Movie Remakes - Titanic - A Night to Remember

While their have been several incarnations of the telling of the sinking of the Titanic. Two that come to mind are 1958’s A Night to Remember and 1997 Titanic. Yes the biggest grossing film of all time is a remake of a classic. The better of the two is A Night to Remember which was an accurate retelling of the sinking based on the book of the same title. Even though it was made in the 50’s it had high production values and made good use of special effects. As for the version from James Cameron, he interposed a sappy love story over some spectacular use of special effects to try and bring the stroy alive. While the Cameron version had the benefit of actual details from the sunken wreck it wrecked the story by putting the crappy love story in the middle of the tragedy. It did not need to have gratuitous nudity to make the story. (I know Cameron needed to appeal to an American audience to put butts in the seats)
A Night to Remember is definitely worth seeing for both the historical accuracy and excellent storytelling.