On a second look, I still liked it

Rating: 7/10 (4 August 2008)

Terrific film-making which works on different planes.
Director/writer, James Cameron gives us a beautiful love story. The mix of all of the characters are engrossing.
Leonardo DiCaprio as Jack Dawson does a great job, and this actor is looking grown up. Beautiful and talented, Kate Winslet as Rose, looks like she came from the past. Kathy Bates ("Misery") as Molly Brown, the brash American 'new money' socialite. Billy Zane as Rose's controlling fiancé does a great job at being despicable. Frances Fisher matches the rest of the cast with her talent.
The special effects are fantastic and they never overpower the story. And the music and title song are haunting.
I've heard that Cameron was difficult to work with. Not to excuse that, but sometimes, when one has a vision, it comes across that way. In the end, it seems that his vision was realized?