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Summary: I'm glad we don't have to put up with Mr. Cranky!
Review: I'm glad we don't have to put up with Cranky. His five star review of this movie is considered as words of a weakling.
This movie is the perfect example of the downfall of humanity because it's a love story. Jonathon Taylor is right. The movie of Titanic is a film made for weaklings because it's a love story. Jack died in the movie of Titanic because he's a weakling. Is that the sort of thing people want for themselves? No. Mr. Cranky should have read the reviews that give this movie less than one star. True love doesn't save your life, it kills you, just as it killed Jack.
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Summary: This movie is the BEST!
Review: Seriously, this is the best movie I've ever watched. It wasn't a box office hit for no reason. The technology is fabulous and it's just a great plot. It's not just lovey-dovey but it touches your heart because of the reality of thousands of lives that were lost. You'll want to watch it over and over again. If you haven't already watched Titanic then you cannot consider yourself a movie watcher! It's the BEST! Leonardo and Kate go so well together. The songs are great and the reality of it all is just incredible. It's not just a fictional movie or a chick flick, it's actually based on something real.
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Summary: Beautiful Movie, Horrible Ending
Review: The cast, sets, costumes, music are all excellent. This is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. The romance abounds and the story is interesting. We begin with an elederly lady relaying her experience on the Titanic to a diving crew that are in search of it and in particular a necklace that was on her.
As the lady relates her story we find out about an incredible experience she had aboard and how she is directly related to that necklace. The incredible acting, costumes, and music make us feel we are there. The romance and trajedy draw us into a bittersweet tragedy. As the story draws to a close we find out she still possesses the necklace. And here is when I think the story writer had drain bamage.
She tosses it overboard in remembrance of her lost love. Sorry but if I was that lad she loved and that had died saving her, her tossing me the trinket all those years later would not make it romantic. She should have given it to the people that were searching for it and spent so much to find it, the ones that took her back to the Titanic, the ones that intently listened to her story, the ones that helped her move on. So maybe I'm the only one that thinks there should have been an alternate ending but that's my humble opinion.
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Summary: Where is James Cameron's 6-hour Cut of TITANIC??
Review: I'm holding out for more. Cameron was under fire to shorten this film for the theaters. Cameron is too good a writer to let this release be the story he wanted to tell. Did we get the jist of it? Sure. Is there more to his story? Yes! It's all on the editing room floor. We want more Kathy Bates. We want more Billy Zane. We want to know why Gloria Stuart does what she does at the end of the movie (not to spoil it for anyone). With all the hype and huge production, all I heard from people exiting the theater was, "...damn, that was ambiguous." We know you had a better story here, Jim. Do a longer edit - we'll watch it over and over again - not to mention the money a network could squeeze out of a TITANIC mini-series the week they would air it.... - from a curious fan
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Summary: A BRILLIANT Movie, not to be missed
Review: Everyone says this is a chick-flick, a typical love-story where you cry at the end and a movie that only a little 14 year-old girl would enjoy. Well, to prove that wrong. I am a BOY, 17 years of age and I LOVED this movie. I was actually six years younger when I saw it but even watching it now is very moving to me. OK, first, this movie is ment to be more of a fiction than non-fiction. It is only historical, that doesn't mean everything depicted in this movie had to be true. The movie begins with two subs exploring the wreckage of the Titanic when they find a safe. They crack the safe open and it reveals a drawing of a woman. When the finding is broadcasted on the news, the old woman from the drawing comes into the picture and begins to tell her story. It's a tale of love. The love story is very breath-taking. You actually grow to love the characters. The third class passenger, Jack Dawson, played by Leonardo DiCaprio falls for a woman named Rose (Kate Winslett) in first class. After he saves her from jumping off the back of the ship the love story begins, and he is invited to a dinner with the first class passengers. However, Rose's fiance Cal (played by Billy Zane) doesn't really like Jack much and stops it nothing to ruin the love that foms between Jack and Rose. Truly, the love story is grand. Even during the sinking it is still there. It is very cliched this is true, but perhaps thats what I liked about it. It was a simple love story played out to full perfection. I'll agree that the movie wasn't THAT good to be number 1 for three months straight but that doesn't mean I have to dislike it. When the ship begins to sink the movie starts to hit high. Parts of the movie are very depressing to watch at times when the ship is sinking, others parts are just downright sad to see. The ending of the film in which Rose lets go of Jack and he sinks like the Titanic is very moving and emotional to some. The acting portrayed in the movie was quite something. I feel that we all paid too much attention to DiCaprio, however. Billy Zane gave a BRILLIANT performance but he, like the rest of the cast, was overshadowed by DiCaprio. The music presented in the film is very powerful and Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On" does a stunning job at telling the story of the movie in a mere five minutes. The music perfectly defines each and every moment well. It's very powerful at some points and very moving at others. Not to mention that its romantic. Being a love-story that's what you'd expect from the music. Movies are always better when the music is defining the situation greatly and Titanic does this in a flawless way. Overall, you have to admit that this movie was stunning. It isn't just for girls. If you like romance and love stories then you'll love this movie. If you're looking for a good historical fiction film then this is good. If you want something a little more historically accurate then you should watch "A Night to Remember" which is also a brilliant film. If you don't like love stories then my question would be why you went to see this in the first place? Anyway, a great film that will live on for quite some time.
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Summary: EPITOME OF TEENY BOPPER CHICK FLICK!
Review: I already knew how the movie would end before watching it -- the boat sinks! The "love story" is enough to make you want to vomit. Unless you are a 14 year-old girl, forget about this one. Best part was when Michelangelo Decapitated drowns.
