Titanic - Collector's Edition (Blu-ray 3D + Blu-ray) [1997]

** HOW GOOD IS THE BLU-RAY DISC TECHNICALLY?The image on my modest 32-inch widescreen is clear but not huge. However, the quality of the rendering in this blockbuster is so good that it is due to the rendering possessing a much wider palette of colours, brightness, and contrast levels, and topped off with great sound mixes. In fact, I thought, at the time, there was a fault with the Blu-Ray device, as it was like comparing chalk and cheese in quality terms when comparing this Blu-ray to the DVD and DVD player I previously used. This film was my first encounter with the Blu-ray format on a second-hand Sony player. This idea that the DVD quality was the reference continued until I realised how superior and different this Blu-ray copy is by possessing these attributes, and how really good it looks even on my standard quality, wide-screen, typical telly. The usage of wooden panels on the set coloured this Blu-ray and was a more delicate image colour quality than i saw on the DVD edition. The quality of the Blu-ray is held back a bit by my ordinary telly. I have seen my sister's TV, and it is of much better quality, and these disks would be even more improved with a better set.** ERRORS IN THE STORY SETTINGS?I have met casual viewers of this movie who say that its recreation of the event is full of inaccuracies. And that 'A Night to Remember' is more accurate. They are, i.m.h.o. Both are mostly accurate up to each other and to several points. At the time I saw it first, I bought seven books from Amazon about the Titanic and read each at least twice. Overall, its retelling is accurate.*MAJOR ERROR IN THE FILMThe major possible big error is that the ship would not have been beyond 23 degrees from the horizontal, as its keel would break. This was in a program I watched on Channel 4 a while ago. And this American TV station that paid the $4k to have the shipyard designers accurately create the Titanic parameters in CAD and test its performance on a computer.* SMALLER ERRORSThe other error is when Jack wins the card game, he boards the R.M.S. Titanic at noon. The last time a person could, in reality, board the ship was actually 11:15.Another small part, some people suggest, is another error, about the film's depiction of the film is when the sailor is instructed to turn the ship. He's instructed to turn the ship to the starboard (right), but turns the wheel to the port (left). All ships before 1928 had this somewhat counterintuitive way of steering.Another error is when Officer Will Murdock shoots two people and himself. This wasn't true, although it was due to its sources being bogus. Being based on the then anti-English propaganda from the then Irish in Eire.Another fact that is accurately shot, but others say is not true, is that the sinking in the ocean around the ship has no waves. Amazingly, the earlier part of the sinking was so gradual that it allowed plates to float off tables. The lack of waves was unique in the calm of the ocean. The crew even said they had '...never seen such a flat calm. Like a mill pond.'Jack says he was ice-fishing close to Chippewa Falls, (Wisconsin). This was only built in 1917. The Titanic sank in 1912The flares of ships were not standardised. The colours meant different things, depending on the line of the ship it belonged to.The outrageous idea is that when Jack and Rose go on C deck after having sexual relations, and they interest the men in the crow's nest, Fredrick Fleet and he lose night-sight acuity. And take several more seconds to recognise the faint image of the oncoming iceberg. And that Jack and Rose are the reason the ship hit the iceberg and sank!** BRIEF BACKGROUND FACTS NOT MENTIONED IN THE FILM, BUT HAVE A BEARING ON THE SINKING OF THE R.M.S. TITANICThe ships in the White Star line had names ending in 'ic'. Such as Britannic, Olympic, and of course, the Titanic. The R.M.S. is 'Royal Mail Ship', as it involved taking post both to and from the U.S.A. for $50k a year. Titanic's home port was Liverpool, UK and not London, as seen on some items on sale. It was also granted a tax break by the U.K. government, which stipulated that, in the event of a war or conflict, it would be commandeered by the armed forces and used as a troop ship.The wage of a waiter or seaman at the time was £5 a month. The wage of the captain of the Titanic, E. J. Smith, was £300 a year. The musicians on the Titanic committed to memory over 330 pieces of music. This is an equivelent of a master's degree in complexity, a technical topic.There was a coal strike, and the Titanic needed to buy coal from several ships around it. This ship was the last major ship to use coal. All later ships following this used crude oil. The radio wouldn't work. So it was stripped down and rebuilt in 24 hours. The radio was tested and was powerful enough to both reach and receive from Cairo, Egypt. If it had not been fixed, then the wreck would have been a total loss of crew and passengers, with no records of what went on. The reason why the radio was promoted so heavily as a security measure by White Star is that, before this incident and a few years prior, the ship S.S. Miami was crossing the Atlantic when it struck an iceberg. This time was head-on. Crunching the bow by 17 feet. But their radio called other ships. This saved all the crew and passengers, and no fatalities. This was a reason why the 'unsinkable' ship myth was strengthened. R.M.S. Titanic no longer required more lifeboats. The Titanic was the last ship to use manually powered methods to lower lifeboats. All major ships after this used electric motors to lower lifeboats into the ocean.