There were only 2 bad parts to the movie. The people were all blue but the worst part of seeing the dead was there was a poor baby that had died.
Still this was a number 1 movie of the year and should get an award. I have been interested in the story of the titanic ever since I was little, and when I saw previews of James Cameron million dollar "Titanic" I had already flipped seeing the effects of the ship, as well as parts of the sinking. Going to the theatre I was a little reluctant of the human based love story, but I have no complaints about it.
The acting was excellent all around, except it would seem Leonardo Dicaprio plays the same character in all his movies. The movie built up nicely, showing off the ship by whisking the characters to all ends of it. And about the whole sinking, what can I say? Cameron practically recreated history and I actually felt myself watching in horffic delight as the ships 16 decks of sheer metal split into two, plain awesome Cameron definately outdid himself on this one.
The movie had everything, romance, action, sadness, happiness, all done excellently and has to be one of the best of the year. Before I saw "Titanic", I immediately thought it would suck and would only see it because my favorite actor and mentor, Leonardo DiCaprio, is in it.
Once the movie started, I was completely amazed. Everyting about "Titanic" was perfect, especially the acting. Kate Winslet was excellent as the upper-class, free-spirited Rose Bukater. Billy Zane played Cal Hockley, Rose's snobby fiancee, wonderfully. Kathy Bates amazingly portrayed the "unsinkable" Molly Brown. Also, let's not forget the extraordinary job done by Gloria Stuart as the old Rose. Filled with remarkable acting, a gripping love story, suspense, laughs, and marvelous special effects, "Titanic" is quite possibly the best movie toever come along, and will remain so for years to come.
To each decade, its blockbuster. Some succeed both artistically and financially while others fail, sometimes with quite melodramatic off-screen repercussions and rumors of scandal.
These mega-monster extravaganzas come to us with vast quantities of largesse of hype, budget, ego and hubris. The Titanic itself, the ship not the movie, was an example of such hubris in my opinion. A floating tower of Babel if you will, it marked the industrial age's attempts in to defy the gods with the audacious proclamation of unsinkability.
Thus, in their elegant simplicity the gods sent an iceberg to put that claim to the test. A few hundred popped rivets later and the Titanic truly became a "ship of dreams," forever shattered. One man's hubris to challenge the gods with a bloated budget and a singularly egomaniacal obsession? A mediocre curiosity destined to sink like "Heaven's Gate," taking its director down with it?
Or an uncompromising masterpiece of filmmaking art and craft? In a word, "Titanic" floats. It never sinks. To the eye of this beholder, it is one of the most engrossing, exciting and ultimately heart-wrenching three hour spectacles I've ever seen.
It is a turn-of-the-century Greek tragedy, played out on a stage consisting of wooden decks and steel bulkheads, as well as visually astounding digital special effects. It is romantically exhilerating and heartachingly poignant, and just plain awesome to watch. Knowing how much it cost to launch this blockbuster I was fully prepared for disappointment, having had my expectations raised so high. I wonder what seeing the movie must be like for the ticket-toting layman who doesn't give a hoot about the art of cinema just so long as the result is entertaining.
This person I must envy. Cameron may have defied the gods, but he has created a vehicle which succeeds in transporting us back to to experience the ultimate disaster of disasters. If Cameron's goal was to immerse us in the glory, anguish, horror and passion of this event, then in my opinion he has certainly accomplished his mission. In the future I will be measuring such spectacles by the distance my jaw falls upon first-time viewing.
In "Titanic's" case, I think my chin hit the floor. Having said that, Cameron's greatest achievement in depicting "Titanic's" final agony is that he makes us care.
Eight decades is a lot of distance between us and those who actually lived through the experience. History has an anasthetic effect, the farther we are away from events that wound an entire generation.
Cameron removes the veneers of time and recaptures the events vividly. Well rendered in the film's first stanza is the baroque banality of opulence and privilege among the gentlemen of the times, reveling in their lordlike apparel and savoring caviar, brandy and a fine cigar.
All of it sketched on an intricately ornate canvass comprised of frosted glass, crystal, jewelry, curved and polished furniture, and china never before used.