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Summary: Bubba Itzoe, you are a geniiyyyouuuus
Review: Bubba's 1/27/04 review of Titanic is just one of his many illiterate reviews with either a 1 or 5 star review. Titanic was a decent movie, but overall an unrealistic and unnecessary love story inside a tragic event. The fact that this movie is the highest grossing film of all time is scary. It certainly isn't one to "charish". Don't you mean cherish, Bubba? You are such a geniiiiouuuyyss.
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Summary: Good Movie
Review: 'Titanic' is the greatest movie of this generation. No movie comes even close when comparing to it. No movie captured the imagination of the world like this film did when it came out. It was a phenomenon and people waited hours in line to see it. James Cameron silenced all those critics who said the film was going to be a disaster. It won countless awards and is the highest grossing film of all time.
Own it if you can and charish it forever. You will never forget it forever.
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Summary: Great historical epic; acceptable love story
Review: Before I begin my review of "Titanic," I feel the need to speak to those who have given this film one star reviews. First and foremost, I am both a film critic and an actor, so yes, I DO know better than you. Second, it makes you look stupid to hate any movie just because it wins Oscars and makes a lot of money. Third, 1998 is over, teenage girls aren't mindlessly obsessed with Leonardo Di Caprio anymore, and it is therefore no longer necessary to pretend to hate this movie. And finally (and most importantly), you have little to no understanding of what makes a great historical epic (which "Titanic" most certainly is). Strict adherence to the actual facts is not a priority; telling a great, compelling story is. (Imagine how incredibly boring "Lawrence of Arabia" would have been if it had told the story of T.E. Lawrence's actual life, instead of being based on an autobiography full of self-aggrandizing inaccuracies.) And in that regard, "Titanic" certainly succeeds. The basic plot of "Titanic" is a fairly standard (yet no less entertaining) love story. Rose De Witt (Kate Winslet) is a wealthy Pennsylvania heiress returning from Europe with her mother (Frances Fisher) and fiance (Billy Zane) on the Titanic. There she meets Jack Dawson (Leonardo Di Caprio), a poor American who won his ticket in a card game moments before the ship set sail. After Jack saves Rose's life, the two quickly fall in love, and embark on a brief but passionate affair. Of course, their romance is destined for tragedy. The storytelling of this movie is top-notch. The movie manages to take a plot which is inherently full of melodrama and make it very watchable. It's a fairly cliche rich-girl-meets-poor-boy romance, but because the two leads have such great chemistry, it seems new and fresh. The dialogue is, admittedly, fairly poor. But dialogue is the least important aspect of a film (a great screenplay can elevate a film, but a poor one is rarely the sole, or even primary, factor behind a bad movie). Much has been made of the poor acting in this film. The fact is, there are no acting coups in "Titanic." But this is not an actor's movie. This one is all about the story and the spectacle, both of which it has in spades. Leonardo Di Caprio doesn't do a BAD job as Jack; he just isn't especially believable. Kate Winslet, one of the best actresses working in films today, does some of the weakest work of her career but is always watchable, and the rest of the cast acquits themselves well. (How Winslet earned a Best Actress Oscar nomination is beyond me; Gloria Stuart's Best Supporting Actress nod undoubtedly came about because the Academy loves elderly veterans who make "comebacks.") The main reason to watch this movie is for the special effects. But the people who have called this movie "all effects and no plot" (aside from demonstrating a complete lack of understanding as to what "plot" is) speak as though they're watching the run-of-the-mill explosions of a Bruckheimer action film. The visual effects in action films are not impressive; those in "Titanic" are. It's as though James Cameron (who I normally despise, but deserves every bit of acclaim he got for this film) built an entirely new Titanic just to sink it. A lot of movies have special effects that are impressive in theory, but don't excite anyone. In this film, the Titanic looks REAL. (The scenes of the sinking ship, particularly the harrowing sequence where it splits in half, are worth more than all three "Matrix" films put together.) These effects don't dazzle us with over-the-top demonstrations of what computers are capable of; they do what great effects should and bring the spectacle to life. And they don't show a hint of artifice. In short, "Titanic" is a grand, sweeping epic where the melodrama is never overdone and the epic length is never boring. But the fact is, even if that weren't the case, it would be worth watching just to SEE it. This is not on the same plateau as a timeless masterpiece like "Casablanca" or "Citizen Kane," but it is a very good film. One of the best of 1997 -- not quite as good as "L.A. Confidential," its main rival for that year's Best Picture Oscar, but not so distant in quality that its victory can be considered a travesty (kind of like when "Dances with Wolves" beat the superior "Goodfellas" in 1990 -- yes, the runner-up was better, but by so little that the winner was every bit as deserving). And, as with any movie review on this site, mine is the only one worth paying attention to. It doesn't claim that the film is boring just because it won Best Picture and had a romance; it doesn't heap praise upon the movie just because it had good-looking leads. It acknowledges the superior quality of a good film, which is what a QUALIFIED reviewer, and not a malcontent who feels the need to trash anything coming out of present-day Hollywood, is supposed to do.
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Summary: Can I rate it below one?
Review: From the very begining I cannot to see Leo drowing down into the deep frozen and blue sea. Not to mention the old lady who instead thinking of her big grandaughter welfare thrown away a million dollars necklace.And what about the lack of respect of Leo and Kate running into the engine room, playing while all those poor sailors are working hard? If I were the car's owner where the disgusting love scene happens I will be happy that the Titanic remained under the water. About Leo's paintings. NO COMMENTS. Guess what music was listening Titanic's Captain before he crashed into the iceberg....,that's right!!! Celine Dion & the Royal Mantovanian Orchestra!!!!!
If you really like Titanic's Story, you can't miss the film with Clifton Webb, simply marvelous.
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