Titanic

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Summary: ABSOLUTELY REPULSIVE!
Review: How this movie won for BEST PICTURE will remain a mystery!

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Summary: One of the best movies ever made
Review: "Titanic" is one of those rare films that comes once a decade--one so powerful and magnificent, it touches our hearts and imaginations and significantly impacts our pop culture. When I first saw this film when it was released in theaters, it literally transformed me back to the time of Titanic (1912). The film's makers paid meticulous attention to detail: Everything--from the costumes, to the carpets, to the furniture--was historically acurate in its portrayal. I was swept away not only by the visuals, but by the story and characters. As a 19-year-old girl at the time, I couldn't help but relate to Rose in her rebelliousness, or fall completely in love with Jack like she did. (In fact, there wasn't a hot-blooded young woman alive who didn't fall for Leonardo DiCaprio!) Your deep connection to the characters makes the inevitable disaster all the more heartbreaking. During the approximately hour and a half of the sinking of the ship, I don't recall breathing as I sat frozen in my seat. Though clocking in at over three hours, the movie is completely justified in its length. It gives you time to get to know the characters and relate to them, so the final end will have a significant impact on you. I like to watch this movie all the way through, with no breaks, because I like to get "lost" in a film for a period of time as a way of escaping from the real world.

So buy this film, and get lost in Titanic!

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Summary: The best ship film ever made
Review: Titanic. The name itself means disastor, romance, heroism and tragety all in one. But it also applies to the biggest, most succesful film of all time. Describing the story is pointless seince almost everybody alive has herd of it. The special effects for this film are breathtaking. To call them phenominal is obviously an understatement. Every rivit, every piece of wood, every piece of furniture is remade in increddible detail. James Cameron obviously did his homework when he was making this film. Almost everything about it is historically accurate, with 3 minor exceptions(Mr. Andrews did not notice the shaking in his cabin, there was no suction when the ship went down, and Mr Ismay was crushed by a funnel) Everything else is perfect in every way. The sinking sequences are the best part and are worth watching, in fact, in my opinion, the final 10 minutes of the sinking sequence are the best shots ever to be made in a movie. Ever. When Jack and Rose are running around inside the ship, outrunning water your heart will jump. Although you know they will make it it is still terrifying, the dim lights,green water and ever submerging corridors will make your heart jump. The acting is superb and is well done. The soundtrack is outstanding and perfectly captures the mood of the story and feeling. I think it is the second best soundtrack ever made (Next to Independence Day) Overall this is a fantastic movie that should not be missed. Highly reccomended.

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Summary: Stupid
Review: I thought this was the most stupid movie ever made. Seriously. It made me cry a lot. But, maybe this was because my mom wouldn't let me out of the theater so I could get away from that monstrosity. I hated this movie. It had a cheap, not down-to-earth love (if you could call it love, more like a one night stand) story, and stupid "special effects." The only reason why I gave it one star was because it ended.

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Summary: An epic feat of moviemaking, but a little too romantic
Review: When I first saw Titanic, I thought it was one of the best movies I'd ever seen. Upon a second viewing, however, I noticed things I hadn't before. Like to overdone romance that borders on Hollywood-cheesy.

The film itself is a marvel of modern technology. While some of the computer effects look artificial, there are some spectacular scenes, especially the whole sinking sequence, which takes up nearly a quarter of the movie. I will say that this is the best part of the movie (much like in Pearl Harbor, where the attack is the best).

The love story that is so central to this movie is well done and never really feels contrived. The meeting between Jack (diCaprio) and Rose (Winslet) is clever and believable, and their feelings grow toward one another naturally and at a good pace. The length of the movie helps you develop feelings for the main characters, and you want their love to continue uninterrupted. However, you cannot help shaking your head at some of the scenes, such as the completely contrived "I'm flying Jack, I'm flying" scene at the bow of the ship. Please.

Acting is superb, and it is through their roles in this film that diCaprio and Winslet became famous (diCaprio furthering his Hollywood stardom, and Winslet gaining recognition worldwide). Zane plays the part of the selfishly arrogant fiancee very convincingly, and you find yourself rooting against him throughout the film. The costumes and set decorations are very authentic, and through these the fated ship and its passengers come to life on the screen.

There are a lot of people out there that look at this film as a chick flick and refuse to see it because it gushes romantic. I understand why this would be so; this film is intended to be a love story based around a tragic, historical event, and it does a good job. A word of warning, however. The movie tends to border on the melodramatic a good deal of the time, and there is a fair amount of absurdly over-romantic scenes. Jack and Rose can't seem to love each other outside of a soap-opera, yet you find yourself wanting them to succeed despite this.