* SPEED AND DESIGNThe fastest ship at the time was Maritainia, as it could reach 27 knots. And its power-to-rate ratio was in its favour. It was smaller than the Titanic. The Titanic could reach 22 knots. The Titanic was a bigger and heavier ship. But slower. The third class of the Titanic was equal to other ships' second class* COAL BUNKER FIRE.However, the remaining main catalyst, not mentioned in the film, of the sinking is that a coal bunker was spontaneously burning and superheating the side of the ship. This extreme heat and very cold ocean water really stressed the ship's hull, which was made of Siemens-Martin formula steel. The stokers let others know of this. But this was common, as coal can spontaneously start burning. Photographs taken of the exterior of the ship while in Northern Ireland show this in the discolouration of the hull on the outside of the related coal hopper. This, retrospectively, is the major reason for the weakened hull to fail in the collision with this ship and the iceberg. Under examination by the ship investigators of the Titanic hull, the actual summation area of the damaged plates spread along the side of the hull, which allowed the ocean water inside the ship to be a total area of only 12 square feet. It's stripped rivets and buckled plates, spread over 300 feet of the ship's skin and not a big gaping hole as previously thought.* SOUTHHAMPTON DEPARTURE INCIDENTWhen the R.M.S. Titanic's engines started at exactly noon, off in Southampton Harbour, they had so much force that it almost caused the S.S. New York to hit the Titanic. There was a comment that the third-class passengers were locked below by White Star, stopping their progression to the lifeboats. These were actually policies instigated by Ellis Island immigration in New York for the control of the spread of any contagion. And not an inhumanity crime carried out by White Star workers. The film, overall, was the best they could do at its time of creation.The sailor in the crow's nest of the Titanic, Fredrick Fleet, was the first to see the iceberg and said exactly as seen on the screen, "Iceberg right ahead." He survived. And helped with the inquiry into the disaster.. Then had a long career in shipping. He became suicidal in 1961 as he blamed himself for not seeing the iceberge obstacle sooner. This is the so-called curse of the Titanic.* THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE SINKING OF THE R.M.S. TITANICThe Board of Trade investigated the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic. It investigated the Board of Trade itself. The lead investigations by Lord Mersey. Not surprisingly, it found itself not responsible. The then Board of Trade code for shipping linked the lifeboats to the smaller size of shipping and had not caught up with the growth in super-sized shipping. It did not specify the capacity of the ships for each of the passengers and crew. And the Board of Trade largely, and falsely, blamed the ship S.S. Californian's captain, Lord, for the loss of life in the sinking of the Titanic. It was called a whitewash in the press. He, Lord, was a responsible captain and didn't try to move the ship at night in the ice field, and the lack of policy on a 24-hour watch on the radio was the policy of most shipping at the time. Several decades later, there has been much interest in the strange weather phenomena of inverted air temperature causing light to bend beyond the visible horizon. So the ship was much further away than estimated at the time.* THE RAMIFICATIONS OF THE SINKING ON THE WIDER WORLD.The whole story was totally international and one of the first of its cosmopolitan spread. At least 60 languages were spoken on the ship by the passengers. The sheer number of people makes it hard to distribute information to the crew. The chain of command was chaotic. The number of lifeboats rules was out of sync with the superliners. The number of countries with individual laws and different standards made for grid - lock of controlling these issues. The Board of Trade tried to blame individuals when the real culprit was these international out-of-sync laws and standards.** There are features on the other disk in this set. The two big ones feature a diagnosis of what happened to the ship and how it sank. These were very interesting to view on their own.** SEEING THE MOVIE IN THE CINEMAI saw this movie in the cinema at its original showing three or four times. The audience was upset at the scenes, and I heard people, both men and women, around me crying. The people who see it now will not admit to this ever taking place! And its effect doesn't make me cry now. I am less moved by this movie now, too. On the hundredth anniversary of the sinking in 2012, I saw the 3D version of Titanic on the big screen. I was the only attendee! The 3D version is good stuff. It's used heavily up to the middle of the film, and less towards the latter parts. I would have thought and expected the sinking in 3D would be spectacular. But it was not applied at this point in the movie.** IS IT WORTH SEEING THE RECOVERED ARTIFACTS FROM THE WRECK OF THE TITANIC?If you like or love this movie, and if you ever have the time to view the artefacts retrieved from the wreck of the R.M.S. Titanic, I recommend you go. My brother wasn't going to see it, but his friends said it's once in a lifetime. So he drove both of us, and I paid for myself and my brother at £17.50 each. To see the retrieved ruins is a privilege and an honour. As it turned out, my brother, who's not keen on the film, touched the 'Big Piece', a 15-ton piece of the hull, for over a minute and was still as if spellbound.

