Timelessly and universally appealing

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2020)

A spellbinding, moving and awe inspiring motion picture.
Even to be able to successfully make such a big scale movie is a feat in iteself. Particularly, the second half, showing the ship sinking is a great filmmaking achievement.
Besides, the film offers an audio-visual treat by virtue of its great settings, beautiful costumes and wonderful background score.
But even with all these features, the movie would have been superficial if the story wasn't poignant enough. Thankfully, the love story is one of its strongest aspects. I think there are two reasons why the love story is so touching and iconic:
1.)The idea of watching the romance between two charming young lovers on the grandest, most magnificent ship in the world is fascinating.
2.)On top of that, knowing that it's not too long before the ship hits the iceberg and starts to sink,thus separating the two of them forever.
The ending is particularly remarkable. There are a few scenes towards the end which add great emotional depth to the ill-fated love story:The 101-year old rose dropping the diamond in the ocean, the camera moving through pictures of young rose while the old rose is asleep and finally that magical last scene- capturing the essence and spirit of the whole movie- in which the ship becomes alive and the two lovers reunite.
In a nutshell, Titanic is a great motion picture which is timelessly and universally appealing.