Titanic

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Summary: A Classic!
Review: I personally think that this movie is truly a classic. I loved it and have watched it millions of times (each timed I've both loved it and cried). People sometimes forget that this is only a movie and that everything is not based on the true life event. The movie was very realistic. Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet have amazing performaces. This movie is definatly worth seeing and if you having you should see it as soon as you can!

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Summary: The Romantic Masterpiece On DVD
Review: 1997: We remember Titanic. The "ship of dreams" set sail from England to New York in 1912. It sank after striking an iceberg. Although many lost their lives, there were some survivors who recall with nostalgia, with sorrow, with a plethora of feelings and images the terrible disaster. One such woman is Gloria Stuart's character, Rose DeWitt Bucator. James Cameron directed a blockbuster, which earned him Best Picture and became the most popular film of the late 90's. And it all revolves around the elderly 100 plus Rose, remembering her lost love, Jack Dawson (Leonardo Dicaprio in his greatest and most memorable role). She says, "He saved me, in every way a woman can be saved." Although it is Jack who loses his life, he has made it possible for the ill-at-ease Rose to break away from the gilded cage of her loveless engagement with Cal Hockley (Billy Zane) and the pretentious society he is part of.

This film on DVD is the theatrical experience all over again. We genuinely root for the perfect couple that Jack and Rose are, we dislike the villainous, self-centered Cal Hockley. The romance takes up most of the first half of the film, embellished with the luxury of the ship's upper class dinner halls and ballroom. Authentic period costumes of the Edwardian era enhance the characters and their way of life. For example, Rose is trapped in a world built solely on appearances, on subjugation of women to be ornaments on their husband's arm. The wealthy elitists on the ship are pretentious and hypocritical (one of the aristocrats is even flaunting his mistress while his wife is at home with the children). The exception is the newly rich Molly Brown (Kathy Bates) who came from a humble Ozark life to newly acquired fortune made by the discovery of oil- these events are pretty much told in the musical "Molly Brown", herself based on a true survivor of the ship. She was a pleasant, unpretentious, caring, humorous noble woman whose spirit was as they said "unsinkable." Kathy Bates' portrayal of Molly Brown is quite enjoyable, as she seems to be the only noble and heroic and less hypocritical of the upper class people. Below deck, the lower classes are an earthy bunch, drinking beer, playing fiddles and trying to make the best of things.

We know what happens in the last half of the movie. Enhanced with striking, visceral effects and lots of water, the ship sinks in the middle of the Atlantic. Rose lives to tell her tale. The movie is a beautiful tale of survival, heartache and passion. Few films come that way. Nowadays, the love story between Jack and Rose may seem to sentimental and too unrealistic for some. But we know better.

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Summary: Ship of Fools
Review: Titanic is the cinematic equivalent of a pop-up fairy tale book for children, complete with cardboard characters and a plot that would be laughed out of Junior High. Its story and cast of Ogres and Heroes could be described as cartoon-like but somehow manages to be more two-dimensional and is so drawn-out that it seems the voyage is filmed in real time. It's astonishing popularity I can only credit to a world wide stupidity epidemic, perhaps passed on by ship's rats.

We start shipping water right from the start with the introduction of `Jack', the main protagonist. He is dressed in period garb but may as well have stepped out of a rap video for all the sense of 1912 he conveys. He sleeps rough every night yet manages to wash his blond hair daily. Funny about that. The rest of the crew and guests resemble nothing more than ones and zeros in the shimmering computer simulation we know the ship to be.

But hark! A lookout has spied something huge heaving into view - the iceberg, the real star of the movie, appearing at last? Alas no, it's James Cameron's ego steaming toward us, bent on wreaking havoc below the waterline. Armed with his deathly dialogue and with no way to pump out the bilge water of his drama fast enough, there is no escape and we are doomed to slide beneath the cold dark waves.

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Summary: Remember the ship
Review: Alright, I can't help it. I have to say something. I have read a bunch of these reviews and I am disgusted. This is a movie that honors the sinking of the Titanic. 1500+ lost their lives and all some of these people can say is "I just wanted the ship to sink so that it would be over" or "What a waste of money". These people are ignorant and unsympathetic. "Titanic" allows the moviegoers of today to see the horrors that people went through on that night. This is a movie that I can't watch often because it is so emotional and tragic. It is a movie that puts the values of life, love, heroism, loss, and death into perspective. I can remember leaving the theater and just forgetting about all the nonsense of everyday life and looking at everything from a different point of view.
My other problem with some of these reviews is that they say that the love story is horrible. I personally thought that it was very well crafted and I think that some people forget that the romance gives us the characters to become emotionally attached to through the film. We can then appreciate the tragedy because the people on the titanic are no longer strangers. They are real people who we care about. The professional critics, by the way, are so funny to me. Some call the public "dumb" and "easily manipulated" for liking this film. Get over yourselves. I've never seen a critic that has written, directed, or starred in a film. I know i'ts their job, but why can't people just like something? Why are we stupid for liking a movie? Give me a break.
Now, my own review of this movie is that it is very well-made and extremely emotional. The movie is fantastic. The music is phenomenal and could tell the story by itself. This is a film that touched me emotionally and made me feel as though I was there on that sinking ship. James Cameron put a lot of heart into this movie and it shows.
For those people with the "Titanic [stinks]" reviews, I think you missed the whole point and definitely missed out on a powerful film.