All of it about to descend into a watery hell, onrushing upward, in the film's second stanza. The image of a shipbuilder, shakily adjusting the hands of a mantlepiece clock on a slanting deck, as though he were adjusting the folds of a quilt on a dying infant, is one of several that haunted my sleep that night.
Cameron engages our interest with a love story resulting in a plot device that has served him well in previous films, that of the "damsel in distress. In the character of Rose Dawson, Kate Winslet is esquisitely more femme than fatal, but proves to be every bit as engaging as Ripley in "Aliens," an earlier Cameron extravaganza.
Dawson's love interest is not a super macho hunk like Arnold Schwarzenegger but a disarming street rat named Jack, portrayed by Leonard Di Caprio, who turns out to be pivotal in Dawson's struggle with life's decisions, both in terms of her own survival and destiny. Cameron grows their relationship gradually and builds it to a passionate crescendo before "Titanic" herself melodramatically takes over the plot. But not for long; the story eventually returns to the fate of the young lovers whose resolution is especially poignant.
Cameron could have conceivably had a stronger and more enlightening film had he dwelt on the motivations of those who built the ship seemingly for disaster. Instead, he only establishes their motivations and lets emotion-charged action carry the plot forward. It is typical Cameron and it could be said that the outcome is predictable, even formulaic, in its depiction. It can also be said that Cameron's formula was never more breathtakingly executed on such a massive scale.
The gods, it seems, are content to allow such hubris at least once in a given filmmaker's career. Rare is the director who can do it repeatedly. David Lean graced us with several outstanding blockbusters, including "Lawrence of Arabia" and "Dr. Zhivago," but even he had his moments of unenviable failure as in "Ryan's Daughter.
Cameron is still regarded as an action-adventure oriented director, more apt to assault the senses than to indulge in subtle nuance. My only advice, if I may deign to give it, is this: The gods are fickle, Jim. Do not test them twice. The movie Titanic was a great movie. The movies did not seem like a three hour and fifteen minute movie.
Each scene was better than the one before. The ending was so sad. So if you go see it take your tissues along. I felt the movie was excellent!
The movie is alittle over 3 hours, but you get so engrossed in this movie that time just flies. This movie is by far the best movie I have seen in years. I strongly suggest to see this movie in a cinema to get the best sound and picture!! Don't wait till it comes out on video. I must admit, I was very skeptical of this movie when I heard of it, I mean c'mon now, such an expensive movie shot on water?
I mean I really wasn't going to see it, but thats to a lovely companion of mine I did, and I must tell you you won't be disappointed! I must admit it was one of the better films that I have seen this year, I mean visually I was wowed! Spectuacular sound! The actors were great, given, there was some cornball moments in the film, but nothing compared to the awesome grandeur of what is "Titanic"!
I loved every minute of it save for two: Why in the world the producers thought that they just HAD to have nudity and sex is beyond me. It really ruined a fantastic movie. They even could have shown the "sketching" scene without the frontal nudity and had a wonderful scene. My 11 year-old daughter turned to me during the "sketching" scene and asked me "Why is this in here? The subtlties of what caused this mammoth disaster are allowed to exist without the director thinking that we are all idiots and will miss them unless he makes them very obvious.
I really loved the Robert Altman like group scenes where you hear all sorts of different conversations happening at once. The director takes us through the entire gamut of emotions. Including wonder at the stupidity of having nudity in a PG movie that people will brings their kids to.
Because of the totally senseless display of nudity and simulated sex, I can only give this masterful movie a rating of 3 out of 4. I was so looking forward to seeing a movie about the Titanic. It is just a shame that they took this wonderful opportunity to portray a piece of history and filled it with 'Hollywood'trash.
The entire plot revolves around an adulterous affair. The sinking of the ship is just an added dilema. I was sadly dissappointed with the abuse of the Lord's name as comedy. The flagrant display of nudity was to say the least 'shocking' considering the movie rating. I'm sorry to see they spent so much time, money, and effort making this film only to have it foreshadowed by filth. The Titanic was, by far, the best movie I have ever seen! The special effects were superb. Leonardo Dicaprio and Kate Winslet were the perfect pair.
