tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post644249538062473202..comments2024-03-24T20:15:00.996-04:00Comments on Critic After Dark: Two 'Titanic' filmsNoel Verahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-81519595492461956932010-06-22T20:55:45.538-04:002010-06-22T20:55:45.538-04:00"The Rose & Jack story is a symbolic clas..."The Rose & Jack story is a symbolic classic. Why else would it appeal to the mass collective?"<br /><br />Because two major studios sank $200 million into it, and no way are they going to let their investment sink into the Atlantic?<br /><br />Because 'the mass collective' (do lemmings make brilliant decisions?) like their stories simpleminded and sentimental?<br /><br />"Rose & Jack followed their own inner intuitive sense of personal integrity"<br /><br />Yeah, thrill rides and extreme sports. Very selfless, very spiritual, very un-materialistic (Know the cost of a scuba outfit? Of your own plane? Of a trek up Everest? Adventuring takes money, you know). And thinking of others involves considering that the expedition used a lot of time, money and effort to look for that silly zirconium bauble. <br /><br />"enter Jack-types"<br /><br />The stereotype of the handsome guy who saves the girl from herself. Why can't he be black? Asian? A girl? Why can't Rose have her Jane? Why can't Cameron just take one of the thousand real stories involving the Titanic and tell them instead?<br /><br />"but you have some major blind spots when it comes to the love story... which is a totally different intention and purpose from "Night" anyways"<br /><br />Sure. Night is meant to honor the actual event. Titanic is meant to honor Cameron's grandiose conception of the event (and his reportedly epic filmmaking abilities).Noel Verahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05904212081036547668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12690266.post-19112775765002843302010-06-22T15:56:26.850-04:002010-06-22T15:56:26.850-04:00The Rose & Jack story is a symbolic classic. ...The Rose & Jack story is a symbolic classic. Why else would it appeal to the mass collective? Hate it as much as you want, they represent a microcosm of the struggle of individual freedoms + human potential, much like the American Revolution. You can call Rose "selfish" and "spoiled" but you just sound like the narrow mentality of her mother... who is selfish and spoiled in her own way... and of the Brits belittling the early colonies, and of certain overly controlling cultures or dysfunctional families that vilify pioneering spirits... every generation. Rose & Jack followed their own inner intuitive sense of personal integrity, and that is ultimately the only way to true freedom... It's never an easy choice, but it is always worth it. Overly materialistic people never get that. Like Cal, they treat people (and selves?) like objects or possessions... how narrow minded... just like my own dad... who is nearly a caricature in real life too... and it is very suffocating, physiologically etc. Like Rose, some people are born to learn to overcome such oppression... but it helps to have a little help: enter Jack-types. Wild card, anyone? These are the miracles that I'm talking about. <br /><br />I relate to some of your comments about the social strata references, and one could even write a whole book on such, but you have some major blind spots when it comes to the love story... which is a totally different intention and purpose from "Night" anyways, and can be appreciated for its own applications.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com