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Summary: I know what I¿m talking about
Review: The other day I was thinking that, if I would put together all the times I have watched Titanic, I would spend almost three consecutive days in front of the TV. Some may think I'm crazy, some may think I'm a fool, but I want to explain the reasons for watching Titanic over 20 times.

In fact, Titanic is more than a simple story. It's three stories sewn together in the same fabric: the story of the gigantic ship and its tragedy, the love story between a poor american boy trying to return to his home and the newly-impovered, high-class, bold british girl, and finally the story of the forgotten treasure hidden under four kilometers of ocean in Titanic's remains.

Of course, "Titanic" should concentrate more on the ship's story. But then we would have a documentary. In my opinion, James Cameron was very intelligent, focusing the attention of the viewers on the water-and-sugar love story between Leonardo diCaprio and Kate Winslet, and the overworked "struggle between classes" theme, just to mesmerize them with the fantastic technical and historical production related to the sinking-process scenes.

Of course, the movie has its flaws, mainly the partly obvious and clicheé-plenty script, and the slightly below average acting by the main trio diCaprio, Winslet and Billy Zane. But think about it: Titanic's true story was nothing new. Titanic foundered in 1912. The movie was made in 1997. So, when it was released, the true story of "Titanic" was 85 years old. I.E., "Titanic" raised almost US$ 2 BILLION with a story in which EVERYBODY knew what would happen at the end. This must mean something.

What I'm trying to say is that there are stories that must be told. I know that some people hate Hollywood's millionaire movie industry, and give all their cheers to independent, low budget, scoreless danish movies. But some stories, some movies, have to be told using a Hundreds-million dollar budget, and "Titanic" was one of those stories. I'm not "against" Hollywood, I'm not "against" independent low-budget movies. I'm against, fervorously against, for example, a Sylvester Stallone terrible movie that has cost over 50 million dollars (say, "Get Carter"). I'm against boring, meaningless independent movies, made famous by Hollywood-hating people that in fact have fun just "being against" something or other.

Movies are meant to be entertainment. To me, each time I watched "Titanic" I got over 150 minutes of entertainment. That's what I wanted, period.

Grade 8.5/10

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Summary: The love that dare not speak its name
Review: Yes, Titanic is my favorite movie and yes, I do take a great deal of (good-natured and otherwise) abuse for it.

I could lie and say my favorite movie is something cool like "The Matrix" or "Batman" (which are among my all-time favorites, by the way!), but that would be dishonest (hence my Lord Alfred Douglas reference above!)

But there was a time when the WORLD loved this movie and for excellent reasons. Titanic is the only modern-day epic that can justifiably be compared to classics like "Gone With the Wind" and "Lawrence of Arabia". Its filled with romance, adventure, tragedy, humanity, etc, in a technically superior production. Its one of those wonderful times that art and commerce combined into a genuine crowd-pleaser.

I look forward to the day when all the closeted Titanic fans can once again say, "Yes, I love this movie, too!"

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Summary: Truly a titanic movie
Review: A brilliant adaptation of 2 fictional characters (Winslet & De Caprio) who fall in love on the maiden voyage of the Titanic. James Horner's score SOARS throughout the movie.Excellent camera angles.

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Summary: Evil is afoot
Review: I cannot reconcile myself to living in a world where this is the number one movie of all time. The real sinking of the Titanic was indeed a tragedy, as was the script, the acting, and everything else about this movie. I don't know if I've ever witnessed such horror on film before. If someone was really as self-centered as the fiancee is supposed to be, would he continue chasing them around the boat when it's obviously sinking--wouldn't he be more interested in saving his own hide? And I shudder at the spitting scene--there's no better way to cause a common steerage passenger to fall in love with you than to learn to spit with him. What a trooper she was to descend to his lowly level. Ah, it must be true love. I'm just embarrassed for Hollywood, and for all involved in making this movie. Especially Kate Winslet who is so much better than that. Shame, shame, shame on James Cameron.

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Summary: Compare
Review: If you liked BEN HUR, you'll love this puppy too...Overly long, emotive and pretty dull with an exagerated action sequence, and some oh so very sincere characters. BUT THE SPECIAL EFFECTS WERE GOOD, lol (as if that's what makes a movie good).

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Summary: Like Being Aboard the Ship Itself
Review: WARNING: The nausea factor is VERY high here.

Moving right along. I saw "Titanic" for the first and only time a couple weeks after it was first released in 1997. If I weren't such a prideful cheapskate at the time, I would've walked out of the theater during the first 20 sappy minutes. It was like torture to sit there and listen to the sighs and shrieks of the preteens who had obviously come for the one-dimensional, talentless vision that is Leonardo DiCaprio.

Built around a tragic, real-life story that is sad enough on its own, Cameron's version of "Titanic" seeks to fool us into believing that these two kids have found their true loves in one another during the course of a few days on the ocean and a couple of nude drawings. His attempt at writing romantic dialogue smacks of conversations overheard in high school cafeterias worldwide.

If I had been DiCaprio and Winslet, I'd have run as far and wide from this project as I possibly could have. But wait a minute . . . they aren't that good to begin with, so that explains that. There's certainly nothing more I can add to the 1512 reviews already posted here, but basically, if you're over the age of 13, skip this movie and watch something with a bit more substance and depth.

Two final words: Hollywood. Drivel.