Titanic Skimming and Scanning

Which film critic enjoyed the movie?

• Stephanie Zackerek

• Roger Ebert

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According to Zacherek, the movie Titanic was very...

• costly and boring

• emotional and sensitive

• treasureful and fixating

• a colorful tragedy

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Ebert praised Titanic for being...

• perfectly and smartly made with good acting.

• quite flawed but the actors had big muscles.

• it was perfectly made with magic.

• a perfectly built ship with strong anchors.

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According to the critics, the character of Rose is...

• wealthy.

• upper-class, but without money, and pressured into marriage.

• very rich and in a loving relationship.

• a mother to Jack.

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While Ebert says that Jack and Rose's love story is "routine," he also says that...

• it is impossible.

• it is a sinking ship.

• it is worthy and emotional.

• it is entrancing and behaving.

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How much did the movie cost?

• 17 years old

• 194 minutes

• $200 million

What character did the actor Billy Zane play?

• a 17 year old, upper class girl

• the director of a a large and expensive ship

• a lower class and lucky teen

• a proud and unkind fiancé

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Which critic described the film's direction has as having little finesse?

• Roger Ebert

• Stephanie Zacherek

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