April 11, 2012
Movie goes down（被接受，传下去） well
Fifteen years after James Cameron's Titanic sailed— and didn't sink att the box office— the film returns in another dimension（n.维度）. The director, who set the standard for 3-D cinema with Avatar（阿凡达）, retrofitted（v.花样翻新） his old-Hollywood romance for a second voyage.
"Are you ready to go back to Titanic?"
Prepare to hear that famous line repeatedly as Titanic, the 1997 epic romance, is relaunched（v.再次发起，再次投入） into theaters on April 10— complete with a 3-D makeover（n.大转变）.
And the second-highest-grossing（a.第二最卖座的） film of all time, with $600.8 million(about 3.8 billion yuan) in the US— runner-up to another title directed by James Cameron, 2009's Avatar($760.5 million)— is about to make a valiant（a.勇敢的） go at reclaiming（v.收回） the top spot（最高位置）.
Based on the true story of the grand ship's destruction during its maiden trip（处女航） in 1912, with fictional tales intertwined（v.缠绕）, the New York Times says Titanic is "the most meticulously（adv.注重细节） rendered and relentless（a.无情的） disaster movie ever made".
This time, the story remains the same, but the dizzying visuals are even more spectacular（a.壮观）. Unlike many 3-D films that have a dark, muddy quality, Titanic's images are sharper and the ship's nearly vertical（a.垂直的） inundation and breaking into tow are all the more gut-wrenching（a.精神痛苦的）.
The sentimental（a.多愁善感的） shipboear romance between Rose (Kate Winslet) and Jack (Leonardo Dicaprio) famously inspired repeat viewings by young women. This time around it's the sea water slamming（v.撞击） through corridors that will likely sell tickets（卖座）.
The contrasting images of desperately trapped steerage（n.最低票价舱位） passengers and moneyed（a.有钱的） folks clinging to once-burnished（a.磨亮的） balustrades（n.栏杆） are more impressive with the enhanced technology.
The ship looks all the more sumptuous（a.华丽的） with the added dimension. The scene where Jack rescued Rose from jumping overboard（adv.越过船坠入水中） comes off（成为） as more dangerous and intimately（adv.详尽） revealing（a.展现的） in 3-D.
Three dimensions enhance the drama of a rupturing hull（裂开的船体） and the horror of people sliding（v.滑行） helplessly across the massive deck（n.甲板）, falling into the ocean or trying to climb on the lifeboats.
"If there 's only one movie on earth that needed to be in 3-D, it's probably Titanic." Entertainment Weekly's movie critic Owen Glerberman wrote."It was always a spectacular popping-off-the-screen（仿佛跳出荧幕的） experience. And 15 years later, it still is."
