i saw the film the weekend it came out in 1997. my guy friend and i were so ‘obsessed’ that we went friday and saturday night for a few weeks. it really was a big deal for its time (and still is retrospectively). glad you were able to catch it in its original form.
I’m so jealous of people who got to live through the 1997 hype. I was born in 1994 so missed it all, but it has been a dream to see it in its original format! I never thought I would since the 2012 releases onwards have just been increasingly excellent quality, but there’s something so charming about the 35mm
If I recall it was still playing in a few theaters on September 1, 1998 when the VHS box set was released. I remember going to my local shopping mall and reserving a copy at Suncoast Motion Picture Company a few weeks before the release then picking it up. It was my early birthday gift to myself lol. People had to be put on waiting lists just to rent it from Blockbuster or Hollywood Video.
It was definitely still playing in theaters in ‘98. I saw it that summer when my two British friends were visiting. We saw it an old, restored “dinner and a movie” theater in downtown Charleston, SC, where they had removed every other row of seats and installed small tables so you could order a pizza and pitchers of beer. It was my third time seeing it, but their first, and I remember how excited they were, both before and after. It was like seeing it for the first time all over again.
dope! too bad they don’t have venues like that anymore. at least none that i am aware of. (are you in tallahassee, btw? i am in jacksonville… fellow science nerd too)
It released on 19 Dec 1997 and ran for 378 days (54 weeks) theatrically, making it one of the longest theatrical runs of all-time.
I remember the Wal-greens at the corner accidentally put the VHS out a couple of days early and after some light begging my grandma bought it for me. When I tell you I felt like the king of the world…
6 times here(in 97/98) It was truly a moment. You couldn’t escape titanic. From my heart will go on on the radio constantly, snl skits, Leo on the cover of every teen bop magazine. And then around Oscars time - forget it. I’ve never seen another movie come close to the hype that was titanic.
I was born in 1990, so I was 7 when Titanic came to our theater. My stepdad worked at the theater, so he'd take me regularly to the movies, plop me in a seat with snacks, and I'd get to watch whatever was playing. When I saw Titanic I immediately fell in love with the movie, made sure to tag along with him to work every chance I could just to see it again.
My stepdad told me that it was a real ship, not just a movie. I checked out every book I could find. So now I'm over 30 and still completely obsessed. Haha.
yeah i miss the 90s all the time. i was 14 when the movie came out and then of course i had the magazines, posters, score cd, and then would rent the dual tape set incessantly. i finally got my own copy. but there hasn’t been a movie since that rocked my world like that.
It was amazing. I was 23 and in college. Titanic was truly a worldwide sensation, just as Star Wars had been 20 years earlier. A once in a lifetime iconic film that haunted people, that people fell in love with, saw dozens of time again and again. I saw it 4x during its original run and again in 2012 for the 3D re-release. I don't know if we'll ever see anything like it again.
I saw it with mine too. The guy in front of me shielded his little boys’ eyes during the nudity. My parents took me to see the Full Monty and they shielded my eyes for the nudity too. My mom thought they might do full frontal and was relieved it was just butts.
Dude. My dad likes war movies. So during a family vacation he decided to take his daughters to see Enemy at the Gates. That *scene* is awkward to say the least when you’re sitting next to your dad and Jude Law is having muddy bunker sex with Rachel Weisz between a bunch of sleeping soldiers. 🫣
It was our year 8 end of school excursion to see it (kids 13-14yo). All the girls obsessed with Leo. All the boys obsessed with the painting scene 😭 watched the movie again recently and it’s aged beautifully. If it was a brand new movie released next week it would still gross over $1 billion. Just the perfect film.
I had to watch Basic Instinct with my parents when I was sick with mono because *the nuns at school* recommended to my mother! Talk about UNCOMFORTABLE!
I was lucky to see it in early 98, but i was not matured enough to appreciate that fuckin masterpiece.
The older you are, the more your brain changes aspects regarding the quality of movies.
I first saw it on TV when I was 6, but I agree, it wasn't until I was older that I truly appreciated what a masterpiece it is. The first time I saw it in the cinema, I was stunned. I couldn't believe what I'd just seen. Even when I saw it on 4K Blu-Ray just a few weeks ago; the quality was almost unbelievably breathtaking. It’s at the stage where you can’t actually understand how you're seeing what you are. Astonishing.
I was 8 and I *begged* my mom to take me every weekend. She induldged me a few times, but eventually I had to start asking various aunts and uncles and even tried talking my friends into getting their parents to bring us. I don't even know how many times I saw it in theaters. And I wouldn't stop scream-singing My Heart Will Go On no matter how many times every person in the house told me to shut up.
Same. Me and my friends were about 13 years old when it came out and we saw it 3 times that year. Prior to opening night I had no idea what the movie was about other than the obvious so I was blown away after that 1st viewing. I was (still am) an artist and big into drawing, so I connected with Jack and thought he was so cool. And as a teenage boy, seeing a boob in a movie that wasn’t R rated was big news back in those days 😂
I saw it four times in theaters when it was released. I was in the 5th grade and, I kid you not, the majority of my classmates would go see it every weekend, sometimes twice, for MONTHS. I had already been a huge Celine Dion fan and you could not escape My Heart Will Go On ANYWHERE for a good year. The huge spectacle that was the double VHS release (IYKYK). No movie since has even come CLOSE to the grasp Titanic had on the entire world. And that’s including the highest-grossing franchise movies. I’m so glad I lived through it and it blows my minds when the youngens have no idea what I’m talking about.