In short, this is an entertaining movie, worth watching if you have an interest in history as it brings the past alive. If you don't like romance, just skip to the last third of the movie, when the boat bites the bullet, and you shouldn't be too disappointed.

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Summary: A night to remember; a movie to forget.
Review: I just read Roger Ebert's review of the new movie "Pearl Harbor". He sarcastically described it as the story of how the Japanese made a surprise attack on a love triangle. That criticism is right on, and it applies to "Titanic" as well: the story of how an iceberg ruined a steamy affair between two youngsters. The ship, its ill-fated voyage, and the tragic circumstances of the other passengers are completely obscured by the sappy, aimed-at-14-year-old-girls love story involving two fictional characters.

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Summary: Not bad
Review: I'll put in about 5 cents worth of advice here.

This isn't a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination. If you want bad, see Battlefield Earth or Hackers and THEN tell me that Titanic is worse...and I won't believe you.

However, I give the movie 3 stars solely based on the shameful showering of awards at the Oscars. Okay, it was a good--if improbable, to say the least--love story, but Academy Award material? Come on! Finer films like Brazil, Saving Private Ryan, or Dancers In The Dark delved far deeper into the human soul than Titanic did! And let's not get into the social inaccuracies of this film...let's face it, it's about a modern-day woman trapped in a not-so-modern world and it was almost unheard of for classes to mix, much less for the upper class to so much as acknowledge the EXISTENCE of the lower. The moment that Billy Zane's character was to hear of this, it would have almost immediately broken off the engagement as well as to render Kate Winslet a social pariah.

I inadvertently laughed at the theater as Billy Zane sulks like a child as Leonardo and Kate run off: "I hope you're happy together!" Oh, waaaaah.

Still, with all its faults and undeserved acclaim at the Oscars, it's an entertaining yarn. Just don't expect too much from it. Yes, it's a love story, but if your heart is easily manipulated by those particular springs, then beware that you may never appreciate any other genre of film.

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Summary: Truely one of my favorite movies of all time!
Review: This movie is fantastic ... and my second favorite movie is Remember The Titans! I watched that movie in my school class and it was great. but i like Titanic better! My favorite scene is The Flying Scene! ... Well i just all want yall' to buy this movie if yall dont already have it! im only 13 and titanic has been my favourite movie sence 1998 when i saw it.

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Summary: It's more of a date movie!
Review: I remember seeing this movie in the theater like twice in 1998. I liked it for my first time but it has gotten really boring and stupid after seeing it twice. The reason why I hate it is because I hated the way that they put Leonardo DiCaprio in the movie. This movie doesn't seem to be like a true story it seems more like a romance. I'm not much of a big romance fan but when I saw it in the theater and when Leonardo was on the screen all the girls were cheering for him just because they think he's hot or something. It really got on my nerves because I was trying to pay attention to the movie. Anyways even though if I don't like Leonardo DiCaprio I thought he did a great job playing Jack Dawson in the movie. Even Kate Winslet did a fantastic job too. The score is great and the song from Titanic is good but after hearing it a million times from the radio it gets really old. This is one reason why I give Titanic one star because to me I think it's a stupid movie. If your a girl I think you'll like this movie because of Leonardo DiCaprio or is because the movie looks good but if not don't waste your time. I would rent this movie as a date movie if you really want to see it. Thanks for reading!

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Summary: April 14, 1912
Review: Titanic was a great hit movie when it first came out. The movie made millions of dollars. Titanic was one of my favorite movies because it is based on a true story. The sinking of the Titanic was one of the worst tradiges of this century. Hundreds of people lost their lives in a very terrible way. The people that did survive are in their 90's or have already passed away. In the movie, they focus on a certain family. Jack is a very poor teenage boy that falls in love with one of the richest girls at this time. Her name is Rose. Rose tells her fiance that she would rather be with Jack then to be with him. Her fiance was ferious and tried to kill Jack and Rose. During all of this, the ship had hit an iceberg and was beginning to sink. The people that work on the ship were trying to get the women and children in the lifeboats first. The problem was that there were not enough boats. That is the biggest mistake that the ship builder did. Mr. Andrews told Rose that "it was thought by some that the deck would look too cluttered". So because of this, people lost their lives and families were split up and crushed. I give this movie 5 stars. It is really intense movie and a very sad movie.