Titanically Awful

Rating: 2/10 (11 February 2004)

'Titanic' looked so promising, but personally I would say it is the worst film ever made. Not only does it lay aside any consideration of real stories that happened on the ship, but it constructs a piece of ridiculous class-divide mush instead!
Leonardo di Caprio (excellent in Romeo + Juliet) and Kate Winslet fail to convince as Jack and Rose, a boy from steerage and a girl from first class. And Billy Zane was downright embarrassing as Rose's stuck-up fiance. There were some good performances - Kathy Bates as Molly Brown, Bernard Hill as Captain Smith, even Gloria Stuart as the elderly Rose - but they are few and far between.
The biggest problem I had with the film though was the god-awful script and scenes. Corny lines ('as we walk through the valley of death'/'could you walk a little faster?'). The scene in the car where the windows mist up just at the crucial moment. The ridiculous pose at the head of the ship. And perhaps worst of all, the clean water and the fact that Winslet keeps travelling in the lift - downwards - as the ship floods.
Watching 'Titanic' for me was a total waste of over 3 hours and an excruciating experience. May I never have the misfortune to see even a minute of it again.