The Mayans predicted it: "Titanic" in 3D.
For his next trick, James Cameron intends to grace us with a 3D version of "Titanic." He's aiming for 2012, which he says is both a realistic technical target and the 100th anniversary of the actual Titanic's sinking. Cameron seems to have missed a self-aggrandizing trick for once by failing to mention the surprisingly large numbers of people who sincerely believe the Mayans were right and the world will end in 2012 (an idea so surprisingly robust NASA had to issue a statement debunking it). "Titanic" is nothing if not an elegant apocalypse: the destruction of the ship has real heft to it, a bravura extended sequence in which Cameron flexing his action muscles towards a darker purpose. Despite all those stupid CGI extras, much of "Titanic" has a compelling verisimilitude -- few high-grossing blockbusters have ever looked so real. Cameron basically blew up the blockbuster paradigm he helped solidify...
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