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Summary: Great film, hated for stupid reasons.
Review: I find this film neither underrated or overrated. It's either hated or loved. The reason it's hated is because a bunch of teenage boys are jealous that their little premiscuous girlfriends fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio, or these little "history buffs" that whine that the damn movie wasn't accurate. So? Nor was the love story, you morons! You people need to get real and learn not every movie based on historical fact is going to be 100% accurate. I suppose you've never seen HENRY: Portrait of a Serial Killer, totally based on the serial killer Henry Lee Lucas....that wasn't accurate to the real guy at all. Think before you speak, numbnuts.
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Summary: A Modern Cinematic Masterpiece and a Triumph!
Review: From Writer-Director James Cameron presents this unforgettable Cinematic event of a film that earned all the Hype, Awards including for best Picture and earning it to become the Highest Grossing movie of all time. It's the story told by a former
Titanic surviver named Rose ( Played by Gloria Stuart) who tells her incredible and romantic Journey towards the Disaster that happened in 1912. The all Star cast includes Leonardo Dicaprio,
Kate Winslet, Sam Neil, Billy Zane, Kathy Bates, David Warner,
Bill Paxton and others you might know. It also deserves to be on DVD and i think it's a masterpiece worth owning on DVD.
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Summary: Titanic - The 1997 movie
Review: This is a masterpiece of special effects of the sinking of a passenger ship in subfreezing weather. The love story occupies a great part of the film and is mediocre and has nothing to do with the Titanic. The well know facts about the sinking are not covered in this film.
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Summary: IT STINKS
Review: Horrible. The only good part of DeCapprio's performance was his drowning scene near the end. The only other good part was the drawing scene which gives the movie a pair of stars, but that is it. Flush it down.
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Summary: beautifully filmed saga
Review: In 1997, I was a "Titaniac", seeing the film 5 times in the theater. Critics say girls saw it to swoon over Leo DiCaprio's Jack, but I think it's to revel in the liberation of Kate Winslet's Rose from her oppressive mother Ruth, stuffy fiance Cal and all the expectations 1912 Philadelphia society has of her. Worse, unbeknownest to Cal, Ruth and Rose have lost all their money (her father is presumedly dead) so she feels she HAS to marry the guy.The story is told by Rose as an old woman, to some explorers searching Titanic's remains for a large blue diamond called the "Heart of the Ocean", given to her by Cal in 1912 as an engagement present. Rose starts out in the film as a snippy and curt snob, with high collars and upswept hair. As the movie progresses, her hair comes down and her outfits are less starched (and there is quite a bit of cleavage there for you guys!) All symbolic of how she is changing as she meets Jack and he opens her eyes to a new way to live. When the ship hits the iceberg, the captain calculates there is one hour before the ship completely sinks. The sinking of the ship is filmed in real time, taking precisely an hour to how exactly how the ship falls apart. The sinking is shown on a computer to old Rose in the film's beginning, so when the actual scene unfolds the audience can concentrate on the horror of the ship sinking rather than HOW it is falling apart, making the story more heartrending and horrifying. This movie won 11 Academy Awards and deserved all of them. It's "love story within a historical event" is right up there with "Gone With the Wind."
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Summary: Sad Girl, God-sent Boy, Nasty Bad Guy, Tragedy....Sail on...
Review: There are some people who would make the creation of a big, grand, epic love story into a crime. Ohhh, too bad. I didn't see this film on the screen, and now I'm regretting I didn't. I fell prey to the moans of the critics, and listened to them over the Academy, but now I saw it, I loved it, and I have to say it is one of the best films of all time just because of it's size and power and story. It has flaws of course, but you can easily forgive them. I mean it could have been blunderingly foolish, but it somehow skipped all the bad dips in the road and was able to make it. It's beautiful to watch, if you know what I mean. The color of the film in of itself is spectacular, and combined with its effects and costuming, you're wondering "How the hell did they make this flick?" With lots of money of course, but basically that's for them to know and us to enjoy. And it's not as predictable as you might think, it keeps going where you thought it would stop, and it ends where you wouldn't have guessed it (very sad, unromantic ending as well). I was fulfilled with this film, it has incredible emotion and is very heartfelt and realistic. The two young leads (Winslet and DiCaprio) are superb. Kate is unusually good in this film (though I liked her better in Sense and Sensibility) and I have to say she truly shines at the end of the film which regards a lot of acting strength. Leo was a bit uptight, but his touches of tenderness and dignity complete the role. The support from Billy Zane (what a horrid guy he plays), Gloria Stuart, Kathy Bates, and Victor Garber (keep your eye out for a superb performance by a still unknown Ioan Gruffudd. I was suprised by it. He shines.) The Oscars in '98 were highly annoying to me, and I kick myself for being judgemental. This movie deserved every award it got, and I am glad it was made.