This movie was brillianlty designed. Even though there was some nudity, I would give it a 5 out of 4 because it was tasteful. If you haven't seen this movie you have to because it is the best movie made in a long time! I just saw Titanic for the second time. Once was simply not enough! I saw it the first time in Dolby sound and the effect was even more stunning. I've read the reviews from some of the other people who saw the movie and agreed with 99 percent of them. A couple of the reviewers were so far off base they weren't even in the Stadium!
How could anybody see this movie and not be stunned? The actors, the story, the staging, the cinematography, ALL the elements were there to make this almost the best movie ever made.
Cameron deserves every cent he earned for this. A few of the reviewers were chagrined because of the teensy bit of nudity and a few rough words. Every bit of what was said and what was shown in the movie contributed to its spectacle. If you don't see this in the theater you will miss SO much. The sheer size of the ship requires the big screen. Don't lose much of its majesty by waiting for the video. Just don't miss it! Like many others, I went to "Titanic" because it happened to be the lesser of what I believed to be many evils out there.
I had no interest in the new Bond film and was interested in whiling away some time. Thus, I popped into "Titanic" hoping to see a decent picture. I walked out of the theatre blown away by the tragedy of it all and the excellent portrayal thereof. To see the pride of the White Star Line sink to her grave in such a graphic manner was breathtaking. The characters were engaging, especially Kate Winslet as Rose.
However, I was a little disappointed by the dialogue. It could have been stronger. Is it me or does mass doses of vulgarity seem to be taking the place of good dialogue these days? Also, how many people on the verge of plunging into the depths of the Atlantic would pause to gaze into there loved one's eyes to say "XXXX, this is where we first met!
Furthermore, I would agree that it was truly unnecessary to put in the nudity and the gratuitous sex scene. This movie stands on its own without it. Nonetheless, I was truly intrigued by this movie and it has made me very interested in the history of RMS Titanic and her passengers. I heartily recommend this movie, despite unnecessary nudity and language. This movie runs about 3.
For some people this is a problem, but with the proper planning it doesn't need to be. This way, you'll be able to fully enjoy the film, and the people around you won't be bothered by your getting up to hit the restroom during the show. I was so totally wrapped up in the movie that the time flew by without notice.
I enjoyed the movie so much that I wanted to turn right around and see it again. In fact, I did see it again, but a week later. Did I notice the length the second time around? Nope, it seemed to go by even quicker.
So don't let the long running time hold you back. Told in a series of flashbacks, we are presented with the story of an upper-class woman, Rose, that is engaged to be married to Cal Hockley Billy Zane when they return to the States. It is through the older Rose's eyes that we experience Titanic. The story is simple, and the ending is foretold the ship sinks , but it's the splendor and beauty of the ship that takes your breath away. You don't sit there and watch this film like the so many others out there, but instead you are drawn into the events unfolding on the screen.
You fall in love with the characters, you become a part of the movie by feeling their excitement, anger, love and pain. Titanic is a masterpiece that will be long remembered, not only as one of the most expensive movies ever made, but as one of the best movies made this decade!
Copyright - Ron Higgins No unauthorized publication or distribution withoutthe consent of Ron Higgins. Titanic was one of the best movies I've ever seen. It may seem like it'll last forever 3 hrs. See this movie as soon as you can, you'll love it!! A must see movie. I have seen it 3 times, my wife has seen it 5 times in three weeks. Defenitly will buy this movie when it comes out on video. Even though you now about the Titanic it frees you mind and you forget what you know is going to happen.
Great story with lots of S. Well worth the money spent in making this motion picture. How DID they do that anyway? If you're a romantic and want adventure for the mind, see this movie Well worth it!!
It is the most extraordinary movie I have ever viwed in my life. I highly doubt that any future movies I see will rate higher than this movie for me. Something I really enjoyed about this movie was that it had a bit of everything; humor, romance, action, drama, sadness, and more. It's long time span definitely enriched it as well. I saw "Titanic" twice and would not hesitate to see it a third time. On a scale of 1 to 10, I rate "Titanic" with an I loved the movie and I know you will too.
It was very well written, and that made it exciting at times and then sad at times too. You should go see it soon, the time isn't too bad at all when your wraped in the movie you never know. The best movie I ever saw! Don't listen to anyone who says this movie suchs! Great acting My fav: Leonardo DiCaprio by all of the actors! You will be sorry if you miss this movie! I have seen it six times since it came out!
