Long ass review of Titanic: The Legend Goes On: It's pretty bad.
Oh boy, where do I even begin? I watched this movie in its entirety from start to finish and I can confidently say that it's horrendous and insulting.
...But honestly, not as bad as The Legend of Titanic. That movie is WAY worse than this. I won't go into detail of it, I will make a review about it soon. :)
But to sum this up, this movie was just plain exhausting, bland, and not really making much sense for some, if not most of the time. It's pretty terrible, mainly the story itself. It's boring and plain generic, not just ripping off Cameron's 1997 movie, but MUCH more than that.
So let's start with the plot. P.S., I have only watched the original uncut version of the movie and not the edited version so the plot is just slightly different from the latter film, but it is still the same thing.
So there is a big difference between the beginning of the original uncut version to the beginning of the edited version. The edited version started off with a future flashback to when the Titanic in the film was sinking. Yep, a very sad way to start off a children's movie. Whereas in the original version, it clearly doesn't have that and it just instantly starts with the main character, Angelica, and her evil stepmother and her stepsisters.
Personally, I find the original version's beginning to be way better than the edited one. The edited one just makes the whole plot up to the sinking predictable. Though, to be fair, the film is obviously based off of the real life tragedy so I guess the plot is already predictable to begin with, even without the future flashback scene. But I still find the original version's start way better because it sort of gives the viewer a sense of peace before the tragedy, just like in the actual sinking, many passengers there were excited or were at peace of sailing onto a luxurious ocean liner, not knowing the inevitable tragedy that would come upon them.
Anyway, we are at the start of the film where we instantly find out that Angelica not only has a cruel stepmother and stepsisters, she also misses her mom, with the only source of connection to her being a locket.
I'm just gonna say it, when I first saw this, I thought it was a picture of herself- Like I genuinely thought she had a locket of herself in it. Honestly I find that pretty weird but I digress.
So as if this movie wasn't just ripping off James Cameron's Titanic, they are already ripping off Cinderella and a hint of Anastasia.
So now we get to the scene where we are finally introduced to the ship and here, we can finally meet the rest of the characters! One of the problems I have with this film, regardless if it was edited or not, is that there is a million different subplots going on. And I'm trying so hard right now to make sense of it, but for most of them, I can't seem to find it. So let's see if I can try and name all of them after the subplot of Angelica, her missing mom, and her evil step-family. AHEM AHEM-
We got Cruelle de Vil ripoff over here and her two bumbling henchmen that apparently are the jewel thieves:
We have a dude named Gaston trying to hit on this Jessica Rabbit ripoff over here!
(I will admit she is beautiful-)
We got the main character's love interest, Will!
We got a fuckin' detective on the ship to find the jewel thieves. Yep, spoiler alert, Cruella de Vil and her henchmen.
And we got Angelica losing her locket and Gaston stealing it. Personally I find this subplot more interesting than the rest of the subplots. I'm weird I know.
And last but not least, we have the animals.
Honestly, it's not surprising that these producers and writers wanted to add talking animals in the film because why the fuck not?? It's a kids movie and kids love talking animals. I mean I should know, I loved talking animals as a child so I understand them. I mean as a full grown adult I still love talking animals.
But it's still a big problem because they've essentially kid-ified the entire tragedy with it and it definitely shows. One of the more insulting aspects that we will see in The Legend of Titanic and in it, it is way worse than The Legend Goes On.
And this is so confusing because why the hell would talking mice, geese, a magpie, and a couple more animals in this film would even go on a transatlantic journey to America?? Is this how migration works in this movie??? I dunno, I'm guessing that's the case.
We also have this whole touring band of Mexican mice???
Yeah, this definitely did not age well. I know they are supposed to be based off of Speedy Gonzalez from Looney Tunes but they are obviously racist stereotypical depictions of Mexicans and it shows.
I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT SOMETHING:
There's this dude in the movie that says "Let's hope it's a smooth crossing" in a very creepy and ominous tone, as well as raise his eyebrows up and down...
Does this dude...have anything to do with the Titanic sinking???? Like does he know about the tragedy that's gonna inevitably come??? IS HE A TIME TRAVELER OF SOME SORTS???? I'm overthinking this I'm sorry....