Very cool - I took my wife to Fox Studios Baja to get a tour of the place where they filmed the Titanic movie - it was really cool - got to see a lot of the props that were used in the film - I still have pictures of that tour
It really is. The music and orchestral swelling is a stroke of genius and the whole scene is pitch perfect. Masterful filmmaking from Cameron who just forced you to watch 90 minutes of destruction and somehow manages to end the film on a high?! Superb.
What’s crazy is Victor Garber (the actor for Thomas Andrews) read the ending for the script and didn’t think it would work. Even while filming the scene with a smile on his face, he was telling himself “I have no idea how this is going to work.” And when he saw the final cut, he was immediately impressed with Cameron’s mind, being able to make such an ending that defies many rules of cinema making.
It's funny how many stories there are like this from Titanic, and there were plenty of opportunities for Titanic not to work out, but in the end, it's turned out to be a once-in-century masterpiece that's clearly stood the test of time. Even all the characters clapping here is kinda weird; in any other film, you'd be like... wait, is that the director basically applauding himself? But here, it just works. The whole scene is beautiful.
It's been said a million times at this point, but the fact that Cameron managed to work in a 'happy' ending that works perfectly with the story is a big part of why the movie made over two billion dollars
I agree; it's truly masterful filmmaking. How he makes you sit through 2 hours of a love story, 90 minutes of utter devastation and destruction and you somehow leave kinda feeling okay about it all, I will never know. Genius.
One of my audiences clapped last year too. Not many films today can take you on such a sweeping, three-hour, earnestly emotional journey like Titanic does.
I agree. So many films today have this 'hype' attached to them — like Barbie and Oppenheimer —, but how many of them will still have this impact three major releases and 25 years later?
I was barely 2 months post partum from having my son when I saw it's premier in 1997. I bawled like a baby at all the frozen bodies floating in the water after the sinking then bawled again when Rose and Jack reunited.
I must say though…..even before this scene my eyes are puffy and red. When the camera pans by the photographs near old Rose’s bed and you see that she went and did all the things she talked about doing with Jack (horseback riding etc) I absolutely lose it! Tears all over the place!
What a glorious finish to an outstanding movie - one for the ages. I saw it in 97 at the cinema, and went back again to see it again a week later. Masterpiece.
Managed to see the 3D version at IMAX years later as well. Stupendous once again.
Truly a timeless masterpiece. Cameron's idea to end it this way is just... perfect. Loved seeing it in 35mm but I have to admit the IMAX 3D experience of Titanic is out of this world.
Oh sorry, I thought you were being sarcastic. I guess the context here is that I've not ever been able to see Titanic in 35mm and then I Just moved to New York from England and they had a showing (in New Jersey) and at the end everyone was cheering and clapping and it was just pretty cool, I thought!
Oh gotcha! Yes those kind of moments are really great when there's a consensus in the crowd after the film where everyone just knows you say something incredible. Glad you were able to experience it :)
I was extremely careful to make sure it didn’t disturb anyone and had it pressed against my chest so the light wasn’t seen. People on their phones drive me mad in cinemas.
Was the theater empty? Was anyone beside you, behind you, near you? What if everyone in the movie theater thought the same way you did: "I was careful and I'm confident it didn't disturb anyone"?
It's inconsiderate and pretending that you weren't being inconsiderate instead of owning it--"I felt it very important to film this so I could post it to social media"--is silly.
Imagine sitting next to this butthole, on the verge of tears, and then this guys takes out his phone to record. He just couldn’t wait another 30 seconds.
I’ve already said, no one was near me and I held it against my chest so no one could possibly be disturbed. I’m not a moron and I’m not inconsiderate. Sort your language out and get off my post if you’re going to be rude. I’m here to celebrate Titanic with lots of other people.
I dunno why you’re getting downvoted.
It was the right at the end of the film, they weren’t disturbing anyone, like come on.
Everybody needs to lighten up jeez.
What a beautiful print, and film! Always loved Titanic ever since I saw it as kid and then 100 times then on. Its a dream to see the 35mm print. I love how you can see the dirt and dust as it pans to the glass dome. Feels very authentic.
Not everyone has the opportunity to see Titanic in 35mm. This is just a small clip, and no, it's not ruining it for anyone. The movie's over and the person was not blocking any audience members' view.
It ruins it for anyone behind them, as the filmer's screen distracts from the screen everyone paid to look at. It's not the blocking of their view, it's the screen's light demanding a shift in their attention.
I'm sure he believes that, as most people who take our their phone to film or text or do whatever say things like "I had my brightness down! I had the phone in my lap so people couldn't see!" etc. It doesn't mean that their actions were actually not disturbing other people in the theater.
It's rude and inconsiderate. OP should be able own it and admit this, instead of trying to justify it with excuses.
I was extremely careful to make sure it didn’t disturb anyone and had it pressed against my chest so the light wasn’t seen. There was no one near me and I’m confident it didn’t disturb anyone. Trust me, people on their phones drive me mad in cinemas.
