Saw it originally, reading it now

I remember seeing the movie when it came out in the theaters, and I enjoyed it then as a teenager. The reason I saw it had nothing to do with Cussler's book(which I have finally found and am currently reading), but rather the mystique surrounding the Titanic. I'm now searching for a used copy of the movie since I haven't seen it since the original event.

For those who have issues with this movie being incosistent with now known information about the wreck, you really need to understand that most everything known in the 1970's was conjecture based on personal accounts and findings in inquiries. The ship hadn't been yet found and there was alot of conjecture as to it's state and condition in such deep depth of water, much of this fueled around the faboulous treasures (artwork, adornment, etc) that it held. Who wouldn't want the wreck to be intact and raisable and all the stuff retrievable?

My recollections after nearly 30 years since the viewing are of a typical late 70's/80ish style of movie. This was the era of Star Wars, Jaws, etc, big blockbusters that set the standard for movies for a large audience to see. I enjoyed RTT as a teenager, but do recall the running of the engines to be a bit on the far-fetched side, but other than that, I don't think the rest of the storyline was all that bad by the standards of the day. Watch "Three Days of the Condor" "Eiger Sanction" and other action/spy thriller movies and you can see the genre in that day was much different.

I wish the Titanic had been found in one piece, that would at least have made the movie redo-able in the modern age, and it would be one I would have liked to see with modern technical abilities. I disagree with people who hate CGI, because having always been a sci-fi buff, I have seen the crudiest and the best implementations, and when it's done right it makes the film much more enjoyable. Use the standards of the day, and for RTT, they did, so accept it for what it was when it debuted, not 30 years later compared to modern filming methods.

Suspend belief for a time and go back to an earlier era where not much was known and just enjoy the movie!