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IT WAS OKAY.......

Titanic was alright but I could find better ways to spend 3 hours of my life. The special effects were good in most places and the acting was bareable. But to be completly honest, I don't think it was worth the billions of dollars it pulled in. Hell, I could make a movie like Titanic. Take a tragic event, add a love story and put Leo Dicaprio in it and BAM! Lets not forget to have the main characters hopeless as romantics that'll do anything for the sake of love not matter how illogical it may be. Honestly, how many of us would go back on a sinking ship for a person that we've only known for a couple of months? I swear I was the only girl in the theater NOT crying when Jack died! His death was practically broadcasted! Everyone else died, why shouldn't he? One good thing about this movie is that it's a great makeout film. (Why else would I have bought it?!)

L.A. Confidential Was Robbed

I've read some of the comments on this film. I agree. The FX were good, but the acting was horrible. This is surely the most overrated film of all time. L.A. Confidential, a much fresher story, was robbed of best picture.
Titanic was the "Forrest Gump" and L.A. Confidential was the "Pulp Fiction."
The highest grossing film does not necesseraly make it the best picture! I agree with the person who said that Saving Private Ryan and Glory were way better movies to make you teary-eyed. Plus, you actually get something out of the two war films! My choice: 5 out of 10, for the FX.

Inspiring

This movie is amazing. I love History and I love love stories so this movie makes for my favorite movie of all time. The suspense in the film is amazing, the detail incredible and the story-line is outstanding. I connect so well with Rose, I can understand everything about her and why she does everything. I can imagine me being Rose. I don't connect so well with Jack as a character, though that is probably because 1) Rose is the one telling the story and 2) Jack is a male and I am female. Kate Winslet is an awesome actress in this movie. She shows Rose so well and I can see the hopeful but clouded and misled young girl who is trapped into being a graceful, perfect woman so well. The depth of love between Jack and Rose is inspiring. This film reminds me a bit of Romeo and Juliet, where the two meet and quickly fall in love. I also love the way that James Cameron weaved so many facts about the event into the film. It would of been easy to turn this into a big, over-dramatic story where Jack becomes a hero and saves everyone on board by swimming the ship on his shoulders, or the ship explodes into a thousand pieces because of a wiring problem and everyone has to live on the ice-bergs or well, you get my drift. The point is that it doesn't. It sticks to the facts so well and I can imagine this story happening on Titanic. I can see this being a real story. And don't even get me started on the special effects. The attention to detail everywhere is enchanting. The way that the ship crumbles next to the ice-berg and how the water bursts into the compartment suddenly leaves you gasping.

One of the Worst Movies...

"Titanic" won so many Academy Awards, but why? Everything about it makes me sick. The direction, script, acting and music! Sirens to my ears! I was disappointed that James Cameron directed this overblown 'epic' about two lovers whose love survived the sinking of the great ship. You know what? It would've been great if Arnold Schwarzenegger was in this because he would've defeated the iceberg. Forget the two hundred year-old woman and her necklace. That's obscenity. An insanely disappointing movie!

Pretty Good

I thought that Titanic was a pretty good movie. I don't see why it was as big as it was but oh well. I think that Billy Zane (Cal) put in a very good performance. His was a very intense role and I think he did better than Kate or Leo. Another thing, not all women rave about Leonardo, those who do are mostly teenagers like myself, however I like men, (no offense Leo). I think that the graphics in this movie were very good except when they were zooming out on the Titanic at sunset where the whole thing and the people looked very unrealistic. Sorry, don't mean to bash anyone's work because I know that this movie took a LOT of it! All in all, very entertaining, I enjoyed this film. (8/10)

I would give it no stars, but that isn't an option.

If you are going to buy the video, you are presumeably doing it for one of three reasons. For each, I have advice:

(1) Reason for purchase: You missed it on the big screen. Advice: Don't bother. This is an awful film, and even worse for all of the hype.

(2) Reason: Buying it as a present. Advice: Flowers or a book would be nicer. If you have to buy a *video*, try *Good Will Hunting* (dir: van Sant) or *Rainmaker* (Coppola).

(3) Reason: You watched it a dozen times on the big screen and now can't wait to own it. Advice: Sorry, I cannot help you.

The most over-rated film ever

The love story was little unbelievable and DiCapprio's final scene made my sides hurt laughing in how corny and cliched it was. The entire script was just stupid. Cameron knows how to direct special effects, but he cannot write. Nor can he get universally good performances. Some were good (Winslet's, Stuart's), some were mediocre (DiCapprio's), and some were just horrible (Zane's--I kept waiting for him to grow a moustache so he could twirl it evilly like in the stage melodramas) The effects saved it from being a disaster, and there were some good moments. But 11 oscars? Gimme a break!