Now I want to talk about an interesting character of this movie:
This is the first officer of the Titanic in this movie. BUT...
He is NOT First Officer William Murdoch. Hell, he doesn't even look like him...AND Murdoch is FAR more superior than this dude.
His name is, get this, First Officer Stockard
Yes, his name is Stockard. And I personally find him very interesting because, while he is, probably, based off Murdoch, he also reminds me of other infamous real life people aboard the ship, such as Second Officer Charles Lightoller and Fifth Officer Harold Lowe. Yes I am still glazing over Lowe, shut up. But I'll explain more about him in a little bit when I get to the historical accuracy part.
So afterward, a bunch of really stupid stuff happens afterwards, like Angelica getting mistreated by her stepmother and stepsisters, William and his nanny and Gaston, the mice, blah blah blah I am not even gonna describe the whole thing there.
BUT I am gonna describe this!!!!
That's right, the rapping dog scene.
Now again, this is the original uncut version of the movie, so the rapping dog scene is way different here than in the edited version. Right here, it doesn't come out of nowhere or all of a sudden. It just had some sort of buildup here. And I never thought I'd be using the song as a positive, but it actually makes sense here in the uncut version. Because it is basically an introductory song about the dog being the leader of the animals and in charge of them aboard the Titanic. Okay, makes sense! A little unnecessary but it makes sense!!
Whereas in the edited version, the song literally comes up all of a sudden and the only meeting I can interpret from it is ITS PARTY TIME ON THE TITANIC. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH-
Yeah I prefer the uncut version tbh, but even then it still has some problems on its own. First of all, the dog's rapping. Which won't exist until several decades later. Another anachronistic part is that he's clearly wearing tank top and shorts.
I'm guessing the T on his tank top stands for Titanic?????
The animation is really weird there and nightmare fuel. Why is the dog bipedal all of a sudden too???? The voices can get really weird too, especially with the "You! Me!?" part. Overall, not so great, but it's at least a little better than the Party Time version in terms of intention and meaning.
More stupid stuff happens, but then we finally see the romance here!!!!
And, the first interaction between these two characters are...not as bad as the edited version of the film??? But it is still pretty weird and kind of creepy with how William interacts with Angelica.
He still suddenly caresses her hand in the original version. Which is just creepy....
Later in the film, he also says "Now that I've found her, I'm not gonna let her go again". Which is also really really questionable.
Anyway more stupid stuff has occurred, Gaston gives Molly (the Jessica Rabbit ripoff character) the locket he stole.
Don't worry, the animals got it back ;)
We also got a non-stupid moment in the film that is actually...kinda wholesome???
It's when this old lady gives Angelica her old dress.
I personally find this to be one of the few good moments about this movie. I genuinely think it's really sweet and nice AND, while the animation is somewhat stiff here, I think it's one of the only good animated scenes from this film. So finally, a positive result from this movie.
But it's going to get even worse y'all....
More and more AND more stupid stuff happens here. But finally, William and Angelica dance and kiss.
(I REALLY HATE HOW THEIR LIPS TOUCH WHAT IS THIS????)
And we got Gaston getting slapped by Molly, thank god she leaves him!!!!
I won't go into any details further, because I want to go now to the part where Titanic finally hits the iceberg and sinks!! Now here's the historical accuracy part and luckily for you, I made a list of some of the things that the writers SOMEHOW, like SOMEHOWWWWW, did research on for this movie.
Historical Accuracy List of The Legend Goes On:
In one scene in the film, one of the officers setting up the lifeboat says that he needs a steersman. Gaston decided to volunteer and responds to him "I'm a yachtsman!" This is in reference to a real life exchange when Second Officer Charles Lightoller needed a sailor for one of the lifeboats which needed more men to row. Arthur Godfrey Peuchen volunteered to do so and in response to Lights' question if he was a sailor, he says "I'm a yachtsman". Peuchen was the only men Lightoller let to board a lifeboat.
The rich couple deciding to stay on the sinking ship (one of them is the mysterious man who somehow knows that the ship is sinking prior to this) is a reference to Ida and Isidor Strauss.
