L.A confidential is probably the best of it's kind, yet Titanic was a milestone and was a film made by a true visionary.
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wylierichardson-966-922691 — 9 years ago(September 15, 2016 11:20 PM)
Why do those artists you mentioned have fans? Because their music speaks to them. It has less to do with intelligence than simple TASTE. One has little connection to the other, ultimately. One could say that more smart people tend to like 'high-brow' entertainment - which LA Confidential doesn't qualify as, however.
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richardecredico — 12 years ago(March 16, 2014 01:00 PM)
Titanic was so bloated and full of pretentious hot air I still wonder how that ship managed to sink.
The rift between these films seems to divide across the line of films as art versus film as entertainment for the masses.
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Bobby9976 — 11 years ago(August 27, 2014 07:41 AM)
Titanic was one of very few (if there are any other) films that won Oscar for best picture, but wasn't even nominated for best screenplay, both or neither should be nominated really.
I agree that LA Confidential should have won it. (IMO).
Titanic is a missed opportunity to me, fantastic on a technical level, but let down by a hammy storyline (they should have given Billy Zane a moustache to twirl like in the early melodramas). -
first-things-first — 12 years ago(March 19, 2014 09:15 AM)
Disagree. The love story in titanic sets the bar for movies following it. It surpasses the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr "An Affair a To Remember" by football fields. It's one story, love, told by many characters. This movie has multiple subplots leading to one character, but it hasn't set the bar, in my opinion. I like "A Touch Of Evil" for the bar setter.
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PossessedByDucks — 12 years ago(March 24, 2014 05:33 PM)
Looking up the nominees I'm more surprised that The Full Monty was nominated. But seriously, all the nominees were good in their own right. Comparing them is rather pointless as they all have different strengths. Titanic, as someone said, was an event to the point that our grandmothers went to see it. Not at all surprised that it won.
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 11 years ago(December 15, 2014 09:32 AM)
No. Titanic is great in all of those departments as well. But, Cameron's talent as a visual storyteller is too far ahead of its time. People can't see the forest through the glamor.
Rest assured, Titanic totally deserves all of those Oscars and all of the other accolades it received.
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LennyDH — 11 years ago(February 17, 2015 09:02 AM)
"L A Confidential always finishes in a higher position than titanic"
Not on this list:
http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000_all1000films_table.php
622 Titanic
761 LA Confidential
In fact, Titanic is regarded as the best American film of 1997 on that list