Three hours of torment

Hands down one of the worst movies ever made, just a shame that the French can't take credit for this one. Paper thin plots, characterizations, and with an excessive running time that makes you wish only that the iceberg had been bigger. The acting is awful and completely under uses the talents of both DiCaprio and Winslett. DiCaprio is capable of acting, look at "What's Eating Gilbert Grape", and Winslett has had some charing roles as well, but neither of them can give much in this straight jacket of a script. Directing a large boat into a chunk of floating ice is hardly a talent worth accolades, Cameron has done better. Once upon a time, he made movies that were marginally imaginative, Titanic certainly puts an end to that. It's a pity because you've already probably seen and suffered through this one, but if not, skip it. Chasey Lane can give more feeling and "Night of the Living Dead" more story.

What?

This movie is not for kids. I was 8 when I saw it. Do not show your kids this movie or kids don`t see it. They show a lady naked for about 15 minutes and you see everything. They even have well you know in it. It`s an okay movie though. You should see it when you`re at least 13 or 14. It`s an mature movie. They should of made it rated R. Take my advice and don`t let your kids see it.

Horrible

This had to be the worst movie I have ever seen. For 3 hours of my time I would have hoped for at least a desent movie. The MOST over rated movie EVER

I wouldn't have even given it a 1 star but you have to.!!!!!

Sink Turky, sink

Cannot believe it has a nation actually woke up, when this turkey was first released the amount media and critical praise it gained was unreal, years since many people have admitted and now it's official this is the worst movie ever made and I can't agree more. This is one looser of movie, it so sad not because of the tragic end of the vessel, because this is so boring, the ... So all those Hollywood jokers and Oscar winning crap just goes out the window, don't bother watching you'll save three hours of your life, this pile pooh should of sank along time ago, I have vowed never to watch a James Cameron movie again.

One of a Kind

To all the miserable people who have done everything from complain about the dialogue, the budget, the this and the that....who wants to hear it? IF you missed the point of this beyond-beautiful movie, that's your loss. The rest of us who deeply love this movie do not care what you think. I am a thirthysomething guy who has seen thousands of movies in my life, and this one stands in its own entity, in my book. It was not supposed to be a documentary, or a completely factual account of what happened that night. It is the most amazing love story ever attempted. I know that it is the cynical 90's and the millennium has everyone in a tizzy, but come on. Someone on this comments board complained that it made too much money! How lame is that? It made bundles of money in every civilized country on the planet, and is the top grossing film in the planet. I will gladly side with the majority this time around. Okay, cynics, time to crawl back under your rock, I am done.

An Epic Scale

Released around the Christmas season of 1997,this was an epic scale of a motion picture event. Director James Cameron's three hour mega-budget picture has its brushes with disaster with a mammoth budget(which at the time this picture was made,it took two years to make and was the most expensive movie ever made at $285 million,the most costliest movie to date)and a theatrical release that seemed unattainable. But instead of reaping hordes of criticism for what many have thought was one of the biggest joke in Hollywood,Cameron received accumlated praise and a boatload of Oscar hardware for his labor of love,which rack up the Academy Awards with 11 Oscars including Best Picture,and has tied the record with "Ben Hur",and most recently the Lord Of The Rings final installment to the trilogy,"The Return Of The King",as the most record number of Oscars to be presented in Hollywood.This was indeed,"Gone With The Wind" on an epic scale.This was in fact a grand love story that happens to have the sinking of an historic ship as a backdrop,real characters and fictional characters are blended for a detailed re-enactment of the luxury liner's first and last voyage. The main characters,two lovebirds Jack Dawson(Leonardo DiCaprio),and debutante Rose Bukater(Kate Winslet)are from different ends of the economic and social ladder. DiCaprio and Winslet are dynamic as the star-crossed lovers and make the running time of 198 minutes less a chore to sit through. The special effects are impressive with a life sized version of the ship just built for the film. Cameron's prowess as a storyteller keeps the outcome of the ship suspenseful and tense even though the ending is no secret. The film contains an all-star cast including Billy Zane,Bill Paxton,Kathy Bates,Frances Fisher, Gloria Stuart(in her final film role),Jonathan Hyde-White,Danny Nicci, Bernard Hill,Victor Garber,Bernard Fox,Suzy Amis,and David Warner.The film has won numerous awards since its release and in 1997,it was the first film to win both the MTV Awards,Golden Globes and Oscars in that same year,not to mention Best Musical Score from composer James Horner and Best Song of that year,"My Heart Will Go On" sung by Celine Dion. Also to point,during its release,"Titanic" went on to break box office records,and it did just that but dethroning the all-time box office champ,"Star Wars",not to mention other box-office records as well including "Raiders Of The Lost Ark","ET",and others at the time of its release,since then that record has been shattered by the most recent "Lord Of The Rings" trilogy and the "Harry Potter" series.Released by two major Hollywood studios,Paramount Pictures and Twentieth Century-Fox,the film itself has become one of the spectacular Hollywood greats. A grand classic.MPAA Rating:"PG-13"-For Brief Nudity,Action/Adventure Situations including Peril,Violence,and Brief Language.

