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Message: [QUOTE="Jeffrey Word, post: 150330, member: 201306"] I've been reading through the other 'Atlantic' threads and am shocked at so many not liking the film. Though, I completely understand everyone's different and all like different things. When I first saw the film a few years ago, I thought it would be a treasure for any Titanic movie enthusiast to have. I really love it, for what it is. IMO it drove the point home very well. I especially liked how they left the ending with us not actually seeing the ship sink. The most nightmarish scenes and effects are often best left to one's own imagination. To me also, it kind of felt like I was watching the real thing happen in a few scenes. Just because the video technology didn't LOOK all that much better in '29 than it did in '12. So to me, it looked like someone had set up a 1912 video cam, and was filming the chaos on the boatdecks. I always thought that was very well done. The jerkiness of the film itself adds to that effect in my eyes. Yes, the dialog sucks. But it was 1929 and the original plan was that this was to be a silent film. And some shots and already been completed before the final decision to add sound had been made. If you really look you can tell which scenes were recorded with sound, and which scenes sound was added to later. My favorite character from the story had to have been Mr. Rool. I don't know why exactly that I like his character so much, but I do. Maybe because he and Mrs. Rool remind me so much of the Strauses. I found that part of the film especially touching. The other actors in the film were okay, but did not have the impact of this couple. All in all, I give 'Atlantic' two thumbs up. They really had Hell from shipping companies and threats out the wazoo from all sorts of sources during the making of this film. That's a lot of stress on the film makers to do it "just so" so as not to offend the wrong parties. I just consider it a job well done with very limited means. I'll always treasure this film and probably continue to watch it about once or twice a year. And to PUBLIC access, it's really the first of it's kind. As far as Titanic films go it IS the first of it's kind. I say that because 'Saved from the Titanic' is, for now, lost. And "En Nacht Und Eis" is in the hands of some stiff who won't put it out for the public to enjoy. Which I feel is a true shame. [/QUOTE]

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