengers and crew. And the Board of Trade largely, and falsely, blamed the ship S.S. Californian's captain, Lord, for the loss of life in the sinking of the Titanic. It was called a whitewash in the press. He, Lord, was a responsible captain and didn't try to move the ship at night in the ice field, and the lack of a 24-hour watch on the radio was the policy of most shipping at the time. Several decades later, there has been much interest in the strange weather phenomena of inverted air temperature causing light to bend beyond the visible horizon. So the ship was much further away than estimated at the time. * THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE SINKING ON THE WIDER WORLD. The whole story was totally international and one of the first of its cosmopolitan spread. At least 60 languages were spoken on the ship by the passengers. The sheer number of people makes it hard to distribute information to the crew. The chain of command was chaotic. The number of lifeboats was out of sync with the superliners. The number of countries with individual laws and different standards made for gridlock in controlling these issues. The Board of Trade tried to blame individuals when the real culprit was these international out-of-sync laws and standards. ** There are features on the other disk in this set. The two big ones feature a diagnosis of what happened to the ship and how it sank. These were very interesting to view on their own. ** SEEING THE MOVIE IN THE CINEMA I saw this movie in the cinema at its original showing three or four times. The audience was upset at the scenes, and I heard people, both men and women, around me crying. The people who see it now will not admit to this ever taking place! And its effect doesn't make me cry now. I am less moved by this movie now, too. On the hundredth anniversary of the sinking in 2012, I saw the 3D version of Titanic on the big screen. I was the only attendee! The 3D version is good stuff. It's used heavily up to the middle of the film, and less towards the latter parts. I would have thought and expected the sinking in 3D would be spectacular. But it was not applied at this point in the movie. ** IS IT WORTH SEEING THE RECOVERED ARTIFACTS FROM THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC? If you like or love this movie, and if you ever have the time to view the artefacts retrieved from the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic, I recommend you go. My brother wasn't going to see it, but his friends said it's once in a lifetime. So he drove both of us, and I paid for myself and my brother at £17.50 each. To see the retrieved ruins is a privilege and an honour. As it turned out, my brother, who's not keen on the film, touched the 'Big Piece', a 15-ton piece of the hull, for over a minute and was still as if spellbound.

Transcrissão para o 4K muito boa, pena não ter legendas em português.

Despues de leer comentarios muy positivos sobre la conversión a 3D, me decidí a comprarla para comprobarlo y efectivamente, James Cameron se lució con esta versión de Titanic, parece como si hubiese sido filmada en este formato (igual que la de Jurassic Park 3D), y lo mejor es que utiliza el Aspect Ratio 1.78:1 (lo que significa que llenará toda la pantalla sin las molestas franjas negras, que lamentablemente en su versión de blu-ray normal sí aparecen las franjas por su Aspect Ratio 2.39:1 cinemascope). Sin duda es una experiencia nueva el disfrutar nuevamente este éxito del cine en los 90's su edición 3D, recomendada.