Last night I ventured up to Sandy to see Titanic in IMAX 3D and it was pretty great! I had forgotten how much I enjoy that movie, but it really helped to see it on the BIG SCREEN and see it with more adult eyes..
When I first saw it when I was 13 *gasp* I was sucked into the Jack and Rose romance and their relationship/separation were the reasons why I cried. Sure, seeing all those people suffering didn't help, but I was more concerned with how unfair it was that Rose had finally become independent of her mother, then to have Jack *SPOILER* die. Oh, to be young again.
As I watched it last night, I realized that their story would be very sad if it had, in fact, actually happened. But it didn't! Of course I cried, but I noticed that the waterworks stopped once the attention was just focused on Jack and Rose. I just don't care about the fictional characters anymore. And I don't know if I can attribute that to the natural maturing that has occured in the past years or just that I actually care about the events that took place on that terrible night. I would say the latter, because I have actually become pretty interested in passenger accounts and reading about the ship itself.
All in all, it was a very enjoyable night! I knew when to avert my eyes and I remember now how much I love that movie. James Cameron is a little overrated, in my opinion. BUT I do believe he did a spectacular job with this movie. Was remaking it really necessary? Maybe not. But I sure enjoyed it!
