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Movie Reviews of Titanic
Movie Review: Titanic
Summary: 5 Stars
Well, everyone here must know by now what the film is about, so I'm not even gonna go into the plot. The film was directed by James Cameron (Terminator 1 & 2, Aliens) and was a commercial hit upon it's release in December 1997. When you see the film, you can see why. It has all the makings of a major blockbuster: passion, romance, action, suspense, and big budget special effects...the effects do not seem to over take the film. Instead, the movie contains some of the best scenes ever on film. My favorites being the "flying" scene, and the final shots of the Titanic before it sinks into the sea. The acting in the film is above average. Leonardo Dicaprio is so-so as Jack Dawson the steerage passenger who sweeps first class passenger Rose Dewitt Bukator (Kate Winslet) off her feet. Kate Winslet is excellent as Rose. She is 100% believable as the rich girl who finally finds true love. She is able to draw inner emotion that in the hands of any other actress, would go unnoticed. Billy Zane as Rose's fiancee Cal also gives a great performance. He is able to convey evil at times in the film, but deep inside, you feel that he actually does love Rose, he just doesn't know how to show it.
The direction of the film is excellent. Parts of the screenplay leave a little something to be desired, but overall the screenplay is good. The best shot scenes in the film of course involve the Titanic. Instead of just getting standard shots of the ship, the camera sweeps around the entire ship. The music used in the film is extraordinary. It sets the tone for scenes of romance, passion and for scenes of danger. At times the score can be quite haunting.
Many have criticized the film for being overlong, boring and just plain bad. People who say these things just don't seem to understand the passion behind making an epic film such as this. And no, I didn't find the nudity distasteful. I think this is a film men & women can both like. The women can drool over Dicaprio, and they get a love story. But, the men can drool over Winslet, and they get an action film. Titanic is a great film. It would go up on my list along with Gone With The Wind as one of the greatest movies of all time.
Overall Grade: A+ (10++++)
Movie Review: Best and most underrated Film of the 1990s...
Summary: 5 Stars
And maybe, the best and most underrated of all time. Titanic is a masterpiece of perfectionism with touches of romance, fantasy, and adventure. I'm not sure, but I'll be willing to bet the same amount of controversial praddlings went on about Steven Spielberg's ET when it first came out 11 years ago. But, why did that movie make all the money that it did then? Why only now is it perceived as a children's film (receiving no more 9 million dollars in it's rerelease)? In that case, why is it Titanic made all the money that it did? I can guarantee you all that it wasn't just because of Leonardo DiCaprio. He did a fine, upstanding job, but just look at his recent films. The money they all pulled in, including Spielberg's Catch Me If You Can didn't even come close to compare with the money Titanic pulled in.Cameron used all of his talents, acquired over 14 years of training to make a timeless romance in a backdrop that is chaotic, dark and sad. Yes, we may have seen Rose and Jack's tale before, but never like this. Cameron takes the cliche romance and makes it his own. I'm not saying that it's a better love story than Wuthering Heights, Gone With The Wind or Casablanca. All I'm saying is that Titanic is just as heartfelt and pulls at the heartstrings just like Wuthering Heights. It commands a real life event with its love story as perfectly as Gone With The Wind and Casablanca did, and it has the epic scope GWTW did. But, on its own merit, Titanic does stand on its own as a great historical film that can be enjoyed time and time again.
The '90s films were made fools of when Titanic came out. Nothing had broken the record Star Wars set since ET in '82. There is probably a lot of under-handed, misguided jealously that we're not hearing about on the surface, because some of those people had films they loved so much, break even or bomb and never make the same amount of money Titanic made. But, folks, stop being so self-involved, look at Titanic for what it really has to offer. It made 1.8 billion worldwide, took home 11 Oscars with 14 Nominations....I think it deserves our respect, at least.
I am not saying Titanic is the "greatest film of all time," just one of the top ten.
