Titanic?

Rating: 9/10 (2 June 2000)

Anyone else see the Titanic parallels here? Kind of a pseudo-epic take on real history. The almost Disney-esque black/white villain/goodguy, the love interest, (although certainly not as direct as the Titanic love interest) and of course, the popular "twist" ending where the hero dies. That seems to be rather popular way of standing out from the standard Hollywood fare these days, but if not careful it can look contrived.
Yes, it's formulaic Hollywood on some level, but Gladiator won me over despite that. Beautiful scenery and realistic looking battle scenes (jerky camera, however). Great depiction of the infamous Roman era politics, sons killing fathers, sexual desire for your siblings, corruption...
I liked. ***1/2 out of ****