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Ultravolt on 17 February 2016

YESS! Titanic's among my favourite movies! So glad it wasn't beaten :D



   

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StreaK on 17 February 2016
barneystinson69 said:
StreaK said:
Titanic is like the greatest movie ever made!!!!
Not only was it #1 at the box office, it is like the ONLY film in history to have sweeped the OSCARS AND become one of the biggest grossers of all-time.

It is truly a modern day masterpiece and will be looked upon years and YEARS from now like they do films like Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and The Godfather, etc.

And yes, I'm happy TFA won't beat Titanic or Avatar BUUUT...I've heard it's due to the exchange rate. The European dollar is VERY weak right now against the US dollar and results in a loss of like $400 million compared to 2009 when Avatar was released and the US dollar was weaker.
But hey, it is what it is, right?

European dollar?

 

Either way, Titanic is a better movie. Though Star Wars has done far beyond what I was expecting. So bravo to them!

Well, Euros....whatever, you get my point right? Hehe.



StreaK on 17 February 2016
Goodnightmoon said:
Pavolink said:

It doesn't matter if made people cry or not, it made more money, more impact, and won way more awards. And we are talking about TFA, not SW, so for the third time the truth is written by my fingers: Titanic >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>TFA.

By your logic Titanic is also better than most of the biggest classic on cinema because won more awards and made more money. And thats because your logic is very flawed. But again I woudn't be surprised If you think Titanic is better than something like the Clockwork Orange, Blade Runner or City of God. I wouldnt be surprised at all.

WTF???? Are you serious??? Clockwork is total trash. Do not even mention that movie alongside a masterpiece like Titanic. Blade Runner is boring but City of God is amazing! But still, not better than Titanic.



StreaK on 17 February 2016
Goodnightmoon said:
Pavolink said:

Titanic is an instant classic.

So is Avatar, tons of awards and even more money, best movie ever.

Avatar sold like 80 million tickets.

Titanic sold a whopping 128 million tickets and a late 90's film as well. That is just astonishing.



Snoopy on 17 February 2016

At the end of the day, one lady won. She is big and beautiful and her name is America. A.K.A MORE MONEY YAY!!!



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Lawlight on 18 February 2016
Goodnightmoon said:
Lawlight said:

And who are those people that know about cinema?

The ones that studied about it, and since I have been on an audiovisual university for 5 years (and working as a director assistant and camera in London later), I meet quite a lot of that people, nobody has James Cameron as a rol model because James Cameron is far from an artist, he makes products, and he lacks creativity and personality in almost all of them, he mixes well known cliches with the highest technology, he uses all the manipulative resources it has to create hollow emotions and he is able to spend 100m dollars in the marketing alone, that's mostly the reason of his success. 

So, all those people who voted for it and got it the best picture Oscar don't know anything about cinema?

And do those people you've met think of George Lucas as a role model? The same guy who made the prequels and make episode 6 so that he could sell toys? That's an artist?



Lawlight on 18 February 2016
Wonktonodi said:
There are some interesting comparisons to be made. Some fun numbers.
Titanic when released was the most expensive movie ever made( TFA had the same budget 18 years later)

Titanic had an estimated 128million tickets sold in its very long run. (Domestic only) TFA is the fist to top 100 million since then and in 37 days vs 87.

Titanic even without the release was #6 on the all time adjuster domestic list. TFA is currently 11th and might get as high as 9th.

Star wars is one of the few franchises with very strong staying power at the domestic box office. There are 5 movies in the top 18 all time adjusted. While most movies high up the list are stand alone movies or the first. Star wars has 4 of its later movies way up there. The next highest noon original movies are Jurassic world in the 24th spot and Shrek 2 at 35 that's also a rarity where the sequel performed better than the original (still talking adjusted domestic )

I can only see 1 Star Wars in the Top 10 all time adjusted for inflation. Unless you're talking about US only.



Lawlight on 18 February 2016

Here's a fact - Titanic has a lot of iconic scenes. Not so with TFA.



Wonktonodi on 18 February 2016
Lawlight said:
Wonktonodi said:
There are some interesting comparisons to be made. Some fun numbers.
Titanic when released was the most expensive movie ever made( TFA had the same budget 18 years later)

Titanic had an estimated 128million tickets sold in its very long run. (Domestic only) TFA is the fist to top 100 million since then and in 37 days vs 87.

Titanic even without the release was #6 on the all time adjuster domestic list. TFA is currently 11th and might get as high as 9th.

Star wars is one of the few franchises with very strong staying power at the domestic box office. There are 5 movies in the top 18 all time adjusted. While most movies high up the list are stand alone movies or the first. Star wars has 4 of its later movies way up there. The next highest noon original movies are Jurassic world in the 24th spot and Shrek 2 at 35 that's also a rarity where the sequel performed better than the original (still talking adjusted domestic )

I can only see 1 Star Wars in the Top 10 all time adjusted for inflation. Unless you're talking about US only.

I do cleraly say domestic many times making it clear when I'm talking about US only, also I never said there was more than one star wars in the top 10 I said there were 5 in the top 18. at 2,11,13,16 and 18



Darc Requiem on 18 February 2016

While I don't think TFA is an all time great movie, I never saw the allure of Titanic. Maybe because I was in school when John Ballard discovered the actual wreckage of the Titanic. I don't know. I mean the boat sinks and the whole narrative of the movie is fictional. So I never saw the point. The real magic of the Titanic for me the true story of the "unsinkable" ship that sank on it's maiden voyage.