Titanic

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Summary: Titanic......proof James Cameron is a minor deity
Review: How can I start off reviewing Titanic? The film has one alomst everytype of award given to films and is the highest grossest film of all time. So I guess I'll start off with the acting.

Acting can make or break a movie. It's important to have a good script but if you don't have actors who can pull it off you movie will fall. In this film we are given the talents of Kate Winslet, Bill Paxton, Gloria Stuart, Billy Zane, Frances Fisher, Kathy Bates and LEonardo DiCaprio to name a few. While Leo and Billy are usually 50/50 in a movie meaning they either are amazing or suck horribly they both give amazing performanes. Bill PAxton, although a small role, does an amazing job. James Cameron seems bring out the best in Bill and if you don't believe me go check out "Aliens." Then you have Kate Winslet who I personally believe was robbed of an Oscar. Gloria Stuart and Kathy Bates, especially Kathy do a maginifcent job even though their roles are small. When Kathy begins to ask why they are rowing back to help the other passengers you really believe her.

No I'm probably going to lump the rest of the film into two words. James Cameron. James Cameron can really do no wrong. I mean look at his films. Aliens, Titanic, Abyss, Terminator 2. James Cameron is truly a muse. He does seem to focus on the more dramatic but he does a great job. The script is truly memorable. From the often quoted "I'm The King of the World" to "I'd rather be his whore than your wife" James also is one of the directors who trusts his actors enough to let them ad lib. The line "This is where we first met" was actually as libbed my Kate. This just shows how great she is.

The visuals. Do I really have to mention these? From the sepia tone in the beginning of the movie with the haunting theme and all the way through the movie you are simply amazed by the scenery. The furnushing of the ship were actually made or supervised by the original companys that helped build the Titanic. All of the sets are breathtaking. My guy friends especially love it when the rutters fly up as the boat makes its final descent into the murky depths.

If you're still not convinced to buy this just remember. This movie is one of the biggest films of all times and yet before anyone went to see it we all already knew the ending. Billions and billions of people went and saw this movie and yet they already knew what was going to happen in the end.

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Summary: Forget The Naysayers; This Is My Favorite Movie Ever!
Review: It's next to "Lord of the Rings" and "Phantom of the Opera" my favorite movie. It's such a beautiful movie. Leo and Kate did an amazing job. I love it and will always love it.

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Summary: Does anything really need to be said?
Review: O.K.

I admit it.

I CRIED!

And so did you.

Like I said does anything else really need to be said?

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Summary: Perfect
Review: This Oscar winner was nearly flawless! However, the motion picture academy left out the one character that made the storyline work--the fiancee, brought to life by Billy Zane. Without Zane's realistic, crazy antics to kill the young lovers, Dicaprio and Winslet, the film doesn't work.

Let's face it, we all knew the ship was going to sink, right? Frankly, the only reason I paid good money to see the film in theaters (saw it 4 times plus dvd viewing) is because I have the utmost respect for director James Cameron, who brought us True Lies, Aliens, and The Terminator.

His reputation alone was good enough for me to pay my hard earn dollars to see what this film was about.

So, when viewing this dvd, see if I'm correct in my assessment of Billy Zane's performance. Shoot me an email afterward. [e-mail]


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Summary: A beatiful epic spoiled
Review: James cameron's Titanic is everything you would want in a movie, and is the most successful movie ever, but it could have easily been the best film ever, save one downer. The film opens in modern day, with some scientists going down to the Titanic wreckage to find some treasure. They show the foul-mouthed scientists finding a drawing down there, then bringing in an ancient woman who the picture is of. The woman, of course, is Rose, a survivor of the legendary shipwreck. Then Rose proceeds to tell them of how the picture was drawn, and we are transported to the 1912 world of the greatest epic ever. Now, if the movie had opened where the flashback had opened, this would easily be the greatest film ever. However, the first thirty minutes showing modern day are spoiling, and it takes away a lot of the epic grandeur. If the film had closed with Rose arriving in new York in the pouring rain, then that would be perfect. But then, after the flashback is over, Cameron shows us the old woman dreaming and throwing jewels into the ocean..what? Anyway, if the modern-day scenes were excluded, Titanic would be king of all movies. But because these scenes were added, i knocked a star off my review rating, and other movies surpass it in quality. Also, i thought the casting of Leonardo DiCaprio was a bad move, and if i had been Cameron, i would have cast somebody like Antonio Banderas.

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Summary: James Cameron's Swansong
Review: Titanic-
For many the name is synonimous with the greates grossing film of all time. To others like me, it will be a memento of times gone by, and first love. Titanic is not Gone With The Wind. It has its own identity and place in history. Cameron is a great director capable of communicating a simple love story across into our own time. James Horner's score is haunting in all it's beauty. Kate Winslet's Rose is a portrayal to be admired, she is Rose. Her acting and her sensibility bring a certain nobleness and romance to her character. Leonardo di Caprio, reminds one of how good it's to be young and reckless and take risks. While Rose's mom brings us the reality of a changing society and old customs. This movie is a masterpiece and it should be admired for its sincerity and realism. And not for what it missed.

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Summary: Should have been R rated
Review: This movie should have been R rated! Read this before you let your kid watch this:
Rated PG-13 for (although it should have been rated R):
sensuality, nudity (you see a girls butt and boobs and its not breif either) a sex scene, peril, violence, and upsetting scenes.
Now, if you have been recently wondering if this movie would be sutible for your child I hope you have now gotten your answer.

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Summary: Anxiously Awaiting Titanic 2
Review: This is the most overrated movie of all time. I went back and saw it a second time in theaters just so I could stand up and applaud when Leo died.