Reply #19: I haven't seen Titanic but I did see Braveheart. [View All]

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I was at my crazy right-wing uncle's place, and we watched it on laser disc (remember those? like a DVD but 12" across) on a big screen TV with a thunderstorm in progress. His air conditioner was out, so the windows were open. Between the thunder and the volume he had cranked up, it was an intense movie experience. There is little value-added to Braveheart if you don't like scenes of humiliation interlaced with scenes of revenge, to the tune of saccharine Celtic music. The movie is nothing if not mind-numbingly macho. And there's the scene where the King defenestrates his gay son's boyfriend. Yikes!

I remember the alleged TV Guide capsule summary of Titanic: Boy meets girl. Ship sinks. Having seen the lengthy trailers, I pretty much felt no need to actually see the movie.