I stumbled upon this 2012 "Saving the Titanic", and believed it to be an unrealistic movie in the likes of the 1980 movie "Raise the Titanic". So I checked it out on IMDb and saw that it was a dramatized documentary, so I sat down to watch it.
And this is without a doubt a compelling documentary, made entertaining - for a lack of better words - or easy watching with dramatization of the events. But nonetheless, "Saving the Titanic" tells the story of the boiler room workers hidden well beneath the deck of the Titanic and their heroic efforts to keep the sinking ship afloat. And these people are usually hardly ever mentioned in most other documentaries. So this 2012 documentary was just phenomenal.
The documentary brought so much new information out in the light for me, and definitely revealed a whole side of the disaster that I was only vaguely familiar with, as I knew there were boiler room workers on the boat of course. But the documentaries just never told their stories.
And the way that it was dramatized - if that is the right term - and made into a movie like event, was just a great way of bringing their stories to the screen, making it enjoyable and entertaining, whilst keeping it information and documentary at the same time. This was definitely a very pleasing aspect of this 2012 documentary.
I have watched many a documentary about the tragic accident that befell Titanic, and I must admit that this 2012 documentary titled "Saving the Titanic" is among the best and most informative of documentaries out there.
If you enjoy watching documentaries about the Titanic, then you most certainly have to sit down to watch this particular documentary. Sure, it may not revolve around the actual collision, the first class passengers, the important crew and captain, or the like, but it most definitely have a more vital story to tell about these unsung heroes that kept the ship afloat for about an additional hour and a half, saving countless of lives by doing so, and perishing with the ship themselves.
This was so well-worth the time. My rating of "Saving the Titanic" lands on a very much deserved eight out of ten stars.
