Titanic 3D (2012)- Absolute nostalgia !!!

Rating: 9/10 (10 April 2012)

First of all, I was overwhelmed with nostalgia, when I learned that Titanic(1997) is returning to theatres! It is a favourite movie of mine, hearkening back to those years when I was a relatively young, unspoilt kid. who had no idea what the 'Big Bad World' was like( I was an 11 year old boy when 'Titanic' was released on 'March 1998' here in India). I had went to see Titanic being impressed by the huge ship, the story . My father had booked tickets at Globe Cinema Hall(Esplanade Kolkata- now closed)a week beforehand. But my mother, learning about "certain" scenes , persuaded my father to return the tickets. But as desperate I was back then to see the film,I had quietly removed the tickets from his Office- Bag and hid it. When He learned of it, instead of scolding me, he decided to keep the tickets. I remember feeling extremely awkward during the painting and the car scene, trying to hide my eyes, and still daring to peer through my fingers. But Titanic moved me, totally. It was a wonderful Romantic film, and the power of love and the inevitable tragedy had brought tears to my 11 year old self back then. And oh, the music! I remember when the movie had finished and the credits started rolling with the famous song, everyone was exiting the theatre. I was stuck there , with tears frozen in my cheeks, unable to move, unwilling to leave. I felt so lost so saddened. The tag line really hit home for me- " Nothing on Earth could come between them" Some of my friends have found the movie to be nothing more than a disaster picture, some have found it to be a moving love story that is universal. Watching the 3D version was reliving those memories! It wasn't as affecting as it was back in '98 but it was surely nostalgic. The 3D post-conversion was brilliant, I mean really good, But I imagine it to look no less better in its original 2D version. Though the 3D was never distracting, it felt almost as good as that of 'Avatar'.Depth was stunning! And the newly 4K restored print sparkled with fine details. But now my BIG complaint- ("SPOILER AHEAD") - The nude-sketching scene of Rose, was unjustly, and badly censored. any instances of Kate Winslets Breast or lower torso was removed, zoomed-in, pan-scanned. Even the kiss, after Rose says thank you and takes the painting was cut. It totally put me off. I lost my interest in watching the movie. They raped the artistic integrity of the movie, right there! It was such a beautiful and sweet scene. I read reports that the censor board of India passed the film uncut, hence I was shocked to see such abominable censoring. But then this is not just India, this is a part of India- The state of West Bengal, and anything can happen here.Is a Woman's body still an object of shame??? Well I don't know if the particular Cinema owners did that or not, which I doubt, but still this is by all accounts unacceptable. I guess most of you living outside India( at least in the US, UK, Aus, Eu) are lucky enough to see the movie in an Un-Raped form. However in spite of all this the charm of the movie remains undeniable, even after fourteen years('98 release in India).
I watched it on 10th April, 2012, exactly a hundred years after the ship sailed from Southampton (April 10th, 1912). And intend on catching it once again on the 15th: a hundred years after it sank(April 15th, 1912). May all the souls who perished on the night find peace, and all those whose lives were changed forever after the disaster. And RIP Gloria Stuart !