Between Christmas day and the following week, there are many nice tv shows and movies for celebrating christmas and new year days. Yesterday I watched again the 1997-published movie "Titanic" on channel rtm2. I still was touched and had strong impression when watching the movie although I have watched it with n times already~
I'm sure that everyone know the plot of "Titanic" which directed by James Cameron so I'm here don't explain it again but I just wanna tell my impression after watching the great show that minded deeply.
The story begins with the romance of a couple, Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater but it also directly shows the real scene when the RMS Titanic sank on 14 April 1912. The sinking of RMS Titanic is the maritime disaster that most commonly known by public. The audience can know the real scene of social that time and learn some knowledge about shipping too.
Apperance:
I was attracted with the structure and machines of RMS Titanic. It was the largest Olympic-class pessenger steamship on the world in 20th century. According the information from wikipedia, it contains 9 furnaces of Scotch marine boilers which the maximum horsepower (hp) is 59000 and the maximum speed is 23 knots (approximately 43 km/h). Inside the ship, it surpassed all her rivals in luxury and opulence that contained swimming pool, a gymnasium, a squash court, Turkish bath, library and a Verandah Cafe.
Two bronze triple-blade wing propellers and one bronze quadruple-blade centre propeller.
Figurative:
It was unfortunately when she was hitting the iceberg. We will not forget when the lookouts exclaimed "Iceberg, right ahead!". Then the officiers tried to prevent the collision but without success, the iceberg brushed the ship's right side and the seawater started to occupy the compartments. The officiers were totally desperated when the shipbuilder, Thomas Andrews said the ship will sink after 1 and half hours. Here was the beginning of climax.
In the movie, we can see the profesionalism of the ship offciers when the accident occured. The officiers started to rescue the passengers by placing them into lifeboards. Captain Edward John Smith and Thomas Andrews took their final resposibily by trapped themselves in the room and waited the time to leave. Althought it was silly action but they did it with regretness. William McMaster Murdoch, ship's first officier commited suicide after he shot two passengers because he failed to his duty to protect the passengers and even killed two of them. The musical band still playing thier music until the last when the "unsinkable" ship sank totally.

On the same time, the ugliness of human was shown on the passengers when they were panicked and finding the way to survive. Especially some englishmen, who proud with "gentleman", tried to take the lifeboard wtihout following instruction and women and children first protocol. Before the tragedy, we also won't forget Mr Ismay, who required Captain to increase the speed of ship because he wanted it became the news about Titanic can reached New York in short period.
The movie ended with the dead of Jack while Rose was rescued. There were about 1500 victims were dead of frozen and other causes on Atlantic Ocean. So sad~!
After watching, I was thinking deeply about what will I do if I was the victim before the sinking of Titanic. I can't say anything for it as I'm not in the situation but I will let my beloved family members or partner (if have) for rescuing first if really no more place. At that time is really really 生死离别,I will wish them to have a new life when they reach the land. And of course I won't hope it happens on me~!
And last, we also won't forget a romantical sentence "You jump, I jump!"