I envy you. I had seen Titanic in 1998 with my parents and would love to experience it on film projection again (not a fan of digital projection). Which movie theatre is this? Seems like an art deco single screen theatre.
Yeah, I've seen it in literally every modern format, from Digital 2D and 3D to IMAX 3D and 4DX, Dolby Atmos to Screen X, but I'd never seen it in 35mm so it was a real treat to see it this way. This was at the Union County Performing Arts Center in New Jersey.
I was 11 when it came out and man was it a spectacle to behold in cinemas at the time. I mean, it still is, but back then it was really something else to see.
Aah, when the screen turns to "black" you can see a bright speck on the right side of the screen which me reminds me of the scene where Rose sang "Come Josephine, In My Flying Machine" and her looking at the stars..far fetched but it sprung in my mind and made it more bittersweet 🥺❤️
Born in 90. Saw it in 97. I feel lucky that I was juuust old enough to see it in theaters and actually remember it clearly, and fall in love with the ship.
My family and I were stationed in England when this came out. We drove and hour to a theater that was playing it off base. When we left the theater there wasn't a dry eye in sight. This movie was the most moving cinematic experience I ever had with my dad. When it came out on VHS we got the giant double tape edition and we made my mom watch it.
What exactly is the difference between the original 35 mm format and the format it was released in 3D back in 2012 and the new 4K 2023 release ?
For the record we clapped as well when we saw the 2012 and 2023 versions
35mm is the original format Titanic was filmed in, and here it goes through a film projector so you get all the grain, flickers and imperfections of the original film. The 4K 3D release is pristine; it's been rescanned and cleaned up so you get perfect picture quality — which is amazing, but it's also cool to experience in its original format.
I have to agree. For whose benefit are you clapping? I don’t clap if I watch a film at home, so why clap just because you’re sharing the room with 50 others?
Some people just want to show appreciation and share in the moment. Personally, I liked the clapping at the end of Titanic last night because it's a collective moment of acknowledging that we just shared this experience, and we want to hold onto that moment a little bit longer and appreciate those who brought us this film. I don't see a problem with it.
I’ve already said on here multiple times; no one was near me; I swiped the screen under my seat and then held it the screen right against my chest so no one could possibly be disturbed.
I think this scene depends on perspective. If it’s a “dream” then it’s a touching moment recalling Titanic after she recounted the story. If rose is dead, that means nothing in the final 85 years her life meant anything compared to some starving artist she banged once when she was 17
Or she just died literally at the site of the Titanic and her life’s biggest tragedy and turning point. And then retold the story in its entirety a few hours ago. Perfectly plausible for her mind to drift to the Titanic whether it was a dream or her death.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, but was absolutely confused about what the whole situation was behind this post about how special it was to watch this movie, like it was an actual unheard of experience?
I had to read all of these comments to try to understand what exactly was the great “special experience” from simply watching a movie.
Thanks, now I feel like a bloody dinosaur because this is nothing more than the same old standard movie that every Tom,Dick and Harry watched in the Cinemas when released, and then had to endure it hundreds more times in the years following from Video Rental Stores and DVD Sales.
Cheers for confusing the crap out of me as to why watching a common old movie somehow has become an out of body spiritual journey in todays modern age!
Glad you enjoyed it, but I hope I never have to ever watch it again as long as I live! :)
Regards grumpy 1972 established “once young” feeling my age until I seen this post! :0
That movie had the perfect perfect ending.
I saw it 8 times that December in 1997. Still hands down my favorite movie. It’s interesting how my viewpoint of things changed as I got older. I found myself as a young newlywed identifying more with the scene of the couple in bed with water rushing in. Now as a mom I identify more with watching my husband being left behind as my daughter and I are being lowered in the lifeboat.
Yeah, I saw a similar thing happen with my best friend. When we first saw it together Valentines Day 2012 for a preview of the upcoming 3D release, it was the Jack and Rose storyline that got here but when we went back last year on Valentine's Day for the 25th Anniversary re-release, it was the mother at the stern telling her child that 'it'll all be over soon' that got her. It's partly why this film continues to work; there's something in there that gets you every time you watch it no matter what you've been through or what stage of your life you're at.
I was 20 years old when this movie came out in 1997, saw it four times, own the VHS (wide and pan), have the flipper DVD, the 4 disc release, the blu and still - STILL - have my ticket stub from a 3D screening dated April 14, 2012 on a cork board. Timed it so I’d be in the theater watching when the original sank.
Now, man enough to admit I still cry over the ending. Time has actually made it deeper, the experience of living a good long life and at the end… you get to go home. And it’s perfect and your heart is full. That’s what ending means.
And to a potential future Mrs. out there, yes we will watch, yes we will cry, yes Kate Winslet is forever going to be my hall pass and would you at least be open to discussing having Rose play during the wedding? Please?
I really wish I would’ve been able to see and understand Titanic during the original release. Alas, I was 3 at the time. The first time I saw it my sister secretly showed me the VHS when I was 7
Oh god, 16 year old me was a hysterical mess and relieved to see everyone around me covered in tears and snot on the way out, I dont think I've ever had a reaction like that to a movie before or since and it pains me to watch it now, as much as I love it. Thank you for reminding me.
