Like George Lucas, Director James Cameron has for a number of years
experimented with converting his biggest hits to stereoscopic 3D, so it
is interesting that the Phantom Menace and Titanic
re-releases come just two months between each other. However, no single
Hollywood figure embodies the 3D movement any more than James Cameron,
who put the technology on the map so convincingly with Avatar
in 2009. Any 3D conversion is going to have extremely high expectations
to live up to - not just from the director, but from audiences too.
Twelve years on from its original theatrical release, I'm not sure there are many people who have not seen the film, or at least are unaware of the plot of Titanic, but I'll give it a quick rundown.
When naval scavenger Brock
Lovett (Bill Paxton) leads an expedition to recover the fabled heart of
the ocean diamond from the wreck of the RMS Titanic, but fails to obtain
the multi-million dollar jewel, he instead gains a water-logged
portrait of a beautiful woman, which thrusts him into a 84 year old,
previously undisclosed love story which transgresses social class and an
arranged marriage.
The film flashes back to
April 1912, where RMS Titanic is leaving berth at Southampton on its
maiden voyage, bound for the United States. On board are 2224 men, women
and children from all walks of life - from wealthy socialites keen to
be seen to have travelled on the most luxurious vessel yet constructed,
to immigrants seeking a new life in the United States. Jack Dawson
(Leonardo Di Caprio) is a poor artist living a nomadic existence who
wins his ticket for Titanic in a lucky hand of poker. Rose DeWitt
Bukater (Kate Winslet) is a wealthy socialite bound to be wed to the
wealthy magnate Cal Hockley (Billy Zane). Jack and Rose fall in love
but, they are quickly thrust into a battle of survival when the ship
strikes an iceberg in the freezing North Atlantic, taking on water
rapidly, with significantly less life boats on board than necessary to
save all on board.
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Twelve years on from its original theatrical release, I'm not sure there are many people who have not seen the film, or at least are unaware of the plot of Titanic, but I'll give it a quick rundown.
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