Review of Titanic

Rating: 10/10 (6 February 2011)

For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated with the story of the Titanic. When I was a child I watched everything I could from TV documentaries to repeats of "A Night to Remember". I remember the excitement I felt when they finally found the sunken ship that had been missing for over 70 years. So, when I saw the first previews of James Cameron's movie about the Titanic in 1997, I was very interested in seeing it. That was until I heard that it was going to be a love story. Once I heard that, I was split on whether or not I wanted to see it. However, after reading more about the movie and the detail that was put into recreating the events of that fateful night, my interest was renewed. Cameron did an excellent job of blending a fictional story, albeit a love story, with the actual stories of the Titanic. His accurate use of facts such as a woman over hearing Ismay suggesting to the captain to light the last boilers. In that seen you can see a woman seated behind the two as she hears him tell the captain this. Another, is the story of the chef who survived the sinking. It is a well known fact that he was intoxicated at the time of the sinking, and that witnesses say that he stayed on the ship until the very end. But more importantly, I believe that through the use of a love story that connects with the viewer, Cameron was able to tell the story of all the lives that where lost that night and the pain that they must have felt. I know the movie made an impact on me, and not because of the love story, but because for the first time I saw the true story of the loss of life that happened that night.