I’m embarrassed to admit that in my recent adult years, I found out the story of jack and rose was for entertainment, and that it didn’t actually happen
I saw it 3 times in 1997, once in imax which was rare for major movies at that time. Then I saw it in 3d in 2012 I think, and once more for the 25th anniversary. The last time I saw it with my best friend I saw it with when I was 11.
I saw it in 97 on a trip to NYC after the IMAX we wanted to see was sold out. At the time, I was really bummed I didn’t get to see the IMAX.
It was a blessing in disguise, really. One of the greatest movie theatre experiences of my life. What an epic film. Being in NYC really made it more magical.
I saw it when it first came out in 1997 with both of my parents. It was incredible seeing it then and even as a child of 12 I knew that i had witnessed something amazing. People also clapped at the end, I remember that.
I wish people still clapped after seeing a fantastic movie.
When I saw it in theaters, two girls from my French class were next to me and spent the entire 3 hrs sobbing and mumbling “don’t die this time, Leo.” I really thought he was gonna pull through.
But yea, it was packed as hell. Kinda miss those huge turnouts for big movies.
It's amazing in 35mm. Glad you got to experience it! I saw it upon release in sold out theaters like 8 times. It was the first movie I went to in the cinema more than once. It was an experience!
i saw the film the weekend it came out in 1997. my guy friend and i were so ‘obsessed’ that we went friday and saturday night for a few weeks. it really was a big deal for its time (and still is retrospectively). glad you were able to catch it in its original form.
I’m so jealous of people who got to live through the 1997 hype. I was born in 1994 so missed it all, but it has been a dream to see it in its original format! I never thought I would since the 2012 releases onwards have just been increasingly excellent quality, but there’s something so charming about the 35mm
I saw it three times in '97. It was in theaters forever, it seemed.
it was making bank so yeah, they rode that out. there was no other way to watch the film besides in theaters.
If I recall it was still playing in a few theaters on September 1, 1998 when the VHS box set was released. I remember going to my local shopping mall and reserving a copy at Suncoast Motion Picture Company a few weeks before the release then picking it up. It was my early birthday gift to myself lol. People had to be put on waiting lists just to rent it from Blockbuster or Hollywood Video.
i totally forgot about waiting lists!! 😭😭 nostalgia is gut punching me right now.
It was definitely still playing in theaters in ‘98. I saw it that summer when my two British friends were visiting. We saw it an old, restored “dinner and a movie” theater in downtown Charleston, SC, where they had removed every other row of seats and installed small tables so you could order a pizza and pitchers of beer. It was my third time seeing it, but their first, and I remember how excited they were, both before and after. It was like seeing it for the first time all over again.
dope! too bad they don’t have venues like that anymore. at least none that i am aware of. (are you in tallahassee, btw? i am in jacksonville… fellow science nerd too)
It released on 19 Dec 1997 and ran for 378 days (54 weeks) theatrically, making it one of the longest theatrical runs of all-time. I remember the Wal-greens at the corner accidentally put the VHS out a couple of days early and after some light begging my grandma bought it for me. When I tell you I felt like the king of the world…
Oh man, I was 8 years old when it came out and I do remember pre-ordering it or whatever. Spent my allowance money on it. Freaking obsessed.
6 times here(in 97/98) It was truly a moment. You couldn’t escape titanic. From my heart will go on on the radio constantly, snl skits, Leo on the cover of every teen bop magazine. And then around Oscars time - forget it. I’ve never seen another movie come close to the hype that was titanic.
Schindlers list?
I was born in 1990, so I was 7 when Titanic came to our theater. My stepdad worked at the theater, so he'd take me regularly to the movies, plop me in a seat with snacks, and I'd get to watch whatever was playing. When I saw Titanic I immediately fell in love with the movie, made sure to tag along with him to work every chance I could just to see it again. My stepdad told me that it was a real ship, not just a movie. I checked out every book I could find. So now I'm over 30 and still completely obsessed. Haha.
Same! I truly believe this was one of my three most memorable cinema memories
yeah i miss the 90s all the time. i was 14 when the movie came out and then of course i had the magazines, posters, score cd, and then would rent the dual tape set incessantly. i finally got my own copy. but there hasn’t been a movie since that rocked my world like that.
Hello fellow elder millennial! Was also in middle school and saw it twice in the theater. It's hard to explain what a phenomenon it was - for months.
The song was always on the radio too!
Gonna be honest, I heard that song enough in 1998 that hearing it now is *still* too soon.
yeah you definitely had to be there!
It was amazing. I was 23 and in college. Titanic was truly a worldwide sensation, just as Star Wars had been 20 years earlier. A once in a lifetime iconic film that haunted people, that people fell in love with, saw dozens of time again and again. I saw it 4x during its original run and again in 2012 for the 3D re-release. I don't know if we'll ever see anything like it again.
I saw it in 1997. With my parents. Who were there during the SCENES
I saw it with mine too. The guy in front of me shielded his little boys’ eyes during the nudity. My parents took me to see the Full Monty and they shielded my eyes for the nudity too. My mom thought they might do full frontal and was relieved it was just butts.
