Charles A. Miller Once more, just because a billionaire can afford to pursue his HOBBY of diving shipwrecks doesn't make him a scientist.In "Titanic: The Final Word with James Cameron," the ultra-wealthy filmmaker attempts to convince a group of Naval SCIENTISTS that his imaginative musing on the sinking of the Titanic is as good as actual SCIENCE.Naval hydrodynamics experts watched Cameron's presentation with expressions of incredulity, then flatly refuted Cameron's overblown hypotheses to his face. The producers of this film give the REAL experts only a matter of SECONDS to state their case.I mean, has anyone ever thought of just standing up and telling James Cameron, "You're NOT a SCIENTIST, okay? You're a rich guy surrounded by a bunch of Titanic groupies and yes-men."

Michael_Elliott Titanic: Final Word with James Cameron (2012)**** (out of 4) Excellent documentary has director James Cameron sitting down with eight experts as they try to discover what really happened that tragic night when over 1,500 died. The nine men are basically locked in a room where they look at updated data, new animation, actual photos and various other bits of information. The group basically want to know why the ship sank so quickly, why it broke in two and at various speeds that all of this happened. People can say what they want about the attitude or cockiness of Cameron but there's no denying that he knows how to make a movie. This documentary was meant to be his final word on the subject and it's clear that he wanted it to be the final word on what really happened that night. I'm sure others will come along to debunk the evidence shown here and I'm sure there are a few members of this panel that doesn't agree with everything that is said. It does seem clear that Cameron had the final word on everything but there's no denying that this is an incredibly interesting documentary because it brings to life so many new theories on what happened and we get some wonderful computer animation showing what might have happened and when. We also get some beautiful diagrams of the ocean floor and we get to see where everything was located. Not only do we see it but we also get diagrams of how the stuff got where it landed. The documentary ends with some very interesting segments including one where they debate what could have been done to save everyone on board. Cameron also talks about some of the mistakes in his movie but thankfully he says he's not going to fix them and is going to let the movie stand. History buffs and those just curious with the romance of Titanic should really enjoy this documentary. Who knows if it will really be Cameron's final word on the subject but it's certainly a terrific document of the events.

TermlnatriX I won't get into the politics the previous reviewer brought up about Cameron, since one man's opinions and ideas and thoughts are their own - though you can't deny that Cameron does have a point towards the last conclusion. Instead I'll just quickly talk about my impressions of the documentary. It is very well put together. You have, first and foremost a panel of various professionals and researchers and throughout it there are interviews with them which provide a more emotional side to the documentary aside from the analytical talk with the scenes of the "roundtable" of researchers. Cameron provides various animations from beginning to the end based on factual data they've all come up with throughout the years and it's really fascinating to watch all of it. I especially loved the bits when Cameron's pre-vis artist demonstrated an animation of real-time sinking of the ship post break-up. Quite a sight. You have various other animations based on data that was eye-opening as well. You also have bits and pieces where Cameron and the team discuss the new information and relate it to his film - what he got right and what he got wrong. The overall production quality is solid, even down to the set they're in, very good music plays throughout it as well, sort of above standard type of pieces you'd normally see in these made for TV documentaries. Filled with more emotion that fits the interviews or the scenes. If you're an avid Titanic fan like me, who's been fascinated with the ship and its fate since 10 years old - you are no doubt going to enjoy it. That isn't to say people who don't know much or don't care wouldn't - it would actually be more informative for them. However all in all, it's a solid piece regardless. Well put together.

learyd-305-879536 Cameron puts a panel of experts together to debate the aspects of the sinking of the Titanic. The graphics were excellent as they demonstrated the different possibilities of how the ship sank. In the end they reached a consensus and produced a final graphic. The last 5 minutes were destroyed by Cameron's political viewpoint which I really don't care to hear. Cameron went on a diatribe about the Titanic being the great feat of human engineering that was too big to miss the iceberg. He then relates this to today with "big oil", corporations and global warming. He states that global warming will be the next iceberg and greedy capitalist are not going to change the way they do things and thus global warming is inevitable. It amazing that he doesn't see the next iceberg as crashing economies from over-sized governments. Maybe he is too big the steer away from the iceberg he can't even see.