Titanic: Ghosts of the Abyss

Director James Cameron has remained obsessed by the wreck of the Titanic and managed to avoid working on his next real film by putting together the giant-screen 3-D film "Ghosts of the Abyss." Not that you can really blame Cameron for being wary after putting together the biggest money making film of all time (in non-adjusted dollars). But then what did David O. Selzink do after "Gone With the Wind"? ("Duel in the Sun," which was not bad, but what does not suffer in comparison to "GWTW"?). I fully expect the director's cut of "Titanic" to be coming out on DVD next, but in the interim there is "Ghosts of the Abyss" and this book, which provides more than 35 3-D images based on the film. Following Jake the Robot that Cameron sent deep inside Titanic you use your official "Robot Mask" so that you can see the ghosts. The main perspective of the book is to provide a contrast between period photographs of the Titanic and recent underwater shots taken by Jake. The 3-D effects are okay; the head-on view of the Titanic's bow showing the prow and the rust-shrouded railings around the forecastle deck (page 23) is the only one that really got a reaction from me. The ones with the ghosts are also just okay. The actual photographs are pretty amazing as far as I am concerned, so adding ghosts or even doing them in 3-D are not exactly pluses as far as I am concerned. If this book just did the straight forward compare and contrast of the photographs then and now I would have been just as impressed. Younger readers, for whom a lot of these pictures will be new, are the ones who are going to like this book (and the 3-D pictures) the most.

Great book. Just what I hoped it would be....a superb archieve of the movie with it's great never before seen pictures.

I know I may be a little over the suggested reading age, but I was blown away by the 3-D pictures contained in this book.  Once I saw the movie , "Ghosts of the Abyss," I knew I had to get some of those images to keep!  It is great to get a chance to see pictures I have looked at for years come to life.  The wreck appears to be right in front of you.  This book is great for all ages, even if you think it is a kids book, get it for the images.  Ken Marschall is a wonderful artist and to see some of his painting in 3-D is phenomenal.  I know if I was a nine year old this book would have surely fascinated me.  If you are looking for a more information packed book, I suggest going for, "Ghosts of the Abyss A Journey to the Heart of the Titanic", which is a GREAT read.