titanic

Titanic came out on December 19, 1997. I saw it opening weekend, Sunday afternoon, December 21st, in a packed theater in downtown Santa Cruz. I still have the ticket stub.In this episode, I go back to that moment an what it felt like to experience Titanic when it first arrived in theaters. No phones. No streaming. No clips circulating online before you even saw the movie. Just a dark theater, a giant screen, and three hours of being completely swallowed by a story.I talk about the feeling of walking into the theater that day, the chaos of finding seats before reserved seating existed, and what it was like to watch Titanic before it became Titanic — the global phenomenon, the endless memes, the internet discourse. Back then, it was just a movie you fell in love with and kept returning to.I share a few of my favorite moments from the film (including the iceberg scene, Rose jumping from the lifeboat, and Jack shaking the gate in one of Leonardo DiCaprio’s most cathartic acting moments), but more than anything this episode is about the feeling of that era — when culture moved a little slower and when loving a movie could feel strangely personal, like it belonged to you.Titanic didn’t end when you walked out of the theater. It followed you home — on the radio, in magazines, on bedroom walls, and in the way teenagers of the late 90s quietly obsessed over something that felt bigger than life.For me, it’s still my favorite movie.hosted by Kathy Patalskyhealthyhappylife.comIG: KathyPatalsky + notes.kathy