do you think the movie Titanic trivialized the actual event?

Even though Hollywood "fluffed" it. I think they brought the tragedy that was the Titianic back into our historic memories. Before this movie became a huge success, how many people really remembered the Titanic? I am going to bet not many. People often do not realize that when Hollywood actually accounts some historic event they actual re-create a buzz about what happend and then that invokes people to find out what actually happend on that faithful day, or time, or find the truth of a particular person. And when this happens it can't be a bad thing.

I dont think that it has that effect on the actual tragedy...but it made us conscious of the tragedy which happened,i myself didnt know bout the titanic before the movie came....

Hi Sweet

I loved the movie

but realized that it was

fiction! I think the scenes

of the bodies in the water

and how few got in the life boats

made it pretty clear how severe

the loss was.

xoxoxoxoxoxo

Not at all! I do realize the love story and all that was made up, but the rest was rather true to the event. Someone of my generation had known very little about the actual event due to how long ago it was. Prior to the movie I had heard of the Titanic, and knew the basics, but seeing the story in that light gave me a lot more information that I had known, and I appreciated what those people must have really gone through.

Hi cher913, yes I do think the move Titanic did dramatize the event a bit but not by much. Living through something like that would have been worth dramatizing!

The Movie's running time was some 3 hours..the Titanic's Maiden Voyage Ended during the night of it's 5th day.There's no way a Filmmaker could do justice to the 1500+ Victims individually,even if the Movie was filmed in real time for the duration of the tragically ended voyage.(as I recall,the "Sinking" DID take place in real time.).Therefore,some real life events became composites,some fictional ones were created,Artistic License was taken with characters..And besides,no-one now knows for sure what happened aboard when the last lifeboat got clear without a full complement and those left behind without even a lifejacket went down with the Ship..The Movie Wove the story of a dive on the wreck (with real footage) into a Flashback Love Story involving a Survivor and a Victim..It doesn't get much more poignant or gripping than that. A Romance,and a tragedy..
At the very least,People will be more aware of the Centenary of the Sinking,come April 15th,2012..

Each time they make a Titanic movie the further they get away from the facts of what it was, But then don't let a lie muck up a good Story. (Hollywood)