TITANIC (IN 3-D)... For those of you who saw the flick a dozen times after its debut in theaters in late 1997 and were stoked when it beat out L.A. Confidential, Good Will Hunting and As Good as It Gets for Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 1998, you can watch Titanic a dozen more times once it sets sail on the big screen again in April of next year. April 6, 2012, to be exact. (The actual disaster occurred on April 15, 1912.) The only difference this time is, you’ll get to see Propeller Guy (the poor sap who falls off the stern of the Titanic as it rises out of the water, only to slam into a giant propeller blade before he splashes into the icy Atlantic in that memorable shot of the movie) and Kate Winslet’s um, bedroom modeling scene in 3rd dimension. Yes, you can wonder whether or not it’s tasteless that James Cameron is applying the technology he mastered in Avatar to a film about 1,500 folks who perished on the Unsinkable Ship almost a century ago, but oh well. It’s all about the nostalgia factor. Well that— And earning more $$ at the box office.
With The Phantom Menace being re-released (in 3-D as well) in theaters this February and Titanic returning to the multiplex two months later, it’s gonna feel like my high school senior year and first year in college all over again. Sort of. Good times...
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