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Summary: Love, Peace, and Crabs!!!
Review: I caught Part One of this flick last night when it was on NBC. I had heard a lot of people talking about, and decided to see what the big fuss was about. So I viewed it, and must say it might be the best film ever made. I?ll have to wait and see how it comes out before I can decide for sure. Here is a summary of the part of the plot I know thus far: Some guys name Brock Lovett and Lewis Bondine go on an expedition to a shipwreck to try and find a necklace named ?The Heart of the Ocean?. They find a safe, but instead of a necklace in it, they find a drawing of an woman wearing the necklace. They show the drawing on the news, and get a call from an old woman named Rose, claiming to be the lady in the picture. She then flies out to their ship with her granddaughter Lizzy Calvert and tells them about her adventures on the ship, called the Titanic. As it turns out, her name was Rose DeWitt Bukater and was sailing to America with her mother, Ruth, and fiancee, Cal Hockley. The only problem is she is not in love with him. Meanwhile a young man named Jack Dawson and his friend Fabrizio De Rossi win 3rd class tickets on Titanic by playing a game of poker. Once aboard the ship, Rose decides to kill herself by jumping off the back. Jack stops her and he is rewarded with a dinner invitation from Cal and his servant, Spicer Lovejoy. As time goes on, Rose and Jack begin to fall in love and Rose learns that Jack is an artist who likes to draw French girls in the nude. After Jack has dinner with Rose and her family, he invites her to a 3rd class party. They both go and have a great time. Unfortunately, Spicer sees them there and tells Cal, who later confronts Rose violently. Ruth then confronts Rose, and tells her a family secret: she has to marry Cal because they are out of money. Jack then tells Rose that she doesn?t love Cal and she believes him. She then tells Jack to draw her like one of his French girls, and take off her dress. He then draws her wearing the necklace, Cal gave her. This is easily the most romantic scene ever filmed. Jack and Rose then find an old car and... (I would tell you what happens, but Amazon would ban it!) Meanwhile, the ship hits an iceberg and starts to flood. Cal finds the drawing of Rose and has Spicer take the necklace and put it in Jack?s pocket. He is framed for robbery and taken away. Then, the Captain, E.J. Smith, finds out that the ship will sink, and there are not enough lifeboats for all the passengers. This is all of the film I saw and it was great!!! One complaint: it seemed a bit choppy. Could this be because it was edited for television? I shall have to try and find the DVD at my public library so I can find out. I can?t wait to watch the second installment tonight! Please stay tuned for my review on Part Two!!! Love, Peace, and Crabs!!!
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Summary: Over-Rated
Review: Special Effects aside, TITANIC is just a silly soaper with a story line more appropriate to "As The Stomach Turns" than serious cinema, and the combination of DiCaprio and Winslet makes me think of a chihuahua trying to mount a great dane. Easily one of the most ridiculously over-rated movies of all time.
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Summary: A true blockbuster
Review: When you think of real blockbusters, a few come to mind such as 'Ben Hur' or 'Gone With The Wind'. 'Titanic' brought the blockbuster into the 90's. After the rush of sci-fi and horror flicks, it was nice to see a really traditional movie. And that's all that there is to 'Titanic' really - stunning special effects, an involving love story, a sorrowful (and now infamous) ending mixed with fact. It's this combination that makes the movie so irresistable, something that if you saw at the cinemas, you couldn't fail to be impressed by. It completely blows you away, and if you feel a bit manipulated it's probably because you were. Cameron mixed the elements for an old-fashioned blockbuster weepie that would gradually become a complete phenomenon. There are obviously those that will slate this movie for its sheer commericialism, but 'Titanic' revels in it. This is a movie aimed at pleasing everyone and it shows. However, such critics may pay attention to the fact that many of the actors come from low-budget or intelligent movies - Kate Winslet (Heavenly Creatures), Leonardo diCaprio (What's Eating Gilbert Grape?) and Kathy Bates (Misery). Although none of them are quite as good as the roles they played in the aforementioned films, they still make good value for money. The only downside to 'Titanic' was its inevitable backlash, which has duly been paid by many reviewers on this page.
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Summary: I WOULD GIVE IT A BIG FAT ZERO IF I COULD
Review: THIS MOVIE IS THE WORST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN. IT DOSE NOT REPRESENT WHAT TRULY HAPPEND ON THE SHIP AT ALL IAM A HISTORIAN SO I KNOW DONT WASTE YOUR HARD EARN DOLLARS ON THIS RUBBISH
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