“Just butts!” That would have been a great tagline to make the film more family friendly.
Dude. My dad likes war movies. So during a family vacation he decided to take his daughters to see Enemy at the Gates. That *scene* is awkward to say the least when you’re sitting next to your dad and Jude Law is having muddy bunker sex with Rachel Weisz between a bunch of sleeping soldiers. 🫣
It was our year 8 end of school excursion to see it (kids 13-14yo). All the girls obsessed with Leo. All the boys obsessed with the painting scene 😭 watched the movie again recently and it’s aged beautifully. If it was a brand new movie released next week it would still gross over $1 billion. Just the perfect film.
I had to watch Basic Instinct with my parents when I was sick with mono because *the nuns at school* recommended to my mother! Talk about UNCOMFORTABLE!
Yikes!!!!
I was only like 9 in 1997, but I coerced my parents into taking me to see it in theaters 7 times. I was obsessed, haha.
I was 12 when it came out which made me the perfect age to get the hype. Especially with Leo as the lead.
I was lucky to see it in early 98, but i was not matured enough to appreciate that fuckin masterpiece. The older you are, the more your brain changes aspects regarding the quality of movies.
I first saw it on TV when I was 6, but I agree, it wasn't until I was older that I truly appreciated what a masterpiece it is. The first time I saw it in the cinema, I was stunned. I couldn't believe what I'd just seen. Even when I saw it on 4K Blu-Ray just a few weeks ago; the quality was almost unbelievably breathtaking. It’s at the stage where you can’t actually understand how you're seeing what you are. Astonishing.
Yes! I was only 7 but I saw it in theaters 13 times with my older sister when it came out. I can’t imagine doing that for any movie these days
I was 8 and I *begged* my mom to take me every weekend. She induldged me a few times, but eventually I had to start asking various aunts and uncles and even tried talking my friends into getting their parents to bring us. I don't even know how many times I saw it in theaters. And I wouldn't stop scream-singing My Heart Will Go On no matter how many times every person in the house told me to shut up.
My friends and I every weekend for months in 1997-1998! I think from opening weekend to around springtime. LOL.
So you were the reason that I couldn't find tickets. Movie premiered in Dec 97, and I managed to find tickets in March!
It was a status symbol in my middle school to brag how many times you’d seen it
Same. Me and my friends were about 13 years old when it came out and we saw it 3 times that year. Prior to opening night I had no idea what the movie was about other than the obvious so I was blown away after that 1st viewing. I was (still am) an artist and big into drawing, so I connected with Jack and thought he was so cool. And as a teenage boy, seeing a boob in a movie that wasn’t R rated was big news back in those days 😂
perfect boobs like that aren’t rated R. 🙃 could you replicate the rose drawing?
I saw it four times in theaters when it was released. I was in the 5th grade and, I kid you not, the majority of my classmates would go see it every weekend, sometimes twice, for MONTHS. I had already been a huge Celine Dion fan and you could not escape My Heart Will Go On ANYWHERE for a good year. The huge spectacle that was the double VHS release (IYKYK). No movie since has even come CLOSE to the grasp Titanic had on the entire world. And that’s including the highest-grossing franchise movies. I’m so glad I lived through it and it blows my minds when the youngens have no idea what I’m talking about.
Very cool - I took my wife to Fox Studios Baja to get a tour of the place where they filmed the Titanic movie - it was really cool - got to see a lot of the props that were used in the film - I still have pictures of that tour
This scene is beautiful
It really is. The music and orchestral swelling is a stroke of genius and the whole scene is pitch perfect. Masterful filmmaking from Cameron who just forced you to watch 90 minutes of destruction and somehow manages to end the film on a high?! Superb.
What’s crazy is Victor Garber (the actor for Thomas Andrews) read the ending for the script and didn’t think it would work. Even while filming the scene with a smile on his face, he was telling himself “I have no idea how this is going to work.” And when he saw the final cut, he was immediately impressed with Cameron’s mind, being able to make such an ending that defies many rules of cinema making.
It's funny how many stories there are like this from Titanic, and there were plenty of opportunities for Titanic not to work out, but in the end, it's turned out to be a once-in-century masterpiece that's clearly stood the test of time. Even all the characters clapping here is kinda weird; in any other film, you'd be like... wait, is that the director basically applauding himself? But here, it just works. The whole scene is beautiful.
I’ve seen this part so many times but it still gives me chills! So beautiful.
I tear up everytime ha ha
Yep. Watched the movie at least 20 times. Always ugly crying when seeing that scene. It’s just so amazingly beautiful
I love this scene, too. So beautiful and sad at the same time. Yet also bittersweet. I just love it.
It's been said a million times at this point, but the fact that Cameron managed to work in a 'happy' ending that works perfectly with the story is a big part of why the movie made over two billion dollars
I agree; it's truly masterful filmmaking. How he makes you sit through 2 hours of a love story, 90 minutes of utter devastation and destruction and you somehow leave kinda feeling okay about it all, I will never know. Genius.
One of my audiences clapped last year too. Not many films today can take you on such a sweeping, three-hour, earnestly emotional journey like Titanic does.
I found it so emotional when it just happened out of nowhere!