The film is almost perfect - for me (and my wife) just a bit too long, but the CGI and the sinking scenes are amazing and gripping. Leo and Kate? Absolutely spot on even if Kate doesn't look 17, more like 25, and Gloria Stuart is perfect. A word of crirticism for the actual quality of the BluRay - Picture excellent, sound levels fluctuated - very loud sound effects/music, much lower levels for dialogue...then - THE SUBTITLES! I was amazed at how small they are, and being white they didn't always show up well in certain scenes. A poor show for a prestigious film and BluRay release.

A good film that you can't help but watch over and over again

Good bought this for a friend

Such an excellent movie. Really. You don't get better than this.

Absolutely stunning movie ever in 4 K Glory !.Great story of all time .Best actors ever.Non stop action on the RMS Titanic .I recommend the product and the seller 100%

Great movie. Well worth a watch. Loved every second of it

Over the past 20 years I have successfully managed to avoid being forced to watch this film. The whiny theme tune and Dicaprio's girly face repelled me like all the other girly mush that have become box office smashes over the years. I have probably seen 50% of the film twice.Having just spent a few thousand on replacement projector etc recently, however, I had some public relations to smooth over on the home front. (How can I afford £3.5k on boys toys when we haven't got £90k to rebuild the kitchen).So the scene is set. Her indoors sat pride of place with 3D glasses all set up, Mission speakers all balanced up and ready to go. Me preparing to waste another few of hours of my life to avoid a cold war.Fast forward three hours and I was surprisingly blown away. 3D transforms a big projector screen making it seem like an electronic device with depth and luminosity. Whatever they have done with the picture itself looks perfect to me (people), although the CGI and effects are slightly jaded. The 5.1 Dolby sound was good enough to get me whistling the whiny theme tune and the creaks and groans of the stricken ship were haunting.The story is too well know to be a surprise but the final scenes were more emotional than expected. Very taken aback with the presentation of the image on screen of what is a 20 year old film. The 3D very definitely added to it and made the people aspect of the film much more powerful for me - you feel as if you are amongst the doomed passengers. Best £8 I have spent lately, and I haven't looked at the other two discs.I have fine tuned my set up since, and popped Titanic back in to check the results. I ended up watching the flaming thing again. 50% of film watched in 20 years. Then 100% watched twice in two days. Recommended.

Recebi um produto diferente do anunciado, porém fui bem atendido, devolvi o produto e eles me enviaram o produto correto. O produto em si chegou sem alterações, de excelente qualidade e conforme anúncio.

1997 vsn of Titanic reissued again in 4K UHD this timeU.S Distributor 20th century Fox made a big effort to give the film a new 4k make over Looks incredible 5 5 5 times better upgrade than standard 1980p HDamazon's product info on the new 4k blu-ray set is confusing so heres the truth detailsDisc 1 is 4K UHD transfer of the 3hr Theatrical cut so you need an actual 4K player for the Disc to worki don't own a 4k player so can't comment on the Picture qualitytheres is another 2 discs inside the plastic case thou. 2 blu-ray DiscsDisc 2 is the standard 1080P 2:35:1 HD transfer of the 3hr Cutthis new reissue has been given new 4k restoration supervised by Jim Cameronand i tell you the picture quality does look amazing quality 5 times more sharper than standard 1980Pprob' give 9.8/10 PQ it look that amazingly sharp/clear plus excellent colour restorationsound quality is excellent aswell new 7.1 master mix plus 5.1, 2.0 mixes aswellBONUS EXTRAS are the usual Audio commentary tracks carried over from the older dvd releaseplus Audio setup, scene selection, Language options etcDisc 3 has all the Bonus extras, i mean over 10 hrs worth of bonus extrashas all the older dvd extras plus the 2012 Blu-ray reissue bonus extrasone of them is the REFLECTIONS OF TITANIC featurette and many others addedlots of making of featurettes, over 1hr of Deleted scenes/extended scenes in HD qualityplus all the older archive behind the scenes footage in HD quality aswellplus Teaser trailer, many vsns of TITANIC Theatrical trailer's plus Stills Photo Galleryplus TITANIC skits plus a new filmed 2023 retrospective featurette with Jim Cameron, Kate winslet & many othersJim cameron made sure all the extras were carried over so you can spend all day watchingso much bonus content all 3 Discs are ABC coded so will play worldwide 5 stars for sure