Possibly Most Overrated Film Ever

I don't know where all these people get off defending this movie, I think most would agree its not a bad film. It is simply not anywhere near good enough to warrant the hype/accolades it achieved.How this movie set a record for Oscar victories and gross sales, I'll never know. It's a story everyone already knew. They thought the ship was unsinkable, it sunk, a lot of people on board died. I've known this since 4th grade...I think the world has know since 1918.The angle of approach is equally unoriginal and not clever. A story of forbidden love. Wow, I had never heard a story of forbidden love before, because I live in a hole on Saturn.When you take a well known story, and focus on an over done plot line within that story, naturally much of your audience will be bored. If you enjoyed the movie, that's fine, but don't tell me that this is one of the best of all time. Cause you're only lying to yourself.

Love can't hide mistakes.

I have studied Titanic for a few years now and use to love this movie! but after stuying, the movie just isn' the best. First, get the spotlight off Leo and Kate and look at other chacters. Who relly acted the best? I think Victor Garber did the best job. Also, where was Molly Brown in all this? She was a much bigger help to Titanic then she was in the movie. Were not blind and there is more then one person who knows something about Titanic. A little more reserch may have helped this film.

Not bad, but A NIGHT TO REMEMBER is much better

With its magnificent production design and beautiful music score, its hard not to be entertained by this mammothly expensive film. But isn't 11 Academy Awards and comparisons to Gone with the Wind going a little (no pun intended) overboard? If you really want to see a powerful and heart-wrenching movie on DVD about this tragic event, pick up the British-made A NIGHT TO REMEMBER. It's much better scripted and directed.

devoid of a sense of period

Titanic is a good example of triumph of substance over art, or advertising budget over quality. No doubt it is visually impressive. The story in its broadest outline is a sure winner. But where is the genuine feeling for its period? Characters are made to act as a modern audience might think they would have done in the early part of the last century. Without a sense of period this version could never be a truly great film.

TITANIC!

I've noticed recently how various critics and the general population treat Titanic horribly with the test of time. I find it shocking how a movie that was once regarded as one of the best movies of all time has fallen ill to tons of criticisms. People seem to find it hip now days to bash Titanic and I fail to understand why. I personally find it to be the greatest movie ever made, the Academy Awards seemed to think it was a pretty damn good movie (tied for the most wins), the soundtrack and the single "My Heart Will Go On" shot to #1 Worldwide, the critics when it first came out weren't too harsh and movie-goer's truly expressed how the general population felt about Titanic with the gigantic ticket sales (3rd Worldwide with inflation, 6th in the United States with infation).

Now, however, Titanic makes the "overblown movie" list(s) from several critics, endures extreme mockery and the ridicule of anyone who actually admits to loving this film. This may be due to many wanting to be different from the norm in 1997-1999. Maybe this mentailty never went away? Or maybe it was the cheesy scene's people like to mock over and over which obviously must mean the entire movie is cheesy. However, I recently watched Titanic the other day and I'm going to say why I find it to my favorite movie of all time.


Lets start with the basics.


Titanic was authentic and historically accurate. It included more then just the love story. It had information about the lifeboats, the binoculars, how exactly it sank, the famous people aboard the ship and numerous other things. Even things such as the first-class band and their situation, what exactly was sung the last time day light hit the Titanic at the morning church gathering, increasing more speed regardless of ice warnings and many more examples were all little details included in this movie which made it far more then just a "love story". The sets, costumes, and the special affects were amazing in this movie. They basically built an entire ship for this movie, with extreme detail to being authentic. Just watching this movie is visually amazing.


Now more indepth thoughts.