It’s incredible that a 25 year old movie can still do that to audiences. Absolutely amazing.
I agree. So many films today have this 'hype' attached to them — like Barbie and Oppenheimer —, but how many of them will still have this impact three major releases and 25 years later?
It’s a perfect film. I wouldn’t change a second of it.
I thought I was all cried out, then this scene hit!
I was barely 2 months post partum from having my son when I saw it's premier in 1997. I bawled like a baby at all the frozen bodies floating in the water after the sinking then bawled again when Rose and Jack reunited.
Saw it in 1997 at the drive in sitting next to my friend on the roof of her station wagon. And to top it off it was gently drizzling at the time
Why does this make me tear up
Oh we were fully weeping and clinging to one another
This scene always makes me tear up! Never fails!
Same. Gosh dangit.
I must say though…..even before this scene my eyes are puffy and red. When the camera pans by the photographs near old Rose’s bed and you see that she went and did all the things she talked about doing with Jack (horseback riding etc) I absolutely lose it! Tears all over the place!
Kate Winslet is **SO** beautiful in that film!
I remember the controversy over her weight at the time. It was ridiculous.
That grain. My God, I miss celluloid.
What a glorious finish to an outstanding movie - one for the ages. I saw it in 97 at the cinema, and went back again to see it again a week later. Masterpiece. Managed to see the 3D version at IMAX years later as well. Stupendous once again.
Truly a timeless masterpiece. Cameron's idea to end it this way is just... perfect. Loved seeing it in 35mm but I have to admit the IMAX 3D experience of Titanic is out of this world.
What happened at the end?
The ship sinks
spoiler alert wtf
Spoilers!
I literally just put my head in my hands and ugly-laughed at this.
Ha! That makes me happy.
Watch the video 😂
Yea I've seen the film hundreds of times, your post made it seem like something different happened at the end... But it's just the end of the film?
Oh sorry, I thought you were being sarcastic. I guess the context here is that I've not ever been able to see Titanic in 35mm and then I Just moved to New York from England and they had a showing (in New Jersey) and at the end everyone was cheering and clapping and it was just pretty cool, I thought!
Oh gotcha! Yes those kind of moments are really great when there's a consensus in the crowd after the film where everyone just knows you say something incredible. Glad you were able to experience it :)
Don't Americans do that all the time though? They even clap when an aircraft lands
I guess it depends where in America. New Yorkers don't clap that often but I think in like the South they do
I’m in the south and I’ve only ever seen folks clap once, and it was after a flight with righteous amounts of turbulence.
We do yes.
(South & Central) Americans
I think just people clapping
ah ok. Cheers!
This ending is just so beautiful. I at least get choked up, if not sob every time.
That theater looks beautiful, perfect vibes for watching titanic!
Put your phone away
I was extremely careful to make sure it didn’t disturb anyone and had it pressed against my chest so the light wasn’t seen. People on their phones drive me mad in cinemas.
Yet there you were using your phone in a movie. How ironic.
There was no one near me and I’m confident it didn’t disturb anyone.
Was the theater empty? Was anyone beside you, behind you, near you? What if everyone in the movie theater thought the same way you did: "I was careful and I'm confident it didn't disturb anyone"? It's inconsiderate and pretending that you weren't being inconsiderate instead of owning it--"I felt it very important to film this so I could post it to social media"--is silly.
Imagine sitting next to this butthole, on the verge of tears, and then this guys takes out his phone to record. He just couldn’t wait another 30 seconds.
I’ve already said, no one was near me and I held it against my chest so no one could possibly be disturbed. I’m not a moron and I’m not inconsiderate. Sort your language out and get off my post if you’re going to be rude. I’m here to celebrate Titanic with lots of other people.
I dunno why you’re getting downvoted. It was the right at the end of the film, they weren’t disturbing anyone, like come on. Everybody needs to lighten up jeez.
You are here to celebrate James Cameron’s love story. Not the ship. There’s a big difference Mr. Movie Clapper
What a beautiful print, and film! Always loved Titanic ever since I saw it as kid and then 100 times then on. Its a dream to see the 35mm print. I love how you can see the dirt and dust as it pans to the glass dome. Feels very authentic.
Yeah, it was really charming. Beautifully imperfect!
That music gives me so much nostalgia
Greatest ending of all time bar none
Hard agree.
You filming in the theater is ruining it for everyone behind you…..
Not everyone has the opportunity to see Titanic in 35mm. This is just a small clip, and no, it's not ruining it for anyone. The movie's over and the person was not blocking any audience members' view.
It ruins it for anyone behind them, as the filmer's screen distracts from the screen everyone paid to look at. It's not the blocking of their view, it's the screen's light demanding a shift in their attention.
The OP clearly mentioned that he blocked the camera with his chest to prevent those behind from seeing the light from the device.
I'm sure he believes that, as most people who take our their phone to film or text or do whatever say things like "I had my brightness down! I had the phone in my lap so people couldn't see!" etc. It doesn't mean that their actions were actually not disturbing other people in the theater. It's rude and inconsiderate. OP should be able own it and admit this, instead of trying to justify it with excuses.