Transcrissão para o 4K muito boa, pena não ter legendas em português.

Finalmente sono riuscito a fare la "maratona" Titanic e cioè vedere il film e tutti i contenuti speciali in tre giorni, la sera. Il Blu Ray l'ho acquistato qui su Amazon il 23 ottobre 2021 e pagato solo 9,90 €. Come sempre per me il valore aggiunto di un Blu Ray o DVD sono i contenuti speciali che parlano del film, la produzione gli aneddoti e i documentari.È importante ricordate perché James Cameron decise di fare questo film, era affascinato dalla storia del Titanic e del perchè del suo affondamento. Prima di girare il film riuscì a convincere la produzione a fargli fare una immersione con i sommergibili speciali a più di 3.800 metri. È stato abbagliato e affascinato a tal punto che ci ritornerà una seconda volta in fondo al mare e con robot migliori per poter entrare in profondità nella nave.Ecco cosa trovate nei contenuti EXTRANel capitolo DOCUMENTI- “Ripensando al Titanic” durata un’ora circa e parla della storia della realizzazione del film impressione del regista della scelta degli attori, altre interviste fino alla presentazione del film e allo scetticismo dei giornalisti e del mondo dello spettacolo sul possibile insuccesso del film, la cura dei dettagli perché tutto fosse reale come nel 1912. Assolutamente da vedere.- "Titanic - la versione di James Cameron" Documento anche questo assolutamente da vedere dove assieme ad esperti del settore ricostruisce esattamente come è affondato e il perché in quel modo. Vi assicuro che la ricostruzione è eccezionale con tanto di simulatori dell'affondamento della marina militare americana, documentario veramente affascinate. Il Blu Ray dei contenuti Extra è in inglese con sottotitoli in molte lingue, italiano incluso.Guardare il film e poi guardare come è stato fatto vi lascerà senza parole, ve ne anticipo solo una, per costruire il salone del pranzo hanno fatto un modellino in scala quindi piccolo (vedi foto), gli attori li hanno fatti recitare in uno sfondo verde cromakey e poi con le tecniche cinematografiche hanno sovrapposto le due scene. Il Titanic però è stato realmente ricostruito non tutte le parti, in parte, in funzione delle scene che richiedevano una struttura a dimensione reale utile per tutte le scene del naufragio e altre scene all'aperto. Quando vedrete il set rimarrete stupiti! Sembra reale!!! Anche qui ho messo una foto di Cameron di fronte al Titanic nel set cinematografico)Potete vedere le SCENE TAGLIATE e per sapere il motivo del taglio basta vedere "Ripensando al Titanic"Il capitolo “Produzione" fa vedere:- il "Dietro le quinte",- “La costruzione del set del Titanic” in 4 minuti e 23 secondi, da non perdere!- “In profondità” sono immagini del Titanic a 3800 metri e Cameron spiega varie cose e che è stato questa esplorazione a convincerlo a fare il film- "La troupe del Titanic" scene e fasi della creazione del film e attori e lavoratori.- "Videomatic" (pre visualizzazione del film), Scena dell'affondamento e "in profondità" anche in questo caso per fare vedere il Titanic in profondità si sono creati dei modellini del relitto- “Effetti Visivi” molto bello vedere come hanno costruito le scene delle sale macchineNella sezione ARCHIVI trovate:- il videoclip "My Heart Will Go On"- I trailer, Spot Televisivi,- Gallerie fotografiche,- Parodie del film,- Un Trailer da 6 minuti di Avatar in 3D.Non posso che consigliarvi questo Blu Ray che ovviamente si vede molto bene anche se non in 4K ma solo in FULL HD 1080p. Buona Visione!

