Titanic - 23 years on. Is now a horror movie.

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In my late teens I excitedly watched Titanic collapsing in sobs at the end with the tragic love story. Went and watched it again the following week. Cried all the way through now aware of the tragic love story.

Fast forward 23 years. And I've just spent an evening watching again with my stomach in knots at the sheer horror of what happened. All those people. All that drowning. The injustice of the class system (keeping 3rd class locked up in a sinking ship). Watching a mammy tucking her wee children up to bed as the ship is going down. The frightened people. Wailing children. The chaos. The hopelessness.

I mean, as films go, it's breathtakingly well done. The special effects, acting, costumes, music etc. Every single one of those 11 Oscars well deserved. But, I have seen it through the eyes of a grown up now. I have my own DC. And the difference in what I took away has really stirred up a mixture of feelings in me.

I just wanted to share and write it down as I've spent the last 2 hours sobbing.

I first saw it as an early teen and also couldn't understand why people loved it - I was rigid with horror that what we were watching had actually happened. Yes, not a documentary - but based on a real event.

My friends thought I was nuts but I've never watched it again.

YANBU, even though I know you didn’t ask.

I watched it when it first came out. Then, a few years ago, we were at a Lego exhibition with the kids. One of the exhibits was an incredible rendering of the Titanic going down.

The kids were fascinated. This must’ve been about 2-3 years ago, so they would have been about 8 and 10. We decided to put the movie on that evening at home.

Big mistake. They found it really traumatising, and none of the ‘it’s just a movie’ platitudes helped in the slighted. As DS quite rightly said, ‘but it actually happened’.

Those poor people must’ve been terrified.

I first saw it aged 13 I had nightmares for weeks

That but where Rose & Jack try saving that boy, but the dad snatched them and the water goes through the door. Would replay on my mind. Also the fire stokers trapped in the fire room.

I always skip those bits when I watch it now

So is it not true about third class being locked down in bottom of the ship?

I remember being taught this at school which was before the film came out!!

Not locked but from sounds left to fend for themselves so may have got lost trying to get out.

Watching it again its horrible. The thought of seeing the last life boat gone and realising you were stuck..so many sad moments that actually happened.

This first hand account from a survivor is utterly captivating and haunting. www.bbc.co.uk/archive/frank-prentice-how-i-survived-the-titanic-sinking/zbpfhcw

Thank you @MissHoney85 . What an incredible and sad account. To think that he saved Mrs Clark and she saved him. Amazing how fate hands the cards at times.