We watched A Night to Rememberlast night. How did it match up with James Cameron’s Titanic?
There was no love story, so no Rose/Jack garbage. There was a couple traveling to their honeymoon. They were used to sort of up the tragic factor, but they weren’t really a focus. The focus was definitely on the people dealing with the situation, or not as the case may be.
Our main interest in viewing was to determine if Cameron ripped off the older flick while making his. The answer? Yeah, he kinda did. Maybe not as badly as the trailer lead on, but there were a few scenes that were alarmingly similar.
The architect standing in front of the clock just before the end was almost exactly the same. The only difference was that he walked over to a chair before checking his watch. Also, the captain’s tour of the bridge was just about the same. The rich folks in the dining room just before the end, talking about going down like gentlemen. The musicians playing until the end. Hell, the first violin player even looked exactly like Cameron’s first violin player. The smokestack falling on swimmers. Yeah, there were a lot of really similar shots. A Lot of similar shots.
I’m not going to say that A Night to Remember is better or worse than Titanic, but I will say I really liked it and if you liked Titanic, you should check it out.
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