I recall feeling so strongly positive towards only two other films in my life, after seeing them initially, and those moments were after seeing "Apocalypse Now" back in 1980 and "Close Encounters" back in 1977. "Titanic" became the third and like the previous two, it has remained a definite top ten for me at the very least. While I did not care for the "Redux" version of Apocalypse Now, or the various versions of CE3K, DVD's for purchase which contain all the good parts of both, are available and this particular Titanic DVD adds TONS of extra goodies, making it a must buy for any fan or even semi-fan of the film. And at a great Amazon price. In fact, I did buy this DVD and sent it off as a gift to my sister, who loves the movie as much as me.For all of its hype, awards, and budget (over $200 million), in many ways, this is a very "personal" film from director James Cameron (Terminator 2, The Abyss, Aliens, etc.), and never do the eye-popping special effects (of which there are plenty) get in the way of the very special adventure and exquisite and deep "love story" being told. That utterly and unashamedly romantic aspect, despite what some may think of such a blockbuster "disaster" movie, is at the heart of "Titanic," and it is as powerful, convincing, and passionate, as the actual FX representation of the sinking of the ship, which only begins halfway through the movie itself. Both halves however, stand on their own, and neither is less compelling and involving for the viewer. Add the two together, and what you've basically got is over three hours of absolutely spellbinding entertainment. To see "Titanic" in a way, is not so much like watching a movie, as it is to "experience" the best that cinema can possibly offer.I will not attempt to summarize the plot here (ship sails, ship sinks, okay?), to list various technical aspects of the production, nor even dwell on the historical event this fictional film uses as a backdrop for the story it tells. Such information can be found elsewhere. And what has been said since its release by fans, has not already been said? My only purpose is to present my astonishment in this work, how like the original Apocalypse Now and Close Encounters (and a few other top ten films on my list including 2001, The Apartment, The Music Man, etc.), this is basically just a perfect Hollywood film, frame to frame, and scene to scene. And to encourage anyone who loves this movie to buy this extra-packed DVD goodie.Throughout, director Cameron's techniques seem flawless. It really does seem as if every piece of film, every scene, was carefully shot and edited in as exacting, interesting, accurate, involving, and exhilarating manner as possible. In addition, James Horner's brilliant music (in many different styles to boot) gives virtually every scene, regardless of the content, extra depth, feeling, and romance. Not to mention the great title tune hit, "My Heart Will Go On" by Celine Dion. The theme of the song reverberates throughout the film and I'd strongly suggest buying the film's soundtrack as well.The movie is fascinating and completely involving from start to finish and even its three hour plus length is something almost unnoticed. The characters, the suspense, the beauty of the cinematography and sets, the great acting by the leads, and the lavish and achingly romantic triumphs and tragic story themes explored throughout are all first rate. And they only bring to mind just a few adjectives I can only think of when recommending with five stars (though it deserves ten) this masterpiece, "extraordinary," "spectacular," "breathtaking," and simply unforgettable. Despite it all, this movie does one other thing which makes it deserve my highest praise. It brings back memories of my aging, sick mom (RIP), this being the last movie I saw with her in a theater. And my main memory of that is that at the end, both of us clapped out loud, and cried.Finally, perhaps the most astonishing thing about the film however, is the power and almost cosmic taste Cameron gives to what amounts to a simple, old-fashioned (and done before), "love story." Imparting a positive, life-affirming, almost logical/rational attitude on the whole concept of romantic love itself, which is something sorely lacking in so many "modern" movies, the film often takes on an almost surreal tone on passion and desire many times throughout. None of it however, comes off in any way as "preachy" or sugary-sweet and phony. True love and its mysterious veneration for the mundane and ordinary, is treated with reverence, understanding, and subtlety by Cameron in virtually every moment.I have a feeling it will be many more years before we see such cinematic gold like this again from the studio system. And this took the combined power and money of two studios to even produce. However, I do hope that if and when Hollywood (as it inevitably must) tries something like this again, it will remember that the real power behind this particular film, has less to do with the fantastic effects or the obvious money spent to pull this off on screen, and more to do with the story and explicit/hidden, almost philosophical meanings and implications."Titanic" is, in the highest sense of the word, not merely great entertainment throughout, but great ART. This is a treasured gem, more valuable in spirit than the heart-shaped, priceless blue diamond "Rose" leaves with "Jack" in the end, somewhere at the bottom of the ocean. For its main message is clear. True love is invaluable and "goes on." Perhaps even (wishing my mom luck in reconnecting with her own Jack, and my father in any afterlife), truly forever. A transcendent classic, and an undeniable must-buy for any fan of the movie with a still-functioning DVD player and "soul."