freemanpatrick7 When the story has been covered a dozen times why even bother to re-tell again? The dialog is embarrassing - like a bad community theater production.Speaking of community theater, most of the acting is laughable and it doesn't help that every other person's accent is about as believable as Nicolas Cage trying to do Italian, or Geoffrey Donovan attempting Irish, or...never mind, you get the idea.I'm not sure what George C. Scott or Tim Curry were thinking when they signed on for the but it must have been a long time since they have decent role offers so they just took what came along.If you didn't see this on TV then you didn't miss anything.

lil_sumia_786 This version of the disaster was actually pretty good and in some ways the best. Instead of just focusing on one story it focuses the storys of three different sets of people and shows their loss as well as their joy.It tells the story of Jamie and Osa and his joy when he finds out that Osa is alive after all. For me their story is the best because it has a happy ending, but the story of Wynn and his lover shows the loss most people faced, and the story of the Allisons and their nanny shows how desperate people get when disaster strikes. Another thing that was good about it was that it doesn't just show the sinking of the ship but also after the ship has sank and the carpathia has come to fetch them.it shows the scenes aboard the carpathia and how people coped with the loss and it also shows the carpathia docking at NY and the scenes afterwards; people trying to find their family members and the press looking for info about the sinking.However the only thing i didn't like about it was the fact that the ship sinks too quickly into the water and it just shows faded shots of people scrambling.It doesn't really show passengers desperation as the ship went into the water like the 1997 version does.

ptb-8 Hilarious TV miniseries that perhaps uses borrowed sets from the UK 1979 version ... maybe reused in the Meaning Of Life 'Titanic sequence" .....(SOS TITANIC of 1979 starred with Jerry Hauser and Cloris Leachman.... yes....) and adds glamourpuss Catherine Zeta Jones and George C Scott with what is clearly Tim Currie's most berserk characterization of any rocky horror he has ever played....in fact he plays it for laughs... and at such a 'Snidley Whiplash' level that must have just collapsed with laughter after ever 'take' . Wait till you see him 'disguise himself as a woman... even though he has a mustache and beard....!) Handsome JOHN DOYLE... (who...?) in a Jimmy Cagney role and various other TV and faded movie stalwarts add feathers and good haircuts to the luster of the doomed liner... but really this is no more than cheap tabloid TV 'clarrssy' movie watching for uneducated farm workers... in fact I do not believe it was made for anyone whose first language was English... even though it is in English. Capish? Bleached back projection, rabble hordes, religious fanatics, flimsy locked gates and bewildered potato head farmers and wives round out a really low budget 'oooh waaah' level of production. The best bit? The fantastic Gothic ceiling of the dining room. This is a version of TITANIC that actually dares to skimp on the actual sinking of the ship... that happens during a montage...!!!!! yep, during a montage......... urgggghh. a montage... huh??? the whole thing runs 170 minutes and the ship sinks in a montage..!!!!!!

Mgme Gelta Okay, before I start, I love the MOVIE Titanic, by James Cameron. I brought this DVD by mistake and ended up liking it. It really is a good movie/mini-series. It pales in comparison to the movie, but it is very enjoyable.It is very down-to-earth. It has a more realistic take on the whole disaster. It dosn't just show you one random love story between two strangers, but a more varied plot-line.However, It is kind of confusing to follow but overall, 8 out of 10.(P.S. The cast is great, especially Tim Curry & Marilu Henner....all of the cast gave amazing performances)