Titanic

More than a century after it sank in the Atlantic Ocean, Titanic story continues to fascinate many people around the world.  I am one of them. In 1912, the most luxurious ship at the time departed from Great Britain to New York City. Sadly not all the passengers were able to make it to New York.  The story of the Titanic sinking was not known to all of us until 1997 when a movie based on the story was produced.  Titanic story involved Wealth, love and tragedy. That is why the movie was fascinating and very successful.  According to Stuart Elliott who has been an advertising columnist of the New York Times since 1991, “THE surprising success of ‘Titanic’ is already rewriting the rules of Hollywood film making.  Now it may be also rewriting the rules of movie marketing” (Elliott).

When the movie was published, it captivated the entire world. I remembered when for the first time, I watched it.  As I was very young, I was more captivated by the love story of the movie. To me, Jack ( a character of the movie) and Rose(a character of the movie as well) were able to demonstrate that love can triumph over wealth.  Even though Jack was not rich, he was very seductive and he was successful in taking away Rose from her fiancée (movie’ scenes). Those  scenes showing a young poor man taking away a very beautiful young lady from her rich fiancée were appealing to many of my friends.

After I watched the movie many times, the love story of the film started fading on my mind.  I started being overwhelmed by the tragedy that took place after the ship hit the Ice Berg and started sinking. I started bringing into tears when I watched the end of the movie. When the ship broke up into two parts, passengers were trying to reach the life boats in order to survive in the very cold water. Sadly, only few of the passengers survived and made the journey to New York (movie ‘scenes).

                        

                                                             Work cited

Stuart Elliot, “THE MEDIA BUSINESS: ADVERTISING; the success of ‘Titanic’ has marketers scrambling to create product tie-ins”. Newyorktimes.com. February 18, 1998. Newyorktimes.com web. March 23, 2014.