Movie Review: Simply SPECTACULAR!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Okay, the DVD is a bit dissapointing for a film of this magnitude (it is the highest grossing film nation-wide and WORLD-wide to date!!), however, the movie itself is simply stunning!! Titanic is STILL (after all these years) one of my favorite movies. From the moment I first saw it in the theaters I knew that this film was "special". Very few movies have been able to leave me in *awe* minutes, and even HOURS after watching them. However Titanic takes the cake. It touched so many people of many different ages, backgrounds, races, genders, etc...that it's completely a phenomenon. I don't know many people who have NOT seen this movie, or who have not at least HEARD of the movie "Titanic". This movie was able to capture the horrific incident of what actually happened on April (15th was it??) 1912. The attention to historical detail, and accuracy is where I really give James Cameron two thumbs up! If only you KNEW how much hard work and effort went into making this film as accurate as possible, I don't think that half of the negative comments would be on this board today. Even the actors in the film actually LOOKED like some of the REAL historical figures on that ship! The resemblance is uncanny! They went out of their way to find GOOD actors who actually resembled those historical people. I think those that criticize this movie to no end have really REALLY missed the point of this film. Before this film came out, I had only read about the Titanic disaster in books in elementary school! After that, I didn't pay a single bit of attention to it,neither did I fully grasp just how AWFUL this tragedy was. I couldn't really put myself in an event that had happened way before even my grandmother was born! hahah.. HOWEVER, after seeing Titanic...I now have a deeper appreciation for the lives that were lost and for the ship itself. I literally cried during some of the end parts of this movie. It really made me think. "What would I have done if I were in this similar situation??" LEt's face it, this movie touched lives...many people.
I think that the people who incessantly bash this movie are just doing so because it was so huge.
Movie Review: Gorgeous Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a lovely, well acted movie. I could go on and on about it, but first I would like to addres the issues that some people have with this movie(and one warning)
a. People are complaining about how this movie did not have as much historical basis as it should have, how it was just a love story, etc.
Well, People must remeber that this is a MOVIE, not a DOCUMENTARY. It's motive is to entertain, which is were the love story comes in. One cannot look to it for fact alone. This is just a movie, so stop over analizying it for goodness sake!
b. People are complaining about the length.
Hello!!! This movie is so CAPTIVATING that lenght is not a promblem whatsoever! If you sit down and really enjoy this film, the 3 hours will seem more like 3 min.
c. People (okay, my parents) are complaining about the neverending Celion Deon (SP please?) song.
She has such a gorgeous voice-and the song was breath-taking. I loved it. It really adds an uplifting feeling to the film.
d. People are complaining about the actors in this film(mainly Leonardo DiCapreo)
I thought he was brilliant. He played a funny, mischevious, handsome artist that opened Rose up and gave her a thing that her butthead fiancee couldn't-Hope. He was perfect for this role. I loved him in it and I was very proud of him in it-He really was Jack.
e. It was full of cliches.
Refer to answer a.
WARNING
1. Bring tissues-this is such a sad movie.
2. Don't take young kids. A lot of my friends were 5 and 6 when they first saw this. I don't think this movie is appropriate for small children. It's not even the sex scene or Jack drawing Rose-it's just the whole concept of the movie-small kids won't understand it, and might lose a bit of their innocence from being shown such subjets at such an early age.(I do have to agree with a reader who wanted to known how it did get a PG-13 rating-repeatively I checked to make sure it wasn't really rated R-I've seen R movies with my parents that have much less in them then the Titanic!)
Movie Review: My favourite film EVER, but what about the REAL heroes?
Summary: 5 Stars
I think this is an absolutely beautiful film, the cast are all fantastic, down to the smallest parts, the set is breathtaking, and the whole story is just brilliant. There are definitely a few alterations I would make, but I'll come to that later.
Storyline's quite simple, big ship, everyone boards it, poor people, middling people, sparkling rich, socialite people. Rich girl Rose falls for poor boy Jack, and vice versa even more so, BUT.... problem - Rose is engaged to mean and slimey Caledon Hockley. Everything is just getting steamy and romantic when, BIGO problemo, there are ice warnings.
This is, in my opinion, the beginning of the most exciting part. The acting of Jack and Rose is very good, but it is cheesy and not particularly believable. It's the REAL heroes who really make it, all the crew, captain, Mr Andrews etc. I mean, they were the proper heroes, weren't they? I was TOTALLY AND UTTERLY moved by 1st officer and 5th officers, their beautiful performances have me sobbing every single time. You actually feel like you are ON the boat in this movie.
There is nudity in this, Rose is drawn by Jack naked and they have sex in her fiancee's Renault. The emotional intensity of it is what makes it unsuitable for young children though. I first watched it when it first came out here in England in late '97 when I was 6 and a half, and the people falling and the boat snapping and the officer shooting himself in the head were too much for me, and to be honest I think you really have to be at least 12 or 13 to appreciate this film fully.
Alterations - as I have said yeah I would include more of the crew, and perhaps make it even MORE emotional (if that's possible!), but then I'm a perfectionist sort of girl.
Once again, this is a beautiful movie. EVERYONE has to see it, it's just one of those films, like Mary Poppins or Ben Hur, that we ALL have to see, and if you're over 12 or so it is just the perfect film if you want a giggle, a good old howl, or a terrorised grip at the sofa. Top class stuff, full marks. x x x