History according to the movies

Rating: 3/10 (14 April 1999)

What disturbs me the most about "Titanic", that in the minds of millions of people, the tragedy of the eponymous ocean liner will be forever replaced with a fictional romantic story of a British girl and a American boy. Did the film make you actually care about 1500 passengers who died in the crash? Very unlikely. We're supposed to mourn the girl's lost lover instead. 1958's "A Night to Remember" offered both the more historically accurate account of the event and the human drama behind it. Along with "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan", "Titanic" is a sad example of how the actual history is being replaced by Hollywood's fictionalized versions of it. Dream factory, indeed.