I try and try, but.....

Rating: 5/10 (28 April 2013)

I have unsuccessfully attempted to watch this film four times. At three hours and fourteen minutes, it feels like it is two movies in one. On the one hand, it is a history movie with great details about the ship, its crew and its passengers. On the other hand, it is also a love story, which feels like Romeo and Juliet on a boat, but with social class struggles instead of family feuding. As a history movie, Titanic is a top-20 film, but as a love story it falls flat for me. Call me heartless, but this movie did not affect me. I enjoyed DiCaprio and Winslet in the film, but I felt their roles weren't fully developed, because the film had two focuses. If the film would have focused on the love story alone, it could have been as powerful as The Notebook.