A Great Start To The Summer Movie Season

Rating: 5/10 (3 June 2001)

I wasn't going to see this movie at first because I had heard how a majority of people didn't like it, but my brother and a friend wanted to see it, so I went along. I am glad I did.
First, I'll say what I didn't like about the film 1. Too much time was spent on the love story. They should have spent less time on the romance and more time on character development 2. Not Enough Cuba. Cuba Gooding Jr. only has 4 scenes (I think), and he should have had more 3. Not historically accurate. I don't need movies based on actual events to be 100% accurate, but they have to be fairly realistic. This movie many inaccuracies and it simplifies the events leading to, and following, the attack 4. Some corny dialogue. While I didn't feel this was nearly as bad as everyone else says, it's definitely there 5. The weird lenses in the infirmary scenes. Rumor has it that these were used to make the gore less graphic so the film could be sure of getting a PG-13 rating. I found them annoying, and the fact that the makers of this film want to show us the attack, but shield us from seeing the aftermath is pretty bad.
Now the good 1. The love story isn't all bad. I just wish they spent less time on it, and that there was better dialogue to express the characters' feelings 2. The audio and visual effects are some of the best I have ever seen 3. There is a lot of emotion and human drama in the last two hours. If the last hour of Titanic got to you, then the bombing sequence will not disappoint you 4. The last two hours of this film are intense. This is one of the most intense movies I've ever seen (next to Saving Private Ryan).

I give this film a 7.5 out of 10