The combination of then cutting-edge CGI and an actual, large-scale set that was constructed with meticulous attention to historical detail, worked to bring the famous sea vessel to life in an unprecedented fashion. However, while the practical sets and costumes of Titanic still hold up, nowadays the film's digital imagery is noticeably dated and looks all the more distinctly "fake.
The Phantom Menace is arguably better positioned to benefit from the 3D format than Titanic , simply because so much of the Star Wars prequel is just CGI - and the conversion of digital visuals into 3D is both easier and more natural since the images are already three-dimensional, essentially than the same process for live-action 2D footage. On the other hand: Cameron will undoubtedly make sure the 3D version of Titanic looks as good as possible, and the cinematography of the historical epic is generally speaking innately more immersive than that of The Phantom Menace.
Take that as you will. And she will. It is a mathematical certainty. Its unsinkability perhaps explains why Capt. Edward John Smith Bernard Hill , despite being warned of icebergs, cranked the ship up to its top velocity and left it speeding blindly through the night. Would the captain of any other vessel have felt confident in doing that? In another sense, many of those on board thought of themselves as unsinkable, including the millionaires Benjamin Guggenheim Michael Ensign and the fictional villain Caledon Hockley Billy Zane.
Guggenheim called for a brandy and went down with the ship. Hockley would have thrown women and children overboard to preserve himself. She's shown as one of the few arguing that her lifeboat turn back to rescue passengers freezing to death in the icy water. Here already I have fallen prey to Cameron's storytelling, and have become distracted from the ship's fate by the fates of those on board.
She is the same Rose, known now as "Rose Dawson," who is the old lady, the sole living survivor, brought on board a salvage vessel near the beginning of the film she's played by Gloria Stuart, who was 86 when the film was made, and topped before she died in This elderly woman, with such spirit and old, wise eyes, provides "Titanic" with what seems impossible: A happy ending. It is happy for her, at least, because she finds closure with the recovery of a drawing made by Jack and a final scene involving a famous diamond.
The Roses, young and old, provide a through-line from the day the ship set sail until the present day. She creates the psychological illusion that she's the heroine throughout, rescuing the film from a chronological timeline and providing an eyewitness for the crew on the salvage and exploration vessel.
Cameron uses her as his excuse for an invaluable narrative device. He has the underwater explorers show her a little animated film that will "explain" to her how the ship sank, but actually explains it to us. This device is used all the time as a chalk talk or imaginary sequence in which the mastermind of a bank heist or prison escape explains the plan to those who will use it; he's really explaining it to us, so we'll understand it when we see it.
As if there's not suspense enough when the ship is sinking, we're all the time wondering when it will break in half. Cameron is also not slow to bring the architect Andrews up to the bridge, so he can unroll his blueprints and explain to Captain Smith and us how the rushing flood waters will flow over one bulwark after the next.
The class differences onboard become a matter of life and death. The lifeboats are reserved for first class passengers, and those in steerage are locked below behind sliding gates.
Crew members enforce these distinctions, sometimes at gunpoint; so loyal are they to their employers that, even though they're going to die, they feel no sympathy for their lower-class comrades. In an early scene, it is by sneaking up to the first class deck that Jack saves Rose from jumping off the ship. Jack becomes the hero only because he flouts all class distinctions, a decision that has its roots deep in 19th century melodrama.
All of these matters take place in a ship created by art design, set construction, modeling, animation and miniatures which are state of the art. James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.
Now to those "flaws. There are several scenes involving Jack trying to help Rose escape the sinking ship, and then Rose helping free Jack after he's handcuffed to a pipe in a cabin, and then Jack again helping them to escape. Consider Rose. Of her own volition, she leaves the safety of a lifeboat and dashes back into the bowels of the ship to find Jack. She wades through water up to her waist, slugs an unhelpful crew member on the jaw, finds Jack, and then finds a fire ax to break the chain of his handcuffs.
Plucky, yes? But in all their other escape scenes, Jack pulls her behind him while desperately shouting Rose! As the movie that was both the domestic and worldwide box office champion for more than a decade until another little Cameron film called Avatar came along , Titanic had one of the most remarkable runs in history.
Either way, I expect people to come out in droves to experience what is sure to be one of the most anticipated releases of next year. Check out the full press release after the jump, which includes a statement from Cameron on the conversion.
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