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While he does praise certain aspects of the film he also made some interesing points. Its by David Hutchings.
>>By far the most disturbing part of the film lay in the many historical inaccuracies and in lights on the character of those who played major parts in the saving of many lives that night. For here we see to that 'Hollywood Epic Syndrome" that casts British actors - or even actors playing parts of British citizens - as arrogant, posturing and, one might say, 'weak-kneed' individuals. Any heroism that had emanated from the British officers of Titanic on that fateful night has been deliberately annihilated. Captain Smith is represented as practically ineffectual as he is portrayed meekly accepting instructions on the ships speed from an overbearing White Star chairman, Bruce Ismay. Second Officer Lightoller, who did so much in getting lifeboats safely away before demonstrating his own heroism on an upturned lifeboat, is shown as an arrogant, posturing individual rather like those Victorian military-sterotypes so often parodied on old style music hall stages. First Officer Murdoch, depicted as a nervous type, is scandalousy shown as accepting a bribe, and then shooting a Steerage Class passengers ( who just so happened to be Irish ) before committing suicide. The orginal script was had this gallant officers body floating in the water with dollar bills floating out of his pocket. Outraged representations had Cameron promising to cut this scene which he the rewrote in its current form, apparently, to the grief of Mr. Murdoch's desendants who are understandbly threatening to sue. Watching these caricatures of British officers and crew on the screen one wonders how the 'Ship of Dreams'managed to have sailed, let alone have been built, by such men of inferior courage!
Hollywood's researchers seem to have suffered mass amnesia throughout the film as the whole of Ireland was under British rule in those days.
The film inherent anti-Britishness also extends into the credits. All American involvement has to be acknowledged - including the tea-boy! - but of the British organisations involvement ne'er a word. Of course Southampton Museums - nothing: Cobwebs. Ocean Liner Memorabilia who provided originals for copying dinning room chairs, china, etc - nothing. The British Titanic society - nothing. Of private people who allowed original panelling to be copied - nothing! The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum had a mention but perhaps here Cameron forgot that Ulster is still a British Province.<<
Just goes to show what a very small minded twit Cameron really is! I mean what a stupid petty man
>>By far the most disturbing part of the film lay in the many historical inaccuracies and in lights on the character of those who played major parts in the saving of many lives that night. For here we see to that 'Hollywood Epic Syndrome" that casts British actors - or even actors playing parts of British citizens - as arrogant, posturing and, one might say, 'weak-kneed' individuals. Any heroism that had emanated from the British officers of Titanic on that fateful night has been deliberately annihilated. Captain Smith is represented as practically ineffectual as he is portrayed meekly accepting instructions on the ships speed from an overbearing White Star chairman, Bruce Ismay. Second Officer Lightoller, who did so much in getting lifeboats safely away before demonstrating his own heroism on an upturned lifeboat, is shown as an arrogant, posturing individual rather like those Victorian military-sterotypes so often parodied on old style music hall stages. First Officer Murdoch, depicted as a nervous type, is scandalousy shown as accepting a bribe, and then shooting a Steerage Class passengers ( who just so happened to be Irish ) before committing suicide. The orginal script was had this gallant officers body floating in the water with dollar bills floating out of his pocket. Outraged representations had Cameron promising to cut this scene which he the rewrote in its current form, apparently, to the grief of Mr. Murdoch's desendants who are understandbly threatening to sue. Watching these caricatures of British officers and crew on the screen one wonders how the 'Ship of Dreams'managed to have sailed, let alone have been built, by such men of inferior courage!
Hollywood's researchers seem to have suffered mass amnesia throughout the film as the whole of Ireland was under British rule in those days.
The film inherent anti-Britishness also extends into the credits. All American involvement has to be acknowledged - including the tea-boy! - but of the British organisations involvement ne'er a word. Of course Southampton Museums - nothing: Cobwebs. Ocean Liner Memorabilia who provided originals for copying dinning room chairs, china, etc - nothing. The British Titanic society - nothing. Of private people who allowed original panelling to be copied - nothing! The Ulster Folk and Transport Museum had a mention but perhaps here Cameron forgot that Ulster is still a British Province.<<
Just goes to show what a very small minded twit Cameron really is! I mean what a stupid petty man
