An alright movie spoiled by rampant unoriginality

Rating: 2/10 (21 October 1998)

I saw this film at a friend's house, expecting a nice flick. But I was wrong. Titanic, in my opinion, didn't deserve all the acclaim it's been given. It would have made an okay movie, but the cliche's were heavy enough to sink the ship even if it hadn't hit the iceberg. Chances are, the reason this film was so successful is because it crudely slams together all the various concepts that other successful films have used. They include #1: Romance between rich and poor, #2: Stuffy rich folk, happy, free poor folk. #3: An adventurer, world-travelling lead male character. #4: A husband-to-be for the main male character's romance, with a tendency to be abusive. #5: A historical setting. #6: The romance genre done very sappily. #7: Attempts at making the audience cry by showing scenes of various tragedy in case the sappy romance plot fails to make one cry, so that people will call it touching. The list goes on and on, but unlike so many others, I'm afraid I'll have to chuck this entire film and all it's content in the "It's been done." area. If you LIKE seeing concepts all mashed together with little subtlety, however, this film's your ticket to enjoyment. A foul movie.