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Why? The reality didn't have uplifting qualities? Maybe not, although on the screen, some people made a great deal of money out of other people's tragedies. I guess that might be described as uplifting.

Bit like disaster tourism. There's always money in muck as my grandfather used to say...

I consider movies like titanic to be another form of collective knowledge (albeit with a bit of artistic license), without which there would be no knowledge for humanity to learn from past mistakes

There is a difference with intention between the blockbuster movie makers and those making documentaries.

When it comes to the stories of human tragedy I prefer the imaginary kind. The real world kind is a whole lot less entertaining.