Thursday 3 May 2012

"Titanic:The Final Word With James Cameron" - National Geographic

Who can forget that tragic day on April 14th, 1912. Titanic, deemed to be "unsinkable", sank to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, thousands losing their lives. But why and how did this happen? James Cameron and his group of Titanic experts team up to unveil this long awaited mystery in "Titanic: The Final Word With James Cameron". James Cameron is well known for the success of his feature film, "Titanic", which won 11 Oscars and made millions. But as we see in this documentary, the Titanic means a lot more to Cameron, almost obsessed with the incident having made over 30 dives to the wreckage site. What I really enjoyed about this documentary is how we get to see some really interesting discussions happen between all the experts. They debate and bring forth new ideas and explanations as to what happened on the night of the Titanic's sinking, as well as some one-on-one interviews with them which lets us in on their personal connection to Titanic.
James Cameron on Titanic dive
With the use of technology, Cameron maps out the wreck on the ocean floor, setting up the locations of where debris had fallen. This raises the question of, "how did they get there?" and through careful examination they finally reach to a conclusion. This documentary is also very interesting visually as it takes us on one of Cameron's dives, giving us a look at where Titanic lies. We are also as mentioned before, able to see the debates between the experts and we also get a look at the technology used to create the reenactment of the sinking. It really is a great new look into the events that happened that night of the sinking and to some, it answers a lot of their questions. As far as Titanic documentaries go, this is well worth the watch.

Meet the team of Experts here: Who's Who?


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