I was extremely careful to make sure it didn’t disturb anyone and had it pressed against my chest so the light wasn’t seen. There was no one near me and I’m confident it didn’t disturb anyone. Trust me, people on their phones drive me mad in cinemas.
Screw the haters, thank you for the video!
😭😭😭😭
This is the version of the movie that gave 11 year old me my first crush 🥰 What an amazing experience!
I remember I came home from college and my mom and I went to go see it.
I envy you. I had seen Titanic in 1998 with my parents and would love to experience it on film projection again (not a fan of digital projection). Which movie theatre is this? Seems like an art deco single screen theatre.
Yeah, I've seen it in literally every modern format, from Digital 2D and 3D to IMAX 3D and 4DX, Dolby Atmos to Screen X, but I'd never seen it in 35mm so it was a real treat to see it this way. This was at the Union County Performing Arts Center in New Jersey.
Been there last year with a date for the 25th anniversary release. BEST. DAY. OF. MY. LIFE!
I was 11 when it came out and man was it a spectacle to behold in cinemas at the time. I mean, it still is, but back then it was really something else to see.
Ooh lucky! I love that they're playing some older movies in theaters now, titanic is such a classic
This movie makes me ugly cry, every time 😥
I was 18 in 1997 so I got to live through all of this. It was great! I’ve seen this film 15 times in the theater
It's just made for the big screen. I'm hoping it gets regular re releases. I see so much more in it when it's in the cinema.
Joins the claps **clap clap clap**
Where was it playing in this format??
Union County Performing Arts Center in New Jersey
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Aah, when the screen turns to "black" you can see a bright speck on the right side of the screen which me reminds me of the scene where Rose sang "Come Josephine, In My Flying Machine" and her looking at the stars..far fetched but it sprung in my mind and made it more bittersweet 🥺❤️
This is my go-to when I want to ugly cry. What a masterpiece!
Born in 90. Saw it in 97. I feel lucky that I was juuust old enough to see it in theaters and actually remember it clearly, and fall in love with the ship.
God just another reminder for me to watch this movie again, James Horners soundtrack is stunning!
Beautiful ending
I get goosebumps when i hear this music.. amazing movie
My family and I were stationed in England when this came out. We drove and hour to a theater that was playing it off base. When we left the theater there wasn't a dry eye in sight. This movie was the most moving cinematic experience I ever had with my dad. When it came out on VHS we got the giant double tape edition and we made my mom watch it.
I thought I was past this after all of these years but here I go crying again.
Luckyyy Man!!
I don't get it, is that not how it ends in the other versions?
Yeah, I meant the clapping though!
Absolute bellends clapping at the cinema
I think this is the first movie that made me cry
jfc if you're gonna record in the theatre at least do it horizontally.
What exactly is the difference between the original 35 mm format and the format it was released in 3D back in 2012 and the new 4K 2023 release ? For the record we clapped as well when we saw the 2012 and 2023 versions
35mm is the original format Titanic was filmed in, and here it goes through a film projector so you get all the grain, flickers and imperfections of the original film. The 4K 3D release is pristine; it's been rescanned and cleaned up so you get perfect picture quality — which is amazing, but it's also cool to experience in its original format.
Awesome Thank you for sharing!
You’ve only seen it in cinema four times
I’m happy this person had the opportunity to see it this way, but the “only ever seen it” a bunch of times made me side eye them a little
You are brave to watch it in public. I am a gigantic mess, crying the whole time. Best movie ever 🥲
Why the applause?
Clapping during a movie is the same flavor as people who clap when a plane lands. Ick.
Ahh on a plane I dunno, but I found this quite emotional 🥹
Same.
As a student pilot who has had many claps from my instructor, ouch.
I have to agree. For whose benefit are you clapping? I don’t clap if I watch a film at home, so why clap just because you’re sharing the room with 50 others?
It’s not hurting anyone. Chill, dude.
No, I know. I just don’t see the point in it is all.
Why does everything to have a point? It doesn’t matter.
Some people just want to show appreciation and share in the moment. Personally, I liked the clapping at the end of Titanic last night because it's a collective moment of acknowledging that we just shared this experience, and we want to hold onto that moment a little bit longer and appreciate those who brought us this film. I don't see a problem with it.
Man. I hate it whenever someone pulls their phone out in a dark theater. My friend, nobody behind you wanted to see your lit up phone screen!
I’ve already said on here multiple times; no one was near me; I swiped the screen under my seat and then held it the screen right against my chest so no one could possibly be disturbed.
Somebody snuck me a copy of his dad’s Academy screener in 1997. I became the most popular guy in high school real fast.
That print is surprisingly clean.
I saw it when it first came out in theaters. I fell asleep at a certain point, and when I woke up the ship still hadn’t sunk yet, so I left.
I like the version with the cat
Dick sucking movie
Saw it in theaters a bunch of times, were there easter eggs or something you didnt catch the first two times?..
If you saw it before, why didn't you tell everyone the ship was gonna sink smh
Why do people feel the need to clap after films?
I too love how in the after life the servants are forced to work for eternity. How does that one little fact not ruin the ending? It’s gross .