See this one right now! This movie is one of the best movies I have seen in my lifetime, and I've many of them.
I'm a guy and I'm not afraid to say that this movie made me cry. This movie involves all of the emotions, happiness, sadness, love, etc. It draws you in and makes you want to jump into the movie. The SFX are excellent and the acting is too. If you are even remotely thinking about seeing this movie.
Go See It! Hands down the best movie of The film is about two lovers who meet, and fall in love before the sink of the unsinkible ship. The acting, and directing was flawless the effects are so real you won't recognize them as special effects but asreal life objects.
It is perfectly produced and crafted. The whole movie is incredible but the final hour is awesome, and breathtaking. I thought this movie was the best I have seen in a long time. I love Leonardo he was so great in this movie and he was so cute to his lover.
It was really neat how they focused on one storyline from all the passengers on the tittanic. I learned from that movie not to judge people on certain things like rich or poor and that one day you might just fall in love with that person. I thought the end was fabulous, I won't tell you what happens but I will say that there is a hidden message in it and it took me the second time to relize what happened. I recomend all to go and see it you will absolutly love it.
Titanic dir. By and large, I am not disappointed - James Cameron may be one of the masters at spending egregious amounts of money e. Minor quibbles abound - as they would in any epic this length. But, all in all, enjoyable. This is possible the first time I ever wrote a comment about a movie that would leave the most lasting impression in my mind. The plot filled with what every movie possible needed. Its a story of faith,courage,sacrifice and above everything else--LOVE.
For just more than 3 hours I really hope that time would not pass so quickly for me The pictures,the sound , the characters,its just too good to be true.
I shouldn't include the plot since most people should have know it from reading the previews by other titanic lovers. But I should include some personal feelings of mine in here. Really hard to believe but the moment I find my seat in the cinema I found myself glue to the seat. From the giantic scence of the ship "titanic" to the introduction of the characters in the movie I was really angry when I saw the difference in treatment between the first class passenger and the third class passengers.
From the point where third class passengers had to be locked behind those miserable gates,just to leave sufficient time and room for first class passengers to board those safety boats. I could feel the injustice done to those lowly class during the Early s in england. Its so inhuman and cruel. Apart from this,its really a story of love and sacrific.
Jack Leonardo DiCaprio and Rose Kate Winslet , this two ill-fated young lovers show to me what true love is all about. From the moment when Jack saved Rose from commiting sucide to Jack teaching Rose how to spit like a real man,the whole process is so funny yet romantic. Both are willing to give up what they own to begin a new love life. But sadly , Jack died while he sacrifice himself to save Rose. To me thats is how great the power of love can be.
I may had seen the movie only once but the movie is just vivid in my mind , like i had only seen it recently. Its a movie suitable for all ages,all races. I am now waiting for its VCD to come out and hopefully it will be real fast cause I really can't wait anymore!!!
This movie is worth what u pay for it. The visuals and the surrround sound are a feast to behold. Yet, when compared to the clasic Titanic film, Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember," which I first saw when I was thirteen and have never forgotten the impression it made upon me falls far short of that film.
Oddly, in the remake the tragedy of the Titanic's sinking and the loss of its fifteen hundred other passengers takes a back seat to the romance of two teenagers. The rest of the characters, including the cuckolded fiancee, the first mate, Lightoller, Captain Edward Smith, the mother-no-better-than-a-pimp, to mention a few, are mere stock characters--either not fully fleshed out or portraying a crude stereotype.
Even "the Unsinkable Molly Brown" is sunk when a surly crew member in the lifeboat to tells her to "shut your hole!
We see the ship break in two during the descent and see it now as a derelilct hulk on the ocean floor as the mini sub passes through its the bowels.
However, lightoller is presented as a somewhat simpering, indecisive fellow, whereas the version shows him as a hero. His character was demonstrated, according to the Titanic Historical Quarterly membership available at Indian Orchard, Massachusetts. Other omissions and inaccuracies are numerous. Pacasso's "Les Demoiselles d'Avignon could not have been among the heroines art possessions, as it wasn't created until years later. Captain Smith did not spend his last moments beside the steering cabin but swimming off to sea after having saved some passengers.
