Tag: Titanic

• Six thoughts on ‘Titanic’

  Cinema Sugar asked on Threads: “What movie do you refuse to watch?” It provoked some interesting responses, the most common by far being Titanic and Barbie. I get the Barbie backlash since it’s new and somewhat (weirdly) politically charged. Titanic, though, is nearly 30 years old and one of the most awarded and highest-grossing movies of…

  Jun 20, 2024

  # Cinema Sugar, film, movies, Once, review, Titanic

• Jack would NOT have fit on the door in ‘Titanic’

  I’m sorry, but it’s true. I say that in spite of the apparently real investigation into this internet-famous debate by National Geographic and James Cameron himself: All the evidence you need is from the scene itself: When Jack tries to get on the door, it almost capsizes. Putting two grown, soaking-wet adults on it amidst…

  Feb 15, 2023

  # film, movies, Titanic

• Favorite Films of 2003

  I’m creating my annual movie lists retroactively. See all of them. We’re now deep into an era that was, at least for me, dominated by DVDs. I seemed to get a new one or two every birthday and Christmas, and rented aplenty from Family Video or Blockbuster. My movie collection has changed a lot since…

  Oct 25, 2021

  # Academy Awards, film, lists, Lord of the Rings, movies, Oscars, Pixar, School of Rock, Titanic

• An Iceberg to Remember

  One of my favorite books of all time is Walter Lord’s A Night to Remember, a retelling of the Titanic’s demise. I finally got around to watching Roy Ward Baker’s 1958 film adaptation of the book on a beautiful Criterion Blu-ray from the library, and it got me wondering: what about the iceberg? In both…

  Oct 1, 2020

  # A Night to Remember, books, film, history, movies, The Rewatchables, Titanic

• What practical lessons have you learned from movies?

  A while back I started keeping a list of things I’ve learned from movies. Not grand philosophical lessons about life and love and all that, but practical, everyday stuff. Stuff I’ve integrated into my life specifically because I saw it in a movie. I thought I should share what I’ve accumulated thus far, assuming that…

  Apr 3, 2020

  # Children of Men, film, lists, movies, Ratatouille, Titanic, Zombieland

• Ten Books

  In the Filmspotting tradition of naming lists after what you know will be on everyone’s list so should be removed from consideration, I’m going to name this the To Kill A Mockingbird Memorial List of Ten Books That Have Stuck With Me For Some Reason. Acknowledging the usual disclaimers of making lists (it’s not binding, it could…

  Sep 7, 2014

  # A Night to Remember, books, Jesus, lists, Malcolm X, nature, Neil Postman, Philip Yancey, Sigurd Olson, Stephen Ambrose, The Road Less Traveled, The Things They Carried, Theodore Roosevelt, Titanic

• Here And LeClaire

  I spent part of the weekend in Iowa with my dad. We made a pilgrimage of sorts to Antique Archaeology in LeClaire, the home base of the antique-scavengers featured in the show American Pickers. Didn’t end up selling anything, but it was cool to see their place, which, as my dad reports, is much smaller than…

  Mar 27, 2011

  # America, Buffalo Bill, Davenport, history, Iowa, LeClaire, Mississippi River, Titanic, vodka