First Officer Stockard is supposed to be based off of the real life First Officer William Murdoch but his behavior and actions are based off of Second Officer Charles Lightoller (in the film he says "women and children only!" similar to the real life officer).
On top of that, Stockard's rough attitude reminds me of Fifth Officer Harold Lowe's behavior.
Stockard's refusal to help rescue drowning passengers is also reminiscent of Robert Hichens.
Captain Smith looks historically accurate. And yes, he died in real life. Total gigachad along with the officers.
The band also went down the ship too like the movie portrayed. No, there was no big booby Jessica Rabbit with them. Though W woman for sacrificing herself.
Dogs did board on the ship. Unfortunately, only three survived.
I believe there was at least one cat that board the titanic and her name is Jenny. I may not be a cat person but I do love the story of Jenny. May she rest in peace.
I believe some passengers did came back to their state to get jewelry, similar to Angelica's stepsister wanting to do so.
The chef featured in the film, I think, I THINK, might be based off of Charles Joughin, who claimed he survived the night due to being drunk. He obviously wasn't saved by mice like the movie portrayed, but he survived either way.
The iceberg phone scene is also accurate too. The lookouts did call the officers via phone and James Moody (I love him as well) answered.
That's all I can think of. I am currently researching about the first, second, and third passengers part and how the movie portrayed them surviving, but let me know any more historical things you have noticed in this movie (if you even have the full sanity to watch this).
So blah blah blah blah blah, yes unfortunately Angelica and William survived as well as the animal gang too. And then we get an ending which explains what happened to our boring cast of characters. P.S. I'm out of images because Tumblr can be a pain sometimes.
The rapping dog has became a detective and helped the detective man get Cruella de Vil get locked up.
Gaston got hired by some woman and is now the "chauffeur, babysitter, cook, butler, gardener, etc etc et-blahhh" (that's how the mouse narrator described it literally)
Chef Joughin ripoff pulled a Linguini from Ratatouille and let a bunch of mice stay at his kitchen in a fancy restaurant in New York??? Okay...
Angelica's stepsisters married Cruella de Vil's bumbling henchmen, leaving the stepmother bawling (not tears of joy though)
And lastly, Angelica and William get married, Jessica Rabbit ripoff's Dalmatian dogs got adopted by them since, like I mentioned, she died (again, W)
And they all lived happily ever after....
Okay...so the one of the biggest issues I have ever seen with this movie, which is based off of a true tragedy btw, is that they made a happy ending where all the characters lived happily ever after and I think it is implying that all the people aboard this ship survived.
Yeah, let's brush over the fact that 1500 PEOPLE DIED ON THE TITANIC.
But hey, who cares? We should teach children that the Titanic wasn't as bad as everyone thinks!!! Isn't that great???
Here's my overall review of the movie.
The animation, first of all, definitely not the worst part about this movie. There are much more terrible parts than the animation. The animation can be, at times, pretty smooth. There are a few parts showcasing this and I think it's pretty decent. As I said before, that dress part was oddly very satisfying to look at. The animation isn't that smooth but it is still one of the only decently animated parts about this movie. The character designs aren't that bad actually. I especially liked a few of them, such as the Jessica Rabbit ripoff or whatever her name is, it's Molly.
That isn't to say...the animation is terrific. It's like giving the animation a D+. The animation most of the time is stiff and janky. The movements can be slow at times. I personally think one of the worst animated moments in the movie is when Angelica and Will were dancing while Molly is singing behind them. You can tell they did not put enough effort on this. And the kissing scene....UGHHHH I HATE HOW THEY ANIMATED THIS. The designs, while they are not that bad, are kind of inconsistent. They do look like they don't belong in the same movie and I can see why. Also I've noticed they reuse the same animation in a few parts of the movie, like when the ship hits the iceberg, that same scene of water bursting plays on screen four times in a row. Lazy editing much?
The story fucking sucks. It's actually really that boring and unoriginal. There are too many ripoffs in this movie, such as Angelica with her cruel stepmother and step sisters, oh boy I wonder where we heard that from. The old lady and her bumbling henchmen is Cruella de Vil, we got Molly who is a Jessica Rabbit ripoff, Speedy Gonzalez, an American Tail with the mice family and everything, and as well as a dash of Anastasia, with Angelica finding her mom.