The greatest flaw is that we learn relatively little of the facts of the boat, its varied passengers, and the sinking, rescue, subsequent inquiry, and the improvement of sailing regulations that followed. Indeed, nothing is mentioned about the Calilfornian, a nearby ship that ignored Titanic distress rockets and shut off its wireless, thus unable to heed its Morse code SOS signals.
There are also some confusing absurities, such as the tossing away of the Louis XVI gem eight decades later. Wouldn't a newly-impoverished young woman have disposed of it in a more remunertive way much earlier? Also, just like Forrest Gump praised simple-mindedness, Titanic praises the beautiful and loveable steerage passengers--who are all dancers and musicians. And, in our democratizing age, wealth is stereotyped as evil, boring, and ignorant.
Oral histories of the steerage passage portray dim lights, incredible filthy and crowded circumstances. My own aunt, who came across on the Patrizia--admitidly not the Titanic--recalled that voyage in She noted that she was only a very young child at the time, but her most vivid recollections were the great throngs of people and the horrible smell of the toilets.
By all means, however, do see the Titanic. Hollywood is generally big on scope and fantasy and small on history. When one viewer commenting on "My Darlling Clementine," the Henry Fonda vehicle about Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday in Tombstone, asked the director, "Was this how the story really happened,"John Ford, tersely commented, "Well, you liked the film, didn't you!
This was one of the greatest movies I have seen. Like all great and worthwhile things, Titanic has a mass appeal which affects each person individually. It has an aura which talks to the common link of humanity and to the single individual at the same time. Apparently, there are some people who believe that Love and Romance should have nothing to do with Sex and Nudity.
The sex and nudity in this film serve the film nicely and is not degrading in any way, so I don't understand why people are afraid of it or think it is vulgar. Wake up people, sex and nudity are a fact of life, it's only dirty if you make it that way.
If you want to see a movie which realistically portrays what happened on the morning of August 15th, and adds all the drama, romance and action that you can handle, go see this movie. You must go to the Theater and experience this movie!! It was absolutly wonderful!! The best movie I have seen in a long time!! Although it has much to recommend it, especially outstanding special effects, the love story was pretty trite and could have been edited by a half an hour with no harm done.
Rich girl engaged to bullying bore falls in love with poor yet exciting boy. Ho hum. There was too much of the love story and too little of what actually happened that fateful night. And it isn't giving anything away to say that anyone slogging around in that freezing water for as long as those two do would have been long gone way before the end of the film! Titanic is worth seeing, but I was far from bowled over. A little too much "Daylight" meets "The Poseiden Adventure" for my taste.
Titanic by James Cameron Movie rating Buy the soundtrack! It is the perfect movie for a couple because of the special effects and the amazing love story of Jack and Rose. You will find yourself wanting the movie to change the enevitable outcome so that Titanic can live on.
The nudity is kept to one tasteful scene and the language is only moderate. I didn't want to do this because everyone has an opinion; however, I had to say something. First of all this is not a holiday movie. It just came out in December which was pushed back from its original summer release.
There are no presents and trees in this movie. Futhermore, its set in April. You seemed to miss the story. Your review may cause someone to miss the best movie in a long time There is one very elegant nude scene where a nude portrait is being made of Rose. The sex scene is two people in love, making love. No nudity, just some sweat, shoulders and faces and some very compelling music.
The language is expected. They are going to die pal! Would you be calm? No nasty words are used like F. I think bastard is used once. There's your language. You won't feel uncomfortable taking your kids to this movie because it is very tastefully done. In the years to come, when the United States declines into obscurity, this may well be the symbol of its crowning achievement. Just as the ancient Egyptians left us their pyramids, and as the Chinese dynasties left us The Great Wall, and as the Romans left us with roads and aquaducts, the great American civilization will leave -- "Titanic.
I have seen most of the "Greatest Films Ever Made," at least in a technical sense, and I have trouble thinking of another film to compare with "Titanic. I left the theater feeling as though I had literally been teleported back in time, given the grand tour of the greatest Luxury Liner ever built, and then given the excrutiating "pleasure" of actually witnessing history's most infamous disaster, moment by moment, as it actually occurred.
