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Titanic: Never forget

1997

I’ll never forget the first time I learned about the Titanic and what happened to her. The film that is so famous, loved by many and scorned by others came out when I was only 12 years old and of course I wanted to see it. I remember asking my parents what the film was about and getting the basic story of how the ship sank – they seemed unfazed, like this was just another blockbuster from hollywood, probably due to the amount of Titanic films that had previously been made. I know the story peaked my interest and I wanted to learn more before the film came out, so using the limited capability of the internet in 1997 I searched for various facts about the ship and looked mainly at the films website, waiting hours in anticipation whilst the video clips downloaded just to be able to catch a glimpse of what was to come. Most of all I remember learning about how much effort James Cameron had gone too in order to make his film as accurate as possible. After learning as much as I could about the ship and it’s passengers myself and reading their accounts of what happened, I still watch the film today and see little things dotted about, things that happen in the background that you might not notice first time round, that were part of what really happened, that were memories of real people. Continue reading »