My Favorite YouTube Video: Titanic 2: The Sequel

I loved the movie Titanic. I think I saw it 4 or 5 times in the theater - something I rarely do. In fact, I rarely see a movie once in the theater. The romance was timeless - literally - although Rose did go on to find love again, Jack was always in her heart. I loved the perfect casting of so many characters. For instance, Eric Braeden, better known as Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless, was perfect as John Jacob Astor. He does upper upper class so well.

So many of the actors were cast not only for their acting abilities but for their canny, or uncanny, resemblance to the people they portrayed. Kathy Bates as the Unsinkable Molly Brown is another fine example.

That being said, my interest has waned over the years. I have not watched the video in years and I never bothered to buy the DVD. I still cannot stand the scene where Jack teaches Rose to spit - but I think that has a lot to do with my twitchy gag reflex.

Nevertheless, I was quite intrigued when "Titanic 2" showed up as a thread on a message board I frequent. I checked out the link and, sure enough, there it was.

The official website for the video is at www.robertblankenheim.com/, including a version with commentary by the creator, and the video is found on YouTube at www.youtube.com/watch and many other YouTube pages.

The creator has taken scenes not only from Titanic, but many of Leonardo Di Caprio's other movies. I do not claim to be a Di Caprio fan like some and so have not seen all of the movies in question, but I can identify some of them. The Bourne Identity and Bourne Supremacy are two that I do recognize (both good movies, though as is often the case the books are better) and the scenes from those movies are well used.

I have read elsewhere that The Beach is also one of the movies that is used in the sequence, but I have done my best to block out that experience.

The 'trailer' starts with scenes from Titanic as the boats search for people, including Rose, to rescue. We see her let Jack go to the depths, choosing to let him go and save her own life since his is already over.