It was, as best as I can describe it, an out-of-body experience. Few movies are so viscerally gripping. From the moment the Titanic begins to sink, you'd swear you were going down with it.
It's like one of those big-time roller coaster rides, which are designed to make you scream as your breath is squeezed out of you. Your emotional disposition is being manipulated by the ride and there's not a thing you can do about it.
I left the movie with the most amazing sense of awe and wonder, and with the feeling that I'm fortunate to still be alive. I'm not one of those "cinematic experts" that can dissect a movie like this and compare all the "little" elements to some grand absolute scale -- yes, other movies have had better stories and better acting and all the rest. But I am yet to see a movie put it all together on such an epic scale as "Titanic.
I was shocked at how bad the movie is, all in all. I am especially shocked at all the favorable reviews. Of course, the special effects of the last hour were very entertaining but we are used to greatspecial effects these days. Eventhough the characters were not well developed save the two leads , I found most of the end very touching. The screenplay is perhaps the most important part of a movie.
It is beyond me how they can call it the best movie of the year or all time and still lament the screenplay. I thought the first two hours were excruciating -- a small, boring two hours. During these two hours the cast was very small. Notice how few passengers appeared on the deck. Notice ther small dining room scenes. Almost no attention was paid to the famous passengers, the crew and the facts of the ship.
The romance was common and the dialogue trite. Titanic is the best movie I have ever seen. It took my breath away.
The love story was one of the best parts of the movie. You get so wrapped up in it that when the scene switches you want to go back. The costumes, music, special effects, and actors were fantastic.
The theater was in tears Leo was hot hot hot! Both Leo and Kate did such a great job portraying their characters it felt as though the love story was real. THis is a movie you can't miss. Words can't describe how good this movie was. One of the top ten movies I've ever seen.
Go see this one now. It was excellent! In the words of the character Molly as the titanic is beginning to sink, "Now there's something that you don't see everyday! The size of the ship and the features of it make the movie amazing while the love story of Jack and Rose make the move great. Titanic is a movie that takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions.
You start in awe of the size of the ship and how massive and magnificent it is. Then there is anger at how snobbish and naive the first class passengers are and how they only care about makeing headlines. There is also joy as we see the love story between Jack and Rose develop.
Finally, there is also anger, fear, and sympathy as we see the Titanic sink as we knew it was going to all along. The length of this movie is unnoticeable and the soundtrack adds to the moods and emotions of the movie. I suggest that you see it now on the bigscreen and be awed by the size of the ship and amazed by the love story! You like the Titnic?
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It's really quite odd. When Titanic first came out,the reviews were mixed but the public generally loved it,those who disliked the film were definitely in the minority. Over the years,it has became somewhat fashionable to slag Titanic off,even if a great many of those people who did so were probably amongst those who made it such an enormous hit in the cinemas.
Titanic is flawed,definitely,sometimes greatly so. However,it's also a tremendous achievement for it's director James Cameron. Mixing a real disaster with romance is harder to do than some might think. Maybe he did have a right to say "I'm king of the world" when the film won Best Picture at the Oscars. Just once. The modern day opening is excellent,making effective use of some of Cameron's real footage he took of the sunken Titanic. There is a real sense of mystery.
Than we flash back to the Titanic being boarded,and the film stalls just a little for around two hours. However,the central romance between Leo and Kate is often badly written and unconvincing. We also have to suffer Cameron constantly labouring the point that the poor people on the ship are better than the rich people. However,the final 80 or so minutes,detailing the sinking,is simply brilliant film making. The suspense is built expertly,even though we know what will happen,and climaxes with some technical shots which are still impressive.
Perhaps there is a little two much emphasis on the central couple,but there are some truly moving moments,and it really feels true,although of course Cameron did play with the facts a little here and there,as at least one descendant of one of the survivors has pointed out.
The following sequence involving the boats is extremely haunting,with some especially good use of sound. James Horner's best selling score is really quite poor and only occasionally brings the emotion it should do. It succeeds more than it fails,which is impressive in a film as ambitious as this.
DrLenera Nov 28, FAQ How did Rose keep the diamond with her during the whole sinking of the ship and not lose it? Would there be anything left of Jack's body? What is 'Titanic' about?
Details Edit. Release date December 19, United States. United States Mexico Australia.
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