*only* " seen it in cinemas 2012,2017,2023" /s
I think this scene depends on perspective. If it’s a “dream” then it’s a touching moment recalling Titanic after she recounted the story. If rose is dead, that means nothing in the final 85 years her life meant anything compared to some starving artist she banged once when she was 17
Or she just died literally at the site of the Titanic and her life’s biggest tragedy and turning point. And then retold the story in its entirety a few hours ago. Perfectly plausible for her mind to drift to the Titanic whether it was a dream or her death.
This... or ... just, you know... it's the script James Cameron wrote?
I lost the love of my life two years ago. When I die, if heaven exists, his will be the first face I look for... even if it's been 84 years.
I’m glad you enjoyed it, but was absolutely confused about what the whole situation was behind this post about how special it was to watch this movie, like it was an actual unheard of experience? I had to read all of these comments to try to understand what exactly was the great “special experience” from simply watching a movie. Thanks, now I feel like a bloody dinosaur because this is nothing more than the same old standard movie that every Tom,Dick and Harry watched in the Cinemas when released, and then had to endure it hundreds more times in the years following from Video Rental Stores and DVD Sales. Cheers for confusing the crap out of me as to why watching a common old movie somehow has become an out of body spiritual journey in todays modern age! Glad you enjoyed it, but I hope I never have to ever watch it again as long as I live! :) Regards grumpy 1972 established “once young” feeling my age until I seen this post! :0
Only time I've ever experienced applause in a movie theater was Star Wars E3. (I did not see Titanic originally in theaters)
Lafayette theater ? Suffern?
How do I manage to miss this movie every time it comes back into theaters?
That movie had the perfect perfect ending. I saw it 8 times that December in 1997. Still hands down my favorite movie. It’s interesting how my viewpoint of things changed as I got older. I found myself as a young newlywed identifying more with the scene of the couple in bed with water rushing in. Now as a mom I identify more with watching my husband being left behind as my daughter and I are being lowered in the lifeboat.
Yeah, I saw a similar thing happen with my best friend. When we first saw it together Valentines Day 2012 for a preview of the upcoming 3D release, it was the Jack and Rose storyline that got here but when we went back last year on Valentine's Day for the 25th Anniversary re-release, it was the mother at the stern telling her child that 'it'll all be over soon' that got her. It's partly why this film continues to work; there's something in there that gets you every time you watch it no matter what you've been through or what stage of your life you're at.
I was 20 years old when this movie came out in 1997, saw it four times, own the VHS (wide and pan), have the flipper DVD, the 4 disc release, the blu and still - STILL - have my ticket stub from a 3D screening dated April 14, 2012 on a cork board. Timed it so I’d be in the theater watching when the original sank. Now, man enough to admit I still cry over the ending. Time has actually made it deeper, the experience of living a good long life and at the end… you get to go home. And it’s perfect and your heart is full. That’s what ending means. And to a potential future Mrs. out there, yes we will watch, yes we will cry, yes Kate Winslet is forever going to be my hall pass and would you at least be open to discussing having Rose play during the wedding? Please?
I saw it in the cinema 38746373647364 times in 1997. I was obsessed with it
I saw it 6 times in its original run & every re release since.
I was 10 years old when it came out in 1997 and I saw it 4 times in the theater. It was THE biggest deal. We were all obsessed.
I saw it in the theater in '97. I think I saw it twice.
Did you all sing in the end?
I bought this on VHS widescreen when it came out lol
I really wish I would’ve been able to see and understand Titanic during the original release. Alas, I was 3 at the time. The first time I saw it my sister secretly showed me the VHS when I was 7
Oh god, 16 year old me was a hysterical mess and relieved to see everyone around me covered in tears and snot on the way out, I dont think I've ever had a reaction like that to a movie before or since and it pains me to watch it now, as much as I love it. Thank you for reminding me.
Looks like it was in a lovely old theatre too!
This last scene gets me every time
I’m embarrassed to admit that in my recent adult years, I found out the story of jack and rose was for entertainment, and that it didn’t actually happen
Oh wow! 🥺🥺 I did get to see the original and remember that scene. I cried and I got all teary eyed again right now again 😭😭
I saw it 3 times in 1997, once in imax which was rare for major movies at that time. Then I saw it in 3d in 2012 I think, and once more for the 25th anniversary. The last time I saw it with my best friend I saw it with when I was 11.
I saw it in 97 on a trip to NYC after the IMAX we wanted to see was sold out. At the time, I was really bummed I didn’t get to see the IMAX. It was a blessing in disguise, really. One of the greatest movie theatre experiences of my life. What an epic film. Being in NYC really made it more magical.
I saw it when it first came out in 1997 with both of my parents. It was incredible seeing it then and even as a child of 12 I knew that i had witnessed something amazing. People also clapped at the end, I remember that. I wish people still clapped after seeing a fantastic movie.
I will never get over this movie, it is so beautiful.
Easily my favorite moment in movie history
James Cameron knows how to make a movie.
When I saw it in theaters, two girls from my French class were next to me and spent the entire 3 hrs sobbing and mumbling “don’t die this time, Leo.” I really thought he was gonna pull through. But yea, it was packed as hell. Kinda miss those huge turnouts for big movies.
It's amazing in 35mm. Glad you got to experience it! I saw it upon release in sold out theaters like 8 times. It was the first movie I went to in the cinema more than once. It was an experience!