The ship Titanic itself expressed a mentally during this time period in which humans felt they could overcome Mother Nature. With the sinking of this ship it made people truly eat the words "Titanic is an unsinkable ship" and the idea that man could overcome Mother Nature.


With the character Rose a first class passenger, you are exposed to this arrogant high society. Rose also opened your eyes to the luxuries high society had and how woman were truly trapped and were seen as second-class citizens. Rose almost committing suicide helps drive home how truly horrible it must have been for woman during this time period. The dynamics between Rose and her mother also show the dynamics between how woman had to behave and in a sense how they survived in society at this time.


With the character Jack, a third class passenger you are exposed to how large the gab between the rich and poor was. How first class dogs went down to be walked on the lower decks, how it was the poor who actually built Titanic and how it was the poor who were treated truly unfair on Titanic just because of social status, which also helped express the mentality of this time.

Having these two characters meet and expose the viewer and each other to these different lifestyles helped truly put into perspective the mentality of what this time period was like. Sure, it was in a way a clich e love story, two people from different world's falling in love. But regardless of it being typical it still exposed the different classes in a way that truly made you realize how it was for people back then. Also, many things are clich e for a reason, they most of the time work and have been shown to work time and time again.


Many complain that this movie was too much about the love story between Jack and Rose and not enough about the actual ship and the facts surrounding it. However, most everyone knows the basic facts around the Titanic and this movie was created to change this.


The love story in this movie created sympathy in which you felt for Jack and Rose. It made you truly feel how the people on the Titanic were feeling at that exact moment. Families, loved ones and friends were being torn apart. Without the emotion created from this love story you wouldn't have felt nearly as sad or seriously towards what had actually happened to these people. This makes the love story important to the actual event itself because it creates a feeling of emotion, which many people lacked before seeing this film.


Knowing the facts (like the crew who was searching for the heart of the ocean did) does not mean they actually get the entire story of Titanic. However, once they heard this story it helped them understand how truly tragic this event was. So, I'm all for having this movie be a love story, because without that people wouldn't have understood the true story of Titanic.


The ending of this movie was amazing. Everything tied together.


-When Jack died. In most love stories they would have both survived and lived happily ever after, but this truly hit home the pain people felt after this shipwreck.

-When Rose actually had the necklace. This shocked me. I also thought releasing it back to the water was cheesy but very symbolic.

-When they showed the pictures of Rose doing everything her and Jack talked about and dying warm in her bed as he said she would was a wonderful way to end it in my opinion. I don't know why but it just seemed like the perfect way to end it.

-Oh! And how Jack was waiting in the same spot he did earlier in the movie was wonderful.


Titanic did have things in it that were cheesy, like the kissing scene at the front of the boat, the drawing scene and the "I'm king of the world" scene. However these scenes's helped keep the audience drawn in regardless of their cheese factor. Also running around the ship and opening the locked gate at the last minute before they would have drowned was also cheesy. But it is a movie and you have to have suspense, and even though these things were unlikely they were still probable and made the movie entertaining.


One of the major flaws people say this movie had was the acting. I however thought it had amazing acting and I saw nothing wrong with it. Acting is something that is hard to pin-point in terms of being good or bad. I find it an easy way to attack any film. If you say the acting is bad, you cannot really "prove" to that person it was good. Acting is something that just goes to personal opinion and you cannot really change someone's mind on it. I personally give an A+ for acting and even the script. But one thing to consider is that many shots could only be done a few times or even once because of what they had to do to the sets, making it sometimes hard to get the perfect take.


Honestly, this movie had everything. Funny parts, love, death, drama and beauty. I enjoyed this movie and am proud to say it is my favorite.

Hitting the Ice

This movie only gets good when the ship hits the iceberg. And then only for a few tense minutes. It is a boring love story upon which the couple involved happen to be on a ill fated ship. Why do people take such a historic event and make sauch a boring movie out of it. This movie is as bad as "Pearl Harbor".

Too long

The topic of this movie has been played out completely and I think this version was way too long for the silver screen because Cameron dressed this film up too much. Much of the romance in the movie was too predictable and almost scripted. I couldn't find a bigger reason to why this film was made because it was a big budget production with very little acting talent in it. I think Leonardo DiCaprio was better off playing the leading man in a film that didn't consist of him playing some bum who falls in love with the rich girl role. He's got much more talent for other acting genres than this movie. I didn't find much going on with his leading lady Kate Winslet because she sounded very plain since giving it was a periodical piece. I loved the costumes, but some of the acting was not properly matched for the caliber of the film.