Speaking of "too many", there are, like I said before, TOO MANY SUBPLOTS. Like there's so much of them that are, to me, incredibly fucking pointless! They add literally nothing to the movie at all and they can get pretty boring. What are these writers trying to do here? Entertaining their child audience? Cause it honestly seems like with too many subplots they are trying to do so. But they are doing a terrible job at that. The only subplot that I was interested in is the lost locket story and I love a lost jewelry story. I'm weird I know.
The colorful cast of characters are not colorful at all and they aren't that interesting, and like with the numerous subplots going on, don't really add a lot to the movie and are mostly just filler. They have no point in the story at all and it just makes the plot even more convoluted. With Angelica, while I do feel kinda bad for her, was pretty generic and boring to me. I feel like she was kind of there on the ship and was only for both the romance subplot between her and William and the lost locket story. Speaking of, the romance subplot was just so awful and boring. The main couple only share a few lines and that was it!! They just meet each other, they dance, they meet each other again, and they dance, they kiss, they both survive, blah blah blah, that's literally it. No real chemistry between these two, unlike Jack and Rose in the OG titanic movie.
Also worth noting that William, again, was very creepy towards Angelica. Not only caressing her hand all of a sudden when he just met her, but also saying that now that he has found her, he will not let her go again. So fucking creepy! A total red flag.
Overall, the entire plot of the movie was very convoluted with a huge amount of subplots and cast of filler boring characters. And like I said before, that ending was terrible and offensive to those who have died in the real life tragedy. What a shameless schlock this movie was.
Let's get into other parts of the movie. The music, not that bad. Especially in the edited version of the movie, there's this really amazing song called Holding Me, which honestly doesn't sound like it belongs in this bad movie! It's a genuinely really beautiful song and you should listen to it! Granted, it is riding the coattails of Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On. But it is amazing to listen to! Go check it out!
I cannot say the same for the rapping dog songs. Though I already voiced my point about them so I don't need to repeat myself again.
The dialogue is honestly really bad as well. Let me share with you a few of my favorites:
"If it hadn't been for you I would be now in someone else's digestion1!"
"Pick up those pieces of broken china at once"
"PROGRESS, SIR WILLIAM, PROGRESS. ONE MUST ALWAYS BE READY TO PROGRESS. Your humble secretary, even I could someday become, perhaps even, your boss. Yeah if you need me, I think I'll take a stroll around the deck."
Yeah I don't really know what I'm listening to... <>_<>
Overall...This movie was just terrible to look at. My eyes bleed at the sight of this whole slop. As a Titanic fan, I am pretty offended by this movie and how it portrayed the tragedy as a whole. I feel like this is disrespectful to not only the people who died from this tragedy, but also to the loved ones of those victims! I feel as though it is a sin, to even call this an actual Titanic movie because it is anything but that!
Screw you, Titanic Wiki fandom, you sellouts with your category on this animated movie! Yes, I am not joking! The Titanic wiki fandom has a whole category of pages dedicated to this animated movie! WHAT??? WHY??? WHY HAVE A CATEGORY DEDICATED TO A MOVIE DISRESPECTING THE VICTIMS???? WHAT IS THIS??
I am hoping sooner they can delete those pages because, again, it feels like a sin to call this an official movie based off of Titanic and this wiki fandom had the audacity to make pages for this. What the fuck???? Common sense matters here!!! You can't just allow this.
Yeah this movie is bad. BUT as I said in the beginning of this blog, it is definitely superior compared to the Legend of Titanic. And yes, I have watched the entire movie from start to finish and I can confirm that it has done more than make my eyes bleed. It has given me an aneurysm. If you are a detective trying to make a criminal confess to their crimes, put on the Legend of Titanic for them to watch for 24 hours while having them strapped to a chair. Trust me, it works /j.
I will be making a review on the Legend of Titanic and its sequel soon!! Stay tuned y'all :)
That's all there is folks! Byeeeee!!!!!~
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