With a team of the world's foremost historic and marine experts as well as friend Bill Paxton, James Cameron embarks on an unscripted adventure back to the wreck of the Titanic where nearly 1,500 souls lost their lives almost a century ago.
This hour-long feature, edited down from 900 hours of footage, is both a technical marvel and a heartfelt memorial to those who died when the ship sank in 1912.
– Ted Shen,
Chicago Reader,
11 Dec 2009
fresh:
Cameron, who produced and directed it, does a visually splendid job, though what he has fashioned comes down to a logistical footnote to his great, primal, heart-of- the-ocean blockbuster.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Apr 2003
fresh:
One of the rare Imax movies in which the 3-D effects are completely melded into the picture, rather than simply used as a gimmick.
– Elizabeth Weitzman,
New York Daily News,
22 Apr 2003
rotten:
Aside from his CGI ghostcraft unwittingly co-opting Pat O'Neill's last feature, Cameron is entirely predictable in a marines T-shirt, exhorting, 'Next stop, Titanic -- rock 'n' roll!'
– Edward Crouse,
Village Voice,
15 Apr 2003
fresh:
Ghosts of the Abyss is an incredible experience that will further enhance our century-long fascination with the Titanic.