The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.
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It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.
The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.
The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
A far more definitive, if slightly less emotional re-telling of the sinking of the Titanic than the huge James Cameron version.Obviously the special effects are several generations behind those in the new film, and there's very little character development. The film, focuses instead on an almost documentary like overview. But that approach feels both more telling and more real. Also, some of the most dramatic and tragic parts of the real story -(spoiler ahead)like the presence of a boat a mere 10 miles away that simply didn't understand what was happening to their neighbor at sea - are included here and not in the recent version. It has really stuck with me.
Things being what they are, you can't look at a movie about the Titanic without comparing it to James Cameron's film (nor can you be blamed for doing so; that movie's a cultural behemoth and defined the sinking for a generation). And even though "A Night to Remember" can't compete with Cameron's huge spectacle, that's just fine; it's not supposed to. This movie covers the territory very well without feeling drawn out. More importantly, you find yourself gradually getting sucked in only to be hit in the solar plexus by a simple line or the image of a piece of furniture crashing into a stack of child's building blocks. Instead of a love story, it's the earnest performance from Second Officer Kenneth More, and the movie pays much more attention to the class division among the passengers and the unsinkable reputation of the ocean liner.And I love that, in the final moments of Titanic's lifespan, it's really about mourning the loss of such an illustrious vessel (complete with an uplifting afterword). I didn't expect to shed a tear, and this is a find movie indeed.8/10
So I have seen my fare share of Titanic films that I didn't like. I wasn't too fussed on the James Cameron Titanic and there are 2 others that I have seen which are just downright insulting (one of which is on the Bottom 100). I decided to give this a watch because it was considered one of the best Titanic movies. Is it deserving of such a reputation? Well I haven't seen that many Titanic adaptations myself but I did enjoy this.First of all, unlike most reviews. Here I will not say the plot. Why? Because I'm sure everyone would know it. Because from what I've heard this keeps true to all the historical facts at the time. With that being said there are a few problems with this movie.My biggest problem with this movie is the attitude of the passengers. I know they thought it was unsinkable but that's as far as it goes with their attitude. They think it's unsinkable while it's sinking. If there was just a few complaints about waking them at a late hour in the night then I might understand it a little bit more but this? Even though they do panic later some of what happens earlier is almost laughable.Although to be fair, while that is going on I do like some of the scenes. The scenes with the sailors and people working in the Titanic when they're being told it was going to sink and there weren't enough lifeboats. Those scenes are actually pretty sad to watch. As are some of the final sinking scenes such as a boy getting lost and not being able to find his parents.So, is this worth watching? In my eyes it certainly is. This movie is actually very well made in most respects. If you want to watch it then I would recommend it.
THE GREATEST TITANIC FILM OF ALL TIME, and that's all I need to say. For those who have been obsessed with the Titanic for more than a decade, like me, or for those who want to know what really happened on the night of April 14-15, 1912, without having to watch pathetic love stories or listen to corny Celine Dion songs, 'A Night to Remember' is a film that absolutely must be seen, by everyone. It pays more attention to realism and the individual, fascinating true stories of those who were there, and looks very closely at the causes of the disaster, such as the reason for the infamous lack of lifeboats, the failure to deliver ice warnings to the bridge by the Marconi wireless operators, the fact that passengers actually REFUSED to enter the lifeboats and escape the ship until the very end, and the truly gruesome end that awaited the over 1500 passengers and crew who failed to leave the Titanic in time. For those who care about history and humanity, here is the TITANIC, the way it really happened, and the way it should always be remembered.
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